Antonio Acqua

Born: 1893-11-05

Antonio Acqua (5 November 1893 - 18 October 1966) was an Italian actor of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Born in Rome , Acqua was mainly active on stage and in films as a character actor , specialized in roles of lawyers, military officers, politicians and engineers. He frequently worked with Pietro Germi , who gave him some of the most significant roles of his career. His only leading role was as the General in Enrico Cappellini's La via del Sud (1953)


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as A Man in a Car (uncredited)
Released: 1963-02-14

Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged...

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Divorce Italian Style

as Priest
Released: 1961-12-20

Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and...

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Boccaccio '70

as Commendatore La Pappa (segment "Le tentazioni ...") (uncredited)
Released: 1962-02-23

An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy:...

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The White Sheik

as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Released: 1952-09-27

In Italy, small-town newlyweds Wanda and Ivan Cavalli embark on their honeymoon in the big city...

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The Traffic Policeman

as The Ragioniere with a New Car
Released: 1960-11-16

An unemployed man gets a job as traffic policeman but the traffic in the big city creates...

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The Railroad Man

as Il commissario
Released: 1956-11-21

Train operator Andrea Marcocci has to witness the suicide of a desperate man who jumps in front...

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The Lady Without Camelias

as Movie Theatre Owner
Released: 1953-02-27

A Milanese shop assistant becomes an overnight film sensation when fate lands her the leading...

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Gli onorevoli

as segretario di Santamura (uncredited)
Released: 1963-10-10

Some political candidates are determined to win the electors' preference during an election...

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March on Rome

as Direttore del carcere
Released: 1962-12-20

March on Rome (Italian: La marcia su Roma) is a 1962 comedy film by Dino Risi with Vittorio...

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The Facts of Murder

as Generale Pomilia
Released: 1959-10-24

A police inspector comes into contact with people of all types and dispositions during a...

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Lo smemorato di Collegno

as Presidente del Tribunale (uncredited)
Released: 1962-09-07

A man is hospitalized in a neurological clinic, suffering from amnesia. After seeing his photo...

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The Art of Getting Along

as Ing. Casamottola
Released: 1954-12-29

In this comedy Alberto Sordi plays Rosario Scimoni, known as Sasà, an opportunistic and...

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The Shortest Day

as Aiutante di campo (uncredited)
Released: 1963-02-14

Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an...

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An Angel for Satan

as Sergente, the Guardian
Released: 1966-05-04

At the end of the 19th century, in a little Italian village by a lake an old statue is...

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He Thief, She Thief

as Avvocato (uncredited)
Released: 1958-03-12

Cencio, a roman pilferer, periodically is in prison. He meets Cesira that soon become his...

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The Maniacs

as Literary Critic #1 (segment "la parolaccia") (uncredited)
Released: 1964-03-28

An anthology of brief comic sketches based on manias, mainly sexual, featuring several figures...

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Madri pericolose

as uncredited
Released: 1960-08-06

A great Party is given by the rich family of Improta. Every kind of intrigue gets around this...

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Redhead

as uncredited
Released: 1962-06-29

Bored with her marriage, Franziska decides to travel to Venice.

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The Magistrate

as The Mortgage Valuer
Released: 1959-10-07

Emilia Bonelli is an overly ambitious and driven woman. This dominant personality trait has its...

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At the Edge of the City

as Signore (uncredited)
Released: 1953-10-16

Based on real events, in Rome a lawyer is not sure whether to accept defending a lower-class...

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Love and Chatter

as uncredited
Released: 1958-01-31

Maria and Paul love them, but they are very young and, moreover, Maria is the daughter of the...

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Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun

as Maytha's Priest
Released: 1964-08-07

Hercules, after sailing global waters is eventually shipwrecked in South America. After losing...

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Times Gone By

as uncredited
Released: 1952-09-28

A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.

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The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina

as uncredited
Released: 1958-11-21

Sabrina is a beautiful thief, one who happens to have seven moles on her thigh, forming the...

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Time of Vacation

as uncredited
Released: 1956-09-21

Holiday time in Corniolo, a resort 40 kilometres from Rome. In a recently opened hotel various...

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The Temptation of Dr. Antonio

as Commendatore La Pappa (uncredited)
Released: 1962-02-23

Dr. Antonio Mazzuolo obsessively fights against what he perceives as immorality in Rome, only to...

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Don Cesare of Bazan

as Capitano Ribera
Released: 1942-10-04

In Barcelona, in 1650, Count Don Cesare di Bazan tries to foil, with the help of an actress, a...

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In amore si pecca in due

as uncredited
Released: 1954-01-09

Luisa Galli moves to Rome in search of a respectable job, but instead just finds a job as a...

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Crazy World... Crazy People!

as colonnello
Released: 1966-01-09

italian comedy

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