Gigi Proietti

Born: 1940-11-02

Luigi "Gigi" Proietti (2 November 1940 – 2 November 2020) was an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, musician, singer and television presenter. After several stage works, in 1966 Proietti debuted both in cinema, in Pleasant Nights, and on television, in the TV series I grandi camaleonti. His first personal success came in 1971, when he replaced Domenico Modugno in the stage musical Alleluja brava gente by Garinei & Giovannini, starring alongside Renato Rascel. In 1974, after playing the role of Neri Chiaramantesi in the drama La cena delle beffe, alongside Carmelo Bene and Vittorio Gassman, in 1976 started a fruitful collaboration with playwright Roberto Lerici, with whom he wrote and directed his stage plays, starting with the one-man show A me gli occhi, please (Give me your eyes, please, 1976, reported on the scene in 1993, 1996 and 2000, in a memorable performance at the Olympic Stadium in his hometown). Initially planned to be performed 6 times, the show exceeded 300 performances, with an average audience of 2,000 per performance. He took part in several international movies, including The Appointment (1969), directed by Sidney Lumet, A Wedding (1978), directed by Robert Altman, and Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978), directed by Ted Kotcheff. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gigi Proietti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Pinocchio

as Mangiafuoco
Released: 2019-12-19

In this live-action adaptation of the beloved fairytale, old woodcarver Geppetto fashions a...

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D'Artagnan's Daughter

as Giulio Mazarino
Released: 1994-08-24

It is 1654, in the South of France. When horsemen follow a runaway slave into the convent where...

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The Howl

as Carlo detto 'Coso'
Released: 1970-05-01

A young bride escapes her wedding ceremony with a stranger and together they set off on an epic...

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Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

as Ravello
Released: 1978-09-13

Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest Chefs in Europe are being...

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Bambina

as Saverio Mazzacolli
Released: 1974-09-17

In order to convince Raimonda, a wealthy noble woman, to finance his project for a holiday...

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Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films

as Professor Silenzio
Released: 2011-09-09

An Italian parody of the biggest U.S. blockbusters such as "Gladiator, " "Harry Potter", "Fast...

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Lady Liberty

as Michel Bruni
Released: 1971-12-22

The story concerns the difficulties and reactions of Maddalena (Sophia Loren), an Italian...

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Indovina chi viene a Natale?

as Leonardo Sereni
Released: 2013-12-19

A very extended family gathers for the Christmas holidays, after the death of the breadwinner...

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The Libertine

as Sandro Maldini
Released: 1968-12-23

A sexy widow discovers her late husband had a secret apartment where he cheated on her. Now she...

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Brancaleone at the Crusades

as Pattume; Colombino; la Morte
Released: 1970-12-24

After saving an infant of royal blood, knight Brancaleone forms a new army and sets out to...

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The Appointment

as uncredited
Released: 1969-05-22

Lawyer Federico Fendi has reasons to suspect that his fashion model wife Carla is secretly one...

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A Summer in the Caribbean

as Alberto
Released: 2009-06-12

Several groups of Italians experience amusing adventures and tests of character on the Caribbean...

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Ma tu di che segno 6?

as Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis
Released: 2014-12-11

Five searches for love unfold in interconnected stories in which fathers, daughters and male...

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A summer at the sea

as Giulio / Narrator
Released: 2008-06-27

Set against the sun-soaked shores of Italy in the summertime, seven different tales unfold about...

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We Are Cinema

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2021-12-16

An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.

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Beach House

as Gigi
Released: 1977-10-27

Summer Sunday at a small beach house at the coast of Rome. Many people and stories: women's...

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A Wedding

as Dino Corelli I
Released: 1978-08-29

Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure...

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Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting

as Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti
Released: 2002-10-31

Mandrake and his new friends still continue to bet (and lose a lot of money) on horse races....

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The Jokes

as il Padreterno/cameriere/portantino ospedaliero/cantante messicano/contadino/avvocato e cliente/direttore d'orchestra
Released: 2004-02-06

In many small episodes, various characters represent the typical vices and comedy of Italian...

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Horse Fever

as Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti
Released: 1976-10-29

Bruno Fioretti, known as "Mandrake", is an inveterate gambler who never misses a day at the...

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I Don't Understand You Anymore

as Alberto Spinelli
Released: 1980-10-03

On entering her bathroom, Luisa finds a naked man showering. She calls the police at once and...

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Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven

as San Filippo Neri
Released: 2010-09-20

One of the most popular saints of all time, St. Philip Neri was widely known for his great...

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The Inheritance

as Pippo Ferramonti
Released: 1976-08-11

Rome, 1880. Gregorio Ferramonti (Anthony Quinn) has decided to close his bakery, the family...

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Istintobrass

as Self
Released: 2013-08-30

One of the most controversial, original and loved figures of Italian cinema. The most censored...

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Life Is a Wonderful Thing

as Claudio
Released: 2010-04-02

A policeman who spies on the lives of others, an important banker married to a housewife who...

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Property Is No Longer a Theft

as Paco
Released: 1973-10-03

A young bank teller, literally allergic to paper money, becomes the worst nightmare of his best...

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House of Pleasure for Women

as Ivanoe (as Luigi Proietti)
Released: 1976-01-23

The United States of America, after the great success of Vietnam, Watergate and so on, have...

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Pleasant Nights

as Maresciallo (as Luigi Proietti)
Released: 1966-09-23

A trilogy of comedic tales set in the Middle Ages.

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Il premio

as Giovanni Passamonte
Released: 2017-12-06

After winning the Nobel Prize, Giovanni Passamonte decides to drive to Stockholm with his sons...

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I Am Santa Claus

as Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale
Released: 2021-11-03

Ettore has spent the last five years in jail for a robbery. Once out of prison, he has nowhere...

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Let's Talk About Women

as Omero (uncredited)
Released: 1964-03-28

Vittorio Gassman stars as different characters in each of the nine episodes of this unusual...

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Bubu

as Giulio - the Thief
Released: 1971-02-16

Bubu leaves his job in a bakery, forces his girl-friend into prostitution, and from then on...

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Luigi Proietti detto Gigi

as Self
Released: 2022-03-03

Documentary about the film and theater career of the roman actor, Gigi Proietti, who passed away...

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Dirty Linen

as Prof. Rodolfo Melchiorri
Released: 1999-01-29

The Razzi family owns a small factory of sweets in Macerata. Their desire to enlarge their...

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All at Sea

as Smemorato
Released: 2011-03-11

Every morning, pushing the wheelchair of his mother, Maurizio along the walkway through the bush...

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Sue Me

as Luigi Marchetti
Released: 1985-01-17

Judge Pennisi deals with a lot of citizens every day, some of them criminals, but almost always...

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Catch As Catch Can

as Truccatore
Released: 1967-10-26

Bob is a successful actor, but his career gets doomed by a strange phenomenon: the animal...

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Fellini of the Spirits

as Self
Released: 2020-08-31

2020 marks 100 years since the birth of Federico Fellini, the most prominent Italian director...

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Dropout

as Cieco
Released: 1970-12-18

Italian immigrant kidnaps a wealthy British woman, and they fall in love.

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Soldier's Girl

as Cesare Bottazzi
Released: 1967-04-13

Anita, a free Emilian girl falls in love with Salvatore, a Neapolitan bersagliere. The two would...

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La Tosca

as Mario Cavaradossi
Released: 1973-03-23

Rome, 1800. Napoleon threatens the power of the Church and executions of Jacobins are constant....

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Meo Patacca

as Meo Patacca
Released: 1972-09-27

Adapted from the mock-heroic poem in Roman dialect, tells the misadventures of the young...

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Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia

as Self
Released: 2018-10-21

This brisk, engaging documentary surveys the life, work, and legacy of Vittorio Gassman, the...

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A Rather Complicated Girl

as Pietro
Released: 1969-02-07

Having casually overheard a confusing phone conversation between two women, Alberto manages to...

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The Sex Machine

as Prof. Enrico Coppola
Released: 1975-03-27

The year is 2037 A.D. Depletion of natural fuels has eliminated electrical power throughout the...

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Chi dice donna, dice donna

as Sonia / Filippo
Released: 1976-02-11

Film in five episodes on the female universe. Among the women portrayed, neglected wives who...

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Edipo Re

as uncredited
Released: 1977-12-11

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Orders are Orders

as Mario Pasini
Released: 1972-04-13

Giorgia, an unhappy housewife tired of marriage with her husband Amedeo, starts to hear a voice...

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Mai storie d'amore in cucina

as uncredited
Released: 2004-05-09

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Mille bolle blu

as Narratore
Released: 1993-01-01

The movie tells the little stories of a group of families who live in the same building in Rome...

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Languidi baci... perfide carezze

as Orfeo Scardamazzi
Released: 1976-12-08

Italian romance starring Giovanna Ralli, Gigi Proietti and Cristiano Censi

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Alberto il grande

as Self
Released: 2013-02-16

Docu-film directed by Carlo and Luca Verdone realized on 2013 in occasion of the tenth...

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Il signore della truffa

as uncredited
Released: 2011-10-03

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Di padre in figlio

as Self
Released: 1982-01-01

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Playback - Il caso Malien

as uncredited
Released: 2016-01-01

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Il veterinario

as Gigi Garulli
Released: 2005-01-30

Gigi Garulli is a veterinarian who lives with his wife and two children in a beautiful villa. In...

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Piccoli borghesi

as Nil
Released: 1968-11-26

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La fantastica storia di Don Chisciotte della Mancia

as Don Chisciotte della Mancia
Released: 1970-08-01

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Two Pieces of Bread

as Albergatore
Released: 1979-01-26

Two minstrels singing for their supper in Rome discover they've both been lovers to the same...

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Vietnam guerra senza fronte

as Voce
Released: 1967-01-01

Documentary directed by Alessandro Perrone.

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Gigi Proietti Show - A me gli occhi 2000

as uncredited
Released: 2000-05-02

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Un nero per casa

as Lorenzo Paradisi
Released: 1998-12-07

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I 7 Re di Roma

as Tiberino, Enea, Fauno Luperco, Romolo, Numa Pompilio, Tullo Ostilio, padre degli Orazi, Anco Marzio, Tarquinio Prisco, Servio Tullio, Tarquinio il Superbo, Bruto
Released: 1989-01-01

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Serata d'Onore: Gigi Proietti

as uncredited
Released: 2005-01-11

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Great Performances

as Ferguson
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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I Cesaroni

as Se stesso
First aired: 2006-09-07

I Cesaroni is an Italian television series produced since 2006 by Publispei and Mediaset RTI....

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Ulisse. Il piacere della scoperta

as Self
First aired: 2001-04-07

Alberto Angela leads the dissemination program dedicated to history, art and culture. A...

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TV Story Superstar

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 2020-01-23

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Il maresciallo Rocca

as Maresciallo Giovanni Rocca
First aired: 1996-01-16

The adventures of the marshal of the carabinieri Giovanni Rocca, played by the great Gigi...

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Meraviglie. La penisola dei tesori

as uncredited
First aired: 2018-01-04

The beautiful Italy

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Una pallottola nel cuore

as Bruno Plamieri
First aired: 2014-10-27

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Cavalli di battaglia

as Self
First aired: 2017-01-14

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L'avvocato Porta

as Antonio Porta
First aired: 1997-10-20

L'avvocato Porta is an Italian television series.

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Il Circolo Pickwick

as Jingle
First aired: 1968-02-04

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L'ultimo Papa Re

as cardinal Romeo Colombo da Priverno
First aired: 2013-04-08

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Italian Restaurant

as Giulio Broccoli
First aired: 1994-11-06

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Tartarino sulle Alpi

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-09-06

Tartarin sur les Alpes is a novel written by the French writer Alphonse Daudet in 1885. It is...

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Villa Arzilla

as Il giardiniere
First aired: 1990-12-21

Villa Arzilla is an Italian television series.

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