Gino Bramieri
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, 21 June 1928 - Milan, 18 June 1996) was an Italian comedian and actor. He was especially known as a television comedian, but also performed in theatres, on radio, and in about thirty movies. He was nicknamed "Il Re della barzelletta" ("the King of jokes") for his burlesque
Burlesque
Burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects...
comic style, which was largely based on his skill at telling funny stories. His jokes were sometimes as quick as a cut and thrust, and bordering on surrealism. They have been collected in a series of books, such as 50 chili fa ("50 kilos ago", a collection he published after dieting).
In his career, he has performed together with many prominent Italian comedians and actors, including Franco Franchi
Franco Franchi
Franco Franchi was an Italian comedian.He was born in Palermo, Sicily and began his career in the 1950s, although his career only really took off in the 1960s...
and Ciccio Ingrassia
Ciccio Ingrassia
Ciccio Ingrassia was an Italian comedian.He was born in Palermo, Sicily and began his career in the 1950s, although his career only really took off in the 1960s. He starred in many comedies, mainly as a duo with comedian Franco Franchi...
, Peppino De Filippo
Peppino De Filippo
Peppino De Filippo was an Italian actor.De Filippo was born in Naples, brother of actor and playwright Eduardo De Filippo and of Titina. He made his stage debut at the age of six. He played in several movies such as Rome-Paris-Rome, Variety Lights, A Day in Court, Ferdinand I, King of Naples and...
, Aldo Fabrizi
Aldo Fabrizi
Aldo Fabrizi was an Italian actor and cinema and theatre director.-Actor Filmography:* Avanti, c'è posto... by Mario Bonnard...
, Ave Ninchi
Ave Ninchi
Ave Ninchi was an Italian supporting actress who played character roles on stage, television, and in over 98 feature films that included Tomorrow Is Too Late and Louis Malle's Lacombe Lucien . She has worked with some of Italy's top movie stars, including Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni,...
, Nino Taranto
Nino Taranto
Nino Taranto was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 83 films between 1924 and 1971.He was born and died in Naples, Italy.-Selected filmography:* Nonna Felicità * L'ha fatto una signora...
, Raimondo Vianello
Raimondo Vianello
Raimondo Vianello was an Italian film actor, comedian, and television host. He was a well-known Italian television personality.- Biography :...
, Renato Rascel
Renato Rascel
Renato Ranucci, in art Renato Rascel was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1942 and 1972...
, and Totò
Totò
Prince Antonio Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno De Curtis di Bisanzio Gagliardi, best known by his stage name Totò and nicknamed il principe della risata was an Italian comedian, film and theatre actor, writer, singer and songwriter...
. His career in television reached its apex in the 1960s-1970s, with RAI
RAI
RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy...
television shows such as Tigre contro tigre, Il signore ha suonato?, E noi qui and others; in the 1980s, he conducted a show named after him, the Gino Bramieri show.
He died of cancer at the age of 68, and was buried in Milan's Cimitero Monumentale
Cimitero Monumentale di Milano
The Cimitero Monumentale in Milan, Italy is a very large cemetery, noted for its abundance of highly artistic and often imposing tombs.It was designed by the architect Carlo Maciachini...
, a privilege that is traditionally reserved to outstanding Milanese citizens.
A street of Milan (district of Porta Nuova) as well as an avenue in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
(in the Pineto city park) have been renamed in his honour..
Filmography
- Siamo tutti Milanesi, directed by Mario Landi (1953)
- Amarti è il mio peccato, directed by Sergio GriecoSergio GriecoSergio Grieco was an Italian film director and screenwriter.He directed nearly 40 films between 1950 and 1977...
(1953) - I tre ladri, directed by Lionello De Felice (1955)
- Avanzi di galera, directed by Vittorio CottafaviVittorio CottafaviVittorio Cottafavi was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1943 and 1985...
(1955) - Per le vie della città, directed by Luigi Giachino (1956)
- Peppino, le modelle e chella làPeppino, le modelle e chella làPeppino, le modelle e chella là is a 1957 comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Gino Bramieri.-Cast:* Gino Bramieri* Peppino De Filippo* Franco Di Trocchio* Fulvia Franco* Giacomo Furia* Salvo Libassi* Guido Martufi* Ester Masing...
, directed by Mario MattoliMario MattoliMario Mattoli was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966....
(1957) - Scandali al mare, directed by Marino GirolamiMarino GirolamiMarino Girolami was an Italian film director who gained a cult following for his horror movies like Zombie Holocaust. He was the father of the Italian film maker Enzo G...
(1961) - Maciste contro Ercole nella valle dei guai, directed by Mario Mattoli (1961)
- Twist, lolite e vitelloni, directed by Marino Girolami (1962)
- Nerone '71, directed by Filippo Walter Ratti (1962)
- L'assassino si chiama Pompeo, directed by Marino Girolami (1962)
- Il medico delle donne, directed by Marino Girolami (1962)
- Gli eroi del doppio gioco, directed by Camillo MastrocinqueCamillo MastrocinqueCamillo Mastrocinque was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 63 films between 1937 and 1968.-Selected filmography:* Lost in the Dark * Gli Inesorabili...
(1962) - Canzoni a tempo di twist, directed by Stefano Canzio (1962)
- Colpo gobbo all'italiana, directed by Lucio FulciLucio FulciLucio Fulci was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is perhaps best known for his directorial work on gore films, including Zombie and The Beyond , although he made films in genres as diverse as giallo, western, and comedy...
(1962) - I tre nemici, directed by Giorgio Simonelli (1962)
- Gli italiani e le donne, directed by Marino Girolami (1962)
- Un marito in condominio, directed by Angelo Dorigo (1963)
- Siamo tutti pomicioni, directed by Marino Girolami (1963)
- I quattro tassisti, directed by Giorgio BianchiGiorgio BianchiGiorgio Bianchi was an Italian film director and actor.-Selected filmography:* Two Happy Hearts * Vent'anni * Hearts at Sea * L'immorale -External links:...
(1963) - Adultero lui, adultera lei, directed by Raffaello MatarazzoRaffaello MatarazzoRaffaello Matarazzo was an Italian film-maker.- Biography :He started writing film reviews for Roman newspaper Il Tevere before re-editing scripts for the Italian film company Cines...
(1963) - In ginocchio da te, directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti (1964)
- Se non avessi più teSe non avessi più teSe non avessi più te is a 1965 Italian film directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti.-Cast:*Gianni Morandi ... Gianni Traimonti*Laura Efrikian ... Carla Todisco*Anna Maria Polani ... Isabel de Villalba*Nino Taranto ... Ten. Antonio Todisco...
, directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti (1965) - Non son degno di teNon son degno di teNon son degno di te is a 1965 Italian film directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti.-Cast:*Gianni Morandi ... Gianni Traimonti*Laura Efrikian ... Carla Todisco*Gino Bramieri ... Ginone Traimonti*Nino Taranto ... Antonio Todisco...
, directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti (1965) - Rita la zanzara, directed by Lina WertmüllerLina WertmüllerLina Wertmüller is an Italian film writer and director of aristocratic Swiss descent. In 1976, she became the first woman ever to be nominated for an Academy Award for Directing with the film Seven Beauties.-Biography:...
(1966) - Perdono, directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti (1966)
- Nessuno mi può giudicare, directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti (1966)
- Chimera, directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti (1968)
- Nel giorno del Signore, directed by Bruno CorbucciBruno CorbucciBruno Corbucci was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He was the younger brother of Sergio Corbucci, and wrote many of his films. He was born in Rome, where he also died....
(1970) - W le donne, directed by Aldo Grimaldi (1970)
- Per amore di Cesarina, directed by Vittorio Sindoni (1976)
- Oh! Serafina, directed by Alberto LattuadaAlberto LattuadaAlberto Lattuada was an Italian film director.Lattuada was born in Milan, the son of composer Felice Lattuada...
(1976) - Ride bene... chi ride ultimo directed by Bramieri
- Maschio latino cercasi, directed by Giovanni Narzisi (1977)
- Ridendo e scherzando, directed by Marco Aleandri (1978)