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Mimmo Poli

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Mimmo Poli
Poli in the movie Altissima pressione (1965)
Born
Domenico Poli

(1920-04-11)April 11, 1920
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
DiedApril 4, 1986(1986-04-04) (aged 65)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActor
Years active1951–1985

Mimmo Poli (born Domenico Poli, April 11, 1920 – April 4, 1986) was an Italian film character actor.

Career

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Poli was one of the best known and most active characters of Italian cinema; in his thirty-five-year career, he appeared in over 200 films. He started from a young age by treading the stages and reciting in Roman dialect.

In 1951 he had a small part in the film Toto and the King of Rome directed by Mario Monicelli. Federico Fellini. He played characters such as bartenderd, a docker, a prisoner in the films of the Monnezza to those of Bernardo Bertolucci.

Notable films Poli appears in include The Overcoat (1952) by Alberto Lattuada; Toto in Color (1952) by Steno; Termini Station (1953) by Vittorio De Sica; Beat the Devil by John Huston; Nights of Cabiria (1956) by Federico Fellini; Poor, But Handsome (1956) by Dino Risi; You're on Your Own (1959) by Mauro Bolognini; Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita (1961) by Sergio Corbucci; The Betrayer (1961) by Roberto Rossellini. He also appeared in many films of Franco and Ciccio. His last film appearance was with I soliti ignoti vent'anni dopo (1985).

Death

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Due to serious health problems, he was forced to leave the scene in the mid-eighties. He died from a heart attack on April 4, 1986, at the age of 65.

Selected filmography

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Poli (second right) in The Two Marshals (1961)
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