Folco Lulli
Folco Lulli (3 July 1912 – 23 May 1970) was an Italian partisan and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1946 and 1970.
Folco Lulli

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- Name
- Folco Lulli
- Born
- 3 July 1912
- Birthplace
- Florence, Italy
- Died
- 23 May 1970
- Place of death
- Rome, Italy
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Honours
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor
- Languages
- Italian
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Folco Lulli (3 July 1912 – 23 May 1970) was an Italian partisan and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1946 and 1970.
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Folco Lulli (1912–1970) was an Italian and Italian actor, director and film actor, among other activities. Born in Florence, the actor died in Rome.
Languages used include Italian. Folco Lulli received Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor.
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Key facts
• Name — Folco Lulli • Born — 3 July 1912 • Birthplace — Florence, Italy • Died — 23 May 1970 • Place of death — Rome, Italy • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1946–1970
Life and career
Life and career
Born in Florence, the son of the baritone Gino Lulli and the elder brother of actor Piero, in 1936 Lulli took part in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War as the commander of a group of Ethiopian troops. In 1943, he entered the Italian resistance movement and became a partisan; Captured by the Nazis, he was deported to Germany but managed to escape and move to the Soviet Union. After the war, Lulli worked as a pharmaceutical sales representative before being noted by Alberto Lattuada, who gave him a major role in The Bandit. The critical and commercial success of the film secured Lulli a long career as a character actor, equally split between villain and working-class roles. In 1964, he was awarded the Nastro d'Argento for best supporting actor for his performance in Mario Monicelli's The Organizer. He made his directorial debut in 1967 with Gente d'onore. He was also active on stage and television. Lulli died on 23 May 1970 from embolism while hospitalized to treat thrombophlebitis.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• The Bandit (1946) - Andrea • The White Primrose (1947) • Flesh Will Surrender (1947) - Carlini • Tragic Hunt (1947) - Un fattore • The Captain's Daughter (1947) - Zulai (uncredited) • Bullet for Stefano (1947) - Il monco • How I Lost the War (1947) - Ufficiale americano sul ponte • The White Devil (1947) • Crossroads of Passion (1948) - Viù • Without Pity (1948) - Giacomo • Escape to France (1948) - Riccardo Torre • L'eroe della strada (1948) - Operaio turbulento • Vertigine d'amore (1949) - Luca / France: Romain Toucas • A Night of Fame (1949) - Ramirez • Toto Looks for a House (1949) - Turco • How I Discovered America (1949) - Il signorotto • Hawk of the Nile (1950) - Ibrahim • No Peace Under the Olive Tree (1950) - Agostino Bonfiglio • Variety Lights (1950) - Adelmo Conti • Brief Rapture (1951) - Meccanico caposquadra della stazione • Love and Blood (1951) - Pietro • Shadows Over Naples (1951) - Pietro • Tragic Serenade (1951) - Don Vincenzo Matturini • Nobody's Children (1951) - Anselmo Vannini • Lorenzaccio (1951) - Scoronconcalo • In Olden Days (1952) - Secondo contadino toscano (segment "Questione d'interesse") • Falsehood (1952) - Rocco • La colpa di una madre (1952) - Enrico • Prisoners of Darkness (1952) - Amedeo Pisani • Infame accusa (1953) - Giovannino • The Wages of Fear (1953) - Luigi • Jeunes mariés (1953) - L'aubergiste • Riscatto (1953) - Il Maremmano • Noi cannibali (1953) - Tongo • Island Sinner (1954) - Don Pietro Ingarsia • Non vogliamo morire (1954) - Carter • Maddalena (1954) - Domenico, il bovaro • Neapolitan Carousel (1954) - Don Raffaele • Submarine Attack (1954) - Nostromo, First Mate • The Air of Paris (1954) - Angelo Posi • Acque amare (1954) - Nightclub Owner (uncredited) • Orient Express (1954) - Filippo dal Pozzo • The Count of Monte Cristo (1954, part 1, 2) - Jacopo • Fortune carrée (1955) - Hussein • The Star of Rio (1955) - Mario • Rice Girl (1956) - Pietro Guerrini • We're All Necessary (1956) - Iniesta, un ladrón • L'Homme et l'Enfant (1956) - Carlo Ferrelli • The House of Intrigue (1956) - King Kong Kaarden • Io, Caterina (1957) - Nobile Tolomei • An Eye for an Eye (1957) - Bortak • The Italians They Are Crazy (1958) - Don Bernardo • El hereje (1958) • The Sky Burns (1958) - Tazzoli • Pezzo, capopezzo e capitano (1958) - Sciacciabratta • Polikuschka (1958) - Polikuschka • Sheba and the Gladiator (1959) - Zemanzius - Zenobia's Prime Minister • Délit de fuite (1959) - Franco • Wolves of the Deep (1959) - Nostromo • The Great War (1959) - Bordin • Marie of the Isles (1959) - Le capitaine Le Fort • La nuit des traqués (1959) - Lino • The Regattas of San Francisco (1960) - Luigi, le père de Lidia • Under Ten Flags (1960) - Paco • Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960) - Pachiderma • The Huns (1960) - Igor • Esther and the King (1960) - Tobiah • Vacanze in Argentina (1960) - Giovannino Fioravanti • Spade senza bandiera (1961) - Diego Benvenuti di Pianora • The Tartars (1961) - Togrul • Rome 1585 (1961) - Fra Silenzio • Oh Islam (1961) - Prince Aktai • Romulus and the Sabines (1961) - King Titus Tazio • Erik the Conqueror (1961) - Viking King Harald • La Fayette (1962) - Le Boursier • Venus Against the Son of Hercules (1962) • Warriors Five (1962) - Marzi • Dulcinea (1962) - Sancho Panza • Un alibi per morire (1962) • The Shortest Day (1963) - Ufficiale a teatro (uncredited) • Duel at the Rio Grande (1963) - José • The Organizer (1963) - Pautasso • Revenge of the Musketeers (1963) - Cardinal Mazarini • Les Parias de la gloire (1964) - Blosky • Last Plane to Baalbek (1964) - John Volpi • Oltraggio al pudore (1964) - Gabriele's Father • Black Humor (1965) - Count Ripoli (segment 3 'La cornacchia') • Marco the Magnificent (1965) - Spinello, Venetian Merchant • For Love and Gold (1966) - Pecoro • Lightning Bolt (1966) - Mr. Rehte • The Murderer with the Silk Scarf (1966) - Polizeirat Erwin Moll • Le Grand Restaurant (1966) - Le président Novalès • Blockhead (1966) - Testa Di Rapa • The Viscount (1967) - Rico Barone • Gente d'onore (1967) - Turi • The Longest Hunt (1968) - Don Hernando Gutierrez • Between God, the Devil and a Winchester (1968) - Colonel Bob Ford • Mercanti di vergini (1969) • Baltagul (1969) - oierul Bogza • A Golden Widow (1969) - Le Sicilien - un tueur • Trois hommes sur un cheval (1969) - Le patron d'Eric • Raptus (1969) - Avv. Montani • L'âne de Zigliara (1970) • Tre nel mille (1971) - (final film role)
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Works and production
Works and production
The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded with the occupation film director. It is also recorded that folco Lulli is recorded with the occupation screenwriter. Recorded with the occupation film actor. Recorded with the occupation resistance fighter. Institutional cataloguing adds that folco Lulli is recorded with the occupation partisan. It is also recorded that folco Lulli is recorded with the occupation actor. Recorded as a citizen of Kingdom of Italy. It is also recorded that folco Lulli is recorded with the gender male. Born on 3 July 1912. The record continues: folco Lulli died on 23 May 1970.

photo from magazine Archivio personale, 1954
Indeciso42 at the Italian Wikipedia project.

Folco Lulli ed Elsa Martinelli in una scena del film italiano La risaia (1956)
Film diretto da Raffaello Matarazzo e prodotto da Excelsa Film · Screenshot catturato da Spinoziano dal film
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Florence.
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- 1.Donne e Uomini della Resistenza: Folco Lulli. ANPI.
- 2.Zanotti. L'attore Folco Lulli è morto ieri a Roma. La Stampa. 3. 25 May 1970.
- 3.Lancia, Enrico. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli artisti : Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore. 328–9. 2003. 978-88-8440-213-4.
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