Carlo Giustini

Carlo Giustini (4 May 1916 – 26 October 2005), sometimes credited as Carlo Justini, was an Italian actor.

Carlo Giustini
Giustini c. 1954
Born	(1916-05-04)4 May 1916 Viterbo, Italy
Died	26 October 2005(2005-10-26) (aged 89) Rome, Italy
Other names	Carlo Justini, Charles Justin
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1944–1966

Life and career

Born in Viterbo, the son of a railway employee, Giustini debuted at twenty years old in The Materassi Sisters, after having been chosen through an audition.^[1] In the postwar years he was very active in the sentimental and adventurous genres, in which he usually played secondary and supporting roles.^[1][2] He was also cast in several international productions, mainly thanks to his perfect English.^[1] He retired from acting shortly after having appeared in two sci-fi films directed back-to-back by Antonio Margheriti in 1965, Wild, Wild Planet and War of the Planets.^[1][3]

Giustini died in Rome on 26 October 2005, at the age of 89.^[4]

Selected filmography

• La donna della montagna (1944) - Un giovane montanaro
• The Materassi Sisters (1944) - L'amante della principessa russa
• Fantasmi del mare (1948) - Sergente Banti
• Anthony of Padua (1949) - Padre di Ferdinando
• Alarm Bells (1949) - Marco
• Children of Chance (1949) - Marco
• Rapture (1950)
• Love and Blood (1951) - Paolo Giaccone - un Camorrista
• Shadows Over Naples (1951) - Paolo Giaccone - ein Camorrista
• Tragic Serenade (1951) - don Peppino
• Mamma Mia, What an Impression! (1951) - Arturo
• The Legend of the Piave (1952) - Conte Riccardo Dolfin
• Der bunte Traum (1952) - Pattoni
• Beauties on Motor Scooters (1952) - Alberto
• Sins of Rome (1953) - Artorige
• Prisoner in the Tower of Fire (1953) - Marco Pepli
• Nero and the Burning of Rome (1953) - Britannico
• Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
• Knights of the Queen (1954)
• I cavalieri dell'illusione (1954)
• La sultana Safiyè (1955)
• La ragazza di via Veneto (1955)
• The Baby and the Battleship (1956) - First Vespucci Brother
• The Passionate Stranger (1957) - Carlo / Mario
• La trovatella di Pompei (1957) - Roberto Ventura
• The Silent Enemy (1958) - Fellini
• Intent to Kill (1958) - Francisco Flores
• The Whole Truth (1958) - Leading Man
• The Naked Maja (1958) - José
• The Siege of Pinchgut (1959) - Luke ^[5]
• Messalina (1960) - Lusio Geta
• The Savage Innocents (1960) - Second Trooper
• Mistress of the World (1960) - Seemann John
• World in My Pocket (1961) - Pierre
• Amazons of Rome (1961) - Bruto
• The Story of Joseph and His Brethren (1961) - Reuben, Joseph's Brother
• El Cid (1961) - Bermúdez
• Barabbas (1961) - Officer
• La tragica notte di Assisi (1960) - Francesco d'Assisi
• Pontius Pilate (1962) - Decio
• Damon and Pythias (1962) - Cariso
• Between Shanghai and St. Pauli (1962) - Carlos
• I Don Giovanni della Costa Azzurra (1962) - Capitano Yacht
• Wild, Wild Planet (1966) - Ken, Lieutenant
• War of the Planets (1966) - Ken (final film role)