Paolo Paoloni

Paolo Paoloni (24 July 1929 – 9 January 2019) was an Italian actor.

Paolo Paoloni
Paolo Paoloni in Fantozzi
Born	(1929-07-24)24 July 1929 Bodio, Switzerland
Died	9 January 2019(2019-01-09) (aged 89) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1968–2019
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)

Biography

A close friend of director Luciano Salce, Paoloni is best known for portraying the role of the Galactic Mega-director in the Fantozzi film saga. Despite being famous for taking part to several comedies, Paoloni took also part in some horror films such as Cannibal Holocaust.

He died on 9 January 2019, at the age of 89.^[1] In his final months, Paoloni became mute due to a vocal cord disease.^[2]

Selected filmography

• The Black Sheep (1968) - The Chairman of 'Banca di Sconto' (uncredited)
• Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli, primario della clinica Villa Celeste, convenzionata con le mutue (1969) - Lampredi
• La ragazza del prete (1970)
• In the Name of the Italian People (1971) - Psychiatrist
• The Nun and the Devil (1973) - Isabella's keeper (uncredited)
• L'erotomane (1974) - Tappatani
• Fantozzi (1975) - Duke Count Maria Rita Vittorio Balabam
• White Horses of Summer (1975) - Infermiere
• Il secondo tragico Fantozzi (1976) - Mega Direttore Galattico Duca Conte G.M.Balabam
• Tutti possono arricchire tranne i poveri (1976) - Autista
• L'altra metà del cielo (1977) - Vescovo di Sidney
• An Average Little Man (1977) - Impiegato allampanato
• Grazie tante - Arrivederci (1977)
• Where Are You Going on Holiday? (1978) - Agente dei Lloyd's (segment "Sì buana")
• Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot (1979) - Professor
• Tesoro mio (1979)
• Cannibal Holocaust (1980) - 3rd Executive
• Inferno (1980) - Music Teacher
• The Precarious Bank Teller (1980) - Il conte Ernesto Di Sacrofano
• Il Marchese del Grillo (1981) - Captain of the Swiss Guards (uncredited)
• Vieni avanti cretino (1982) - The Office Manager
• And the Ship Sails On (1983) - Il Maestro Albertini
• Il mistero del panino assassino (1987) - Portiere d'albergo (uncredited)
• Quelli del casco (1988) - Maitre
• Stradivari (1988) - Moroni
• Io, Peter Pan (1989) - Dentist
• The Miser (1990) - Il papa
• The King's Whore (1990) - Longhi's Lackey
• Stasera a casa di Alice (1990) - Monsignore Rocca-Bandini
• Vacanze di Natale '90 (1990) - Il padre di Eliette
• Voices from Beyond (1991) - Grandfather Mainardi
• Vacanze di Natale '91 (1991) - Signor Martelli
• Faccione (1991) - the gynecologist (uncredited)
• Fantozzi in paradiso (1993) - Megadirettore
• Chicken Park (1994) - Scientist (uncredited)
• Fantozzi - Il ritorno (1996) - Mega Direttore Galattico Duca Conte G.M.Balabam
• Double Team (1997) - Old Monk
• L'amico di Wang (1997) - Il giudice
• Dirty Linen (1999) - Farmacista
• Fantozzi 2000 – La clonazione (1999) - Mega Presidente, Duca Conte G.M.Balabam
• Laguna (2001) - Vincenzo
• Winter (2002) - Eddy
• Il nostro matrimonio è in crisi (2002) - Gavazzi Lui
• Ripley's Game (2002) - Franco
• The Haunting of Helena (2012) - Ferri
• Si accettano miracoli (2015) - (uncredited)
• La voce di Fantozzi (2017) - Himself
• Blessed Madness (2018) - Padre Martinez (final film role)