Lino Banfi

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Lino Banfi (2007)

Lino Banfi (actually Pasquale Zagaria ; born July 11, 1936 in Andria ) is an Italian actor .

Known for his Apulian accent, he is considered by many to be one of Italy's most distinctive and talented comedians in the post-war era. His erotic comedies of the 1970s were criticized in their day for scenes of nudity and vulgar language. Together with his colleagues Lando Buzzanca , Renzo Montagnani , Mario Carotenuto , Gianfranco D'Angelo , Aldo Maccione and Alvaro Vitali , he made these “Italian comedies” very successful and popular.

Life

Banfi spent his childhood and youth in Canosa di Puglia . He has been married to his wife Lucia since 1962 and has a son (Walter) and a daughter (Rosanna), who also both became actors. His Catholic family would have liked to send him to a priestly school, but he was more drawn to the "spettacolo" as a singer at festivals in his vicinity.

At the age of 18, Banfi went to Milan in 1954 and, after starting out, played in amateur theater groups at the theaters of Milan, Turin and Genoa. Right there, after working with Arturo Vetrani, he started his comedian career. Here he brought typical elements of his native region such as the dialect and the type of language and its gestures. He started under the pseudonym Lino Zaga. It was then the famous Totò who advised him to change his last name to Banfi.

From the mid-1960s he not only turned away from revue and cabaret, but was also used in numerous films; he was one of the figureheads of the Italian sexy comedies , which reached their peak between 1974 and 1982. Banfi was usually not required there; on only a few occasions he was able to show his skills, for example in Dino Risi's Il commissario Lo Gatto 1986. In the 1980s he was one of the favorite actors of Nero Parentis .

In the new millennium, Banfi was successful with the frequently repeated television series Un medico in famiglia .

Banfi is the UNICEF ambassador for his home country.

Filmography (selection)

Lino Banfi in Rome 2006
Lino Banfi in Milan 2015
  • 1960: Metti, Celentano e Mina ... (Urlatori alla Sbarra)
  • 1964: The loud mouth (I due evasi di Sing Sing)
  • 1965: A general and two more idiots (Due marines e un generale)
  • 1965: Two idiots against Goldfinger (Due mafiosi contro Goldginger)
  • 1968: A raven-black sheep (La pecora nera)
  • 1968: The crazy guys from fire engine 34 (I due pompieri)
  • 1969: The girlfriend was always there (Certo, certissimo, anzi probabile)
  • 1969: Schoolgirls love hot (Oh dolci baci e languide carezze)
  • 1969: 2 idiots as gunslingers (Franco e Ciccio sul sentiero di guerra)
  • 1971: Pretrial detention (Detenuto in attesa di giudizio)
  • 1971: Two crazy guys out of control (Venga a fare il soldato da noi)
  • 1972: Two idiots as broken pilots (Continuavano a chiamarli i due piloti più matti del mondo)
  • 1972: Boccaccio (Boccaccio)
  • 1973: The Filou (Peccato veniale)
  • 1973: Mr. General, you can tell us (4 marmittoni alle grandi manovre)
  • 1973: A godfather rarely comes alone (L'altra faccia del padrino)
  • 1974: I'll polish your bald head (Colpo in canna)
  • 1976: The Hot Teens Hotel (L'affittacamere)
  • 1977: Sweet Sixteen - Sweet Sixteen (La compagna di banco)
  • 1977: Shoot you ... I'll get food (Kakkientruppen)
  • 1978: Flotte Teens now without jeans (La liceale nella classe dei ripetenti)
  • 1978: Flotte Teens and the new school chick (L'insegnante va in collegio)
  • 1978: The Head of House (L'insegnante viene a casa)
  • 1978: The cloudy cups in room 9 (La soldatessa alle grandi manovre)
  • 1979: Flotte Teens and Sex according to grades (L'insegnante balla… con tutta la classe)
  • 1979: The Idiotenzwinger (L'infermiera nella corsia dei militari)
  • 1979: Now she does it with the timpanist (La liceale seduce i professori)
  • 1979: You have to be a night nurse (L'infermiera di notte)
  • 1979: The rascal of custom (La poliziotta della squadra del buon costume)
  • 1979: A totally dirty weekend (Sabato, domenica e venerdì)
  • 1980: Love Spaghetti Love (Spaghetti a mezzanotte)
  • 1980: The truancy (La ripetente fa l'occhietto al preside)
  • 1980: helmet on - pants down (La dottoressa ci sta col colonnello)
  • 1980: Vacation report of single women (La moglie in vacanza… l'amante in città)
  • 1981: The double hero (Fracchia, la belva umana)
  • 1986: All hell breaks loose in the department store (Grandi magazzini)
  • 1986: Stealing needs to be learned (Scuola di Ladri)
  • 1987: Two Italians like it hot (Bellifreschi)
  • 1998–2009: Un medico in famiglia
  • 2009: Maria, he doesn't like it!
  • 2016: The full post (Quo vado?)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi, Article Lino Banfi , in: Chiti, Lancia, Obricciani, Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese 1998, pp. 37/38
personal data
SURNAME Banfi, Lino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Andria , Italy