Mimo Billi
Mimo Billo (actually Domenico Billi , also Mimmo Billi ; born March 21, 1910 in Imola , † November 26, 1974 in Rome ) was an Italian actor .
Life
After finishing school, Billi lived in Bergamo , Genoa and finally in Rome, where he found employment as a production secretary in the film industry. From 1935 he lived in Africa, where he acted with a theater company in Abyssinia , Somalia and Eritrea . During the Second World War Billi was a soldier, captured in the Battle of Agordat and was later able to return to Italy. He found another opportunity to work in his old job as a production secretary. From 1950 onwards he occasionally took on small, mostly weird and sympathetic supporting roles in movies (after an occasional engagement in 1935), which within a short period of time led to an impressive number of works in which Billi participated - often without mentioning in the cast lists, but also under different name variants. He was also featured in stage productions and in many photo novels , and later he became a regular guest in Italian television series. In 1969 he retired from acting.
Filmography (selection)
- 1935: Milizia territorial
- 1950: È più facile che un cammello ...
- 1956: TKX does not answer (Si tous les gars du monde)
- 1968: Invitation to dance of death (… E venne il tempo di uccidere)
- 1969: Why did I only say yes twice?
Web links
- Mimo Billi in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Mimo Billi on MyMovies (Italian).
Individual evidence
- ↑ other sources name 1915 and Bologna
- ↑ Enrico Lancia, article Mimo Billi , in: Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori, Volume 1, AL. Rome, Gremese 2003. pp. 73/74
- ^ Billi at Westerns all'italiana
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Billi, Mimo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Billo, Mimo; Billi, Domenico (real name); Billi, Mimmo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Imola |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1974 |
| Place of death | Rome |