Corrado Olmi

Life and career

Born in Jesi, Ancona, Olmi at very young age attended some local amateur dramatic companies in his hometown. He later moved to Rome, where he graduated in law and during his studies attended the Peter Sharoff Theatre Academy. He is a very prolific stage actor, with hundreds of credits in works of prose, avanspettacolo, cabaret, operetta. He was also very active in television (in television movies, TV-series and variety shows) and in films, where he was one of the most requested character actors. Olmi is also the author of two autobiographical books, Oltre la scena and Oltre lo schermo.

Selected filmography

Peccato di castità (1956)

Un mandarino per Teo (1960)

A Girl... and a Million (1962)

Shivers in Summer (1963)

Slalom (1965)

Wake Up and Die (1966)

Sex Quartet (1966)

Ace High (1968)

A Stranger in Paso Bravo (1968)

The Vatican Affair (1968)

The Archangel (1969)

Satyricon (1969)

Armiamoci e partite! (1971)

A Girl in Australia (1971)

The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)

Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)

Il provinciale (1972)

My Darling Slave (1973)

Scandal in the Family (1975)

Apache Woman (1976)

Madly in Love (1981)

Porca vacca (1982)

Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style (1983)

Rich and Poor (1983)

Il ragazzo del Pony Express (1986)

Rimini Rimini - Un anno dopo (1988)

Italian Restaurant (1994, TV)

The Dinner (1998)