Walter Chiari

Acting

Walter Chiari

Born 1924-03-08 · Verona, Veneto, Italy

Walter Annicchiarico (8 March 1924 – 20 December 1991), known as Walter Chiari [ˈvalter ˈkjaːri], was an Italian stage and screen actor, mostly in comedy roles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Chiari, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

It Happened at the Police Station poster
6.5

Everyday all kind of people pass through a Police Station, especially if it is downtown. Today, however, the chief of police has bought his first car and he has decided to test it with his wife going to Ostia. But first a theatrical company sent out of the theatre, last Alfredo Todini arrested while walking wearing a gown and in the mean a series of human cases, ranging from the pathetic to the funny one, get in the way of his wish.

It Happened at the Police Station

1954

The Sucker poster
7.4

In this Franco-Italian gangster parody, a shopkeeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash that totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friend's car from Naples to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be filled with such contraband as stolen money, jewelry and drugs, the involuntary and unwitting companions in crime soon attract all but recreational attention from the "milieu".

The Sucker

1965

Chimes at Midnight poster
7.2

Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur. Henry's heir, Prince Hal, is a ne'er-do-well carouser who drinks and causes mischief with his low-class friends, especially his rotund father figure, John Falstaff. To redeem his title, Hal may have to choose between allegiance to his real father and loyalty to his friend.

Chimes at Midnight

1965

Bonjour Tristesse poster
6.7

A spoiled teenager spends the summer at the French Riviera with her rich, widower, playboy father, but when his old flame resurfaces, she resolves to keep her frivolous lifestyle at all costs.

Bonjour Tristesse

1958

Two Vikings poster
7.0

The viking chief Hjorvard has two wild sons, Glum and Garm, both notorious berserkers.

Two Vikings

1965

È l'amor che mi rovina poster
8.0

A naive clerk finds himself involved in the theft of a ring containing a dangerous liquid.

È l'amor che mi rovina

1951

The Valachi Papers poster
6.5

When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred code of silence.

The Valachi Papers

1972

Tutto Totò - La scommessa poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Tutto Totò - La scommessa

1967

Monte Carlo or Bust! poster
5.9

Sequel to "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines". This time an international car rally from England to Monte Carlo provides the comedic farce.

Monte Carlo or Bust!

1969

It Happened in the Penitentiary poster
6.3

A prison warden keeps a diary in which he writes about the convicts he meets and their lives.

It Happened in the Penitentiary

1955

Love, the Italian Way poster
4.4

A group of passengers traveling around the Mediterranean on a luxury liner enjoy various adventures and become romantically involved with each other.

Love, the Italian Way

1960

Copacabana Palace poster
5.0

For three days at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, amorous cross-fertilizations are intertwined with petty tricks against the backdrop of the famous carnival festivities. Three (sympathetic) accomplices are beaten to a punch in the hotel vault; three charming stewardesses are looking for entertainment, but their three Carioca host, musicians Tom Jobim, Luiz Bonfá, and João Gilberto, are married; a man, separated from his wife, wants to catch her in the act of adultery.

Copacabana Palace

1962

O.K. Nero poster
6.0

Two American sailors, Fiorello and Jimmy are slugged while sight-seeing in Rome and, together, they dream they are back in Rome in the days of Nero.

O.K. Nero

1951

The Shortest Day poster
6.4

Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.

The Shortest Day

1963

Bellissima poster
7.7

Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daughter to Cinecittà, hoping she’ll be selected and become a star. She is ready to sacrifice anything for little Maria.

Bellissima

1952

Abbiamo vinto! poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Abbiamo vinto!

1951

Made in Italy poster
6.1

A group of Italians take a flight to Sweden: among them there are the tourists, and the immigrants.

Made in Italy

1965

Rosso e nero poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Rosso e nero

1954

Gran varietà poster
6.7

A musical comedy divided into five segments: Mariantonia, Cuttica, Il Fine Dicitore, Fregoli and Il Censore.

Gran varietà

1954

Caprice Italian Style poster
6.1

The film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share one thing: a warm irony to current events.

Caprice Italian Style

1968

The Little Hut poster
6.4

Sir Philip Ashlow (Stewart Granger), his neglected wife, Lady Ashlow (Ava Gardner) and his best friend Henry Brittingham-Brett (David Niven) are shipwrecked on a desert island. This potential ménage à trois where the two men compete for the lady's attention is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a fourth inhabitant of the island.

The Little Hut

1957

A Day in Court poster
6.3

A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and characters.

A Day in Court

1954

The Maniacs poster
5.0

An anthology of brief comic sketches based on manias, mainly sexual, featuring several figures of Italian society.

The Maniacs

1964

I motorizzati poster
5.9

A guy is about to become the millionth citizen to buy a car in Rome. Frightened, he decides to remain pedestrian, and recalls several stories, with new car owners as protagonists. Episodic comedy.

I motorizzati

1962

Behind the camera