Nino Terzo

Nino Terzo (22 May 1923 – 8 May 2005) was an Italian actor.

Born in Palermo as Antonino Terzo, he worked intensively in the avanspettacolo and revue theater, entering the stage companies of Totò, Peppino De Filippo, Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia, Domenico Modugno, among others. Terzo was also active as a singer, appearing in several operettas.

Terzo made his film debut in 1962, and he soon established himself as one of the most active character actors in the Italian comedy cinema, usually playing, with small variations, the character that made him famous in avanspettacolo, i.e. a man with extremely slow reflexes and a huge speech impediment, which does not allow him to speak before he loudly inhaled and exhaled. He retired in 1992 for health reasons.

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Known For

Cinema Paradiso

Cinema Paradiso

1988

The Clowns Not in library

The Clowns

1970

Two Colonels Not in library

Two Colonels

1963

Totò vs the Four Not in library

Totò vs the Four

1963

Café Express Not in library

Café Express

1980

The Soldier with Great Maneuvers Not in library

The Soldier with Great Maneuvers

1978

The Nurse on a Military Tour Not in library

The Nurse on a Military Tour

1977

Lady Football Not in library

Lady Football

1983

The Amazing Doctor G Not in library

The Amazing Doctor G

1965

Ku Fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore Not in library

Ku Fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore

1973

Acting

1988 Cinema Paradiso as Peppino's Father In Library
1986 Il Bi e il Ba as Pippo Miallo
1983 Lady Football as Bachisio
1982 Emanuelle in the Country as Commissioner Cipolla
1982 Che casino... con Pierino! as Zio Nino
1982 Young, Beautiful... Probably Rich as insegnante di ginnastica
1982 Do you know the latest on the crazy ones? as paziente del manicomio
1981 Pierino il fichissimo as Maresciallo
1981 L'assistente sociale tutto pepe... as Lacrima
1981 The Country Doctor as Giuseppe, the commissioner
1981 Chiamate 6969: Taxi Per Signora as Il gatto
1980 Café Express as Stationmaster Zappacosta
1979 La vedova del Trullo as Maresciallo
1978 The Soldier with Great Maneuvers as Male nurse
1977 The Nurse on a Military Tour as Caporale al deposito
1976 La figliastra - Storia di corna e di passioni as Fefé
1976 The Lady Medic as Nurse Pezzullo
1974 Littlefoot the Policeman as Fratello di Pascalone
1974 Farfallon as Maresciallo Maggiore Carabinieri
1973 Ku Fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore as Ki Kaka Mai
1973 Il sergente Rompiglioni as caporale Baffo
1973 Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate as il cameriere di Teresa
1973 Provaci anche tu Lionel as Luigi Tredicesimo
1972 Story of Fear and a Knife as Zu' Nino
1971 Let's Arm Ourselves and Go! as passeggero A
1971 The Beasts as Orazio
1971 It's a Woman's War as Cocuzza
1970 Midnight of Love as Gaetano
1970 Who Gave You the License? as Bartolomeo
1970 Those Sweet Creatures as Sergente
1970 The Clowns as Clown
1969 You Are Always In My Mind as noleggiatore di pedalò
1969 Song That's Playing In My Head (Zum Zum Zum) as Filiberto Caputo
1969 Zum Zum Zum 2 as Filiberto Caputo
1969 Lisa with the Blue Eyes as il cuoco Carmelino
1969 Il suo nome è Donna Rosa as Gaetano
1969 Il ragazzo che sorride as Male nurse
1968 All the Gold in the World as First Usher
1968 Two Firefighters
1968 Better a Widow as Carmelo
1967 I Zanzaroni
1967 Non mi dire mai goodbye
1966 Perdono as Nino, un custode
1966 Two Sons of Ringo as Jimmy il Guercio
1965 How We Got Into Trouble with the Army
1965 Two Idiots at Fort Alamo as Schultz
1965 Don't Ever Leave Me as La Bennola
1965 The Amazing Doctor G as A policeman (uncredited)
1965 I'm Not Worthy of You as Sergente balbuziente
1965 Con rispetto parlando as Signor Micocci
1964 Two Escape from Sing Sing
1964 I due toreri as Jannot
1964 Oh! Those Most Secret Agents as Russian agent
1963 Totò vs the Four as Usciere Pappalardo
1963 Divorzio alla siciliana
1963 I 4 moschettieri as Rochefort
1963 Two Colonels as Soldato La Padula
1963 The Swindlers as Guard at the graveyard (segment "Siciliani")
1963 The Shortest Day as Guardia del corpo dei mafiosi (uncredited)
1962 Getting Away with It the Italian Way as "Manciola"
1962 The Four Monks as Massaro Calogero
1962 Those Two in the Legion as Sergeant Tresport
1962 The Masseuses as Brigadiere Calascione