Gigi Proietti

November 02, 1940

Luigi "Gigi" Proietti (2 November 1940 – 2 November 2020) was an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, musician, singer and television presenter. After several stage works, in 1966 Proietti debuted both in cinema, in Pleasant Nights, and on television, in the TV series I grandi camaleonti. His first personal success came in 1971, when he replaced Domenico Modugno in the stage musical Alleluja brava gente by Garinei & Giovannini, starring alongside Renato Rascel. In 1974, after playing the role of Neri Chiaramantesi in the drama La cena delle beffe, alongside Carmelo Bene and Vittorio Gassman, in 1976 started a fruitful collaboration with playwright Roberto Lerici, with whom he wrote and directed his stage plays, starting with the one-man show A me gli occhi, please (Give me your eyes, please, 1976, reported on the scene in 1993, 1996 and 2000, in a memorable performance at the Olympic Stadium in his hometown). Initially planned to be performed 6 times, the show exceeded 300 performances, with an average audience of 2,000 per performance. He took part in several international movies, including The Appointment (1969), directed by Sidney Lumet, A Wedding (1978), directed by Robert Altman, and Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978), directed by Ted Kotcheff. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gigi Proietti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Cast

Luigi Proietti detto Gigi

(Self)

The Howl

(Carlo detto 'Coso')

A qualcuno piacerà - Storia e storie di Elio Pandolfi

(Sé stesso)

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

(Ravello)

Gigi Proietti Show - A me gli occhi 2000

Serata d'Onore: Gigi Proietti

Life Is a Wonderful Thing

(Claudio)

Piccoli borghesi

(Nil)

The Jokes

(il Padreterno/cameriere/portantino ospedaliero/cantante messicano/contadino/avvocato e cliente/direttore d'orchestra)

FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'

(Curtatone)

Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting

(Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti)

The Appointment

All at Sea

(Smemorato)

Bambina

(Saverio Mazzacolli)

The Libertine

(Sandro Maldini)

A summer at the sea

(Giulio / Narrator)

Beach House

(Gigi)

Sue Me

(Luigi Marchetti)

Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven

(San Filippo Neri)

Bubu

(Giulio - the Thief)

The Misanthrope

(Acasto)

Mille bolle blu

(Narratore)

Pleasant Nights

(Maresciallo (as Luigi Proietti))

Catch As Catch Can

(Truccatore)

Lady Liberty

(Michel Bruni)

Vietnam guerra senza fronte

(Voce)

Chi dice donna, dice donna

(Sonia / Filippo)

La Tosca

(Mario Cavaradossi)

House of Pleasure for Women

(Ivanoe (as Luigi Proietti))

I Don't Understand You Anymore

(Alberto Spinelli)

Voi siete qui

(Self)

Orders are Orders

(Mario Pasini)

Edipo Re

Dirty Linen

(Prof. Rodolfo Melchiorri)

Ma tu di che segno 6?

(Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis)

A Wedding

(Dino Corelli I)

Horse Fever

(Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti)

Meo Patacca

(Meo Patacca)

Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

(Self)

We Are Cinema

(Self (archive footage))

The Sex Machine

(Prof. Enrico Coppola)

Il veterinario

(Gigi Garulli)

Speciale Ulisse: Viaggio senza ritorno

Soldier's Girl

(Cesare Bottazzi)

Dropout

(Cieco)

A Summer in the Caribbean

(Alberto)

I 7 Re di Roma

(Tiberino, Enea, Fauno Luperco, Romolo, Numa Pompilio, Tullo Ostilio, padre degli Orazi, Anco Marzio, Tarquinio Prisco, Servio Tullio, Tarquinio il Superbo, Bruto)