Gigi Reder

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Italian actor (1928–1998)

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image	File:Gigi Reder.jpg
name	Gigi Reder
caption	Reder in 1953
birth_name	Luigi Schroeder
birth_date
birth_place	Naples, Italy
death_date
death_place	Rome, Italy
occupation
yearsactive	1951–1998
height	1.70 m
children	1
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Gigi Reder (born Luigi Schroeder; 25 March 1928 – 8 October 1998) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

Born in Naples in to a German father and a Neapolitan mother, Reder moved to Rome where started his career in radio as host and actor of radio-dramas. He also debuted on stage in "teatro dialettale" and vaudeville, then performed in the stage companies of Peppino De Filippo, Turi Ferro, Giorgio Albertazzi and Mario Scaccia.

Reder was best known for the role of Filini in the Fantozzi film series. Filini was Fantozzi's colleague and his closest friend. Filini was used to organize a lot of trips, travels and parties with colleagues. He was an atheist.

Selected filmography

47 morto che parla (1950)
Bellezze in bicicletta (1951)
Una bruna indiavolata! (1951) – Cameriere bar stazione
Stasera sciopero (1951)
Licenza premio (1951) – Sergente
Free Escape (1951)
Porca miseria (1951)
Carica eroica (1952) – Cavalry soldier
Bread, Love and Dreams (1953) – Ricuccio
Passionate Song (1953) – Un Turista
Bread, Love and Jealousy (1954) – Ricuccio
The Gold of Naples (1954) – Don Peppino's friend (segment "Pizze a credito") (uncredited)
The Belle of Rome (1955) – Luigi
Wild Love (1956) – Annibale
Anna of Brooklyn (1958)
La cento chilometri (1959) – The Superstitious Race Walker
Il vedovo (1959) – Avv. Girondi
Ferdinando I, re di Napoli (1959) – The Customs Officer
Mina... fuori la guardia (1961) – Tenente
Fra' Manisco cerca guai (1961) – Franceschiello
Paris, My Love (1962) – Il Portinaio
Made in Italy (1965) – The Tobacconist (segment "4 'Cittadini, stato e chiesa', episode 1")
Zingara (1969) – Direttore ristorante
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969) – Salvatore
Satiricosissimo (1970) – Innkeeper
Cerca di capirmi (1970)
A Pocketful of Chestnuts (1970) – Il cameriere
Ma che musica maestro (1971) – Benedetto – father of Giulietta
Little Funny Guy (1973)
Fantozzi (1975) – Rag. Filini
Il secondo tragico Fantozzi (1976) – Rag. Filini
Il... Belpaese (1977) – Alfredo
They Called Him Bulldozer (1978) – Curatolo
Where Are You Going on Holiday? (1978) – Dottor Panunti (segment "Sì buana")
Riavanti... Marsch! (1979) – Colonel Luigi Placidi
Café Express (1980) – Antonio Cammarota
Rag. Arturo De Fanti, bancario precario (1980) – Willy
Fantozzi contro tutti (1980) – Rag. Filini
Quando la coppia scoppia (1981) – Pier Giorgio Martini
L'onorevole con l'amante sotto il letto (1981) – Vescovo
Fracchia la belva umana (1981) – Madre della Belva Umana
Vieni avanti cretino (1982) – The Man with a toothache
Il tifoso, l'arbitro e il calciatore (1982) – Commendator Pecorazzi
Gian Burrasca (1983) – Headmaster
Stangata napoletana (1983)
Fantozzi subisce ancora (1983) – Rag. Filini
Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone (1983) – Pellecchia
Champagne in paradiso (1984) – Director
Mi faccia causa (1984) – Lawyer
Who Is Afraid of Dracula? (1985) – Rag. Filini
Una donna senza nome (1985) – L'allevatore
Grandi magazzini (1986) – Dott. Kaufmann
Superfantozzi (1986) – Filini
Le diaboliche (1987)
Fantozzi va in pensione (1988) – Rag. Filini
Fantozzi alla riscossa (1990) – Rag. Filini
The Great Pumpkin (1993) – Prof. Turati
Fantozzi in paradiso (1993) – Rag. Filini
A Dio piacendo (1995) – L'ingegner Camperi
Fantozzi – Il ritorno (1996) – Rag. Filini (final film role)

References

"Gli Attori – Vol.3". Gremese Editore.
"100 caratteristi del cinema italiano". Gremese Editore, 2006.
Fulvia Caprara. (9 October 1998). "Villaggio: era insostituibile". [[La Stampa]].

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