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name: "Ciccio Ingrassia"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 October 1922"
died: "28 April 2003"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T10:46:24.567418+00:00"
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# Ciccio Ingrassia

Actor. Born 5 October 1922 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Died 28 April 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 October 1922, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- **Died:** 28 April 2003
- **Also known as:** Francesco Ingrassia

## Biography

Ciccio Ingrassia, also credited as Francesco Ingrassia, was an Italian actor and comedian. Born in Palermo, Sicily, on 5 October 1922, he died in Rome on 28 April 2003. He began performing in the 1950s and formed a long-running comedy partnership with Franco Franchi from the early 1960s, appearing together in more than 100 films.

Ingrassia also took roles in films by established directors. He played Teo, Titta's uncle, in Federico Fellini's *Amarcord* (1973). Other notable credits include Volpe in *The Adventures of Pinocchio* (1972), Voltrano in *Todo modo* (1976), for which he received the Nastro d'Argento for best supporting actor, and a part in *Kaos* (1984). He directed two films in the mid-1970s and appeared in television during the 1980s.

*Sources: imdb.com, it.wikipedia.org, treccani.it.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Amarcord* (1973), Fi1m 82, as Teo, Titta's Uncle — [page](https://film.one/film/amarcord.md)

## Also known for

- *The Adventures of Pinocchio* (1972), Volpe
- *One Way or Another* (1976), Voltrano
- *The Exorciccio* (1975), Esorciccio, Director
- *Traffic Jam* (1979), Sick Man in Ambulance
- *The Voyage of Captain Fracassa* (1990), Pietro, Sigognac's servant
- *Kaos* (1984), Don Lollò (segment "La giara")
- *Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs* (1966), Ciccio
- *Camerieri* (1995), Loppi

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