--- name: "Walter Chiari" canonical: "https://film.one/person/walter-chiari" fi1m_id: "walter-chiari" imdb_id: "nm0157067" tmdb_id: 14814 wikidata_id: "Q977975" roles: ["Actor"] born: "8 March 1924" died: "20 December 1991" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T15:51:34.134785+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Walter Chiari ## Identity Walter Chiari - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/walter-chiari - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** walter-chiari - **IMDb ID:** nm0157067 - **TMDB ID:** 14814 - **Wikidata ID:** Q977975 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Chiari, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q977975, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0157067/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14814 Actor. Born 8 March 1924 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. Died 20 December 1991. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 8 March 1924, Verona, Veneto, Italy - **Died:** 20 December 1991 - **Also known as:** Walter Annichiarico, W. Chiari - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Chiari, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q977975, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0157067/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14814 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Chimes at Midnight*](https://film.one/film/chimes-at-midnight.md) (88) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Walter Chiari, born Walter Annicchiarico, was an Italian stage and screen actor. He was born on 8 March 1924 in Verona and died on 20 December 1991 in Milan. Chiari appeared in numerous films, often in comedy roles, including *Bellissima* (1951) as Alberto Annovazzi, *Bonjour Tristesse* (1958) as Pablo, *Chimes at Midnight* (1965) as Mr. Silence, and *The Valachi Papers* (1972) as Dominick Petrilli. He was also known for *The Little Hut* (1957) and *Monte Carlo or Bust!* (1969). He began his career in the theatre after the Second World War and performed in musical comedies and prose plays throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Chiari was married to actress and singer Alida Chelli from 1969 to 1981. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Chimes at Midnight* (1965), Fi1m 88, as Mr. Silence — [page](https://film.one/film/chimes-at-midnight.md) ## Complete filmography (116) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Rosabella - La storia italiana di Orson Welles* (1993), Actor - *Capitan Cosmo* (1993), Actor - *Traces of an Amorous Life* (1990), as Giorgio - *I promessi sposi* (1989), series, as Tonio - *Romance* (1986), as Giulio · Writer - *Belli e brutti ridono tutti* (1979), as Don Enzo - *Three Under the Sheets* (1979), as Giorgio Mori (segment "No, non è per gelosia") - *Ridendo e scherzando* (1978), as Giorgio - *Tanto va la gatta al lardo...* (1978), as Teodoro Casadei - *Ride bene... chi ride ultimo* (1977), as Loris Martegani, figurante vestito da prete · Director, Screenplay - *The Rip-Off* (1977), as Renato - *Passi furtivi in una notte boia* (1976), as Pompeo Piretti - *Per amore di Cesarina* (1976), as Davide Camporesi - *Come ti rapisco il pupo* (1976), as Sterzi - Jimmy's father - *La banca di Monate* (1976), as Ragionier Adelmo Pigorini - *Son tornate a fiorire le rose* (1975), as Paolo De Simone - *Zig Zig* (1975), as Walter, le clochard - *Amore mio non farmi male* (1974), as Paolo De Simone - *The Valachi Papers* (1972), as Dominick Petrilli, aka "Gap" - *Squeeze a Flower* (1970), as Brother George - *Geminus* (1969), series, as Alberto Piergiorgi - *Aiuto, è vacanza!* (1969), series, Actor - *Monte Carlo or Bust!* (1969), as Angelo Pincelli - *Caprice Italian Style* (1968), as Paolo - *La più bella coppia del mondo* (1968), as Walter - *L'idolo delle scene* (1967), as Ziegler - *Tutto Totò - La scommessa* (1967), as Walter Chiari - *Vacanze in Argentina* (1966), as The bartender - *They're a Weird Mob* (1966), as Nino Culotta - *Ischia operazione amore* (1966), as Enrico Laterra - *Me, Me, Me... and the Others* (1966), as Sandro - *Love Italian Style* (1966), as contadino, tifoso cornuto, voce registrata, agente 007, passeggero in treno, playboy. - *Chimes at Midnight* (1965), as Mr. Silence — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/chimes-at-midnight.md) - *Made in Italy* (1965), as Enrico (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3") - *Thrilling* (1965), as Bertazzi (segment "Sadik") - *The Sucker* (1965), as (non crédité) - *Two Vikings* (1965), as Pollo - *Twins from Texas* (1964), as Ezechiel / Joe - *Laughs Italian Style* (1964), Actor - *Let's Talk About Women* (1964), as Alfredo - *The Maniacs* (1964), as The Sicilian Hitchhiker (segment "L'autostop") / Car Driver (segment "Il sorpasso") / Pasquale Taddei (segment "La protesta") / Client of Night-clubs (segment "Lo strip") - *Le tardone* (1964), as Bortolo Masteghin (episode "40 ma non li dimostra") · Writer - *The Thursday* (1964), as Dino Versini - *Heroes of the West* (1963), as Mike - *Follie d'estate* (1963), as uomo della Vanoni - *Gli onorevoli* (1963), as Salvatore Dagnino - *The Swindlers* (1963), as Dr. Corti (segment "Medico e fidanzata") - *The Reunion* (1963), as Cesarino - *Le motorizzate* (1963), as Walter (segment "La Signora Ci Marcia") - *Target: Girls* (1963), as Antonio Zanelli - *The Attic* (1963), as Gabriele - *La donna degli altri è sempre più bella* (1963), as Walter, il bagnino (segment "Bagnino lover") - *The Shortest Day* (1963), as avvocato difensore - *Gli italiani e le donne* (1962), as Renato Nelli / don Paolo Chebona / l'avvocato Chebona - *Two Against All* (1962), as Bull Bullivan - *I motorizzati* (1962), as Valentino - *Copacabana Palace* (1962), as Ugo - *Alta Pressione* (1962), series, as Conduttore · Presenter - *I magnifici tre* (1961), as Pablo - *Mariti a congresso* (1961), as Giuseppe Mangini - *Bellezze sulla spiaggia* (1961), as Walter Crocci - *Walter e i Suoi Cugini* (1961), as Walter / Nicola / Rosario · Story, Screenplay - *La ragazza sotto il lenzuolo* (1961), as Bruno - *La moglie di mio marito* (1961), as Giulio - *Ferragosto in Bikini* (1960), as Harold Pasquale Esposito - *Love, the Italian Way* (1960), as Walter - *A Mandarin for Teo* (1960), as Teo - *Un dollaro di fifa* (1960), as Mike - *I baccanali di Tiberio* (1960), as Cassio - *The Surprises of Love* (1959), as Ferdinando - *Lui, lei e il nonno* (1959), as Eugenio - *Parque de Madrid* (1959), as Alberto - *L'amico del giaguaro* (1959), as Augusto, il milanese - *The Girl of San Pietro Square* (1958), as Roberto Gradi - *The Inveterate Bachelor* (1958), as Marcello - *Love at First Sight* (1958), as Luigi - *Premier mai* (1958), as Gilbert - *Bonjour Tristesse* (1958), as Pablo - *La via del successo* (1958), series, as conduttore - *Il Sarchiapone* (1958), as Tuttologo - *The Little Hut* (1957), as Mario - *Moglie e buoi...* (1956), as Frank Cattabriga - *Donatella* (1956), as Guido - *Uncle Hyacynth* (1956), as Fancy Man - *Io piaccio* (1955), as Prof. Roberto Maldi - *Headlines of Destruction* (1955), as Cecè - *It Happened in the Penitentiary* (1955), as Walter Polacchi - *Nana* (1955), as Fontan - *Magic Village* (1955), as Momo - *It Happened at the Police Station* (1954), as Luigino Giovetti - *Jailbirds* (1954), as Giuseppe Rasi - *Gran varietà* (1954), Actor - *Of Life and Love* (1954), as Andrea Migri, lo sposo - *A Day in Court* (1954), as Don Michele - *Cinema of yesteryear* (1953), as Marcello Serventi - *Gli uomini, che mascalzoni!* (1953), as Bruno - *Viva la rivista!* (1953), Actor - *Era lei che lo voleva!* (1953), as Walter Martini - *Noi due soli* (1952), as Walter - *The Moment of Truth* (1952), as Cabaret customer (uncredited) - *The Lucky Five* (1952), as Paolo - *Poppy* (1952), as Gualtiero - *The Dream of Zorro* (1952), as Don Raimundo Esteba - *Vendetta... sarda* (1952), as Gualtiero Porchiddu - *Bellissima* (1952), as Alberto Annovazzi - *It's Him!... Yes! Yes!* (1951), as Walter Milani - *O.K. Nero* (1951), as Fiorello Capone - *È l'amor che mi rovina* (1951), as Walter Palaccioni - *Ours are coming* (1951), as Walter Incrocci - *Abbiamo vinto!* (1951), as Giorgio Silvestri - *I cadetti di Guascogna* (1950), as Walter Mantoni - *L'inafferrabile 12* (1950), as Carletto Esposito / Brandoletti - *Quel fantasma di mio marito* (1950), as Gianni Alberti - *Toto Tours Italy* (1948), as Bruno - *Che tempi!* (1948), as Eugenio Devoto - *Vanità* (1947), Actor ## Gallery - ![Walter Chiari](https://film.one/media/person/3911653/gallery-9a1c3e944c79.jpg) Walter Chiari — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Walter_Chiari.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Isa Barzizza e Walter Chiari in una scena del film italiano Era lui, si, si! (1951).](https://film.one/media/person/3911653/gallery-64dde26ba2cb.jpg) Isa Barzizza e Walter Chiari in una scena del film italiano Era lui, si, si! (1951). — Marino Girolami, Marcello Marchesi, Vittorio Metz (directors), Tonino Delli Colli, Vincenzo Seratrice (cinematographers), Giuseppe Amato (producer)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Era_lui%2C_si%2C_si%21_%281951%29_Barzizza_e_Chiari.jpg/1280px-Era_lui%2C_si%2C_si%21_%281951%29_Barzizza_e_Chiari.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Isa Barzizza e Walter Chiari in una scena del film italiano Era lui, si, si! (1951).](https://film.one/media/person/3911653/gallery-2e242b2e78dc.jpg) Isa Barzizza e Walter Chiari in una scena del film italiano Era lui, si, si! (1951). — Marino Girolami, Marcello Marchesi, Vittorio Metz (directors), Tonino Delli Colli, Vincenzo Seratrice (cinematographers), Giuseppe Amato (producer)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Era_lui%2C_si%2C_si%21_%281951%29_Barzizza_e_Chiari_%282%29.jpg/1280px-Era_lui%2C_si%2C_si%21_%281951%29_Barzizza_e_Chiari_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Walter Chiari](https://film.one/media/person/3911653/gallery-89415e5c7d68.jpg) Walter Chiari — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Evelyn%26WalterChiari.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Walter Chiari](https://film.one/media/person/3911653/gallery-49c0c8619cb2.jpg) Walter Chiari — Image via TMDB - ![Walter Chiari](https://film.one/media/person/3911653/gallery-9b2fedb23050.jpg) Walter Chiari — Image via TMDB - ![Screenshot dal film Cinque poveri in automobile (1952)](https://film.one/media/person/3911653/gallery-68e395839c2c.jpg) Screenshot dal film Cinque poveri in automobile (1952) — Mario Mattoli / Mario Albertelli, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Cinque_poveri_in_automobile_22.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Screenshot dal film Cinque poveri in automobile (1952)](https://film.one/media/person/3911653/gallery-63b3d0b0e644.jpg) Screenshot dal film Cinque poveri in automobile (1952) — Mario Mattoli / Mario Albertelli, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Cinque_poveri_in_automobile_16.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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