Pino Caruso

Acting

Pino Caruso

Born October 12, 1934 · Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Died March 7, 2019 · aged 84

Giuseppe Caruso (12 October 1934 – 7 March 2019), best known as Pino Caruso, was an Italian actor, author and television personality. Caruso was born in Palermo, Sicily and debuted as a dramatic stage actor in his home town in 1957. In 1965 he moved to Rome and entered the theatre company "Il Bagaglino". He gained great popularity taking part in several RAI variety shows such as Che domenica amic…

Known For

MaliciousMalicious · 1973
Malicious
7.31973
MovieComedy
A widower and two of his sons become infatuated by their beautiful housekeeper, and all three set out to seduce her using their own unique methods.
La matassaLa matassa · 2009
La matassa
6.72009
MovieComedy
Two cousins haven't spoken for almost twenty years, thanks to the enmity that their fathers feel toward one another. But an accident suddenly brings the cousins back together and thrusts them deep into the heart of the mafia.
SeductionSeduction · 1973
Seduction
5.81973
MovieDramaRomance
After returning to Catania after a long period of time, Giuseppe reunites with his old lover, Caterina. Her 15 year-old daughter, Graziella begins to seduce her mother's lover and he soon breaks down and begins an affair with her. As time passes Caterina begins having sneaking suspicions about Giuseppe's & Graziella's relationship.
Gegè BellavitaGegè Bellavita · 1979
Gegè Bellavita
6.41979
MovieComedy
Pregnant with their 10th child, Agata discovers that her lazy husband Gennaro betrays her cheerfully.
The Common ManThe Common Man · 1975
The Common Man
7.01975
MovieDrama
Georges Lajoie is a Parisian café owner. As every summer, Georges, his wife Ginette and grown-up son Léon go on holiday to Loulou's campsite, where they meet up with the Schumacher family (whose father is a bailiff) and the Colin family (who sells bras in the markets). This year, their peace is slightly disturbed by the proximity of a construction site where foreign workers are employed. Xenophobic comments are made. One evening at the ball, a fight breaks out between Lajoie, Albert Schumacher and two algerian immigrant workers...
Abbraccialo per meAbbraccialo per me · 2016
Abbraccialo per me
6.62016
MovieDrama
Atlantic WallAtlantic Wall · 1970
Atlantic Wall
6.21970
MovieAdventureComedy
1944. Léon Duchemin owns a restaurant with his sister. His clients are Germans, Résistance et black marketeers. Léon unwillingly joins the Résistance when a British pilot is shot down and hides in his attic and, through a series of mishaps, he accidentally steals the plans for Hitler's V1 missiles.
Il marito in collegioIl marito in collegio · 1977
Il marito in collegio
5.61977
MovieComedy
Penniless noblewoman Carlotta agrees to marry poor gas station attendant Camillo in order to take possession of her inheritance, but only provided that he refines his manners in a Suisse boarding school.

Movies

MaliciousMalicious · 1973
Malicious
7.31973
MovieComedy
A widower and two of his sons become infatuated by their beautiful housekeeper, and all three set out to seduce her using their own unique methods.
La matassaLa matassa · 2009
La matassa
6.72009
MovieComedy
Two cousins haven't spoken for almost twenty years, thanks to the enmity that their fathers feel toward one another. But an accident suddenly brings the cousins back together and thrusts them deep into the heart of the mafia.
SeductionSeduction · 1973
Seduction
5.81973
MovieDramaRomance
After returning to Catania after a long period of time, Giuseppe reunites with his old lover, Caterina. Her 15 year-old daughter, Graziella begins to seduce her mother's lover and he soon breaks down and begins an affair with her. As time passes Caterina begins having sneaking suspicions about Giuseppe's & Graziella's relationship.
Gegè BellavitaGegè Bellavita · 1979
Gegè Bellavita
6.41979
MovieComedy
Pregnant with their 10th child, Agata discovers that her lazy husband Gennaro betrays her cheerfully.
The Common ManThe Common Man · 1975
The Common Man
7.01975
MovieDrama
Georges Lajoie is a Parisian café owner. As every summer, Georges, his wife Ginette and grown-up son Léon go on holiday to Loulou's campsite, where they meet up with the Schumacher family (whose father is a bailiff) and the Colin family (who sells bras in the markets). This year, their peace is slightly disturbed by the proximity of a construction site where foreign workers are employed. Xenophobic comments are made. One evening at the ball, a fight breaks out between Lajoie, Albert Schumacher and two algerian immigrant workers...
Abbraccialo per meAbbraccialo per me · 2016
Abbraccialo per me
6.62016
MovieDrama
Atlantic WallAtlantic Wall · 1970
Atlantic Wall
6.21970
MovieAdventureComedy
1944. Léon Duchemin owns a restaurant with his sister. His clients are Germans, Résistance et black marketeers. Léon unwillingly joins the Résistance when a British pilot is shot down and hides in his attic and, through a series of mishaps, he accidentally steals the plans for Hitler's V1 missiles.
Il marito in collegioIl marito in collegio · 1977
Il marito in collegio
5.61977
MovieComedy
Penniless noblewoman Carlotta agrees to marry poor gas station attendant Camillo in order to take possession of her inheritance, but only provided that he refines his manners in a Suisse boarding school.
The Sunday WomanThe Sunday Woman · 1975
The Sunday Woman
6.51975
MovieCrimeMystery
Police commissioner Santamaria is investigating the murder of the ambiguous architect Mr. Garrone. The investigations soon drive him into the Torino's high society. Santamaria suspect Anna Carla and at the same time falls in love for her. Lello is the lover of Massimo, Anna Carla’s gay friend. He is following another direction in order to find out the truth, and his results are confusing the Policeman. But another murder happens...
La più bella coppia del mondoLa più bella coppia del mondo · 1968
La più bella coppia del mondo
4.71968
MovieComedyMusic
Walter and Paola, presenter and godmother of the sixth Cantagiro, are involved in a misunderstanding: to dismiss a suitor, the presenter pretends to be married to Quattrini.
Quella piccola differenzaQuella piccola differenza · 1969
Quella piccola differenza
1969
MovieComedy
The Nosy OneThe Nosy One · 1981
The Nosy One
6.81981
MovieComedyMystery
Luciano Persichetti is hypersensitive and convinced that he has paranormal powers. Susanna, a parapsychology student with whom he is in love, tries to help him interpret the paranormal warning messages he is receiving. When Luciano turns out to be haunted by a mysterious killer who calls himself "The Guardian Angel", Susanna discovers that Luciano's paranormal powers are not real at all.
Un Natale per dueUn Natale per due · 2011
Un Natale per due
5.62011
MovieComedyTV Movie
An Italian style remake of "Due Date".
Il... BelpaeseIl... Belpaese · 1977
Il... Belpaese
5.91977
MovieComedy
After many years working abroad, Guido comes back to Milan. His dream is to set up a clock-shop but Italy is much changed while he was abroad. Robbery and bombs are daily events and to go out for a walk in the evening is risky. He succeeds however in setting up his shop only to see it destroyed by gangsters. But he meets a girl who calls herself Mia and he falls for her.
The HandThe Hand · 1969
The Hand
9.01969
MovieDrama
Screenwriter Philippe (Duchaussoy) imagines a crime committed by his wife Sylvie (Delon) and a mutual friend Pierre (Serre): a dead body is put in a trunk but the hand sticks out. Sylvie and Pierre begin to have an affair and things get very dangerous and the imaginary crime is on its way to becoming prophetic.
How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and CiccioHow We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio · 2004
How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
6.82004
MovieDocumentary
ScugnizziScugnizzi · 1989
Scugnizzi
6.01989
MovieMusic
Everything revolves around a musical theater production staged by a modest Sicilian director who has to direct young inmates at the juvenile detention center in Nisida. However, the rehearsals, the performance at the San Carlo Theater in Naples, and the real and touching events of the city alternate without any consistency.
L'ammazzatinaL'ammazzatina · 1975
L'ammazzatina
8.01975
MovieComedy
Sicilian baron, Mimì Galluzzo, will be able to enjoy the legacy of his deceased father-in-law on two conditions: that his wife accepts the will and that there is a compromising document to be delivered to the mafia. While, however, the precious "dossier" is, in reality, in the hands of an avid widow, Donna Maria, willing to sell it only if Mimi marries her. Rosalba, obsessed with the absence of a child, suddenly goes mad or pretends 'go crazy. Recommended by Donna Maria, of whom he became the lover Don Mimì tries, with the help of his friend Langatta, undertaker, and a nurse in the clinic in which Rosalba was hospitalized, to get rid of his wife. Instead, he finds himself without having reached his goal, involved in an obscure series of crimes that will make him lose his mind.
L'esercito più pazzo del mondoL'esercito più pazzo del mondo · 1981
L'esercito più pazzo del mondo
4.21981
MovieComedy
In an unnamed village there is a barracks where improbable soldiers have been recruited, who are up to all sorts of things. From a completely wrong flag-raising to a kidnapping, we certainly won't get bored: the two kidnappers ask for an escape route to the Caribbean, where they can move with the blackmail money, but things don't go as planned.
Dimmi che fai tutto per meDimmi che fai tutto per me · 1976
Dimmi che fai tutto per me
7.21976
MovieComedy
Francesco Salmarani, a well-known doctor from Treviso, suddenly finds himself with an overdraft bank account as his wife's father has come from America demanding the purchase of a large Palladian villa. Tired of his wife, Francesco consoles himself with Paola and then lets himself be ensnared by the very young and beautiful Mary, who has come as housekeeper and father-in-law's lover. The need to fill the administrative gaps and the dream of running away with Mary lead the doctor to organize a coup against his father-in-law who, linked to the mafia, managed to transfer a large dollar patrimony, stolen from the gang, to the villa. The presence of the boy allows the commissioner to exonerate his son-in-law, Mary and Felegatti, of the death of the old mafioso. However, everyone will be left without the dreamed treasure which will fall to Mary and the son of the Salmarani who flee together.
The GovernessThe Governess · 1974
The Governess
4.91974
MovieComedyDrama
Catania, Italy. The Platania family hires a new French governess, the beautiful Caterina. The life of the whole family will be soon turned upside down.
Ride bene... chi ride ultimoRide bene... chi ride ultimo · 1977
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo
5.11977
MovieComedy
Misadventures of a sacristan with three eager tourists, a commendatore with a sheikh, a worker who is passionate about hunting with a wife too good and an appearance mistaken for a priest with a patrician family.
Gli infermieri della mutuaGli infermieri della mutua · 1969
Gli infermieri della mutua
6.61969
MovieComedy
A comedy about the Italian National Health System based on a doctor who owns a private clinic and manages it more like a con man than a follower of the Hippocratic oath.
The Mask StrategyThe Mask Strategy · 1999
The Mask Strategy
10.01999
MovieComedyDrama
In Camarina, Sicily , several masks reminiscent of Menander's Greek theater have disappeared. The elderly archaeologist and museum director, Briano Teo Calvani, finds only thirty of them, while he is convinced that ten more were stolen during the excavation. Many years later, it will be up to his grandson Riccardino to find them, fulfilling his grandfather's dying wish. Riccardino, a naive and inexperienced young man, goes to Rome to welcome his brother Ettore back from America. He is forced to stay longer than expected and embark on daring adventures until he finds the beloved masks.

TV Shows

CarabinieriCarabinieri · 2002
Carabinieri
6.22002
SeriesCrimeComedy
Carabinieri is an Italian television series that aired on Canale 5 from March 2002 to July 30, 2008. The series is an action thriller with added elements of comedy, and has been compared to the soap opera format. It told the story of the police barracks located in Città della Pieve.
Domenica InDomenica In · 1976
Domenica In
1976
Series
Anti-Mafia SquadAnti-Mafia Squad · 2009
Anti-Mafia Squad
7.22009
SeriesDrama
Fighting a modern, fragmented and brutal Mafia, the Sicilian Anti-Mafia Squad seeks to crush the criminal network that holds a death grip on the region. Sophisticated surveillance helps, unless the enemy lies within.
L'onore e il rispettoL'onore e il rispetto · 2006
L'onore e il rispetto
7.42006
SeriesDramaCrime
L'onore e il rispetto is an Italian television series. There are three seasons, each with six episodes: first season aired in 2006, second in 2009 and third in 2012. First season was directed by Salvatore Samperi, second by Samperi and Luigi Parisi, third by Parisi and Alessio Inturri. On October 2, 2012 Gabriel Garko announced through an interview with Tgcom 24 [1], which will soon turn a fourth season of the TV series.
UltimoUltimo · 1998
Ultimo
6.21998
SeriesDramaCrime
TV Story SuperstarTV Story Superstar · 2020
TV Story Superstar
2020
SeriesFamily
Eravamo solo milleEravamo solo mille · 2006
Eravamo solo mille
2006
Series