William Edmunds
Acting • Born 1885-01-01 – Died 1981-12-07
Biography
Italian born William Edmunds (born Michele F. Pellegrino) was a stage, screen, and television actor, in films from 1934 to 1953, his television career continuing to 1959. Edmunds is best remembered for his portrayal of bar owner Giuseppe Martini in the 1946 holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life.
Filmography
65 credits
The Mortal Storm
Movie • 1940
Lehman
It's a Wonderful Life
Movie • 1946
Mr. Martini
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Movie • 1941
Proprietor Lucy's
Berlin Correspondent
Movie • 1942
Hans Gruber
The Man I Love
Movie • 1946
Uncle Tony Toresca (uncredited)
The Beast with Five Fingers
Movie • 1947
Ingram's Servant Antonio
The Caddy
Movie • 1953
Caminello
Where There's Life
Movie • 1947
King Hubertus II
Mr. Soft Touch
Movie • 1949
Alex, Janitor (Uncredited)
Strange Cargo
Movie • 1940
Dock Watchman (uncredited)
The Lost Moment
Movie • 1947
Vittorio
Girls Under 21
Movie • 1940
Tony Mangione
Any Number Can Play
Movie • 1949
Men's Room Attendant (uncredited)
The Big Sombrero
Movie • 1949
Don Luis Alvarado
Knockout
Movie • 1941
Louis Grinnelli
He Married His Wife
Movie • 1940
Waiter
Shadow of Doubt
Movie • 1935
Butler
Assignment in Brittany
Movie • 1943
Plehec
That Hagen Girl
Movie • 1947
Corey (uncredited)
The Seventh Cross
Movie • 1944
Aldinger (uncredited)
Casablanca
Movie • 1943
Second Contact Man at Rick's (uncredited)
The Pied Piper
Movie • 1942
Frenchman
Idiot's Delight
Movie • 1939
Dumptsy
Everything Happens at Night
Movie • 1939
Hotel Clerk
Nurse Edith Cavell
Movie • 1939
Albert
The Rains Came
Movie • 1939
Mr. Das
The Lawless
Movie • 1950
Mr. Jensen
House of Frankenstein
Movie • 1944
Fejos (uncredited)
Forbidden Passage
Movie • 1941
Illegal Alien Aboard Tugboat (uncredited)
You, the People
Movie • 1940
Louie, the Janitor
Fixer Dugan
Movie • 1939
Smiley
The Shop Around the Corner
Movie • 1940
Waiter (uncredited)
The Pirate
Movie • 1948
Town Clerk (uncredited)
The Mark of Zorro
Movie • 1940
Peón Selling Cocks (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers
Movie • 1948
Innkeeper-Landlord (uncredited)
The Great McGinty
Movie • 1940
Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited)
Escape
Movie • 1940
White Swan Inn Waiter (uncredited)
Stranger on the Third Floor
Movie • 1940
Gardener (uncredited)
Geronimo
Movie • 1939
Scout
Swamp Fire
Movie • 1946
Emile Ledoux
Know Your Money
Movie • 1940
Samuel 'The Dutchman' Welker
Earthbound
Movie • 1940
Chris
The Wife Takes a Flyer
Movie • 1942
Gustav
Going Spanish
Movie • 1934
Gaucho
Ringside
Movie • 1949
Professor Berger
Paris Calling
Movie • 1941
'Professor', the bar owner
The Well Groomed Bride
Movie • 1946
Mr. Whortle
They Met in Bombay
Movie • 1941
Hotel Barber (uncredited)
Background to Danger
Movie • 1943
Waiter with Information
Edge of Darkness
Movie • 1943
Elderly Sailor (uncredited)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Movie • 1943
Soldier #1 (uncredited)
Madame Curie
Movie • 1943
Cart Driver (uncredited)
A Bell for Adano
Movie • 1945
Tomasino - Fisherman (uncredited)
A Very Young Lady
Movie • 1941
Abner (uncredited)
Dangerous Passage
Movie • 1944
Capt. Saul
Reunion in France
Movie • 1942
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
The Climax
Movie • 1944
Leon, Theatre Concierge
Girl from Havana
Movie • 1940
Ricco, the bartender
Till We Meet Again
Movie • 1944
Henri Maret
Double Dynamite
Movie • 1951
Mr. Baganucci
The Black Swan
Movie • 1942
Town Crier (uncredited)
13 Lead Soldiers
Movie • 1948
Prager - Antique Dealer (uncredited)
Baby Blues
Movie • 1941
Mr. Gubitosi
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Papa Puccini