Henry Armetta


Actor
Henry Armetta

Biography

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)
Jimmy Economy
Penthouse Rhythm (1945)
Joe
A Bell for Adano (1945)
Errante
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Hamburger man
Ghost Catchers (1944)
Signatelli
Allergic to Love (1944)
Louie
Once Upon a Time (1944)
Barber
Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943)
Mike Zaloris
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Angelo
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
The Big Store (1941)
Guiseppi
Caught in the Act (1941)
Mike Ripportella
Three Cheers for the Irish (1940)
Tony
The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)
Tony Spirella
You're Not So Tough (1940)
Salvatore
We Who Are Young (1940)
Tony
Rio (1939)
Head waiter
Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
Nick
The Escape (1939)
Guiseppi Peronni
Fisherman's Wharf (1939)
Beppo
The Lady and the Mob (1939)
Zambrogio
Winner Take All (1939)
Papa Gambini
I Stole a Million (1939)
Nick
Everybody Sing (1938)
Signor [Giovanni] Vittorino
Submarine Patrol (1938)
Luigi
Road Demon (1938)
Papa Gambini
Speed to Burn (1938)
Papa Gambini
Top of the Town (1937)
Bacciagalluppi
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937)
Spadoni
Make a Wish (1937)
Moreta
Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
Tony
Magnificent Obsession (1936)
Tony
The Magnificent Brute (1936)
Bugati
Let's Sing Again (1936)
Joe Pasquale
The Crime of Dr. Forbes (1936)
Luigi
Two in a Crowd (1936)
Toscani
Chinatown Squad (1935)
Italian
Night Life of the Gods (1935)
Roigi
Straight from the Heart (1935)
Ice cream man
After Office Hours (1935)
Italian
Manhattan Moon (1935)
Tony
Three Kids and a Queen (1935)
Tony [Orsatti]
Princess O'Hara (1935)
The veterinary [Henry Spidoni]
Unknown Woman (1935)
Joe Scalise
Dinky (1935)
The junkman
The Merry Widow (1934)
Turk
The Poor Rich (1934)
Tony
Half a Sinner (1934)
The barber
Gift of Gab (1934)
Janitor
Hide-Out (1934)
Louis Shuman
Embarrassing Moments (1934)
Morganza
The Black Cat (1934)
The sergeant
Cross Country Cruise (1934)
The Italian
The Cat and the Fiddle (1934)
Taxi driver
Imitation of Life (1934)
The painter
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934)
Laurent
Romance in the Rain (1934)
Tulio
Wake Up and Dream (1934)
Giovanni Cellini
Two Heads on a Pillow (1934)
Henry Populopulini
Cheating Cheaters (1934)
Professor Toni Verdi
One Night of Love (1934)
Cafe proprietor
Let's Talk It Over (1934)
Tony
Viva Villa (1934)
Mendoza brother
I've Been Around (1934)
Kiss and Make-Up (1934)
Chairman of banquet
Too Much Harmony (1933)
Mr. Gallotti
Don't Bet on Love (1933)
Caparillo
The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble (1933)
Captain Silva
So This Is Africa (1933)
Street cleaner
The Devil's Brother (1933)
Matteo
What--No Beer? (1933)
Tony
Her First Mate (1933)
Nick Socrates
They Just Had to Get Married (1933)
Tony
Laughing at Life (1933)
Lawyer Man (1933)
Forbidden (1932)
Waiter
Central Park (1932)
Hot dog merchant
Red-Headed Woman (1932)
Helpful waiter at The Log Cabin
Prosperity (1932)
Barber
Huddle (1932)
Mr. Amatto
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
Bonello
Speak Easily (1932)
Tony
The Passionate Plumber (1932)
Bouncer
Uptown New York (1932)
Restaurant keeper
Okay America (1932)
Sam
Deception (1932)
Nick
Week Ends Only (1932)
Washroom attendant
Arséne Lupin (1932)
Sheriff's man
Doomed Battalion (1932)
Angelo
Men of America (1932)
Tony Garboni
Scarface (1932)
Pietro
Steady Company (1932)
Tony
Hush Money (1931)
Bootlegger
Five and Ten (1931)
Tazi driver
Strangers May Kiss (1931)
Waiter
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford (1931)
Henry
A Tailor Made Man (1931)
Peter
The Unholy Garden (1931)
Nick the Goose
Sins of the Children (1930)
Tony
Lovin' the Ladies (1930)
Sagatelli
A Lady to Love (1930)
Angelo
The Little Accident (1930)
Rudolpho Amendelara
Romance (1930)
Beppo
Die Sehnsucht Jeder Frau (1930)
Angelo
The Climax (1930)
Anton Donatelli
Jazz Heaven (1929)
Tony
Love, Live and Laugh (1929)
Tony
Lady of the Pavements (1929)
Papa Pierre
In Old Arizona (1929)
Barber
Street Angel (1928)
Mascetto
Homesick (1928)
Bicycle rider
The Desert's Price (1925)
Shepherd
The Silent Command (1923)
Pedro
The Face at Your Window (1920)
Danglo
The Jungle Trail (1919)
Grogas
The Eternal Sin (1917)
The jester
The Marble Heart (1916)
The Plunderer (1915)
Pedro
The Nigger (1915)

Cast (Short)

Carnival Day (1936)

Life Events

Videos

Movie Clip

Imitation Of Life (1934) -- (Movie Clip) We're Going Into Business Claudette Colbert as syrup seller Bea presses a boardwalk landlord (Clarence Hummel Wilson) for a lease then announces her hare-brained scheme to her un-salaried housekeeper Delilah (Louise Beavers), bringing their fatherless daughters and meeting the painter (Henry Armetta), in the original Imitation Of Life, 1934.
Street Angel (1928) -- (Movie Clip) A Vagabond Painter Circus proprietor Mascetto (Henry Armetta) hurries perfomer Angela (Janet Gaynor) to help hold his audience, tempted away by painter Gino (Charles Farrell), in Frank Borzage's Street Angel, 1928.
Street Angel (1928) -- (Movie Clip) Salute The Brave Police! Escaped from jail, Angela (Janet Gaynor) returns to her Naples home to find her mother deceased, then evades the cops with help from street performer Mascetto (Henry Armetta), in Frank Borzage's Street Angel, 1928.
Hide-Out (1934) -- (Movie Clip) That Broadway Playboy Robert Montgomery quite the cad, as gangster "Lucky Wilson," making time with a singer (Virginia Verrill) while she performs, then squeezing night club owners Shuman and Lillie (Henry Armetta, Herman Bing), in MGM's Hide-Out, 1934.
Forbidden (1932) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Take Everything Uncredited actors at the library and bank in her hometown, librarian Lulu (Barbara Stanwyck) throws caution to the wind, Henry Armetta and Eddie Kane on staff in the ship's restaurant, opening Frank Capra's Forbidden, 1932.
Forbidden (1932) -- (Movie Clip) I Call Them Worms Still referring to each other by their ship cabin numbers after their accidental meeting, librarian Lulu (Barbara Stanwyck), "66," and lawyer Bob, "99," (Adolphe Menjou) arrive in Havana together, in Frank Capra's Forbidden, 1932.

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