Attilio Dottesio

Attilio Dottesio (16 July 1909 – 12 February 1989) was an Italian film character actor. He appeared in 170 films between 1940 and 1985.

Born in Brescia, Dottesio began his career in France, where first he obtained some success as a pop singer and later debuted as an actor in the film Les perles de la couronne directed by Sacha Guitry. Back in Italy, he attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, then he began an intense career as a character actor. His first Italian film was La peccatrice by Amleto Palermi (1940). In 1955 he had his only experience as a director, with the documentary film Amazzonia terra sconosciuta.

Selected filmography

• The Sinner (1940)
• The Man with a Cross (1943)
• The Charterhouse of Parma (1948)
• The Wolf of the Sila (1949)
• Ring Around the Clock (1950)
• Cavalcade of Heroes (1950)
• Against the Law (1950)
• Wolves Hunt at Night (1952)
• Prisoner in the Tower of Fire (1952)
• It's Never Too Late (1953)
• Vanina Vanini (1961)
• Terror of the Steppes (1964)
• 30 Winchester per El Diablo (1965)
• Diamonds Are a Man's Best Friend (1966)
• Shango (1970)
• A Barrel Full of Dollars (1971)
• Heroes in Hell (1973)
• Death Smiles at a Murderer (1973)
• Return of Shanghai Joe (1975)
• Cuore di cane (1976)
• SS Experiment Camp (1976)
• I'm Photogenic (1980)