William Edmunds

Acting

Born: 1885-01-01 in San Fele, Basilicata, Italy

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.

Acting

The Mortal Storm

Lehman

It's a Wonderful Life

Mr. Martini

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Proprietor Lucy's

Berlin Correspondent

Hans Gruber

The Man I Love

Uncle Tony Toresca (uncredited)

The Beast with Five Fingers

Ingram's Servant Antonio

The Caddy

Caminello

Where There's Life

King Hubertus II

Mr. Soft Touch

Alex, Janitor (Uncredited)

Strange Cargo

Dock Watchman (uncredited)

The Lost Moment

Vittorio

Girls Under 21

Tony Mangione

Any Number Can Play

Men's Room Attendant (uncredited)

The Big Sombrero

Don Luis Alvarado

Knockout

Louis Grinnelli

He Married His Wife

Waiter

Shadow of Doubt

Butler

Assignment in Brittany

Plehec

That Hagen Girl

Corey (uncredited)

The Seventh Cross

Aldinger (uncredited)

Casablanca

Second Contact Man at Rick's (uncredited)

The Pied Piper

Frenchman

Idiot's Delight

Dumptsy

Everything Happens at Night

Hotel Clerk

Nurse Edith Cavell

Albert

The Rains Came

Mr. Das

The Lawless

Mr. Jensen

House of Frankenstein

Fejos (uncredited)

Forbidden Passage

Illegal Alien Aboard Tugboat (uncredited)

You, the People

Louie, the Janitor

Fixer Dugan

Smiley

The Shop Around the Corner

Waiter (uncredited)

The Pirate

Town Clerk (uncredited)

The Mark of Zorro

Peón Selling Cocks (uncredited)

The Three Musketeers

Innkeeper-Landlord (uncredited)

The Great McGinty

Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited)

Escape

White Swan Inn Waiter (uncredited)

Stranger on the Third Floor

Gardener (uncredited)

Geronimo

Scout

Swamp Fire

Emile Ledoux

Know Your Money

Samuel 'The Dutchman' Welker

Earthbound

Chris

The Wife Takes a Flyer

Gustav

Going Spanish

Gaucho

Ringside

Professor Berger

Paris Calling

'Professor', the bar owner

The Well Groomed Bride

Mr. Whortle

They Met in Bombay

Hotel Barber (uncredited)

Background to Danger

Waiter with Information

Edge of Darkness

Elderly Sailor (uncredited)

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Soldier #1 (uncredited)

Madame Curie

Cart Driver (uncredited)

A Bell for Adano

Tomasino - Fisherman (uncredited)

A Very Young Lady

Abner (uncredited)

Dangerous Passage

Capt. Saul

Reunion in France

Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

The Climax

Leon, Theatre Concierge

Girl from Havana

Ricco, the bartender

Till We Meet Again

Henri Maret

Double Dynamite

Mr. Baganucci

The Black Swan

Town Crier (uncredited)

13 Lead Soldiers

Prager - Antique Dealer (uncredited)

Baby Blues

Mr. Gubitosi