Gianni Agus (17 August 1917 – 4 March 1994) was an Italian actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1938. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1938 and 1991. Life and career Born in Cagliari, Sardinia, after his diploma in accounting Agus moved to Rome to enrol in the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, from which he graduated in 1938. The same year he made his screen debut in Carmine Gallone's The Life of Giuseppe Verdi and his stage debut with the Merlini-Cialente company. Agus' career took off in the post-war period, with his participation in numerous revues and musical comedies, often working with Wanda Osiris. His popularity in the general public increased thanks to the television, particularly with the hosting of the eight edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, and later as the sidekick of comedians Peppino De Filippo and Paolo Villaggio on several TV-shows. Partial filmography The Life of Giuseppe Verdi (1938) Inventiamo l'amore (1938) - Un invitato alla festa The Sons of the Marquis Lucera (1939) Naples Will Never Die (1939) - Bebè Io, suo padre (1939) His Young Wife (1945) - Velan Adam and Eve (1949) - Paride Femmina incatenata (1949) - Gianni Figaro Here, Figaro There (1950) - Il conte di Almaviva The Enchanting Enemy (1953) Funniest Show on Earth (1953) - Il signore dai capelli tinti di rosso (uncredited) Ci troviamo in galleria (1953) - Il lettore di pubblicità Verdi (1953) - (uncredited) It Takes Two to Sin in Love (1954) Cardinal Lambertini (1954) - Count Pepoli Giove in doppiopetto (1954) Susanna Whipped Cream (1957) - Trombetti Femmine tre volte (1957) - Marchese De Blasi La cento chilometri (1959) - Corsetti's Friend with a Bow Tie The Fascist (1961) - Capo del fascio di Cremona Pesci d'oro e bikini d'argento (1961) The Two Marshals (1961) - Podestà Pennica 2 samurai per 100 geishe (1962) - Avv. Sciabica I motorizzati (1962) - Mario Sexy Toto (1963) - Ispettore di dogana Uno strano tipo (1963) - Gastone Toto vs. the Four (1963) - Dottor Cavallo (uncredited) Divorzio alla siciliana (1963) - L'avvocato Le motorizzate (1963) - The Prosecutor (segment "Il Vigile Ignoto") Toto and Cleopatra (1963) - Ottavio Europa: Operazione Strip-tease (1964) L'immorale (1980) - Un presentatore televisivo The Long, the Short, the Cat (1967) - Il conte Soldati e capelloni (1967) - Colonello Ortega Peggio per me... meglio per te (1967)