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