Fred Malatesta

Fred Malatesta

Nacimiento : 1889-04-18, Naples, Italy

Muerte : 1952-04-08

Perfil

Fred Malatesta

Películas

Bill and Coo
Art Direction
The feathered residents of Chirpendale are terrorized by an evil black crow by the name of "The Black Menace". But to the citizen's rescue comes a brave young taxi puller named Bill! In other words, every single role in this film is played by birds. Actual birds.
Adelante, mi amor
Spanish Mechanic (Uncredited)
Año 1939. El americano Tom Martin, que luchó con los republicanos en la Guerra Civil Española, espera el día de su ejecución. Pero una reportera que busca una exclusiva le ofrece ayuda para escapar. Drama basado en las relaciones entre una periodista y un aviador tras la guerra civil.
El signo del Zorro
Sentry (uncredited)
Cuando Don Diego Vega regresa a su hogar, descubre que su padre, el alcalde del pueblo de Los Angeles, ha sido destituido por el capitán Esteban Pasquale. Ocultando su identidad bajo una máscara, se convierte en el abanderado de la justicia social; e intentará que Don Luis Quintero abandone el puesto usurpado. Obra maestra que narra las aventuras de El Zorro, el famoso espadachín. Tyrone Power tenía el difícil reto de hacer olvidar a Fairbanks, pero la acertada decisión de acentuar el lado romántico del personaje -en contraposición a su faceta atlética- ayudó a conseguir una versión a la altura de sus predecesoras.
Policía montada del Canadá
Half-breed Archer
En 1885, tres aventureros de la frontera (el maestro Riel, el traficante de whisky Corbeau y el trampero Duroc) fomentan en Canadá una rebelión contra la Corona. Sólo la Policía Montada permanece leal. El policía Ronnie Logan está enamorado de la hija de Corbeau, pero tiene que rivalizar con un ránger de Texas que busca a Corbeau por asesinato
Serenata argentina
Horserace Loser at Fiesta (uncredited)
Una jovencita que se encuentra disfrutando de unas vacaciones en Argentina se enamora del dueño de un caballo de carreras (Don Ameche). Esta comedia, cuya mayor baza son los animados números musicales, consagró definitivamente a Betty Grable.
Rangers of Fortune
Genoa
Dos vaqueros van en ayuda de una ciudad que se encuentra bajo el control de un cacique malvado.
Ruta de Singapur
Native Policeman (uncredited)
Josh Mallon (Crosby) es un millonario que, harto de esa vida, escapa de su dominante padre (Charles Coburn) y, junto a un vagabundo (Bob Hope), viaja hasta Singapur donde encontrará a una atractiva nativa (Dorothy Lamour) que trabaja en un cabaret para un individuo con pocos escrúpulos (Anthony Quinn).
Juárez
Señor Salas (uncredited)
La lucha de Juárez contra Maximiliano I de Habsburgo, emperador de México por voluntad del emperador Napoleón III.
Bridal Suite
Cassini - in Shipboard Brawl
A carefree playboy with an aversion to marriage falls for a lass he meets in the French Alps.
Tú y yo
Shipboard Photographer (uncredited)
Un elegante play boy y una bella cantante de un club nocturno se conocen a bordo de un transatlántico, gracias a la invitación de otras dos personas. Ella es la amante de un magnate y él está comprometido con una rica heredera. Entre ellos surge un apasionante romance que los llevará a la siguiente promesa: romper con sus compromisos actuales, buscar trabajo y encontrarse a los seis meses, para continuar su vida juntos. Pero un trágico accidente impide a Terry acudir a la cita, con lo que el futuro de ambos sufrirá un giro emotivo e incierto.
Blackwell's Island
Third Dockworker (uncredited)
A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.
Submarine Patrol
Italian Gendarme at the 'Maria Ann'
Durante la I Guerra Mundial, y tras cometer una negligencia, un oficial naval es destinado a un viejo submarino. Ansioso por redimirse ante sus superiores, pondrá todo su empeño en convertir a la desastrosa y conflictiva tripulación en un perfecto equipo de combate.
Suez
Jewel Merchant (uncredited)
Ferdinand de Lesseps fue un joven aristócrata e ingeniero francés que proyectó la construcción del Canal de Suez (inaugurado en 1869), pero tuvo que afrontar numerosos problemas para llevar a cabo su proyecto.
I'll Give a Million
Gendarme (uncredited)
After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is kind to a tramp.
Port of Seven Seas
Bird Seller
En el puerto de Marsella, Honoré Panisse está enamorado de la preciosa Madelon. Panisse suele jugar a las cartas con César, padre de Marius, el muchacho de quien Madelon está enamorada. Un día, Marius le envía a Madelon una nota diciéndole que se embarca durante tres años. Panisse pide la mano de Madelon una vez más. Ella descubre que está embarazada y va a explicarle por qué no se puede casar con él, pero finalmente Madelon accede al matrimonio por el bien del niño. Un año después, Marius regresa inesperadamente.
International Settlement
Italian Officer
In Shanghai amidst Sino-Japanese warfare an adventurer (Sanders) collecting money from gun suppliers falls in loves with a French singer (Del Rio).
The Black Doll
Esteban, the butler
Nicholas Rood, dishonest mine owner, finds a Black Doll on his desk and knows that vengeance is about to overtake him for murdering his former partner. He is knifed as he talks to his daughter Marian. She summons her fiancé Nick Halstead, a private detective. He finds that six people had a motive for the murder; Rood's sister Mrs. Laura Leland; her son Rex; Rood's associates Mallison and Walling; Esteban, a servant and Dr. Giddings. Sheriff Renick and his deputy Red get the clues all mixed up, but Nick finally narrows the search down to one suspect...
Beg, Borrow or Steal
Majordomo (uncredited)
We find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to sellers of fake paintings and other assorted dodges. He and his wife, Agatha, have been separated for 15 years, but he promises to give their daughter, Joyce, a lavish wedding at his "château" in France. The fact that he doesn't have a château in France is just a minor trifle. He induces the caretaker, Bill Cherau, of a large country estate to allow it to be used for the wedding. The wedding party arrives and Bill falls madly in love with Joyce and she with him, but a gal has gotta do what a gal has gotta do, and her intended marriage to stuffed-shirt Horace Miller stays on the books. But Steward has a change of heart and he tells one and all that he and his friends, Von Gersdorff, Lefevre, Iznamof, Clifton Summitt and Sasch, are all frauds and crooks. Horace and his family stalk out, which is just fine with Joyce as her true love, the caretaker, is waiting on the grounds.
The Bride Wore Red
Rudi's Waiter (uncredited)
A poor singer in a bar masquerades as a rich society woman thanks to a rich benefactor.
The Gold Racket
Senor Ricardo
At the request of the Mexican government, a federal agent and a lady reporter team up to catch a gang that has been smuggling gold from Mexico to the U.S. and then selling it to the U.S. government.
Espionage
French Pickpocket
Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours of war in Europe.
Desengaño
Waiter (Uncredited)
Samuel Dodsworth es un magnate de la industria del automóvil, el típico hombre de negocios que empezando desde abajo ha llegado a la cima del éxito. Él y su esposa deciden pasar una segunda luna de miel en Europa, pero durante el viaje descubre que ella le es infiel, y su mundo empieza a tambalearse. En tal circunstancia, conoce a una mujer que le devuelve la fe en el amor y lo convence de que vale la pena vivir. Gracias a ella, pondrá todos los medios a su alcance para salvar su matrimonio, pero quizá sea demasiado tarde.
Tiempos modernos
Headwaiter
Extenuado por el frenético ritmo de la cadena de montaje, un obrero metalúrgico acaba perdiendo la razón. Después de recuperarse en un hospital, sale y es encarcelado por participar en una manifestación en la que se encontraba por casualidad. En la cárcel, también sin pretenderlo, ayuda a controlar un motín, gracias a lo cual queda en libertad. Una vez fuera, reemprende la lucha por la supervivencia en compañía de una joven huérfana a la que conoce en la calle.
Okay, José
Officer
A Salesman tries to locate a notorious Mexican bandit.
Las Cruzadas
William, King of Sicily
Ricardo Corazón de León marcha a las Cruzadas para eludir su boda con la princesa Alicia de Francia, y por el camino contrae matrimonio con Berengaria para proporcionar comida a sus hombres. Todo se complica cuando Berengaria es raptada por Saladino.
The Gay Bride
French Officer (uncredited)
Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.
Perfectly Mismated
Leon's ex-wife moves into the apartment next to him.
Student Tour
French Manager
A philosophy professor accompanies his school's rowing team on a worldwide tour.
La cena de los acusados
Joe - Headwaiter (uncredited)
Un conocido inventor neoyorquino es acusado de varios asesinatos. Cuando llegan a la ciudad un famoso detective y su mujer y se enteran del asunto, ella, movida por el espíritu de aventura, trata de convencer a su marido para que acepte el caso.
Beer and Pretzels
Restaurant Manager (uncredited)
Ted Healy and The 3 Stooges are fired and evicted from a theatre because Ted is annoying women working there. They then get jobs as waiters at a nightclub. Chaos ensues.
The Girl in 419
Hotel Arcady Manager
A hospital surgeon (James Dunn) protects a mystery woman (Gloria Stuart) who knows too much about a card-game murder.
Un ladrón en la alcoba
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Lily (Miriam Hopkins), una carterista que se hace pasar por condesa, conoce en Venecia al famoso ladrón Gaston Monescu (Herbert Marshall), quien a su vez se hace pasar por barón, y se enamoran. Gaston roba al aristócrata François Fileba y huye con Lily antes de que le descubran. Casi un año después, en París, Gaston roba un bolso con diamantes incrustados a la viuda Mariette Colet, pero se lo devuelve y la cautiva de tal forma que lo contrata como secretario.
The Man from Yesterday
Gendarme
A woman whose husband never came home from World War I finds herself in love with her doctor. She travels with him to Switzerland, and as they check into the hotel there, she is astounded to see her supposedly dead husband.
Get That Girl
Dr. Sandro Tito
A young girl, who is about to receive a large inheritance, is abducted to an isolated sanitarium where a crazed doctor is performing strange experiments.
Wings of Adventure
Don Ricardo Diaz San Pablo La Pandella, 'La Panthera'
Dave Kent, a commercial aviator, and his mechanic, Skeets Smith, are forced to make an emergency landing in Mexico and find themselves in the hands of La Panthera, a notorious bandit who wishes to overthrow the government and become president of a new republic. Manuel, his chief henchman, obliges them to collect the booty in a robbery, but Kent manages to meet María Valdez, a prisoner--held for marriage to the insurgent leader--who implores his aid. Kent and Skeets are arrested for the robbery and sentenced to death.
The Peacock Fan
Thomas Elton
A bumbling detective sent to investigate a murder at a wealth home is replaced by a sneering second investigator of mixed racial ancestry in this mystery involving an ancient Asian fan.
The Wagon Show
Vicarino
Colonel Beldan runs a Wild West show. When Beldan's star attraction switches to his unscrupulous competitor Vicarino, the young Bob Mason takes the opportunity to take over the job with his horse 'Tarzan'.
Eve's Love Letters
Mr. X's Accomplice (uncredited)
Agnes Ayres was apparently a star of feature film who is top billed in this one-off Hal Roach short. She does well as the woman at the centre of the story, but it's pretty plain that it's actually the comic mind and performing talents of Stan Laurel, who plays her butler, that make this two-reel short shine.
Get 'Em Young
the executor
A butler is persuaded to pretend to be a man's wife so that he can inherit a million dollars.
Bardelys el magnífico
Castelrous
Durante el reinado de Luis XIII, un jactancioso joven llamado Bardelys se hace famoso gracias a sus conquistas amorosas.
Long Fliv the King
Hamir of Uvocado - the Prime Minister
This offbeat comedy from future Hollywood screwball director McCarey is about a princess who must find a husband in 24 hours or forfeit her throne. She quickly marries a condemned man--but the man is pardoned.
Kiki
Cheron, the Tenor (uncredited)
Kiki se gana la vida vendiendo periódicos por las calles de París. Cuando se entera que una chica del coro ha sido despedida de la revista Folies Barbes dirigida por Víctor Renal, encuentra un camino para realizar su sueño y solicita el trabajo. Kiki se gasta todo su dinero en comprar ropa adecuada, pero es expulsada de la prueba ya que no ha sido recomendada por la Agencia de colocación. Pero no ceja en su empeño. Mientras está en la sala esperando para otra prueba, es confundida con la secretaria de Renald por una solicitante de la Agencia, quien le da a Kiki su carta de recomendación. Ésta se apropia de la carta y se la presenta a Renald, quien le procura otra audición...
Madame Mystery
Man of a Thousand Eyes
A female secret agent has gotten ahold of a new type of explosive gas. She has to avoid the efforts of two men who are trying to steal it. They succeed in doing so, but the gas turns out to be not quite what they expected.
Without Mercy
Ducrow
Silent melodrama.
The Reckless Age
Lord Harrowby takes out an $100,000 insurance policy to be paid if his wedding to Cecilia Meyrick is cancelled. The insurance company sends Dick Minot to make sure the wedding takes place, but he falls in love with the bride.
Broadway or Bust
Count Dardnelle
Virginia Redding inherits a fortune and goes to New York, leaving behind her suitor Dave, a rancher. Good fortune strikes Dave when radium deposits are discovered on his ranch, and he and his partner sell out, go to New York, and become society sensations.
The Night Hawk
José Valdez
Our Western star begins this actioner rather improbably, as a New York City gangster. But soon enough he heads for the more comfortable expanse of the open spaces.
La frivolidad de una dama
French ambassador
Alexei, un joven oficial, salva a la zarina de un pequeño reino de unos conspiradores revolucionarios, y ella le recompensa con su amor. Él deja entonces a Anna, la chica de quien estaba enamorado y que es dama de honor de la zarina. Pero ésta le es infiel y el despechado Alexei se une a los conspiradores. El canciller corta la revolución de raíz y la zarina hace que detengan a Alexei.
El pequeño Lord Fauntleroy
Dick
l joven Cedric Errol vive con su madre viuda en la ciudad de Nueva York. El difunto padre de Cedric era un hijo del conde de Dorincourt, pero el conde se había opuesto firmemente a la boda de su hijo, y por lo tanto se ha distanciado de Cedric y su madre. Pero cuando el hijo único superviviente del conde muere en un accidente de equitación, Cedric repente se convierte en Lord Fauntleroy, heredero del conde. Cedric y su madre viajan a Inglaterra, donde se tienen que superar duros sentimientos del conde sobre el pasado, así como algunos obstáculos inesperados. (filmaffinit)
The Mask
Señor Enrico Keralio
The Mask 1921 film
All Dolled Up
Amilo Rodolpho
The department store clerk Mary prevents a robbery at the store where she works, involving a necklace belonging to a rich unmarried woman named Eva Bandy. Later, she manages via a misunderstanding to prevent a million-dollar robbery of the same woman. With the man of her dreams, who helped her foil the robberies, she is "adopted" by Eva.
Risky Business
Ralli
Society matron Mrs. Fanshaw Renwick entertains lavishly at her posh home. Living with her are her two daughters, Phillipa, a madcap eighteen-year-old, and her married sister Errica who is having an affair with Ralli, a designing South American. When Captain Chantry arrives with an impressive letter of introduction, Mrs. Renwick welcomes him while Phillipa falls in love with him. On the night of the masquerade party, Phillipa induces Chantry to take her to the party in disguise, because her mother will not permit her to attend. The captain, in reality a jewel thief, readily complies, believing it will provide him with the perfect opportunity to steal Mrs. Renwick's famous pearls.
The Sins of Rosanne
Syke Ravenal
Roseanne (Ethel Clayton) has grown up near some diamond mines in South Africa. As a child, she became ill and a Malay nurse, Rachel Bangat (Fontaine La Rue) promised to cure her. That she did, but she also worked some voodoo on the child, who, as a grown up now displays a powerful desire for diamonds and the ability to throw evil curses on those who displease her.
The Challenge of the Law
Jules Lafitte
A Canadian Mountie pursues an outlaw across the border into the America...
The Best of Luck
Lanzana
Leslie MacLeod (Kathryn Adams) comes to England from the U.S. so that she can settle financial affairs with Lord Glenayr (Jack Holt), whom she has never met. She encounters Duke Lanzana (Fred Malatesta), who sees her as a way to pay off his mounting debts. He captures her and then heads to a nearby cape to steal a buried treasure that actually should belong to the MacLeods.
Full of Pep
General Lopanzo
Returning from a selling trip, Jimmy Baxter, the fastest salesman at his father's munitions company, notices a pretty girl smiling at him in the station. Since her train soon leaves, all Jimmy learns about her is information on her luggage: her initials and destination, the Central American republic Santo Dinero.
Sherlock Holmes
'Lightfoot' McTague
Cuando un par de estafadores retienen a la joven Alice Faulkner contra su voluntad para descubrir el paradero de unas cartas cuya difusión podría causar un escándalo que afectaría a la familia real, Sherlock Holmes decid encargarse del caso.
The Devil's Trail
Dubec
Whiskey smuggler Dubec, trades liquor to the Indians, takes revenge on the Royal North West Mounted Police pursuing him by killing the wife of post commander Sergeant Delisle and abducting his teen-aged daughter Nonette.