William Edmunds

Actor

Born: January 1, 1885 (96 years old)

Died: December 7, 1981

Place of birth: San Fele, Basilicata, Italy

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.

Filmography (47)

• It's a Wonderful Life (1946, ★ 8.3)
• The Mortal Storm (1940, ★ 7.3)
• Casablanca (1943, ★ 8.1)
• The Shop Around the Corner (1940, ★ 8.1)
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941, ★ 6)
• The Man I Love (1946, ★ 6.1)
• The Beast with Five Fingers (1947, ★ 6.3)
• The Caddy (1953, ★ 6.4)
• Mr. Soft Touch (1949, ★ 6.8)
• Strange Cargo (1940, ★ 7)
• The Lost Moment (1947, ★ 6.1)
• Any Number Can Play (1949, ★ 6.9)
• The Seventh Cross (1944, ★ 6.8)
• Escape (1940, ★ 7.4)
• They Met in Bombay (1941, ★ 7.3)
• Berlin Correspondent (1942, ★ 5.9)
• The Pied Piper (1942, ★ 6.8)
• Where There's Life (1947, ★ 5.8)
• Idiot's Delight (1939, ★ 5.9)
• Nurse Edith Cavell (1939, ★ 6.4)
• The Rains Came (1939, ★ 5.9)
• The Lawless (1950, ★ 5.8)
• House of Frankenstein (1944, ★ 6)
• Forbidden Passage (1941, ★ 6.3)
• The Pirate (1948, ★ 6.4)
• The Mark of Zorro (1940, ★ 7.1)
• The Three Musketeers (1948, ★ 6.8)
• The Great McGinty (1940, ★ 6.9)
• Stranger on the Third Floor (1940, ★ 6.4)
• Background to Danger (1943, ★ 6.6)