Birthday
1885/01/01
Day of death
1981/12/07 (96 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
San Fele, Basilicata, Italy
Also know as
William Edmonds, Billy Edmunds, Bill Edmunds, Michele Frondino Pellegrino, Michael Fondonia Pellegrino, Michele F. Pellegrino, Michael F. Pellegrino, Michele Pellegrino, Michael Pellegrino, Michele Giuseppe Pellegrino
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.
(1940) The Mortal Storm
as Lehman
(1946) It's a Wonderful Life
as Mr. Martini
(1941) Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Proprietor Lucy's
(1942) Berlin Correspondent
as Hans Gruber
(1946) The Man I Love
as Uncle Tony Toresca
(1947) The Beast with Five Fingers
as Ingram's Servant Antonio
(1953) The Caddy
as Caminello
(1947) Where There's Life
as King Hubertus II
(1949) Mr. Soft Touch
as Alex, Janitor (Uncredited)
(1940) Strange Cargo
as Dock Watchman (uncredited)
(1947) The Lost Moment
as Vittorio
(1940) Girls Under 21
as Tony Mangione
(1949) Any Number Can Play
as Men's Room Attendant
(1949) The Big Sombrero
as Don Luis Alvarado
(1941) Knockout
as Louis Grinnelli
(1940) He Married His Wife
as Waiter
(1935) Shadow of Doubt
as Butler
(1943) Assignment in Brittany
as Plehec
(1947) That Hagen Girl
as Corey (uncredited)
(1944) The Seventh Cross
as Aldinger (uncredited)
(1943) Casablanca
as Second Contact Man at Rick's (uncredited)
(1942) The Pied Piper
as Frenchman
(1939) Idiot's Delight
as Dumptsy
(1939) Everything Happens at Night
as Hotel Clerk
(1939) Nurse Edith Cavell
as Albert
(1939) The Rains Came
as Mr. Das
(1950) The Lawless
as Mr. Jensen
(1944) House of Frankenstein
as Fejos (uncredited)
(1941) Forbidden Passage
as Illegal Alien Aboard Tugboat (uncredited)
(1940) You, the People
as Louie, the Janitor
(1939) Fixer Dugan
as Smiley
(1940) The Shop Around the Corner
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1948) The Pirate
as Town Clerk (uncredited)
(1940) The Mark of Zorro
as Peón Selling Cocks (uncredited)
(1948) The Three Musketeers
as ---
(1940) The Great McGinty
as Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited)
(1940) Escape
as White Swan Inn Waiter (uncredited)
(1940) Stranger on the Third Floor
as Gardener (uncredited)
(1939) Geronimo
as Scout
(1946) Swamp Fire
as Emile Ledoux
(1940) Know Your Money
as Samuel 'The Dutchman' Welker
(1940) Earthbound
as Chris
(1942) The Wife Takes a Flyer
as Gustav
(1934) Going Spanish
as Gaucho
(1949) Ringside
as Professor Berger
(1941) Paris Calling
as Prof. Marceau
(1946) The Well Groomed Bride
as Mr. Whortle
(1941) They Met in Bombay
as Hotel Barber (uncredited)
(1943) Background to Danger
as Waiter with Information
(1943) Edge of Darkness
as Elderly Sailor (uncredited)
(1943) For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Soldier #1
(1943) Madame Curie
as Cart Driver (uncredited)
(1945) A Bell for Adano
as Tomasino - Fisherman
(1941) A Very Young Lady
as Abner (uncredited)
(1944) Dangerous Passage
as Capt. Saul
(1942) Reunion in France
as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
(1944) The Climax
as Leon, Theatre Concierge
(1940) Girl from Havana
as Ricco, the bartender
(1944) Till We Meet Again
as Henri Maret
(1951) Double Dynamite
as Mr. Baganucci
(1942) The Black Swan
as Town Crier (uncredited)
(1948) 13 Lead Soldiers
as Prager - Antique Dealer (uncredited)
(1941) Baby Blues
as Mr. Gubitosi
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as Papa Puccini