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William Edmunds (Michele Giuseppe Pellegrino; September 18, 1886 – December 7, 1981) was an Italian-American stage and screen character actor, typically playing roles with heavy accents (generally Italian, Spanish, and French), most notable as Mr. Giuseppe Martini in It's a Wonderful Life.
William Edmunds (1885-1981) was an actor who played various ethnic roles, especially Italians, in films and TV shows. He was born in Italy and died in California, and is best known for his role as Mr. Martini in It's a Wonderful Life (1946).
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- January 1, 1885
- William Edmunds
- December 7, 1981
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.
William Edmunds. Actor: It's a Wonderful Life. Despite his Anglicized name, Edmunds was usually cast as dark or Latin types: Spaniards, Mexicans, Frenchmen, Gypsies, Arabs, Polynesians, and other exotic nationalities and functioned as a sort of poor-man's 'J. Carroll Naish'.
- January 1, 1885
- December 7, 1981
Dec 9, 2022 · William Edmunds, 79, died in the intensive care unit at Albury Base Hospital on December 2, 2019 from complications of peritonitis following the error. About a month earlier, Dr Liu-Ming Schmidt had performed a Hartmann's procedure on Mr Edmunds, which involved removing a large piece of his bowel.
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William Edmunds was an Italian stage and screen character actor, typically playing roles with heavy accents, most notable as Mr. Giuseppe Martini in It's a Wonderful Life.
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William Edmunds was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Edmunds kickstarted his acting career in various films such as the comedic adaptation "Idiot's Delight" (1939) with Norma Shearer, the dramatic biopic "Juarez" (1939) with Paul Muni and "He Married His Wife" (1940).
