Mario Riva
Date of birth: 1913-01-26
Place of birth: Rome, Italy
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Mario Bonavolontà
Biography
Movie Credits
Totò Looking for a House
1949-12-09
Beniamino and his family have lived inside a school since the end of the war. After five years they
Perfide.... ma belle
1958-12-12
Michele, a young mechanic, is in love with Angela Antonia, beautiful but capricious: the girl's fath
The Traffic Policeman
1960-11-16
An unemployed man gets a job as traffic policeman but the traffic in the big city creates innumerous
The Dollars Are Coming!
1957-03-29
A widow goes to Italy from South Africa to find out whether or not her late husband's five nephews a
It Happened at the Police Station
1954-10-06
Everyday all kind of people pass through a Police Station, especially if it is downtown. Today, howe
Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche
1958-08-22
A psychiatric-clinic medical director runs some tests on two patients, the Ragionier Antonio Vignane
Toto Tours Italy
1948-12-30
A professor was appointed member of the jury of a beauty contest and falls for a beautiful contestan
Times Gone By
1952-09-28
A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.
He Thief, She Thief
1958-03-12
Cencio, a roman pilferer, periodically is in prison. He meets Cesira that soon become his partner in
Domenica è sempre domenica
1958-04-05
A television broadcast launches a proclamation for amateurs: "If you know how to speak, you will kno
Bravissimo
1955-11-22
The master Impallato takes care of the boys in a suburban after-school. Here he discovers a pupil wi
Ridere! Ridere! Ridere!
1954-01-01
A series of comical sketches featuring a doctor, a travelling salesman and some posh gents.
Tripoli, bel suol d'amore
1954-08-19
The young Alberto Ruotolo leave the country cottage to go for the sharpshooter. But the command does
Elementary School
1954-12-29
Dante Trilli, who has been teaching in his village school for about twenty years, wins a competition
Damn the Taxes!!
1951-09-13
Count Borraccilo lives in luxury but does not pay taxes and for this he is targeted by the tax agent
My Heart Sings
1951-12-08
Two two-bit singers become thieves to make ends meet. One day during a theft in the house of a music
Prepotenti più di prima
1959-03-11
Returning from his honeymoon, Marcella finds out she is pregnant. The to-be grandparents fight on wh
If I Were A Member Of Parliament
1949-10-27
A young dare-devil goes to Rome in search of fortune, with the blessings and money of his loving aun
È arrivata la parigina
1958-06-26
An ambitious French girl who moved to Italy to be an actress cannot break through and then opts for
Vento d'Africa
1949-01-01
It Happened in the Penitentiary
1955-10-19
A prison warden keeps a diary in which he writes about the convicts he meets and their lives.
Adam and Eve
1949-11-29
Eva Bianchi, who works as a manicure in a beauty salon in Milan, falls in love with the owner Adamo
I giorni più belli
1956-08-13
Il raccomandato di ferro
1959-04-08
An Italian clerk has been helped to his position by a fake kickback letter from a politician who, me
Ours are coming
1951-03-07
A ruthless businessman wants to bring a penniless nobleman financially on his knees because he wants
Gente felice
1957-03-08
Tanino, who lives in a village without a cemetery, goes to a deputy to obtain the land necessary for
Easy Years
1953-11-12
A Sicilian professor who moves to Rome gets lost in the maze of Roman ministries and gives in to cor
Fantasmi e ladri
1959-02-12
Tina, an old lady and detective stories buff, moves to town in the house of a god-daughter of hers w
My Police Granny
1958-09-10
Tina, an old lady, is in town for the wedding of her grandson when a medallion left to her by her la
Il Saprofita
2004-01-01
There seems to be some arguing over who is going to get to take care of dear old granddad now that h
The Inveterate Bachelor
1958-09-19
Marcello is engaged to Gina, the daughter of the boarding house where he lives, but he is undecided
Tomorrow Is Another Day
1951-01-24
A doctor rescues a young woman who is about to throw herself into the river and takes her to the hos
Yvonne of the Night
1949-11-24
Carlo Rutelli falls in love with the beautiful variety singer Yvonne la Nuit, but his father opposes
I cadetti di Guascogna
1950-09-27
Two fellow soldiers fight for the love of the same girl, are constantly picked on by the older soldi
Vendetta... sarda
1952-02-21
A cook from Sardinia who had emigrated to Milan goes back to his native island thinking he has inher
Rosso e nero
1954-10-27
Roman Tales
1955-12-21
Alvaro is been in jail and so he consider himself the most fit to lead his three friends Mario, Otel
La moglie è uguale per tutti
1955-10-21
Antonio De Papis is a lawyer and his specialization is separation by mutual consent. He is contrary
Il padrone del vapore
1951-11-23
A rich American arrives in a little village in the mountains because he wants to advertise a drink h
Il barone Carlo Mazza
1948-11-11
Rosa Pezza, a beautiful young girl, is forced into a thousand maneuvers and subterfuges to gain poss
The Firemen of Viggiù
1949-04-16
In the village of Viggiù, the firemen organize various skits and performances in their theater, invi
Ha fatto 13
1951-01-01
Il campanile d'oro
1955-11-18
Abracadabra
1952-02-22
Three crooks scheme to swindle a wealthy widow out of her fortune, but their plans are thwarted by t
I prepotenti
1958-07-25
Cesare, from Rome, and Mimì, from Naples, don't agree with their children marriage, so the young cou
Porca miseria!
1951-09-12
Two friends, Giacomino and Carletto, have no job and no money and are looking for a job, or any devi
Beauties on Motor Scooters
1962-10-15
Serenate per 16 bionde
1957-01-11
A group of schoolgirls find shelter in an old castle during a rainstorm.