Biography
Henry Armetta (born Enrico Armetta, July 4, 1888 – October 21, 1945) was an Italian-born American character actor who appeared in at least 150 American films, starting in silents around 1915 to 1946, when his last film was released posthumously. From Wikipedia.
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Complete Filmography

Colonel Effingham's Raid
1946
as Jimmy Economy
The story takes place in 1940. On the eve of America's entry in World War II, a colonel retired to his small Southern town, and discovers that there i...

Anchors Aweigh
1945
as Hamburger Man
Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew...

Penthouse Rhythm
1945
as Cafe Owner Joe
Musical comedy directed by Edward F. Cline

A Bell for Adano
1945
as Errante - Cart Man
Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. He has to manage getting supplies into town without int...

Once Upon a Time
1944
as Barber (uncredited)
Broadway producer Jerry Flynn is anxious to recapture the magic and reclaim the crowds after a set of costly flops. Outside his theater one night, Fly...

Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Angelo the Barber (uncredited)
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

Good Luck, Mr. Yates
1943
as Mike Zaloris
A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.

Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Henry Armetta
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreati...

The Big Store
1941
as Guiseppi
A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.

Caught in the Act
1941
as Mike Ripportella
On the day of his daughter's wedding, a good-natured construction worker (Henry Armetta) is suspected by his wife of being involved with another woman...

You're Not So Tough
1940
as Salvatore
The Dead End Kids are out of the slums of New York's East Side and running around the sunny valleys of California looking for a way to make a quick bu...

We Who Are Young
1940
as Tony
A man violates company policy by getting married.

The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940
as Tony Spirella
A young law graduate joins his older brother's legal practice, only to discover the firm's clients are mostly mobsters.

The Escape
1939
as Guiseppi Peronni
An embittered Louie Peronni returns from prison to find that his sister, Juli Peronni, is engaged to policeman Eddie Farrell, and also finds that his ...

Dust Be My Destiny
1939
as Nick Spelucci
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter l...

I Stole a Million
1939
as Nick Respina
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.

The Lady and the Mob
1939
as V. Zambrogio
Hattie Leonard sets out to break a criminal gang controlling the dry cleaning business.

Winner Take All
1939
as Papa Luigi Gambini
When a waiter makes a lucky hit and wins a benefit prizefight, gamblers rig some fights for him; but a reporter arranges for a real boxer to put him i...

Fisherman's Wharf
1939
as Beppo
Carlo Roma and his foster-son, Toma, and their friend Beppo, are living a happy fisherman's life in San Francisco until Carlo's widowed sister-in-law,...
Road Demon
1938
as Papa Luigi Gambini
At the Indianapolis Speedway mobsters try to bump off a young racer just as they did his dad. Junk yard owner tap dances.

Submarine Patrol
1938
as Luigi
A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a motley crew.

Speed to Burn
1938
as Papa Gambini
Horse racing provides the framework of this crime drama that centers on an orphan who has been raising a promising horse.

Everybody Sing
1938
as Signor Vittorino
Boisterous teen Judy Bellaire is expelled from her all-female boarding school for convincing her fellow school chorus members to sing a classical piec...

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
1937
as Spadoni
In this musical comedy, a crooked record producer uses his mob connections to force performers to do their stuff. The trouble really begins when the g...

Make a Wish
1937
as Moreta
While vacationing at a boys' camp, the rambunctious Chip Winters befriends a famed composer Johnny Selden. Stuck for an inspiration for his latest ope...

Top of the Town
1937
as Bacciagalluppi
In this musical set in swingin' Manhattan, an heiress plans a ballet in the famous Moonbeam ballroom located atop a 100-story skyscraper. Unfortunatel...

The Magnificent Brute
1936
as Buzell
A love triangle forms the basis of this drama. It all begins in a steel mill when a steel worker ignores the besotted gazes of his landlady at the boa...

Two in a Crowd
1936
as Toscani
When two halves of a thousand-dollar bill are discovered in the snow, the penniless pair that individually grabs each half must come to terms. Actress...

Poor Little Rich Girl
1936
as Tony
Cossetted and bored, Barbara Barry is finally sent off to school by her busy if doting widowed soap manufacturer father. When her nurse is injured en ...

The Crime of Dr. Forbes
1936
as Luigi
Injured scientist Eric Godfrey asks his protege to give him a fatal dose of opiates to end his misery. When he dies the doctor is accused of murder.

Let's Sing Again
1936
as Joe Pasquale
An orphan (Eight-year-old boy soprano Bobby Breen) gets a chance to sing opera in New York.
Carnival Day
1936
It's carnival time, crowds gather for horse races and the games and food of a midway. Bobby the singing jockey will be riding the favorite Stardust, a...

Magnificent Obsession
1935
as Tony
A playboy tries to redeem himself after his careless behavior causes a great man's death.

3 Kids and a Queen
1935
as Tony Orsatti
An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subsequently pretends to indeed be kidnapped, , in order...

Manhattan Moon
1935
as Tony
Night club owner Dan Moore is trying to collect a debt owed to him by playboy Reggie Van Dorn, but Reggie is a playboy with no money but lots of socia...

Dinky
1935
as Tony Karamazo
A mother sends her young son to military school so he won't find out she's been sentenced to a prison term on a framed fraud charge.

Princess O'Hara
1935
as Spidoni
When King's beloved horse dies, Princess tries to purchase a new nag, and that's how she inadvertently gets her hands on a "stolen" race horse. Our he...

Straight from the Heart
1935
as Ice Cream Man
In this romance, a slightly crooked and highly ambitious mayoral candidate convinces a woman to help him blackmail the incumbent by using a little bab...

I've Been Around
1935
as Italian
Romantic problems of a society girl and an engineer.

After Office Hours
1935
as Italian Diner Owner
A managing editor sends a socialite reporter to spy on her boyfriend, mixed up in murder.

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
1934
as Laurent
A writer discovers he's being used as a pawn by greedy businessmen.

Imitation of Life
1934
as The Painter
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face fami...

Cheating Cheaters
1934
as Prof. Tony Verdi
The Palmers, an apparently wealthy family, move into the house next door to the Lazarres. However, the Palmers are actually a gang of thieves plotting...

The Merry Widow
1934
as Turk (uncredited)
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.

Two Heads on a Pillow
1934
as Enrico Populopullini
A lawyer handing a divorce case discovers the attorney for the opposition is his ex-wife.

Wake Up and Dream
1934
as Giovanni Cellini
The story of a small-time vaudeville trio and their rise to the big time.

Gift of Gab
1934
as Janitor
Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.

Embarrassing Moments
1934
as Morganza
Jerry Randolph is an inveterate and obnoxious practical joker. Things take a serious turn when it looks as though Jerry's latest prank has resulted in...

Hide-Out
1934
as Shuman
Wounded criminal Lucky Wilson takes refuge in a small Connecticut farm. He falls in love with the farmer's daughter who at first is unaware of his cr...

Romance in the Rain
1934
as Tulio
The publisher of a tabloid-type romance magazine decides to get some publicity by sponsoring a "Cinderella and Prince Charming" contest.

One Night of Love
1934
as Cafe Owner
Mary Barrett is an aspiring opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic maestro, Guilio Monterverdi. After spending endless working...

Kiss and Make-Up
1934
as Banquet Chairman
Dr. Maurice Lamar is a noted plastic surgeon who makes his rich clients beautiful, and also makes them. He makes Eve Caron, the wife of Marcel Caron, ...

Let's Talk It Over
1934
as Tony
A young sailor saves a woman from drowning. The woman turns out to be a rich heiress; unfortunately for the sailor, she was only pretending to be drow...

Half a Sinner
1934
as The Barber
A con man poses as a hillbilly preacher.

The Black Cat
1934
as The Sergeant
After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed archi...
Good Time Henry
1934
as Henry
Henry is lured by old pal Hale into a night on the town despite fears that his wife will discover their hijinks.

The Poor Rich
1934
as Tony
Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood and his cousin Harriet Winthrop Spottiswood arrive separately at their long abandoned and very much run down family mano...

The Cat and the Fiddle
1934
as Taxi Driver
A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.

Cross Country Cruise
1934
as The Italian
A young woman is involved with a married man, although she does not know that he is married. He kills his jealous wife and implicates her in the murde...

Too Much Harmony
1933
as Mr. Gallotti
A singer is involved with two women in his life, one a "good" girl and one a "bad" one."

Hello Pop
1933
as Italian Musician
A stage director is trying to put on a musical/comedy revue, but has to contend with temperamental musicians, an inept stage crew and his three idiot ...

Her First Mate
1933
as Socrates
A camp butcher on an Albany night boat dreams of the South Seas.

Laughing at Life
1933
as Fruit Vendor
Easter, a soldier of fortune and gunrunner, leaves his family behind escaping from the authorities and an American detective named Mason. His globe ho...

The Devil's Brother
1933
as Matteo
Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman, who secretly masquerades as Fra Diavolo, a notorious outlaw.

So This Is Africa
1933
as Street Cleaner (uncredited)
Broke lion tamers travel to Africa to make a movie about Amazon women, from a distance.

So This Is Africa
1933
as Street Cleaner
Broke lion tamers travel to Africa to make a movie about Amazon women, from a distance.

The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble
1933
as Captain Silva
Kelly's daughter falls for a revenue agent, and his divorced wife is after alimony.

What! No Beer?
1933
as Tony
When Prohibition ends, a barber tries to get in the liquor business only to come up against mobsters.

Rasputin and the Empress
1932
as Photographer (uncredited)
The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's influence on members of the Russian Imperial family and others, and what resulted.

Central Park
1932
as Tony, Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Two destitute New Yorkers meet cute in Central Park and then separate and independently get tangled up with some gangsters only to be reunited again i...

A Farewell to Arms
1932
as Bonello the Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
A tale of the World War I love affair, begun in Italy, between American ambulance driver Lt. Frederic Henry and British nurse Catherine Barkley. Event...

Men Of America
1932
as Tony Garboni
Bank robbers and killers cause mayhem in a small western town.

Prosperity
1932
as Henry a Barber
Longtime friends become feuding mothers-in-law when their children marry.

Deception
1932
as Nick
Modest programmer denotes a young man's rise to fame in wrestling matches he doesn't realize have been "fixed", and ensuing romantic turbulence.

Hat Check Girl
1932
as Water Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Gerry Marsh is a hat-check girl in a nightclub surrounded by bootleggers, blackmailers and others before she falls in love with millionaire playboy Bu...

Okay, America!
1932
as Sam
A gossip columnist's rise to fame. Based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell.

Speak Easily
1932
as Tony
A professor gets mixed up with chorus girls in a Broadway musical.

Bachelor's Affairs
1932
as Tony - Cosmetician (uncredited)
A middle aged millionaire falls in love with a gorgeous, but stupid blonde gold digger, being guided by her ever-present shrewish friend.They marry bu...

Red-Headed Woman
1932
as Waiter Warning Bill of Lipstick (uncredited)
Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force so...

Week Ends Only
1932
as Washroom Attendant
A recently impoverished but formerly wealthy young woman ends up working as a nightclub hostess. There she meets a handsome, sophisticated and wealthy...

Huddle
1932
as Mr. Amatto
Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a company scholarship which will enable him to attend Yale ...

The Doomed Battalion
1932
as Angelo
During World War 1, an Austrian Battalion holds a mountain stronghold against the attack of the Italian army.

Scarface
1932
as Pietro, the Barber (uncredited)
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to pr...

Steady Company
1932
as Tony Capri
Truck driver Norman Foster has aspirations to become a prize fighter, but romantic interest June Clyde finds the idea deplorable. Henry Armetta and Za...

Arsène Lupin
1932
as Sheriff's Man
A charming and very daring thief known as Arsene Lupin is terrorizing the wealthy of Paris. He even goes so far as to threaten the Mona Lisa. But the ...

The Passionate Plumber
1932
as Bouncer
Paris plumber Elmer Tuttle is enlisted by socialite Patricia Alden to help make her lover Tony Lagorce jealous. With the help of his friend Julius J. ...
Sightseeing in New York
1931
as Tony (as Tony Martin)
Nick, and Tony, are New York City taxicab drivers, who are constantly arguing in broken-English and Italian, who take two out-of-town school teachers ...

The Unholy Garden
1931
as Nick the Goose
At a hotel in the middle of the Sahara, an old man and his daughter try to keep the location of a hidden treasure from a collection of thieves and cri...

Hush Money
1931
as Bootlegger (uncredited)
Story of a girl who tries to live down the past and marries a wealthy man. Blackmail attempt by old associate foiled by friendly detective.

Five and Ten
1931
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
John owns the largest chain of five and ten cent stores in the country. He moves his family to New York from Kansas City and their life, though grand,...

Just a Gigolo
1931
as Hotel Manager
A playboy pretends to be a paid escort in order to court--and test the moral character of--a young British socialite. Comedy.

Laughing Sinners
1931
as Tony
Ivy Stevens is a cafe entertainer in love with a shifty salesman who deserts her. In attempting to commit suicide, she is saved by Carl, a Salvation A...

Strangers May Kiss
1931
as Waiter
After years of fighting off the advances of her old flame Steve, Lisbeth settles into a steamy, casual romance with journalist Alan. Against the advic...

A Tailor-Made Man
1931
as Peter, Tailor
John Paul Bart is just a pants-presser in a tailor's shop, but he has big ambitions. One night, he borrows the clothes of a wealthy client and bluffs ...
Moonlight and Monkey Business
1930
as Tony

Romance
1930
as Theater Manager Beppo
A beautiful opera star kept by a rich older man falls in love with a young clergyman.

Little Accident
1930
as Rudolpho Amendelara
On the day before his second wedding, a man finds out that his bride-to-be has had a baby.

The Sins of the Children
1930
as Tony
A barber turns down a promising business venture in order to take his sick son to a drier climate out west.

Lovin' the Ladies
1930
as Signore Sagatelli
A man who believes that love is more animal and chemical than spiritual, bets that by controlling the circumstances, he can get any man and woman to f...

The Girl Said No
1930
as Grove Cafe Waiter
A comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of Hyams who has turned him down for Bushman. Haines plot...

The Ship from Shanghai
1930
as Sailor (uncredited)
On a yacht sailing from Shanghai to the United States, the sailors, led by the megalomaniac steward, revolt and take control.

The Climax
1930
as Anton Donatelli
Young Italian girl wants to become a great opera singer.

Sunny Side Up
1929
as Italian Husband (uncredited)
Molly and Bee, sweet young 'working girls,' live in a cheap room over a New York grocery store. Molly's idol, wealthy Jack Cromwell, lives in a Long I...

The Trespasser
1929
as Barber (uncredited)
A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family has the marraige annulled, after which she gives ...

Jazz Heaven
1929
as Tony
A young songwriter struggles to make good in New York.

Love, Live & Laugh
1929
as Tony
Any movie that starts Jewish entertainer George Jessel as an Italian accordionist named Luigi can't be all bad. In love with the beautiful Margharita ...

Half Marriage
1929
as Henry
A young couple marries in secret. Judy's afraid her parents won't approve of Dick and she'll lose her generous allowance. Her parents bring her home f...

Madame X
1929
as Hotel Owner (uncredited)
A young, unfaithful wife and mother is thrown out by her cold, unforgiving husband, the Attorney General of France. She is barred from ever seeing her...

Lady of the Pavements
1929
as Papa Pierre
Karl, a German diplomat in Paris, discovers that his fiancee, Diane, has been cheating on him. He tells her that he would rather marry a "girl of the ...

In Old Arizona
1928
as Barber (uncredited)
Army Sergeant Mickey Dunn sets out in pursuit of the Cisco Kid, a notorious if kind-hearted and charismatic bandit of the Old West. The Kid spends muc...
Homesick
1928
as Bicycle Rider
Babe, a lonely servant girl in California, puts a "husband wanted" ad in the newspaper...

The Red Dance
1928
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Tasia (Dolores del Río), a beautiful dancer lower class of Russia, falls heir to the throne Prince, Grand Duke Eugene (Charles Farrell), but only admi...

Lonesome
1928
as Ferris Wheel Guy (uncredited)
Two lonely people in the big city meet and enjoy the thrills of an amusement park, only to lose each other in the crowd after spending a great day tog...

Street Angel
1928
as Mascetto
A spirited young woman finds herself destitute and on the streets before joining a traveling carnival, where she meets a vagabond painter.

A Girl in Every Port
1928
as Bartender in Panama (uncredited)
Two sailors with a rivalry over chasing women become friends. But when one decides to finally settle down, will this mysterious young woman come betwe...

7th Heaven
1927
In 1910s Paris, a sewer worker disillusioned with Christianity feels his prayers have been answered when he chances upon a street waif and they fall i...
A Midsummer Night's Steam
1927
A silent comedy short.
The Desert's Price
1925
as Shepherd
Returning from college, Wils McCann discovers that the long-standing feud between his family and their neighbors is actually the fault of the nasty Ma...

The Silent Command
1923
as Pedro
A distinguished young Naval officer from a celebrated military falls prey to a terrorist and his seductress accomplice bent on destroying the Panama C...

The Face at Your Window
1920
as Danglo
Two factory owners, Hiram Maxwell and Nicholas Harding are almost polar opposites -- Maxwell pays careful attention to his employees needs, while Hard...

The Eternal Sin
1917
as The Jester
Gennaro, the son of Lucretia Borgia, lives unaware of the identity of his mother, who has married the Duke of Ferrara. After Lucretia's brother is kil...

The Marble Heart
1916
Therese Roger, daughter of a West Indian planter, whose parents are murdered while she is a baby, becomes the adopted daughter of her aunt, Madame Rog...