
William Edmunds
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

The Mortal Storm
1940

It's a Wonderful Life
1946

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941

Berlin Correspondent
1942

The Man I Love
1946

The Beast with Five Fingers
1947

The Caddy
1953

Where There's Life
1947

Mr. Soft Touch
1949

Strange Cargo
1940

The Lost Moment
1947

Girls Under 21
1940

Any Number Can Play
1949

The Big Sombrero
1949

Knockout
1941

He Married His Wife
1940

Shadow of Doubt
1935

Assignment in Brittany
1943

That Hagen Girl
1947

The Seventh Cross
1944

Casablanca
1943

The Pied Piper
1942

Idiot's Delight
1939

Everything Happens at Night
1939

Nurse Edith Cavell
1939

The Rains Came
1939

The Lawless
1950

House of Frankenstein
1944

Forbidden Passage
1941

You, the People
1940

Fixer Dugan
1939

The Shop Around the Corner
1940

The Pirate
1948

The Mark of Zorro
1940

The Three Musketeers
1948

The Great McGinty
1940

Escape
1940

Stranger on the Third Floor
1940

Geronimo
1939

Swamp Fire
1946

Know Your Money
1940

Earthbound
1940

The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942

Going Spanish
1934

Ringside
1949

Paris Calling
1941

The Well Groomed Bride
1946

They Met in Bombay
1941

Background to Danger
1943

Edge of Darkness
1943

For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943

Madame Curie
1943

A Bell for Adano
1945

A Very Young Lady
1941

Dangerous Passage
1944

Reunion in France
1942

The Climax
1944

Girl from Havana
1940

Till We Meet Again
1944

Double Dynamite
1951

The Black Swan
1942

13 Lead Soldiers
1948

Baby Blues
1941

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

77 Sunset Strip
1958