Ernie Urbella (Actor)

Ernie Urbella (July 21st, 1917 -- April 19th, 1993) was an American character actor. He specialized in playing blue collar, ethnic characters. Starting with 1955's The Youthful Strangers and ending with 1972's Stanley Hopper Is Alive and Well North Of The Border, Urbella appeared in every film directed by Norman Mortimer. Before becoming an actor, Urbella served in the U.S. Navy and saw combat during World War II.

Partial Filmography
Brown Plains of Texas (1948) as Cooky

Date with Destiny (1948) as Sgt. Roselli

Rain in The Sky (1948) as Bruno

The Boxer (1949) as Mike Mikowski

The Calico Tent (1949) as Orderly Smith

Monkey Escapes (1949) as Leo

Oh My Darling (1949) as Jed Crickett

They Died In Heat (1949) as Agent Mann

Abbott and Costello in Darkest Africa (1950) as The Boatman

The Blonde One (1950) as Crawfish

Gun City (1950) as Luther Crookes

John At West Point (1950) as Sgt. Nates

When The Proud Young Men Came Back (1950) as Sgt. Gunnery

Where She Went (1950) as Bob

Day of the Robot (1951) as Capt. Grocey

Laughing in Parade (1951) as Harry

People and Places (1951) as Detective Hopkins

The Thing With The Tomahawk (1951) as Ned

Here Come The Clowns! (1952) as Bozo

The Beast From Under The Cove (1953) as Capt. Hoddy

The Illusionist's Code (1953) as Barbini

Meet Me On The South Corner (1953) as Conte

You Take The First One, I'll Take The Second (1953) as Tom

Submerged (1954) as Sgt. Greenlee

The Youthful Strangers (1955) as Sgt. Jones

The Proud and the Vigorous (1957) as Carlos

They Refused (1958) as Billy Ray

After the Dawn (1959) as Lt. Warkowski

Reap The Wind (1960) as Shopkeeper Hollister

The Verdict of History (1961) as Wilhelm

A Great Madness (1963) as Mr. Feccini

The Foolish Set (1965) as Purser Heindrich

Welcome To The Family (1967) as McNabb

The Baltimore Zombies (1968) as Station Owner

Connor's Way (1968) as Hoppi

The Mysterious Saint (1968) as Italo Trieste

Where The Wind Blows (1968) as Hatcher

Angels of a Funeral (1969) as Satrella

Bad Men With Guns (1969) as Brophy

If A Man Answers, He'll Be Dead (1969) as Mr. Jasper

Range Wars (1969) as Mixer

''Too Far Out! (1969)'' as Frankie

Forbidden Cannon (1970) as Dims

Sit In! (1970) as Schmidt

Big Bad John (1971) as Morgan

Countess Jekyll and Count Hyde (1971) as Broadstreet

Ivan The Great One (1971) as Ray

The Man From Bismark (1971) as Gil

Panic In Ecstacy (1971) as Doorman

Pompeii on Wheels (1971) as Flavius

Sly Ronny (1971) as Bentenza

Tossing Traffic Lights (1971) as Sylvester

Willie Winters (1971) as Tommy

Children And Other Living Things (1972) as Hammond

Stanley Hopper Is Alive And Well North Of The Border (1972) as The Coach

The Mexican Must Die (1974) as Furman

Don't Do It, Danny (1974) as Martelli

View From The Perch (1974) as Harv

''Zoom! (1974) as Harv''

Dodge The Bullet (1975) as Don Cortenzo

Escape From National (1975) as Louie

The Hard Hustle (1975) as Jenkins

Judge Logan (1976) as Mr. Miller

Last of the Old Time Killers (1976) as Tony

The Amazing Traveling Band (1977) as Jimmy

Demons of the Ocean (1977) as Lou

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) as Priest

The Island of Free Love (1977) as Warden Manny

Twilight of the Spies (1977) as Frankie

Wife's Journey Home (1977) as Mike

Beyond The Dance (1978) as Lucio

Campfire Days (1979) as Matty

Touchdown Agent (1979) as Coach Harris

Atlantis Rising (1983) as Capt. Joe

Operation Wolf (1983) as The Comissar

Clouds of Heaven (1986) as Old Man