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Walter Annicchiarico (8 March 1924 – 20 December 1991), known as Walter Chiari , was an Italian stage and screen actor, mostly in comedy roles.

Biography
Walter Annicchiarico was born in , Italy on 8 March 1924 to a family originally from . During World War II, he joined the Decima Flottiglia MAS and was then drafted into the (a detail that emerged only after his death). He was sent to a German anti-aircraft squad engaged in Northern France in Normandy where he was slightly wounded in the fighting during D-Day. Captured, he was taken to the American prisoner camp of . Chiari appeared in films such as The Little Hut (1957), Bonjour Tristesse (1958), Chimes at Midnight (1966) and The Valachi Papers (1972). He appeared opposite in 's film Bellissima (1951).

In 1951, offered him the role of the young lover, in Bellissima; he continued in the theater, in the with in 1956 with Buonanotte Bettina and in 1958 with Il gufo e la gattina, and in 1960 with , and with Un mandarino per Teo, all by and Giovannini, but also in the prose theater, acting in 1961 in The Gay Life, in 1965 with Gianrico Tedeschi in the comedy Luv by and, in 1966, with in La strana coppia by .

During the making of The Little Hut, he met (still married to but already estranged from him), and he started a relationship with the American superstar.

He starred in They're a Weird Mob (1966), the last of the Powell and Pressburger films, based on a popular Australian novel by John O'Grady. His then girlfriend, Italian singer and actress , also appeared in the film; the two married in 1969, and had one son, television presenter Simone Annicchiarico, before their 1972 divorce. He also appeared in the Australian film Squeeze a Flower in 1970.

In 1970, he was arrested and jailed in Rome on suspicion of possession and trafficking. After his release and partial acquittal (he was deemed not guilty of the trafficking count and received a lenient sentence for the charge of drug possession for personal use), his career never recovered. The was off-limits for him, and all he could aspire to were bit parts in low-key comedies and local television appearances, and on theatre.

Chiari died of a sudden in , at home, on 21 December 1991. His gravestone bears the line he once mentioned to director as his favourite choice for an epitaph: "Don't worry, I'm merely catching up with sleep". His grave is in the Civico Mausoleo Palanti in the Cimitero Monumentale di Milano. "Walter Chiari", Mediane Books.

Filmography
  • Vanity (directed by Giorgio Pàstina) (1947)
  • Toto Tours Italy (directed by Mario Mattòli) (1948) as Bruno
  • Che tempi! (directed by Giorgio Bianchi) (1948) as Eugenio Devoto
  • The Elusive Twelve (directed by Mario Mattoli) (1950) as Carletto Esposito / Brandoletti
  • The Cadets of Gascony (directed by Mario Mattòli) (1950) as Walter Mantoni
  • That Ghost of My Husband (directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) (1950) as Gianni Alberti
  • Abbiamo vinto! (directed by ) (1951) as Giorgio Silvestri
  • Arrivano i nostri (directed by Mario Mattòli) (1951) as Walter Introcci, l'autista
  • It's Love That's Ruining Me (directed by Mario Soldati) (1951) as Walter Palaccioni
  • O.K. Nerone (directed by ) (1951) as Fiorello Capone
  • The Steamship Owner (directed by Mario Mattòli) (1951) as himself
  • Era lui... sì! sì! (directed by and Marchesi) (1951) as Walter Milani
  • Bellissima (directed by ) (1951) as Alberto Annovazzi
  • Sardinian Vendetta (directed by Mario Mattòli) (1952) as Gualtiero Porchiddu
  • The Dream of Zorro (directed by Mario Soldati) (1952) as Don Raimundo Esteban
  • Cinque poveri in automobile (directed by Mario Mattòli) (1952) as Paolo
  • L'ora della verità (directed by ) (1952) as Un client du cabaret
  • Noi due soli (directed by ) (1952) as Walter
  • Poppy (directed by Vittorio Metz and Marcello Marchesi) (1952) as Gualtiero / Walter
  • Viva il cinema! (directed by Giorgio Baldaccini and ) (1952)
  • It Was She Who Wanted It! (directed by Marino Girolami and Giorgio Simonelli) (1953) as Walter Martini
  • Cinema d'altri tempi (directed by ) (1953) as Marcello Serventi
  • Viva la rivista! (directed by ) (1953)
  • Siamo tutti Milanesi (directed by ) (1953)
  • What Scoundrels Men Are! (directed by Glauco Pellegrini) (1953) as Bruno
  • A Day in Court (directed by Steno) (1954) as Don Michele
  • Questa è la vita (directed by ) (1954) as Il commissario (segment "Marsina stretta")
  • Gran varietà (directed by Domenico Paolella) (1954)
  • Avanzi di galera (directed by Vittorio Cottafavi) (1954) as Giuseppe Rasi
  • It Happened at the Police Station (directed by Giorgio Simonelli) (1954) as Luigi Giovetti
  • Vacanze d'amore (directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois) (1955) as Momo
  • Nanà (directed by ) (1955) as Fontan
  • Je suis un sentimental (directed by John Berry) (1955) as Dédé la Couleuvre
  • Accadde al penitenziario (directed by Giorgio Bianchi) (1955) as Walter Polacchi
  • (directed by Giorgio Bianchi) (1955) as Professor Roberto Maldi
  • Red and Black (directed by Domenico Paolella) (1955)
  • Mio zio Giacinto (directed by ) (1956) as Caballero elegante
  • Donatella (directed by ) (1956) as Guido
  • Wives and Obscurities (directed by Leonardo De Mitri) (1956) as Frank Cattabriga, suo figlio
  • The Little Hut (directed by Mark Robson) (1957) as Mario
  • Bonjour tristesse, directed by (1958) as Pablo
  • Festa di maggio (directed by ) (1958) as Gilbert
  • Amore a priva vista (directed by Franco Rossi) (1958) as Luigi
  • (directed by Giorgio Bianchi) (1958) as Marcello
  • La ragazza di piazza San Pietro (directed by ) (1958) as Roberto Gradi
  • The Friend of the Jaguar (directed by ) (1959) as Augusto
  • Parque de Madrid (directed by Enrique Cahen Salaberry) (1959) as Alberto
  • Lui, lei and il nonno (directed by Anton Giulio Majano) (1959) as Eugenio
  • Le sorprese dell'amore (directed by ) (1960) as Ferdinando Aloisi
  • I baccanali di Tiberio (directed by Giorgio Simonelli) (1960) as Cassio, the Cicerone
  • Vacanze in Argentina (directed by Guido Leoni) (1960) as Il barista
  • Un mandarino per Teo (directed by Mario Mattòli) (1960) as Teo Tosci
  • Femmine di lusso (directed by Giorgio Bianchi) (1960) as Walter
  • Un dollaro di fifa (directed by Giorgio Simonelli) (1960) as Mike
  • Ferragosto in bikini (directed by Marino Girolami) (1960) as 'Harold' Pasquale Esposito
  • Caccia al marito (directed by ) as Himself
  • La moglie di mio marito (directed by ) (1961) as Giulio
  • Bellezze sulla spiaggia (directed by ) (1961) as Walter Crocci
  • Walter and i suoi cugini (directed by Marino Girolami) (1961) as Walter Colasuonno / Rosario Colasuonno / Nicola Colasuonno
  • Mariti a congresso (directed by Luigi Filippo D'Amico) (1961)
  • La ragazza sotto il lenzuolo (directed by Marino Girolami) (1961) as Bruno
  • I magnifici tre (directed by Giorgio Simonelli) (1961) as Pablo
  • Copacabana Palace (directed by Steno) (1962) as Ugo
  • (directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) (1962) as Valentino
  • Due contro tutti (directed by Alberto De Martino and ) (1962) as Bull Bullivan
  • Gli Italiani and le donne (directed by Marino Girolami) (1962) as Renato Nelli (segment "L'Abito non fa il Monaco")
  • Il giorno più corto (directed by ) (1963) as L'avvocato difensore
  • L'attico (directed by ) (1963) as Gabriele
  • (directed by ) (1963) as Cesarino
  • Obiettivo ragazze (directed by Mario Mattòli) (1963) as Antonio Zanelli
  • (directed by Marino Girolami) (1963) as Walter (segment "La Signora Ci Marcia")
  • (directed by ) (1963) as Dr. Corti (segment "Medico e fidanzata")
  • (directed by Sergio Corbucci) (1963) as Salvatore Dagnino
  • Follie d'estate (directed by and ) (1963) as uomo della 'Vanoni'
  • La donna degli altri è sempre più bella (directed by Marino Girolami) (1963) as Walter, il bagnino (segment "Bagnino lover")
  • Gli eroi del West (directed by Steno) (1964) as Mike
  • Il giovedì (directed by ) (1964) as Dino Versini
  • Se permettete, parliamo di donne (directed by ) (1964) as Philanderer
  • (directed by Lucio Fulci) (1964) as The Sicilian hitchhiker (segment "L'autostop") / Car driver (segment "Il sorpasso") / Pasquale Taddei (segment "La protesta") / Client of Night-clubs (segment "Lo strip")
  • I gemelli del Texas (directed by Steno) (1964) as Ezechiel / Joe
  • (directed by Marino Girolami and Javier Setó) (1964) as Bortolo Masteghin (episode "40 ma non li dimostra")
  • Här kommer bärsärkarna (directed by ) (1965) as Pollo
  • (directed by Gérard Oury) (1965) (uncredited)
  • Thrilling (directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro) (1965) as Bertazzi (segment "Sadik")
  • Falstaff (directed by ) (1965) as Mr. Silence
  • Made in Italy (directed by ) (1965) as Enrico (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
  • Io, io, io... e gli altri (directed by Alessandro Blasetti) (1966) as Sandro
  • Ischia operazione amore (directed by ) (1966) as Enrico Laterra - aka Trema la terra
  • They're a Weird Mob (aka Sono strana gente) (directed by ) (1966) as Nino Culotta
  • Amore all'italiana (directed by Steno) (1966) as Il venditore di uova / Antonio / Flavio / 007 / Il viaggiatore / Roberto Matrasso
  • The Most Beautiful Couple in the World (directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) (1968) as Walter
  • Capriccio all'italiana (directed by ) (1968) as Paolo (segment "Gelosa, La")
  • Quei temerari sulle loro pazze, scatenate, scalcinate carriole (directed by ) (1969) as Angelo
  • Squeeze a Flower (directed by ) (1970) as Brother George
  • The Valachi Papers (Italian title: Joe Valachi - I segreti di Cosa Nostra) (directed by Terence Young (1972), produced by Jerry Ferraro) as Gap
  • Amore mio, non farmi male (directed by ) (1974) as Paolo De Simone
  • Zig Zag (directed by László Szabó) (1975) as Walter, le clochard
  • Son tornate a fiorire le rose (directed by Vittorio Sindoni) (1975) as Paolo De Simone
  • La banca di Monate (directed by Francesco Massaro) (1975) as Ragionier Adelmo Pigorini
  • Per amore di Cesarina (directed by Vittorio Sindoni) (1976) as Davide Camporesi
  • Passi furtivi in una notte boia (directed by ) (1976) as Pompeo Piretti
  • Come ti rapisco il pupo (directed by Lucio De Caro) (1976) as Sterzi - Jimmy's father
  • (directed by ) (1977) as Renato
  • Ride bene... chi ride ultimo (directed by Walter Chiari) (1977) as Loris Martegani (segment "Prete per forza")
  • Tanto va la gatta al lardo... (directed by ) (1978) as Teodoro Casadei
  • Ridendo and scherzando (directed by Marco Aleandri) (1978) as Giorgio
  • Belli and brutti ridono tutti (directed by Domenico Paolella) (1979) as Don Enzo
  • Tre sotto il lenzuolo (directed by ) (1979) as Giorgio Mori (segment "No, non è per gelosia")
  • Romance (directed by (1986) and produced by ) as Giulio
  • Kafka la colonia penale (directed by ) (1988)
  • Traces of an Amorous Life (directed by Peter Del Monte) (1990) as Giorgio (final film role)

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