Emerging from Rome’s lively Romanesco-dialect theater and avanspettacolo circuit, Giulio Calì transitioned to the silver screen with a debut in Umberto Paradisi’s 1927 comedy Un balilla del ’48. Although he remained a character actor throughout a career that spanned nearly four decades, his post-World-War II period marked a surge in visibility, as he appeared in more than sixty films across a rang…