William Edmunds: William Edmunds. Actor: It's a Wonderful Life. Despite his Anglicized name, Edmunds was usually cast as dark or Latin types: Spaniards, Mexicans, Frenchmen, Gypsies, Arabs, Polynesians, and other exotic nationalities and functioned as a sort of poor-man's 'J. Carroll Naish'. Born in Italy in 1891, Edmunds is especially remembered for his Italian roles: A Bell for Adano (1945), The Lost Moment (1947), and, most notably, Mr. Martini in It's a...
Known For: It's a Wonderful Life (Mr. Martini(as Bill Edmunds)), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Proprietor Lucy's), Idiot's Delight (Dumptsy), The Beast with Five Fingers (Antonio)