Ernesto Calindri (5 February 1909 – 9 June 1999) was an Italian theater and film actor. He appeared in 40 films between 1938 and 1989. He is often remembered in Italy for a series of TV commercials for a well-known brand of Italian artichoke-based bitter liqueur, Cynar, with the catchphrase "Contro il logorio della vita moderna" ("Assuaging the wear-and-tear of modern life") which showed him sitting at a café table surrounded by traffic drinking and reading the paper in relaxed fashion.
Selected filmography
Golden Arrow (1935)
It Always Ends That Way (1939)
I'll Always Love You (1943)
The Children Are Watching Us (1944)
A Night of Fame (1949)
Songs in the Streets (1950)
L'ultimo amante (1955)
The Most Wonderful Moment (1957)
Policarpo (1959)
Truffa 62(1961)
Le massaggiatrici (1962) as Parodi