Attilio Dottesio (16 July 1909 – 12 February 1989) was an Italian film character actor and singer. He appeared in 170 films between 1940 and 1985.

Born in Brescia, Dottesio began his career in France, where first he obtained some success as a pop singer and later debuted as an actor in the film The Pearls of the Crown directed by Sacha Guitry.^[1] Back in Italy, he attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, then he began an intense career as a character actor.^[1] His first Italian film was La peccatrice by Amleto Palermi (1940).^[1] In 1955, he had his only experience as a director, with the documentary film Amazzonia terra sconosciuta.^[1]

• Attilio Dottesio at IMDb