
Gummadi Venkateswara Rao widely known as Gummadi, was an Indian film actor and producer, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and a few Tamil films. Known as a character actor, Gummadi starred in around five hundred feature films. He received critical reception for his works in Thodu Dongalu (1954) and Mahamantri Timmarusu (1962), for which he has received the erstwhile Rashtrapati Award. Gummadi was an official member of the Indian delegation from South India to the Tashkent Film Festival in 1978 and 1982.
Gummadi served as a jury member thrice for the 28th, 33rd, and 39th National Film Awards. He served twice on the state Nandi Awards Committee. In 1977, he was awarded India's fourth-highest civilian honor Padma Shri for his contributions to Indian cinema.

Eenadu
1982

Mundhadugu
1983 · as Dharma Rao

Pelli Choopulu
1983

Vintha Katha
1973

Adavalle Aligithe
1983

Gharana Donga
1980 · as Raghupathi

Hema Hemeelu
1979 · as Diwaji Sivaramaiah

Koduku Kodalu
1972 · as Srihari Rao

Makutamleni Maharaju
1987 · as Sivaram Prasad

Mosagallaku Mosagadu
1971 · as Kotwal Komarayya

Soggadu
1975 · as Simhadri

Bhoga Bhagyalu
1981

Jeevana Tarangalu
1973 · as Venugopal Rao

Private Master
1967 · as Sridhar Rao

Kanchu Kaagada
1984

Kotha Jeevithalu
1981

Ave Kallu
1967 · as Inspector

Driver Babu
1986