Born in Casablanca, Villa completed his studies at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome and he eventually made his way up to acting.

By the 1940s, Villa intensified his acting career and worked frequently with directors like Luigi Zampa, Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Sergio Tofano and more.

[3] Villa’s voice was dubbed in some of his films by Carlo Romano and Mario Pisu.

Villa was married to actress and director Adriana Parrella (who he met during a radio session in 1949) from 1952 until his death in 2002.

Villa passed away in his home in Sutri following complications from pancreatitis on 30 June 2002.