Gianni Rizzo (1925–1992) was an Italian film actor. Between 1944 and 1986 he appeared in over seventy films and television productions, in a variety of supporting roles.
Gianni Rizzo | |
|---|---|
 Rizzo in 1954 | |
| Born | 5 April 1925[1] |
| Died | 4 February 1992 (aged 66) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1944–1986 (film) |
His screen roles included parts in a number of peplum films, such as The Vengeance of Ursus (1961).[2] He also appeared in Italian spy films, spaghetti westerns, and played the villain in the 1967 Perry Rhodan movie, Mission Stardust.
He died in 1992 at age 66.
Selected filmography
edit- Macario contro Zagomar (1949)
- City of Pain (1949) - Sergio
- A Night of Fame (1949) - Max
- Totò Le Mokò (1949) - Cicerone, Casbah tourguide (uncredited)
- The Crossroads (1951) - Beppe detto il Curato
- Three Steps North (1951) - The Greek
- Wolves Hunt at Night (1952) - Le commissaire italien
- A Mother Returns (1952) - Ex-amante di Elena
- Una croce senza nome (1952)
- Serenata amara (1952) - Peppe
- The Phantom Musketeer (1952) - Pierre de La Tour
- I Chose Love (1953)
- Puccini (1953)
- Carmen proibita (1953)
- Tripoli, Beautiful Land of Love (1954) - Rudi
- Disowned (1954)
- Pirate of the Half Moon (1957) - Visconte di Grand
- Orizzonte infuocato (1957) - Vasco
- Head of a Tyrant (1959) - Ozia
- Avventura a Capri (1959) - Antonio il parucchiere
- Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon (1959) - (uncredited)
- The Pirate and the Slave Girl (1959) - Nikopoulos
- La notte del grande assalto (1959) - The Maltese
- Agosto, donne mie non vi conosco (1959) - Proprietario del night-club
- Cavalcata selvaggia (1960)
- Gli scontenti (1961)
- The Vengeance of Ursus (1961) - Licurgo
- Zorro in the Court of Spain (1962) - Don Carlos
- I due della legione (1962) - Suprut
- Lo smemorato di Collegno (1962) - Ragionere
- Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963) - King Philip
- Slave Queen of Babylon (1963) - Ghelas
- The Ten Gladiators (1963) - Claudius Nero
- Sword in the Shadows (1963) - Giorgio
- Mission to Hell (1964) - John Yakiris
- Triumph of the Ten Gladiators (1964) - Sesto Vitorio
- 3 Avengers (1964) - Teomoco
- Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators (1964) - Senator Giulio Varro
- Le bambole (1965) - Hotel Manager
- Desperate Mission (1965) - Barrow
- I soldi (1965)
- Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966) - Politician with glasses
- Anónima de asesinos (1966) - Stephanolopoulus
- Vacanze sulla neve (1966)
- Requiem for a Secret Agent (1966) - Atenopoulos
- Lotus Flowers for Miss Quon (1967) - Blackie Lee
- Mission Stardust (1967) - Car Seller
- Desert Commandos (1967) - Perrier
- Face to Face (1967) - Williams
- If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death (1968) - Alman
- Run, Man, Run (1968) - Mayor Christopher Bannington
- Sabata (1969) - Judge O'Hara
- Adiós, Sabata (1970) - Folgen
- La califfa (1970) - Un industriale
- Between Miracles (1971) - Priest
- The Decameron (1971) - Father Superior
- Return of Sabata (1971) - Jeremy Sweeney
- Alfredo, Alfredo (1972) - A Judge
- Bawdy Tales (1973) - Il cardinale
- Questa volta ti faccio ricco! (1974) - Giorgiakis
- Anno uno (1974) - Dirigente DC torinese
- Who Breaks... Pays (1975) - Mister Paul
- Beach House (1977) - L'allenatore
- The Uranium Conspiracy (1978) - The Captain
- The Lonely Lady (1983) - Gino Paoluzzi
- Everybody in Jail (1984) - Minister Euclide
- The Name of the Rose (1986) - Päpstliche Gesandte #5 (final film role)
References
edit- ^ "Gianni Rizzo". mymovies.it. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ Hughes, p. 16
Bibliography
edit- Hughes, Howard. Cinema Italiano: The Complete Guide from Classics to Cult. I.B.Tauris, 2011.
External links
edit- Gianni Rizzo at IMDb
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