Renato Terra

Renato Terra
Terra c. 1954
Born	(1922-07-26)26 July 1922 Naples, Italy
Died	28 November 2010(2010-11-28) (aged 88) Rome, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation(s)	Actor, Poet
Years active	1938-1981

Renato Terra (26 July 1922 in Naples – 28 November 2010 in Rome) had a career working in film as an actor, and has appeared in over 80 movies. In 1977 he retired to become a poet.

Young, he attended the Experimental Center of Cinematography in Rome and also used the alias Ryan Earthpick during his career. During the shooting of a film, he fell from a horse and permanently broke his nose. During his post-actor career as a poet, he published the book Che Strano Paese.

Selected filmography

• The Black Corsair (1938)
• Torna a Napoli (1949) - Nino
• Path of Hope (1950) - Mommino
• Hearts at Sea (1950)
• Vivo di te, shortfilm (1951)

Renato Terra and Brunella Bovo in Vivo di te.

• The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo (1952)
• I falsari (1953)
• A Husband for Anna (1953) - Il palpeggiatore
• Senso (1954) - Un soldato (uncredited)
• Proibito (1955)
• The Bachelor (1956) - Tiberio
• Nero's Weekend (1956)
• Kean (1957)
• White Nights (1957) - Un coinvolto nella rissa
• Un angelo è sceso a Brooklyn (1957)
• Ragazzi della marina (1957)
• Peppino, le modelle e chella là (1957)
• The Italians They Are Crazy (1958)
• Toto and Marcellino (1958)
• Piece of the Sky (1958) - La guardia giovane (uncredited)
• Giovane canaglia (1958) - complice di Daves
• Il romanzo di un giovane povero (1958)
• Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) - Eladio
• The Law Is the Law (1958)
• La sfida (1958)
• Carmela è una bambola (1958) - Silvio
• Pia de' Tolomei (1958)
• Tuppe tuppe, Marescià! (1958)
• Destinazione Sanremo (1959)
• Le cameriere (1959)
• Goliath and the Barbarians (1959)
• Un maledetto imbroglio (1959) - Man at the Notary's
• David and Goliath (1960)
• Carthage in Flames (1960)
• The Angel Wore Red (1960) (uncredited)
• Goliath and the Dragon (1960) - Antoneos
• Black Sunday (1960) - Boris
• Rocco and His Brothers (1960) - Alfredo, Ginetta's brother
• I'll See You in Hell (1960)
• Robin Hood and the Pirates (1960) - Barbanera
• Constantine and the Cross (1961) Jailer
• The Seven Revenges (1961)
• Gioventù di notte (1961) - Brigadiere
• I tartari (1961)
• Goliath and the Vampires (1961)
• Il brigante (1961)
• Accattone (1961) - Farlocco #2
• Black City (1961) - Un agente
• Maciste contro Ercole nella valle dei guai (1961)
• The Giant of Metropolis (1961) - Il Giovane Scienzato
• Accroche-toi, y'a du vent! (1961)
• The Italian Brigands (1961) - Il Brigante
• Madame (1961) - Un sans-culotte (uncredited)
• I due marescialli (1961)
• Disorder (1962)
• Alone Against Rome (1962) - Gladiator Trainer
• Night Train to Milan (1962) - Sottufficiale di polizia
• Toto and Peppino Divided in Berlin (1962) - 9
• Sodom and Gomorrah (1962) - (uncredited)
• Agostino (1962)
• Carmen di Trastevere (1962) - Gerardo, a Latin Lover
• Il mare (1962)
• The Four Monks (1962) - Un paesano
• Uno strano tipo (1963)
• The Fall of Rome (1963)
• Il monaco di Monza (1963)
• Il Fornaretto di Venezia (1963)
• Hands over the City (1963) - Giornalista (uncredited)
• Hercules Against the Mongols (1963) - Karikan
• I 4 tassisti (1963)
• Liolà (1964)
• None But the Lonely Spy (1964) - Policeman
• Love in Four Dimensions (1964) - (segment "Amore e alfabeto")
• L'ultima carica (1964)
• Hercules Against the Barbarians (1964)
• La vita agra (1964)
• Grand Canyon Massacre (1964) - Curly Mason
• Sette contro la morte (1964)
• Castle of the Living Dead (1964) - Policeman
• I due evasi di Sing Sing (1964) - Jim Doris
• The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) - Un indemoniato
• Intrigo a Los Angeles (1964) - Elston
• Un mostro e mezzo (1964)
• Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens (1964) - Saracen Leader
• Una storia di notte (1964)
• Il vendicatore mascherato (1964)
• Tres dólares de plomo (1964)
• The Revenge of Ivanhoe (1965) - Tuck
• Letti sbagliati (1965)
• The Dirty Game (1965)
• La violenza e l'amore (1965)
• I complessi (1965) - (segment "Il Complesso della Schiava nubiana")
• The Dreamer (1965)
• Man from Canyon City (1965)
• Thrilling (1965) - (segment "L'autostrada del sole")
• Seven Golden Men (1965)
• Agente S 03: Operazione Atlantide (1965) - Fatima's Henchman (uncredited)
• I Knew Her Well (1965) - Man in the caravan
• Made in Italy (1965) - Immigrant (segment "6, Final episode")
• Weekend, Italian Style (1965) - Giovanni - the valet
• Lo scippo (1965)
• Seven Golden Men Strike Again (1966)
• Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966)
• Seven Dollars on the Red (1966) - Manuel
• Savage Gringo (1966)
• Wake Up and Die (1966)
• The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen (1966)
• Knives of the Avenger (1966) - Hagen's Henchman (uncredited)
• Tabú (1966) - (uncredited)
• Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966)
• Kill or Be Killed (1966) - Doctor
• Eroe vagabondo (1966)
• Ballata da un miliardo (1967)
• Requiescant (1967) - Alonso
• Gente d'onore (1967)
• Delitto a Posillipo - Londra chiama Napoli (1967)
• Requiescant (1967)
• El 'Che' Guevara (1969) - Sergeant
• Le lys de mer (1969)
• Ma chi t'ha dato la patente? (1970)
• Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
• L'arbitro (1974)
• Paolo il freddo (1974)
• Jesus of Nazareth (1977, TV Mini-Series) - Abel

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