Gianni Rizzo
Appearance
Gianni Rizzo | |
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![]() Rizzo in 1954 | |
Born | [1] | 5 April 1925
Died | 4 February 1992 | (aged 66)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1944–1986 (film) |
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. 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
- Totò Le Mokò (1949)
- The Crossroads (1951)
- Wolves Hunt at Night (1952)
- I Chose Love (1953)
- Pirate of the Half Moon (1957)
- Head of a Tyrant (1959)
- The Vengeance of Ursus (1961)
- Sword in the Shadows (1961)
- The Ten Gladiators (1963)
- Slave Queen of Babylon (1963)
- Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963)
- Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators (1964)
- 3 Avengers (1964)
- Mission to Hell (1964)
- Triumph of the Ten Gladiators (1964)
- Desperate Mission (1965)
- Requiem for a Secret Agent (1966)
- Mission Stardust (1967)
- Run, Man, Run (1968)
- Sabata (1969)
- Adiós, Sabata (1970)
- Bawdy Tales (1973)
- Who Breaks... Pays (1975)
- The Name of the Rose (1986) - Papal Envoy
References
- ^ "Gianni Rizzo". mymovies.it. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ Hughes, p. 16
Bibliography
- Hughes, Howard. Cinema Italiano: The Complete Guide from Classics to Cult. I.B.Tauris, 2011.
External links
- Gianni Rizzo at IMDb