Ivan Rassimov

Ivan Rassimov
Screenshot of Rassimov in Inhibition, 1976
Born	Ivan Đerasimović (1938-05-07)7 May 1938 Trieste, Kingdom of Italy
Died	14 March 2003(2003-03-14) (aged 64) Rome, Italy
Other names	Sean Todd
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1964–1987

Ivan Rassimov (born Ivan Đerasimović; Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Ђерасимовић) (7 May 1938 – 14 March 2003) was an Italian film actor of Serb descent who appeared in many horror and exploitation films.

Biography

Born in Trieste to Serbian parents, Velimir and Vera Đerasimović (née Petrijević), he attended the Slovenian scientific lyceum (Gimnazija s slovenskim učnim jezikom) in Trieste. He made his film debut in 1964 after graduating from university and Actors' Studio in Rome. Mostly cast in villainous roles, he appeared in Mario Bava's Planet of the Vampires (1965), Sergio Martino's Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972), Umberto Lenzi's Man from Deep River (1972) and Eaten Alive! (1980), Mario Gariazzo's The Eerie Midnight Horror Show (1974), and Ruggero Deodato's Last Cannibal World (1977), among many other titles.

He retired from acting in 1987 and worked then for a publishing firm in Rome. He died on 13 May 2003.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1964	Super rapina a Milano		Adriano Celentano	As Ivan Rassimovich
1965	Planet of the Vampires	Carter	Mario Bava
1966	Un uomo a metà		Vittorio De Seta
1966	La strega in amore	Librarian	Damiano Damiani
1966	The Bible: In the Beginning	Dignitary of Babylon	John Huston	Uncredited
1967	Non aspettare Django, spara	Django Foster	Edoardo Mulargia	As Sean Todd
1967	Soledad		Mario Camus
1967	Il ragazzo che sapeva amare		Enzo Dell'Aquila
1967	Cjamango	Cjamango	Edoardo Mulargia	As Sean Todd
1968	Se vuoi vivere... spara	Django / Johnny Dall	Sergio Garrone	As Sean Todd
1969	Sette baschi rossi	Alain Carrès	Mario Siciliano
1969	Esa mujer	Carlos Alcántara	Mario Camus
1969	I vigliacchi non pregano	Daniel	Mario Siciliano	As Sean Todd
1970	Overrun!	Lt. Alan Crossland	Mario Siciliano
1970	The Tigers of Mompracem	Sandokan	Mario Sequi
1971	Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh	Jean	Sergio Martino
1971	La vendetta è un piatto che si serve freddo	Perkins	Pasquale Squitieri
1971	Cross Current	Burt	Tonino Ricci
1972	All the Colors of the Dark	Mark Cogan	Sergio Martino
1972	The Man from the Deep River	John Bradley	Umberto Lenzi
1972	Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave	Walter	Sergio Martino
1972	Un bianco vestito per Marialé	Massimo	Romano Scavolini
1973	Si può essere più bastardi dell'ispettore Cliff?	Insp. Cliff	Massimo Dallamano
1974	Spasmo	Fritz Bauman	Umberto Lenzi
1974	The Eerie Midnight Horror Show	Satan	Mario Gariazzo
1974	Salvo D'Acquisto	German Sergeant	Romolo Guerrieri
1975	Il lupo dei mari	Death Larsen	Giuseppe Vari
1976	The Tough Ones	Antonio 'Tony' Parenzo	Umberto Lenzi
1976	Inhibition	Peter Smart	Paolo Poeti
1976	Colt 38 Special Squad	Marsigliese (it. version) / Black Angel (eng. version)	Massimo Dallamano
1976	Emanuelle in Bangkok	Prince Sanit	Joe D'Amato
1977	Last Cannibal World	Rolf	Ruggero Deodato
1977	Shock	Dr. Aldo Spidini	Mario Bava
1977	Emanuelle Around the World	Dr. Malcolm Robertson	Joe D'Amato
1978	Spy Kill	The Silent	Romolo Guerrieri
1979	The Humanoid	Lord Graal	Aldo Lado
1980	Eaten Alive!	Jonas Melvyn	Umberto Lenzi
1981	I figli... so' pezzi 'e core	Lorenzo Berisio	Alfonso Brescia
1982	Ciao nemico	Pvt. Russ Baxter	Enzo Barboni
1983	The Atlantis Interceptors	Bill Cook	Ruggero Deodato
1984	Buio nella valle		Giuseppe Fina	TV Mini-Series
1984	Torna		Stelvio Massi
1985	I cinque del Condor	Marius	Umberto Lenzi
1986	Body Count	Deputy Sheriff Ted	Ruggero Deodato
1989	Appuntamento a Trieste		Bruno Mattei	3 episodes, (final appearance)

External links

• Ivan Rassimov at IMDb
• Ivan Rassimov at AllMovie
• Interview https://web.archive.org/web/20081227232632/http://www.rassimov.netfirms.com/IvanRassimov/IvanIV.htm