Gianni Rizzo
Gianni Rizzo  | |
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![]() Rizzo in 1954  | |
| Born | 5 April 1925[1] | 
| Died | 4 February 1992 (aged 66) | 
| Occupation | Actor | 
| Years active | 1944–1986 (film) | 
Gianni Rizzo (April 5, 1925 – February 4, 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
- 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
 - Those Two in the Legion (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
 - Lady Caliph (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
- ^ "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
 
