Gianni Rizzo
Actor · died at 67
Profile
| Age | died at 67 |
|---|---|
| Birth date | April 5, 1924 |
| Birthplace | Brindisi |
| Died | February 4, 1992 |
| Profession | Actor, Stage actor |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
Gianni Rizzo — Biography
Gianni Rizzo (born Giovanni Rizzo; April 5, 1924, Brindisi – February 4, 1992, Rome) was an Italian film and stage actor whose career spanned more than four decades and over seventy productions.
Active between 1944 and 1986, he became a familiar supporting player in Italian genre cinema, appearing in peplum epics such as The Ten Gladiators and Zorro and the Three Musketeers, spaghetti westerns including Sabata Dönüyor (Adiós, Sabata) and If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death, and assorted spy thrillers. He is also remembered for playing the antagonist in the 1967 science-fiction film Mission Stardust, based on the Perry Rhodan series.
Rizzo died in Rome at the age of 67; The Name of the Rose (1986) is counted among the final films of his long screen career.
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Filmography / Projects
- 1986 The Name of the Rose (Gülün Adı) (translated)
- 1984 Everybody in Jail
- 1977 Beach House
- 1975 Who Breaks... Pays (Domatesler Silahlar)
- 1974 This Time I'll Make You Rich
- 1974 Anno uno (Sıfır Yılı)
- 1972 Alfredo, Alfredo
- 1971 The Decameron (Dekameron'un Aşk Öyküleri)
- 1971 Return of Sabata (Sabata Dönüyor)
- 1970 Adiós, Sabata
- 1970 Lady Caliph
- 1970 Between Miracles
- 1968 Run, Man, Run!
- 1968 If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
- 1967 Faccia a faccia
- 1967 Lotus Flowers for Miss Quon
- 1966 Me, Me, Me... and the Others (Kadınlara İnanmam)
- 1965 Desperate Mission
- 1965 I sold (I soldi) (translated)
- 1964 Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators
- 1964 3 Avengers
- 1964 Mission to Hell
- 1964 Triumph of the Ten Gladiators
- 1963 Zorro and the Three Musketeers
- 1963 The Ten Gladiators
- 1957 Pirate of the Half Moon
- 1954 Tripoli, Beautiful Land of Love
- 1952 Ho scelto l'amore
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