Giancarlo Badessi
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Giancarlo Badessi (born Giancarlo Badese; September 21, 1928 in Lecco – December 6, 2011 in Rome) was an Italian actor.[1]
Life and career[]
Badessi is best known for playing Claudius in the 1979 biographical porn film Caligula. He had previously played a German officer who abuses a female client with phallic-shaped bread in the 1976 film Salon Kitty, also directed by Tinto Brass.
He also appeared in Ace High (1968) as a boxing promoter, the spaghetti western The Grand Duel (1972), and as Mr. Erickson in What Have You Done to Solange? (1972). His other films include What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974), How to Kill a Judge (1975), the role of Cerullo in A Man Called Magnum (1977), and Squadra antitruffa (1977, aka Fraud Squad) which starred David Hemmings.
Badessi died in Rome at the age of 83 from a heart attack, on December 6, 2011.
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Gangsters '70 | ||
| 1968 | Ace High | Man with Moustache Promoting the Black Boxer | Uncredited |
| 1969 | Tepepa | Sergeant | |
| 1969 | Colpo di Stato | Man offering party | |
| 1969 | Where Are You Going All Naked? | Waiter | |
| 1969 | La notte dei serpenti | 1st Excellency | Uncredited |
| 1969 | La notte dei serpenti | Ignacio | |
| 1969 | Eat It | Pacetti | |
| 1970 | Satiricosissimo | Nerone | |
| 1970 | Fermate il mondo... voglio scendere! | ||
| 1971 | Confessions of a Police Captain | On. Grisì | |
| 1971 | Roma Bene | Rossi | |
| 1972 | Monta in sella, figlio di… | General El Supremo | |
| 1972 | What Have You Done to Solange? | Mr. Erickson | |
| 1972 | Colpo grosso... grossissimo... anzi probabile | ||
| 1972 | Poppea... una prostituta al servizio dell'impero | ||
| 1972 | Aretino's Blue Stories | Il precettore | |
| 1972 | The Grand Duel | Publican with Eyepatch | |
| 1972 | Confessioni segrete di un convento di clausura | Strangolagalli | |
| 1973 | Le mille e una notte... e un'altra ancora! | Husband of Gobeida | |
| 1973 | Daniele e Maria | ||
| 1973 | Partirono preti, tornarono... curati | ||
| 1973 | Coronel Buttiglione | Commendatore | |
| 1973 | Giordano Bruno | ||
| 1974 | Il gioco della verità | ||
| 1974 | Innocenza e turbamento | The Rector of seminary | |
| 1974 | Le farò da padre | Don Liguori | |
| 1974 | What Have They Done to Your Daughters? | Paglia's Lawyer | Uncredited |
| 1974 | Vermisat | Medico del pronto soccorso | |
| 1974 | The Profiteer | Priest | |
| 1974 | Il trafficone | Mayor | |
| 1975 | How to Kill a Judge | Sen. Derrasi | |
| 1975 | Mondo candido | Governatore spagnolo | |
| 1975 | Silent Action | Vittorio Chiarotti | |
| 1975 | Vergine, e di nome Maria | ||
| 1975 | Amore vuol dir gelosia | Don Ciro | |
| 1976 | Povero Cristo | Regista teatrale | |
| 1976 | Salon Kitty | Officer with Projector | |
| 1976 | Todo modo | Ventre | |
| 1976 | Hit Squad | The Sex Maniac on telephone | |
| 1976 | L'ultima volta | ||
| 1977 | A Man Called Magnum | Avv. Cerullo | |
| 1977 | Squadra antitruffa | Baruffaldi - the Atalanta supporter | |
| 1978 | Il figlio dello sceicco | Barnes | |
| 1979 | Black Journal | Lisa's friend | |
| 1979 | Caligula | Claudius | |
| 1980 | Action | Gay man in the sauna | |
| 1982 | Tiger Joe | Bronski | (final film role) |
References[]
- ^ "Roma: morto l'artista lecchese Giancarlo Badessi" (in Italian). Merate Online. 8 December 2011.
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