Gianni Solaro
Gianni Solaro | |
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Born | 11 August 1926 Rome, Italy | (age 95)
Occupation | Actor |
Gianni Solaro (born Gianni Lorenzon on 11 August 1926) is an Italian film and television actor.
Born in Rome, Solaro was a character actor in the Italian film industry for about twenty years, between the late 1950s and the late 1970s.[1] During his career he spanned any sort of role, alternating genre films and art films, and notably working with Mario Monicelli, Marco Bellocchio, Luigi Zampa, Mario Camerini, Francesco Maselli and Florestano Vancini.[1] He was sometimes credited John Sun.[1] His brother was the actor Livio Lorenzon.[2]
Partial filmography[]
- Tough Guys (1960)
- Erik the Conqueror (1961)
- Queen of the Seas (1961)
- The Triumph of Robin Hood (1962)
- Redhead (1962)
- Gladiator of Rome (1962)
- The Thief of Damascus (1964)
- The Two Gladiators (1964)
- Messalina vs. the Son of Hercules (1964)
- M.M.M. 83 (1965)
- I criminali della metropoli (1965)
- Hercules the Avenger (1965)
- The Revenge of Spartacus (1965)
- Captain from Toledo (1965)
- Arizona Colt (1966)
- One Thousand Dollars on the Black (1966)
- The Oldest Profession (1967)
- All on the Red (1968)
- Bootleggers (1969)
- Scipio the African (1971)
- Slap the Monster on Page One (1972)
- The Assassination of Matteotti (1973)
- We Want the Colonels (1973)
- Rome: The Other Side of Violence (1976) - Laurenti
- My Sister in Law (1976) - Magni - lawyer of Amorini
- La clinica dell'amore (1976) - Angelo Bortolotti
- Last Feelings (1978) - Hospital Doctor
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli Attori Vol. 2. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.
- ^ Steve Della Casa, Marco Giusti. Il grande libro di Ercole. Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Edizioni Sabinae, 2013. ISBN 9788898623051.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1926 births
- Living people
- Italian male film actors
- Italian male actors
- Italian male television actors
- Male actors from Rome
- Male Spaghetti Western actors
- Italian screen actor stubs