Ignazio Balsamo
| Ignazio Balsamo | |
|---|---|
| Born |
25 October 1912 Catania, Italy |
| Died |
7 August 1994 (aged 81) Italy |
Ignazio Balsamo (25 October 1912 - 7 August 1994) was an Italian film and stage actor.
Life and career
Born in Catania, Balsamo began his career on stage, being part of several Sicilian dialect theatrical companies.[1] Discovered by Pietro Germi, who offered him a role of weight in the film In the Name of the Law, following the success of the film Balsamo moved to Rome where he had a long film career as a character actor, mainly cast in roles of Sicilian criminals and villains.[1] He also worked as a production coordinator and a production runner for the companies Fortunia Film and Romana Film.[1] Balsamo was also author of two plays in Sicilian dialect, Casa Cantoniera and Tila di ragnu.[1]
Selected filmography
- In the Name of the Law (1949)
- Outlaw Girl (1950)
- The Fighting Men (1950)
- I tre corsari (1952)
- Girls Marked Danger (1952)
- Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair (1952)
- La lupa (1952)
- Neapolitan Turk (1953)
- Addio, figlio mio! (1954)
- Buonanotte... avvocato! (1955)
- The White Angel (1955)
- The Giant of Marathon (1959)
- The Magistrate (1959)
- Pirates of the Coast (1960)
- The Eye of the Needle (1962)
- Samson and the Slave Queen (1963)
- Hercules Against Rome (1964)
- Giant of the Evil Island (1965)
- Zorro in the Court of England (1969)
- I due maghi del pallone (1970)