Silvano Tranquilli
Dana Ghia and Tranquilli in The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971)
Silvano Tranquilli (26 October 1925 – 10 May 1997) was an Italian stage, television and film actor.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Silvano Tranquilli attended theater lessons at the Sharoff Academy, and started his stage activity with the theatrical companies of Salvo Randone and Vittorio Gassman.[1] In 1959 he made his television debut, and later acted in more than 100 television productions, achieving his main success with the TV-series I ragazzi di padre Tobia.[1][2] In the early 1960s he also started a prolific film career as character actor.[1]
He died in Rome, at 71, shortly after his theatrical comeback with the company Stabile del Giallo.[2][3]
Selected filmography
- Adriana Lecouvreur (1955)
- Castle of Blood (1964)
- Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand (1966)
- I due sanculotti (1966)
- Help Me, My Love (1969)
- Senza sapere niente di lei (1969)
- The Invisible Woman (1969)
- Sunflower (1970)
- Mafia Connection (1970)
- Web of the Spider (1971)
- Lonely Hearts (1970)
- The Double (1971)
- Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)
- The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971)
- So Sweet, So Dead (1972)
- Smile Before Death (1972)
- High Crime (1973)
- Tony Arzenta - Big Guns (1973)
- The Violent Professionals (1973)
- La bonne année (1973)
- Mean Frank and Crazy Tony (1973)
- The Balloon Vendor (1974)
- Violent Rome (1975)
- Syndicate Sadists (1975)
- Down the Ancient Staircase (1975)
- So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious... (1975)
- Manhunt in the City (1975)
- Violent Naples (1976)
- Star Odyssey (1978)
- The Finzi Detective Agency (1979)
- The Pumaman (1980)
- Don Bosco (1988)
References
- 1 2 3 Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi, Fabio Melelli, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano , Volume 3. Gremese Editore.
- 1 2 "E' morto Tranquilli". Corriere della Sera. 11 May 1997.
- ↑ "La scomparsa dell'attore Silvano Tranquilli". La Repubblica. 11 May 1997.
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