Gianni Rizzo

Gianni Rizzo
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Born	(1925-04-05)5 April 1925 Brindisi, Apulia Italy
Died	Rome, Lazio Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1944–1986 (film)

Gianni Rizzo (1925–1992) was an Italian film actor. Between 1944 and 1986 he appeared in over seventy films and television productions, in a variety of supporting roles. His screen roles included parts in a number of peplum films, such as The Vengeance of Ursus (1961). He also appeared in Italian spy films, spaghetti westerns, and even played the villain in the cult classic 1967 Perry Rhodan movie, Mission Stardust. He died in 1992 at age 66.

Selected filmography

• Totò Le Mokò (1949)
• Wolves Hunt at Night (1952)
• I Chose Love (1953)
• Pirate of the Half Moon (1957)
• Head of a Tyrant (1959)
• The Vengeance of Ursus (1961)
• The Ten Gladiators (1963)
• Slave Queen of Babylon (1963)
• Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963)
• Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators (1964)
• 3 Avengers (1964)
• Mission to Hell (1964)
• Triumph of the Ten Gladiators (1964)
• Desperate Mission (1965)
• Requiem for a Secret Agent (1966)
• Mission Stardust (1967)
• Run, Man, Run (1968)
• Sabata (1969)
• Adiós, Sabata (1970)
• Bawdy Tales (1973)
• Who Breaks... Pays (1975)
• The Name of the Rose (1986)

Bibliography

• Hughes, Howard. Cinema Italiano: The Complete Guide from Classics to Cult. I.B.Tauris, 2011.

External links

• Gianni Rizzo at the Internet Movie Database