Italian actor
Ida Galli and Silvano Tranquilli in The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971)
Silvano Tranquilli (23 August 1925 – 10 May 1997) was an Italian stage, television and film actor.
Life and career [ edit ]
Born in Rome, Silvano Tranquilli attended theatre 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 [ edit ]
Adriana Lecouvreur (1955)
Il conte Aquila (1955)
Napoli sole mio! (1958) - Segretario del Impresario
Perfide ma... belle (1959) - The Telephone Technician (uncredited)
I piaceri del sabato notte (1960) - Il vice commissario
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962) - Dr. Kurt Lowe
Castle of Blood (1964, aka Danse Macabre ) - Edgar Allan Poe
I due sanculotti (1966) - Robespierre
Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand (1966) - Il tenente Bertolucci
The Invisible Woman (1969) - Andrea
Help Me, My Love (1969) - Valerio Mantovani
Senza sapere niente di lei (1969) - L'ing. Zappengo
Lonely Hearts (1970) - Diego
Sunflower (1970) - L'operaio italiano
Mafia Connection (1970) - Commissario Modica
Quella chiara notte d'ottobre (1970)
L'Explosion (1971) - Aubrey
Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971) - Paolo Zani
Web of the Spider (1971) - William Perkins
The Double (1971) - Roger
The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971) - Inspector Berardi
Sei iellato, amico hai incontrato Sacramento (1972) - Doc O'Donnell
Smile Before Death (1972, a.k.a. Smile of the Hyena ) - Marco
So Sweet, So Dead (1972) - Paolo Santangeli
Il mio corpo con rabbia (1972)
La gatta in calore (1972) - Antonio
Mia moglie, un corpo per l'amore (1973) - Paolo
Giorni d'amore sul filo di una lama (1973)
La bonne année (1973) - L'amant italien
High Crime (1973) - Franco Griva
The Violent Professionals (1973) - Gianni Viviani
Tony Arzenta - Big Guns (1973) - Montani - the Interpol officer
Ceremonia sangrienta (1973) - Médico
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony (1973) - Sylvester
Tecnica di un amore (1973) - Andrea
Diario di un italiano (1973) - Alberto
And Now My Love (1974)
Madeleine... anatomia di un incubo (1974) - Dr. Shuman
The Balloon Vendor (1974) - Dr. Novelli
Das Blaue Palais (1974–1976, TV series) - Louis Palm
Manhunt in the City (1975) - Paolo Giordani
Down the Ancient Staircase (1975) - Professor Rospigliosi
Violent Rome (1975) - Capo della Squadra mobile
Syndicate Sadists (1975) - Dr. Marco Marsili
So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious... (1975) - Doctor Batrucchi
Lips of Lurid Blue (1975) - Davide Levi
MitGift [de ] (1976)
Violent Naples (1976) - Paolo Gervasi
La bravata (1977)
L'affaire Suisse (1978) - Zurlini
Star Odyssey (1979, a.k.a. Seven Gold Men in Space )
The Finzi Detective Agency (1979) - Augusto Moser
The Pumaman (1980) - Ambassador Dobson
Tranquille donne di campagna (1980)
L'ultimo giorno (1985) - Carlo Salvi
Don Bosco (1988)
Odore di spigo (1990)
References [ edit ]
^ a b c Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi; Fabio Melelli; Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano , Volume 3 . Gremese Editore.
^ a b "E' morto Tranquilli". Corriere della Sera . 11 May 1997.
^ "La scomparsa dell'attore Silvano Tranquilli". La Repubblica . 11 May 1997.
External links [ edit ]
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