Silvano Tranquilli

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]

1. ^ a b c Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi; Fabio Melelli; Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano , Volume 3. Gremese Editore.
2. ^ a b "E' morto Tranquilli". Corriere della Sera. 11 May 1997.
3. ^ "La scomparsa dell'attore Silvano Tranquilli". La Repubblica. 11 May 1997.

## External links[edit]

* Silvano Tranquilli at IMDb

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