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Gianni Rizzo
Gianni Rizzo
	Rizzo in 1954
Born	5 April 1925; Brindisi, Apulia ; Italy
Died	4 February 1992 (aged 66); 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).^[2] He also appeared in Italian spy films, spaghetti westerns, and played the villain in the 1967 Perry Rhodan movie, Mission Stardust.

He died in 1992 at age 66.

Selected filmography

Macario contro Zagomar (1949)
City of Pain (1949) - Sergio
A Night of Fame (1949) - Max
Totò Le Mokò (1949) - Cicerone, Casbah tourguide (uncredited)
The Crossroads (1951) - Beppe detto il Curato
Three Steps North (1951) - The Greek
Wolves Hunt at Night (1952) - Le commissaire italien
A Mother Returns (1952) - Ex-amante di Elena
Una croce senza nome (1952)
Serenata amara (1952) - Peppe
The Phantom Musketeer (1952) - Pierre de La Tour
I Chose Love (1953)
Puccini (1953)
Carmen proibita (1953)
Tripoli, Beautiful Land of Love (1954) - Rudi
Disowned (1954)
Pirate of the Half Moon (1957) - Visconte di Grand
Orizzonte infuocato (1957) - Vasco
Head of a Tyrant (1959) - Ozia
Avventura a Capri (1959) - Antonio il parucchiere
Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon (1959) - (uncredited)
The Pirate and the Slave Girl (1959) - Nikopoulos
La notte del grande assalto (1959) - The Maltese
Agosto, donne mie non vi conosco (1959) - Proprietario del night-club
Cavalcata selvaggia (1960)
Gli scontenti (1961)
The Vengeance of Ursus (1961) - Licurgo
Zorro in the Court of Spain (1962) - Don Carlos
I due della legione (1962) - Suprut
Lo smemorato di Collegno (1962) - Ragionere
Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963) - King Philip
Slave Queen of Babylon (1963) - Ghelas
The Ten Gladiators (1963) - Claudius Nero
Sword in the Shadows (1963) - Giorgio
Mission to Hell (1964) - John Yakiris
Triumph of the Ten Gladiators (1964) - Sesto Vitorio
3 Avengers (1964) - Teomoco
Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators (1964) - Senator Giulio Varro
Le bambole (1965) - Hotel Manager
Desperate Mission (1965) - Barrow
I soldi (1965)
Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966) - Politician with glasses
Anónima de asesinos (1966) - Stephanolopoulus
Vacanze sulla neve (1966)
Requiem for a Secret Agent (1966) - Atenopoulos
Lotus Flowers for Miss Quon (1967) - Blackie Lee
Mission Stardust (1967) - Car Seller
Desert Commandos (1967) - Perrier
Face to Face (1967) - Williams
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death (1968) - Alman
Run, Man, Run (1968) - Mayor Christopher Bannington
Sabata (1969) - Judge O'Hara
Adiós, Sabata (1970) - Folgen
La califfa (1970) - Un industriale
Between Miracles (1971) - Priest
The Decameron (1971) - Father Superior
Return of Sabata (1971) - Jeremy Sweeney
Alfredo, Alfredo (1972) - A Judge
Bawdy Tales (1973) - Il cardinale
Questa volta ti faccio ricco! (1974) - Giorgiakis
Anno uno (1974) - Dirigente DC torinese
Who Breaks... Pays (1975) - Mister Paul
Beach House (1977) - L'allenatore
The Uranium Conspiracy (1978) - The Captain
The Lonely Lady (1983) - Gino Paoluzzi
Everybody in Jail (1984) - Minister Euclide
The Name of the Rose (1986) - Päpstliche Gesandte #5 (final film role)

References

^ "Gianni Rizzo". mymovies.it. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
^ Hughes, p. 16

Bibliography

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

External links

Gianni Rizzo at IMDb

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[1] "Gianni Rizzo". mymovies.it. Retrieved 13 March 2016.

[2] Hughes, p. 16

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