Silvano Tranquilli
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 (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.
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