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Venantino Venantini

Born 1930-04-17
Died 2018-10-09
📍 Fabriano, Marche, Italy

Venantino Venantini (17 April 1930 – 9 October 2018) was an Italian film actor. He was the father of Victoria Venantini and Luca Venantini and appeared in more than 140 films between 1954 and 2018.

He made his debut in the cinema with an appearance in Un giorno in pretura under the direction of Steno and he had his first important role in Odissea Nuda (1961), directed by Franco Rossi. Among the almost 150 films he performed in, some became cult favorites such as Les Tontons flingueurs, Amore libero - Free Love, Black Emanuelle and City of the Living Dead.

He acted with actors such as Lino Ventura, Yves Montand, Alain Delon and Gérard Depardieu and for directors such as Ettore Scola, Luciano Salce and Dino Risi and for French film directors such as Georges Lautner, Gérard Oury and Claude Lelouch.

Source: Article "Venantino Venantini" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography 150

All You Ever Wished For
as Old Gypsy
2018
The Art of Crime
as Leonard de Vinci
2017
Vive la crise !
as Luigi Pirandello
2017
Marseille
as Giovanni
2016
The Very Private Life of Mister Sim
as Monsieur Matteotti
2015
Un + une
as Henri
2015
Michel Audiard : J'parle pas aux cons, ça les instruit
as Self
2015
Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant
as Self
2015
Phantasmagoria
as GrandPa (segment "My Gift to You")
2014
P.O.E. Pieces of Eldritch (P.O.E. 3)
2014
Hyde's Secret Nightmare
2012
Bloody Sin: Abonimations of the Third Reich
2011
The Museum Of Wonders
as Master of Ceremonies
2010
22 Bullets
as Padovano
2010
À deux c'est plus facile
2009
School's Out
as Marcello, in love with Adèle
2008
I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster
as Joe
2008
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
as Self
2008
The Hideout
as Installatore telefonico
2007
Could This Be Love?
as Della Ponte
2007
Mafiosa
as Charly Scaglia
2006
Jeanne Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour
as Le Tailleur
2006
The Cesaronis
as Domenico Masetti
2006
The Return of James Battle
as Matt Kelso
2004
Ho visto le stelle
as Duilio Masera
2003
Fallait pas buter mémé!
2003
Toni
as Minelli
1999
The Dinner
as Curci
1998
Le faremo tanto male
as Pietro
1998
L'amico di Wang
as Ezio
1997
The Eighteenth Angel
as Clockmaker
1997
Giovani e belli
as Buby
1996
Fair Game
as Claudio
1994
Test of Memory
1993
Love at First Sight
as Santino
1992
Crazy Underwear
as Alessia's Father
1992
Des cadavres à la pelle
as Antonio
1991
The King's Whore
as Luis De Arragon
1990
Death Has a Bad Reputation
as Umberto Aidoni
1990
Vanille fraise
as Anselmo
1989
Madame, nuda è arrivata la straniera
as Fisher
1989
Oceano
as Ramiro Galeon
1989
Big Man
as Pierre Legrand
1988
The Secret Files of Inspector Lavardin
as Giuseppe Rasia
1988
Love & Passion
as Alfredo
1987
The boys of 3rd C
as Signor Lazzaretti / Commissario di polizia
1987
The boys of 3rd C
as Signor Lazzaretti
1987
Aladdin
as Puncher
1986
The Repenter
1985
The Lion's Share
1985
The Erotic Dreams of Cleopatra
as Dolabella
1985
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
1985
The Assisi Underground
as Pietro
1985
The Adventures of Hercules
as High Priest
1985
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
as Un sans-culotte
1985
Ladyhawke
as Bishop's Secretary
1985
Final Justice
as Palermo
1984
Windsurf - Il vento nelle mani
as Walter
1984
My Other Husband
as Nino
1983
Exterminators of the Year 3000
as John
1983
Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst
as Giorgio Rivetti (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
The New Barbarians
as Father Moses
1983
God Makes and Then Pairs Them Up
as Occhipinti, il proprietario della discoteca
1982
Sesso e volentieri
as l'uomo al cinema che adesca la donna procace (episodio L'avventura)
1982
Giggi il bullo
as Don Salvatore
1982
Cannibal Ferox
as Sgt. Ross
1981
Longshot
as Henri Bresson
1981
City of the Living Dead
as Mr. Ross
1980
Contraband
as Captain Tarantino
1980
Cannibal Apocalypse
as Lieutenant Hill
1980
Beast in Space
as Juan Cardoso
1980
Flatfoot in Egypt
as Ruotolo
1980
The Terrace
as Terrace Guest
1980
Flying Sex
as Mr. Murphy
1980
Terror Express
as Mike
1980
Riavanti… Marsch!
as Sergeant Sconocchia
1979
Hot Dogs On Ibiza
as Norbert
1979
Three Under the Sheets
1979
Gardenia
as Nocita
1979
From Corleone to Brooklyn
as Commissario Danova
1979
The Humanoid
1979
Cop or Hood
as Mario, Shot of 'L'Auvergnat'
1979
Concorde Affair
as Forsythe
1979
First Love
as Emilio
1978
La Cage aux Folles
as Le chauffeur de Charrier
1978
Return of the Saint
as Xexo
1978
The War of the Robots
as Paul
1978
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade
as Giorgio Rivetti
1978
The Biggest Battle
as Michael
1978
The Rip-Off
as The Frenchman
1977
L'altra metà del cielo
as Mr. Rickie
1977
Rene the Cane
as Carlo
1977
Nine Guests for a Crime
as Walter
1977
Young, Violent, Dangerous
as Sign. Morandi
1976
C'è una spia nel mio letto
as Roger, capo della CIA
1976
Emanuelle in Bangkok
as David
1976
Sex Diary
as amico di Luca
1976
The Kisser
as Giusy
1976
Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman
as The Polo Player
1975
Black Emanuelle
as William Meredith
1975
Heat in the Suburbs
as Santuzzo
1975
Free Love
as Chavad
1974
The Fuhrer Runs Amok
as Valet italien
1974
The Magnificent Dare Devil
as Piero Albertini
1973
A Way of Being a Woman
as Simone
1973
The Police Serve the Citizens?
as Mancinelli
1973
Number One
as a
1973
Profession: Adventurers
as Pablo
1973
Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye
as Father Robertson
1973
Lady Dynamite
1973
Master of Love
as Soldier from Sicily
1972
The Beguines
as Max
1972
The Red Headed Corpse
as Mr. Gonzales
1972
There Once Was a Cop
as Felice, killer
1972
Delusions of Grandeur
as Marquis del Basto
1971
Conquest
as Pedro de Valdivia
1971
Are You Engaged to a Greek Sailor or an Airline Pilot?
as Commissioner
1971
Troubleshooters
as Tosca
1971
Per amore o per forza
as Jane's father
1971
The Priest's Wife
as Maurizio
1970
Quella chiara notte d'ottobre
as Killer
1970
The War Devils
as Heinrich Meinike
1969
Playgirl 70
1969
Erotissimo
as Sylvio
1969
Hate Is My God
as Sweetley
1969
The Libertine
as Aurelio
1968
Emma Hamilton
as Prince Carraciola
1968
Anzio
as Capt. Burns
1968
Love in the Night
as Bollert
1968
The Killer Likes Candy
as Costa
1968
Bandidos
as Billy Kane
1967
Round Trip
as Marc Daumel
1967
The Big Grasshopper
as Vladimir
1967
The Restaurant
as Henrique, chef de la sécurité du président Novalès
1966
Balearic Caper
as Giuliano
1966
Galia
as Greg
1966
The Agony and the Ecstasy
as Paride de Grassis
1965
The Agony and the Ecstasy
as Paris De Grassis
1965
The Sucker
as Mickey, "le Bègue"
1965
La Celestina P… R…
as Carlo
1965
Fantasmagorie
as The vampire
1964
Dandelions by the Roots
as Pierre Michon, comédien
1964
Un momento muy largo
as Andrea Masi
1964
Crooks in Clover
as Pascal
1963
Warriors Five
as Alberto
1962
Escapade in Florence
as Lorenzo
1962
Pastasciutta nel deserto
as Malapaga
1961
Odissea nuda
as Film director
1961
No Sun in Venice
1957
A Day in Court
1954