Venantino Venantini

Biography

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

Le chauffeur de Charrier
Lieutenant Hill
Mickey, 'le bègue'
William Meredith
Mr. Murphy
Paride de Grassis
Prince Carraciola
Felice, killer
Chavad
Commissario Danova
Greg
Don Salvatore
Heinrich Meinike
Henrique, chef de la sécurité du président Novalès
Capt. Burns
Marquis del Basto
Film director
Henri Bresson
Pedro de Valdivia
Pierre Michon, theater actor
Giovanni
l'uomo al cinema che adesca la donna procace (episodio L'avventura)
Padovano
Captain Tarantino
The vampire
Claudio
Nocita
Luigi Pirandello
Bishop's Secretary
Sergeant Sconocchia
amico di Luca
un'ospite
Occhipinti, il proprietario della discoteca
Alessia's father
Giorgio Rivetti (archive footage) (uncredited)
GrandPa (segment "My Gift to You")
Puncher
Brian Goffy
The Frenchman
Soldier from Sicily
Duilio Masera
Installatore telefonico
Roger, capo della CIA
Father Moses
Mario, shot of 'L'Auvergnat'
Juan Cardoso
Billy Kane
Master of Ceremonies
Marcello, in love with Adèle
istruttore capo Martin Murphy
Minelli
Luis De Arragon