Venantino Venantini
Born: 1930-04-17 in Fabriano, Marche, Italy
Died: 2018-10-09
Known For: Acting
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
2018
- All You Ever Wished For as Old Gypsy
2017
- The Art of Crime as Leonard de Vinci
- Vive la crise ! as Luigi Pirandello
2016
- Marseille as Giovanni
2015
- Un + une as Henri
- The Very Private Life of Mister Sim as Monsieur Matteotti
- Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant as Self
- Michel Audiard : J'parle pas aux cons, ça les instruit as Self
2014
- Phantasmagoria as GrandPa (segment "My Gift to You")
- P.O.E. Pieces of Eldritch (P.O.E. 3)
2010
- 22 Bullets as Padovano
- The Museum Of Wonders as Master Of Ceremonies
2008
- Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 as Self
- School's Out as Marcello, in love with Adèle
- I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster as Joe
2007
- Could This Be Love? as Della Ponte
- The Hideout as Installatore telefonico
2006
- The Cesaronis as Domenico Masetti
- Mafiosa as Charly Scaglia
- Jeanne Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour as Le Tailleur
2004
- The Return of James Battle as Matt Kelso
2003
- Ho visto le stelle as Duilio Masera
- Fallait pas buter mémé!
1999
- Toni as Minelli
1998
- The Dinner as Curci
- Le faremo tanto male as Pietro
1997
- The Eighteenth Angel as Clockmaker
- L'amico di Wang as Ezio
1996
- Giovani e belli as Buby
1994
- Fair Game as Claudio
1993
1992
- Love at First Sight as Santino
- Crazy Underwear as Alessia's Father
1991
- Touch and Die as Special Appearance
- Des cadavres à la pelle as Antonio
1990
- The King's Whore as Luis De Arragon
- Death Has a Bad Reputation as Umberto Aidoni
1989
- Oceano as Ramiro Galeon
- Vanille fraise as Anselmo
- Madame, nuda è arrivata la straniera as Fisher
1988
- Big Man as Pierre Legrand
- The Secret Files of Inspector Lavardin as Giuseppe Rasia
1987
- The Boys of 3rd C as Signor Lazzaretti / Commissario di polizia
- Love & Passion as Alfredo
1986
- Aladdin as Puncher
1985
- Ladyhawke as Bishop's Secretary
- The Erotic Dreams of Cleopatra as Dolabella
- Liberté, égalité, choucroute as Un sans-culotte
- The Assisi Underground as Pietro
- Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
- The Adventures of Hercules as High Priest
- The Repenter
- The Lion's Share
1984
- Final Justice as Joseph Palermo
- Windsurf - Il vento nelle mani as Walter
1983
- My Other Husband as Nino
- The New Barbarians as Father Moses
- Exterminators of the Year 3000 as John
- Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst as Giorgio Rivetti (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
- Giggi il bullo as Don Salvatore
- Sesso e volentieri as l'uomo al cinema che adesca la donna procace (episodio L'avventura)
- God Makes and Then Pairs Them Up as Occhipinti, il proprietario della discoteca
1981
- Cannibal Ferox as Sgt. Ross
- Longshot as Henri Bresson
1980
- City of the Living Dead as Mr. Ross
- Terror Express as Mike
- Flatfoot in Egypt as Ruotolo
- Cannibal Apocalypse as Lieutenant Hill
- Beast in Space as Juan Cardoso
- The Terrace as Terrace Guest
- Contraband as Captain Tarantino
- Flying Sex as Mr. Murphy
1979
- Cop or Hood as Mario, Shot of 'L'Auvergnat'
- The Humanoid
- Concorde Affair as Forsythe
- Hot Dogs On Ibiza as Norbert
- Riavanti… Marsch! as Sergeant Sconocchia
- Gardenia as Nocita
- From Corleone to Brooklyn as Commissario Danova
- Three Under the Sheets
1978
- Return of the Saint as Xexo
- First Love as Emilio
- La Cage aux Folles as Le chauffeur de Charrier
- The Biggest Battle as Michael
- Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade as Giorgio Rivetti
- The War of the Robots as Paul
1977
- Nine Guests for a Crime as Walter
- L'altra metà del cielo as Mr. Rickie
- Rene the Cane as Carlo
- The Rip-Off as The Frenchman
1976
- Emanuelle in Bangkok as David
- Young, Violent, Dangerous as Sign. Morandi
- Sex Diary as amico di Luca
- C'è una spia nel mio letto as Roger, capo della CIA
- The Kisser as Giusy
1975
- Black Emanuelle as William Meredith
- Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman as The Polo Player
- Heat in the Suburbs as Santuzzo
1974
- The Fuhrer Runs Amok as Valet italien
- Free Love as Chavad
1973
- Profession: Adventurers as Pablo
- Coralba as Karl Bauer
- Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye as Father Robertson
- Number One as a
- The Magnificent Dare Devil as Piero Albertini
- The Police Serve the Citizens? as Mancinelli
- Lady Dynamite
- A Way of Being a Woman as Simone
1972
- The Beguines as Max
- There Once Was a Cop as Felice, killer
- Master of Love as Soldier from Sicily
- The Red Headed Corpse as Mr. Gonzales
1971
- Delusions of Grandeur as Marquis del Basto
- Troubleshooters as Tosca
- Macédoine as Brian Goffy
- Conquest as Pedro de Valdivia
- Per amore o per forza as Jane's father
- Are You Engaged to a Greek Sailor or an Airline Pilot? as Commissioner
1970
- The Priest's Wife as Maurizio
- Quella chiara notte d'ottobre as Killer
1969
- Erotissimo as Sylvio
- Playgirl 70
- The War Devils as Heinrich Meinike
- Hate Is My God as Sweetley
1968
- Anzio as Capt. Burns
- The Libertine as Aurelio
- Love in the Night as Bollert
- Emma Hamilton as Prince Carraciola
- The Killer Likes Candy as Costa
1967
- Bandidos as Billy Kane
- The Big Grasshopper as Vladimir
- Round Trip as Marc Daumel
1966
- The Restaurant as Henrique, chef de la sécurité du président Novalès
- Galia as Greg
- Balearic Caper as Giuliano
1965
- The Sucker as Mickey, "le Bègue"
- The Agony and the Ecstasy as Paride de Grassis
- La Celestina P… R… as Carlo
1964
- Dandelions by the Roots as Pierre Michon
- Fantasmagorie as The vampire
- Un momento muy largo as Andrea Masi
1963
- Crooks in Clover as Pascal
1962
- Warriors Five as Alberto
- Escapade in Florence as Lorenzo
1961
- Odissea nuda as Film director
- Pastasciutta nel deserto as Malapaga