Ida Galli and Silvano Tranquilli in The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971)
Silvano Tranquilli (23 August 1925 – 10 May 1997) was an Italian stage, television and film actor.
Life and career
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
- 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
- 1 2 3 Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi; Fabio Melelli; Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano , Volume 3. Gremese Editore.
- 1 2 "E' morto Tranquilli". Corriere della Sera. 11 May 1997.
- ↑ "La scomparsa dell'attore Silvano Tranquilli". La Repubblica. 11 May 1997.
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