1941-11-23 San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero (born November 23, 1941), known professionally as Franco Nero, is an Italian actor, producer, and director. His breakthrough role was as the title character in the Spaghetti Western film Django (1966), which made him a pop culture icon and launched an international career that includes over 200 leading and supporting roles in a wide variety of films and television programmes. During the 1960s and 1970s, Nero was actively involved in many popular Italian "genre trends", including poliziotteschi, gialli, and Spaghetti Westerns. His best-known films include The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966), Camelot (1967), The Day of the Owl (1968), The Mercenary (1968), Battle of Neretva (1969), Tristana (1970), Compañeros (1970), Confessions of a Police Captain (1971), The Fifth Cord (1971), High Crime (1973), Street Law (1974), Keoma (1976), Hitch-Hike (1977), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Enter the Ninja (1981), Die Hard 2 (1990), Letters to Juliet (2010), Cars 2 (2011), and John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017). Nero has had a long relationship with Vanessa Redgrave, which began during the filming of Camelot. They were married in 2006, and are the parents of the actor Carlo Gabriel Nero.
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The Estate | 2025-11-25 | |
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The Run | Hunter | 2025-10-28 |
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In the Hand of Dante | Don Lecco | 2025-09-03 |
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Titanus 1904 | Self | 2024-10-17 |
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Compagni d'arte | 2024-10-07 | |
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On Our Way | 2023-05-19 | |
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Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black | Valentino's Spirit | 2023-11-20 |
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Giorni Felici | Antonio | 2023-10-05 |
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L'uomo che disegnò Dio | Emanuele | 2023-03-02 |
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The Pope's Exorcist | The Pope | 2023-04-05 |
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Buon Lavoro | 2022-06-07 | |
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La piel del tambor | The Pope | 2022-10-21 |
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Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained | Self - Actor | 2021-11-15 |
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The Match | Old Branko | 2021-07-10 |
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Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto | Self | 2021-10-15 |
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Noi siamo cinema | Self (archive footage) | 2021-12-16 |
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The Duel | 2021-12-24 | |
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Off the Rails | Giovanni | 2021-07-23 |
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Two Men Alone | Himself | 2021-07-12 |
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La danza nera | L'Impresario | 2020-12-18 |
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Entree Des Artists | Henry's Grandfather | 2020-06-01 |
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Immortalist | Paolo Spersoni | 2020-07-10 |
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Harmonie | 2020-09-20 | |
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The Jester from Transylvania | One-eye | 2020-01-01 |
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Christmas in Rome | Luigi Forlinghetti | 2019-11-30 |
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A Rose in Winter | Rainer Praeger | 2019-05-07 |
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Havana Kyrie | Vittorio Arditi De Bellis | 2019-12-20 |
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Recon | Angelo | 2019-10-25 |
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Der Fall Collini | Fabrizio Collini | 2019-04-18 |
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Ed è subito sera | 2019-03-21 | |
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Red Land (Rosso Istria) | Professor Ambrosin | 2018-11-15 |
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Der Mann aus dem Eis | Ditob | 2017-11-30 |
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Agony | Carlo | 2017-10-05 |
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The Lost City of Z | Baron de Gondoriz | 2017-03-15 |
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The Time of Their Lives | Alberto | 2017-03-10 |
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The Broken Key | Hiram Abif | 2017-11-16 |
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The Neighborhood | Guglielmo | 2017-08-18 |
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Il crimine non va in pensione | il primario | 2017-06-15 |
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John Wick: Chapter 2 | Julius | 2017-02-08 |
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Along the River | Frank De Ville | 2016-02-07 |
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Road to Ruin | Self | 2016-02-16 |
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Road to Capri | Guido | 2015-01-01 |
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Sergio Corbucci: L'uomo che ride | Himself | 2015-09-21 |
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Terra | 2015-06-26 | |
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Figli di Maam | 2014-10-01 | |
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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Self - Actor | 2014-10-06 |
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Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres… | Lui-même | 2014-01-01 |
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Cadences Obstinées | Carmine | 2014-01-08 |
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Mamula | Niko | 2014-03-08 |
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Love Island | Marquis Polesini | 2014-08-08 |
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Poltrone Rosse - Parma e il cinema | Self | 2014-07-24 |
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I Tarantiniani | Self | 2013-02-21 |
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Istintobrass | Self | 2013-08-30 |
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A Memória Que Me Contam | Paolo | 2013-06-26 |
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The Outsider - Il Cinema Di Antonio Margheriti | Self | 2013-04-17 |
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Handy | Frank The Black | 2013-10-26 |
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Canepazzo | Alvaro Genta | 2012-04-16 |
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Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s | Self | 2012-03-30 |
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The Last Alchemist | Felix the Alchemist | 2012-12-10 |
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New Order | Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen | 2012-02-22 |
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Django Unchained | Amerigo Vessepi | 2012-12-25 |
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Father | Enrico | 2011-01-25 |
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Cars 2 | Uncle Topolino (voice) | 2011-06-11 |
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Rasputin | Narratore | 2010-09-04 |
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Sant'Agostino | Augustinus (age 76) | 2010-01-31 |
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Letters to Juliet | Lorenzo | 2010-05-13 |
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Prigioniero di un segreto | Il barbone | 2010-07-15 |
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Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling | Enrico Puzzo | 2009-02-26 |
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Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso | 2009-09-16 | |
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La rabbia | Mentore | 2008-02-28 |
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Eine Nacht im Grandhotel | Ferran Moreno | 2008-10-29 |
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Bathory | King Mathias | 2008-07-10 |
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Mein Herz in Chile | Carlos Sanchez | 2008-01-01 |
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Márió, a varázsló | Mario | 2008-11-28 |
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Bastardi | Rene Iuvara | 2008-01-04 |
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Mineurs | Michele Acucella | 2007-07-13 |
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L'inchiesta | Caifa | 2007-04-04 |
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Two Families | Morandi | 2007-01-01 |
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La sacra famiglia | Zachary | 2006-10-12 |
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Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern | Self | 2006-04-23 |
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Giornata Nera | 2006-01-01 | |
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Amore e libertà - Masaniello | Vicerè | 2006-06-28 |
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Hans | Giudice/barbone | 2006-01-27 |
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Forever Blues | Luca | 2005-10-11 |
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Elio Petri... appunti su un autore | Self | 2005-09-03 |
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The Spaghetti West | Self | 2005-09-01 |
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Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show | Judge | 2005-07-09 |
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Summer Solstice | Lorenzo | 2005-12-25 |
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Post coitum | Bakchus | 2004-05-20 |
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Guardiani delle nuvole | Padre | 2004-01-01 |
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Herz ohne Krone | Bear's Trainer | 2003-05-26 |
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Cattive inclinazioni | Il barbone | 2003-09-26 |
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Fumata blanca | Cardenal Tura | 2002-05-10 |
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Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell | Giuseppe Mantaldo | 2002-09-25 |
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Ultimo stadio | Antonio | 2002-05-10 |
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L'ultimo pistolero | The pistolero | 2002-10-25 |
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La ragion pura | Marito | 2001-10-26 |
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Sacra Corona - A Szent Korona Legendája | Bishop Gellért | 2001-04-11 |
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Franco Nero: Back in the Saddle | Self | 2001-01-07 |
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Crociati | Ibnazul | 2001-01-01 |
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In the Company of Compañeros | Self | 2001-11-03 |
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Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | General Francini | 2001-09-07 |
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Uninvited | Ralph Barolo | 2000-05-19 |
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Saint Paul | Gamaliel | 2000-12-03 |
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Mirka | Il Sindaco | 2000-03-10 |
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Maestrale | Michele Giangrande | 2000-05-26 |
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Li chiamarono... briganti! | Caporale Nerza | 1999-05-28 |
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Il tesoro di Damasco | Andrea | 1998-10-06 |
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The Versace Murder | Gianni Versace | 1998-07-15 |
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Talk of Angels | Dr. Vicente Areavaga | 1998-10-30 |
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La medaglia | Ing. Ferrero | 1997-08-30 |
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Il tocco - La sfida | Jesus Barro | 1997-05-09 |
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David | Natan | 1997-03-23 |
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Deserto di fuoco | Marcel Duvivier | 1997-01-01 |
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Bella Mafia | Mario Domino | 1997-11-16 |
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The Innocent Sleep | Adolfo Cavani | 1996-01-25 |
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Honfoglalás | Árpád vezér | 1996-12-12 |
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Jonathan degli orsi | Jonathan | 1995-04-21 |
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Io e il re | Maggiore Ferri | 1995-09-01 |
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Desideria e l'anello del drago | Dragon King | 1994-01-02 |
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Azzurro profondo | Luca Morinari | 1993-05-03 |
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Prova di memoria | Paul Herzog | 1993-10-07 |
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Der Fall Lucona | Enzo Lombardi | 1993-06-10 |
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Das Babylon Komplott | Chris Lang | 1993-11-01 |
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Золото | Gabriele da Poppi | 1992-06-06 |
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Amelia Lópes O'Neill | Fernando | 1992-02-05 |
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Un Voyage dans le Temps | Leonard De Vinci | 1992-04-12 |
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Fratelli e sorelle | Franco | 1992-09-11 |
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Touch and Die | Aquani | 1991-01-01 |
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Die Hard 2 | General Ramon Esperanza | 1990-07-03 |
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Diceria dell'untore | Angelo | 1990-10-11 |
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Oggi ho vinto anch'io | Saverio Pallucca | 1989-01-01 |
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Il giovane Toscanini | Claudio Toscanini | 1988-10-07 |
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Grosso guaio a Cartagena | Francis, il marinaio | 1988-04-14 |
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Top Line | Ted Angelo | 1988-08-16 |
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Run for Your Life | Commissario | 1988-01-01 |
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Magdalene | Janza | 1988-11-25 |
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Sweet Country | Paul | 1987-01-23 |
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Django 2 - Il grande ritorno | Django | 1987-10-22 |
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The Girl | Johan (John) Berg | 1987-08-07 |
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Un altare per la madre | - | 1986-08-01 |
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Il Pentito | Falco | 1985-11-15 |
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André schafft sie alle | Andre | 1985-03-29 |
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Un marinaio e mezzo | Nick | 1985-01-01 |
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Die Försterbuben | Böhme | 1984-12-26 |
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Бановић Страхиња | Banović Strahinja | 1983-03-29 |
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Kamikaze 1989 | Weiss | 1982-07-16 |
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Querelle | Lieutenant Seblon | 1982-09-08 |
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Красные колокола. Мексика в огне. Фильм первый. | John Reed | 1982-03-19 |
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Grog | Nicola Fanelli | 1982-09-03 |
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Красные колокола. Я видел рождение нового мира. Фильм второй. | John Reed | 1982-10-18 |
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Letzte Arbeiten | Self | 1982-07-25 |
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The Salamander | Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci | 1981-04-25 |
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Enter the Ninja | Cole | 1981-07-17 |
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Il giorno del cobra | Larry Stanziani | 1980-08-12 |
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Il bandito dagli occhi azzurri | Renzo Dominici | 1980-08-07 |
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The Man with Bogart's Face | Hakim | 1980-10-03 |
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Le rose di Danzica | General Konrad von Der Berg | 1979-11-23 |
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Il cacciatore di squali | Mike di Donato | 1979-12-24 |
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Stridulum | Jesus Christ | 1979-03-22 |
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Un dramma borghese | Guido | 1979-06-06 |
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The Pirate | Baydr Al Fay | 1978-11-21 |
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Force 10 from Navarone | Lescovar | 1978-08-16 |
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Sahara Cross | Jean Ballard | 1977-09-10 |
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Autostop rosso sangue | Walter Mancini | 1977-04-30 |
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Keoma | Keoma | 1976-11-25 |
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Marcia trionfale | Captain Asciutto | 1976-03-12 |
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21 Hours at Munich | Issa | 1976-12-25 |
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Scandalo | Armand | 1976-03-26 |
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Cipolla Colt | Onion Stark | 1975-08-25 |
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Gente di rispetto | Professore Michele Belcore | 1975-10-30 |
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Perché si uccide un magistrato | Giacomo Solaris | 1975-02-05 |
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The Legend of Valentino | Rudolph Valentino | 1975-11-23 |
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Les Magiciens | Sadry | 1975-09-05 |
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Corruzione al palazzo di giustizia | Judge Dani | 1975-01-16 |
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I Guappi | Nicola Bellizzi | 1974-02-23 |
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Il ritorno di Zanna Bianca | Jason Scott | 1974-10-25 |
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Mussolini - Ultimo atto | Walter Audisio | 1974-03-27 |
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Il cittadino si ribella | Carlo Antonelli | 1974-09-17 |
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Zanna Bianca | Jason Scott | 1973-12-21 |
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Il delitto Matteotti | Giacomo Matteotti | 1973-09-13 |
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Los Amigos | Johnny Ears | 1973-03-29 |
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La polizia incrimina la legge assolve | Commissario Belli | 1973-08-12 |
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Senza ragione | Mosquito | 1973-02-02 |
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The Harder They Come | Django (archive footage) | 1972-09-01 |
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Le Moine | Ambrosio | 1972-11-02 |
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Pope Joan | Louis | 1972-08-16 |
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L'istruttoria è chiusa: dimentichi | Vanzi | 1971-10-27 |
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¡Viva la muerte... tua! | Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky | 1971-12-22 |
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La Vacanza | Osiride | 1971-09-04 |
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Giornata nera per l'ariete | Andrea Bild | 1971-08-17 |
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Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della Repubblica | Sostituto Procuratore Traini | 1971-03-26 |
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Dio è con noi | Bruno Grauber | 1970-04-17 |
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Dropout | Bruno | 1970-12-18 |
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The Virgin and the Gypsy | The gypsy | 1970-06-01 |
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Vamos a matar, compañeros | Yodlaf Peterson | 1970-12-18 |
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Tristana | Horacio | 1970-03-29 |
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Bitka na Neretvi | Capitano Michele Rossi | 1969-10-07 |
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Un detective | Commissario Stefano Belli | 1969-09-06 |
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Il giorno della civetta | Captain Bellodi | 1968-02-17 |
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Sequestro di persona | Gavino | 1968-03-14 |
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Un tranquillo posto di campagna | Leonardo Ferri | 1968-11-14 |
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Il mercenario | Sergei Kowalski, The Polish | 1968-12-20 |
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Camelot | Lancelot Du Lac | 1967-10-25 |
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L'uomo, l'orgoglio, la vendetta | José | 1967-12-22 |
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Texas, Addio | Burt Sullivan | 1966-08-28 |
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I criminali della galassia | Lt. Jake | 1966-07-15 |
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The Bible: In the Beginning... | Abel | 1966-09-28 |
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I diafanoidi vengono da Marte | Lt. Jake Jacowitx | 1966-07-21 |
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Il terzo occhio | Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero) | 1966-06-11 |
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Le colt cantarono la morte e fu... tempo di massacro | Tom Corbett | 1966-08-10 |
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Tecnica di un omicidio | Tony Lo Bello | 1966-03-25 |
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Django | Django | 1966-04-06 |
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Io la conoscevo bene | Italo - The garage attendant | 1965-12-01 |
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Gli uomini dal passo pesante | Charley Garvey | 1965-12-31 |
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La Celestina P… R… | Fabrizio | 1965-03-17 |
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La ragazza in prestito | 1964-10-16 | |
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Un delitto | 1963-01-01 | |
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Pelle viva | 1962-10-18 | |
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Roma elastica | ||
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Django Lives! | Django | |
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The Temptation Of Gracie | ||
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La battaglia di Gorthene |
