Venantino Venantini

Actor · 1930–2018 · Fabriano, Marche, Italy

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.

Acted in 145

2010s

2018
All You Ever Wished For
Old Gypsy
2017
The Art of Crime
Leonard de Vinci · 2 episodes
71
Vive la crise !
Luigi Pirandello
2016
Marseille
Giovanni
2015
The Very Private Life of Mister Sim
Monsieur Matteotti
Un + une
Henri
2014
Phantasmagoria
GrandPa (segment "My Gift to You")
P.O.E. Pieces of Eldritch (P.O.E. 3)
Movie
2012
Hyde's Secret Nightmare
Movie
2011
Bloody Sin: Abonimations of the Third Reich
Movie
2010
The Museum Of Wonders
Master Of Ceremonies
22 Bullets
Padovano
60

2000s

2009
À deux c'est plus facile
Movie · Comedy · Drama
62
2008
School's Out
Marcello, in love with Adèle
I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster
Joe
2007
The Hideout
Installatore telefonico
60
Could This Be Love?
Della Ponte
2006
Mafiosa
Charly Scaglia · 2 episodes
72
Jeanne Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour
Le Tailleur
2004
The Return of James Battle
Matt Kelso
2003
Ho visto le stelle
Duilio Masera
Fallait pas buter mémé!
Movie

1990s

1999
Toni
Minelli
1998
The Dinner
Curci
Le faremo tanto male
Pietro
1997
L'amico di Wang
Ezio
The Eighteenth Angel
Clockmaker
1996
Giovani e belli
Buby
1994
Fair Game
Claudio
1993
Test of Memory
Movie
1992
Love at First Sight
Santino · 1 episode
Crazy Underwear
Alessia's Father
1991
Des cadavres à la pelle
Antonio
Touch and Die
Special Appearance
1990
The King's Whore
Luis De Arragon
Death Has a Bad Reputation
Umberto Aidoni

1980s

1989
Vanille fraise
Anselmo
Madame, nuda è arrivata la straniera
Fisher
Oceano
Ramiro Galeon · 6 episodes
1988
Big Man
Pierre Legrand · 1 episode
The Secret Files of Inspector Lavardin
Giuseppe Rasia · 1 episode
1987
Love & Passion
Alfredo
48
The Boys of 3rd C
Signor Lazzaretti / Commissario di polizia, Signor Lazzaretti · 1 episode
1986
Aladdin
Puncher
55
1985
The Repenter
Movie
The Lion's Share
Movie · Thriller
The Erotic Dreams of Cleopatra
Dolabella
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
Movie
The Assisi Underground
Pietro
The Adventures of Hercules
High Priest
42
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
Un sans-culotte
Ladyhawke
Bishop's Secretary
68
1984
Final Justice
Joseph Palermo
24
Windsurf - Il vento nelle mani
Walter
1983
My Other Husband
Nino
60
Exterminators of the Year 3000
John
Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst
Giorgio Rivetti (archive footage) (uncredited)
The New Barbarians
Father Moses
45
1982
God Makes and Then Pairs Them Up
Occhipinti, il proprietario della discoteca
Sesso e volentieri
l'uomo al cinema che adesca la donna procace (episodio L'avventura)
Giggi il bullo
Don Salvatore
1981
Cannibal Ferox
Sgt. Ross
49
Longshot
Henri Bresson
1980
City of the Living Dead
Mr. Ross
57
Contraband
Captain Tarantino
Cannibal Apocalypse
Lieutenant Hill
54
Beast in Space
Juan Cardoso
41
Flatfoot in Egypt
Ruotolo
The Terrace
Terrace Guest
Flying Sex
Mr. Murphy
Terror Express
Mike
52