Franco Ressel
Franco Ressel (born February 8, 1925 in Naples , Campania , † April 30, 1985 in Rome ; actually Domenico Orabona ) was an Italian actor .
Life
Ressel began his film career in 1960 in the sandal film Maciste in the violence of the tyrant . The versatile actor, who was cast as a villain as well as in comedic roles, appeared frequently in spaghetti westerns and crime films . Due to his physiognomy, he rarely got leading roles, who in the 1950s had almost exclusively performed stage work . He started working for television quite late, not until the 1980s. His filmography includes almost 130 films.
Filmography (selection)
- 1961: Aladdin's Adventure (Le meraviglie di Aladino)
- 1961: Maciste in the hands of the tyrant (Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan)
- 1964: Bloody silk (Sei donne per l'assassino)
- 1965: Pistoleros (All'ombra di una colt)
- 1965: Orion-3000 - Space travel of horror (Il pianeta errante)
- 1966: El Rocho - the killer (El Rojo)
- 1966: Lanky Fellow - The Lonely Avenger (Per il gusto di uccidere)
- 1968: Django, where is your coffin? (T'ammazzo! ... Raccomandati a Dio)
- 1968: Gangsters Die Twice (Gangsters '70)
- 1968: Mercenario - The Feared (Il mercenario)
- 1968: With Django came death (L'uomo, l'orgoglio, la vendetta)
- 1969: The Naked Bovary
- 1969: Sabata (Ehi amico… c'è Sabata, hai chiuso!)
- 1969: Zorro alla corte d'Inghilterra
- 1970: The Feared (Sartana nella valle degli avvoltoi)
- 1970: Sartana - still warm and already sand on it (Buon funerale, amigos ... paga Sartana)
- 1971: The Diamond Lady (Il diavolo a sette facce)
- 1971: A hallelujah for Camposanto (Gli fumavano le colt… lo chiamavano Camposanto!)
- 1972: Five lumps of gold (Tutti fratelli nel West ... per parte di padre)
- 1972: The Sons of the Trinity (I 2 figli dei Trinità)
- 1973: Little Kid and his saucy gang (Kid il monello del west)
- 1977: Bobby Deerfield (Bobby Deerfield)
- 1977: The man from Virginia (California)
- 1979: Rosen von Danzig (Le rose di Danzica) (first in a feature film, then as a TV miniseries)
- 1981: The Charterhouse of Parma (La certosa di Parma)
- 1981: Race to Bombay (La nouvelle malle des Indes)
- 1983: The Man from Suez (L'homme de Suez)
- 1983: Fellini's Ship of Dreams (E la nave va)
- 1984: As you me, so I you (A tu per tu)
Web links
- Franco Ressel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, Volume 3 (Gli attori), Part 2, Gremese 2003, p. 148
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ressel, Franco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ressel, Frank |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples , Campania |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 1985 |
| Place of death | Rome |