Gino Buzzanca
Gino Buzzanca (actually Gerolamo Buzzanca , born March 8, 1912 in Messina , † May 5, 1985 in Rome ) was an Italian actor .
Life
Buzzanca began his career in Sicilian dialect theaters, where he worked for many years in plays by e. B. Luigi Pirandello and Giovanni Verga played and embodied types and characters from Sicily . In 1953, director Luigi Zampa discovered him for his film Anni facili , in which he cast Buzzanca as a fun-loving and popular fascist . In most of his other films, too, he played character roles, of stately stature and with a winning smile and dark eyes, in which he often portrayed military or criminal dignitaries, oppressed husbands and impoverished noblemen. In four spaghetti westerns Buzzanca was seen last under the pseudonym Bill Jackson .
He is the uncle of the actor Lando Buzzanca .
Filmography (selection)
- 1955: Kanaille of Catania (L'arte di arrangirsi)
- 1955: The Swindlers (Il bidone)
- 1960: Ursus in the realm of the Amazons (La regina delle Ammazzoni)
- 1962: One against seven (Duello nella sila)
- 1966: Ringo e Gringo contro tutti
- 1966: We - the idiots from the 12th district (Due mafiosi contro Al Capone)
- 1967: Django - Your executioner is waiting (Non aspettare Django, spara)
- 1967: Django - crosses in the bloody sand (Cjamango)
- 1967: Il bello, il brutto, il cretino
Web links
- Gino Buzzanca in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Buzzanca at mymovies (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Chiti, Enrico Lancia, Andrea Orbicciani, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese 1998, p. 87
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buzzanca, Gino |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Buzzanca, Gerolamo (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Messina |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5th 1985 |
| Place of death | Rome |