Guido Lollobrigida
Guido Lollobrigida (born September 4, 1928 in Rome ; † 2013 ibid) was an Italian racing driver and actor .
Life
Lollobrigida, the cousin of actress Gina Lollobrigida , graduated as a technical specialist and was a professional, successful racing driver for about ten years. In 1959 he took part in the Venezuela Grand Prix in a Ferrari 500 Mondial Spyder. In 1960 Lollobrigida went to the United States and drove all major races there, for example in Daytona 1962 in a Maserati , in Nassau and on other tracks.
Back in his native country, he began a career as a character actor in film. As early as 1957 he had played in a film by Massimo Dallamano , Tre emigranti e una ragazza , made in South America ; now he was seen in many genre films, especially spaghetti westerns , as the unscrupulous henchman of villains, sleazy businessman or soldier in many genre films until the end of the 1970s . He often played under the director Alberto De Martino , almost always under the pseudonym Lee Burton .
Filmography (selection)
- 1965: $ 100,000 for Ringo ($ 100,000 per Ringo)
- 1965: Uccidete Johnny Ringo
- 1966: Django - Only the Colt was his friend (Django spara per primo)
- 1966: I due figli di Ringo
- 1967: With Django came death (L'uomo, l'orgoglio, la vendetta)
- 1967: Operation "Little Brother" (Ok Connery)
- 1968: Django and the gang of the hanged (Preparati la bara!)
- 1968: Cemetery without crosses (Une corde, un colt ...)
- 1968: I am an escaped chain convict (Vivo per la tua morte)
- 1968: Satan of Vengeance (E Dio disse a Caino)
- 1968: Ordered to create (Giugno '44: sbarcheremo in Normandia)
- 1970: The Beast (La belva)
- 1970: Three Scoundrels and a Hallelujah (Roy Colt & Winchester Jack)
- 1970: The law of silence (E venne il giorno dei limoni neri)
- 1971: Django - The day of reckoning (Quel maledetto giorno della resa dei conti)
- 1971: Rivals under the red sun (Soleil rouge)
- 1971: Show me the toy of death (Il giorno del giudizio)
- 1973: Number One
- 1973: Blu Gang
- 1973: Four devil guys (Campa carogna… la taglia cresce)
- 1980: The Puma-Man (L'uomo puma)
Motorsport statistics
Individual results in the sports car world championship
| season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd |
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| 1962 | Sorocaima | Maserati 200SI |
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| 22nd |
Web links
- Guido Lollobrigida in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Interview about his racing career
- Portrait and Lollobrigidas Police Films
- Guido Lollobrigida at Racing Sports Cars
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.barchetta.cc/english/all.ferraris/detail/0418md.500mondial.htm
- ↑ http://www.autoweek.com/article/20120126/GRAND_AM/120129899
- ↑ Terry O'Neil: Motor Racing at Nassau in the 1950s & 1960s. 2008, p. 48
- ^ Roberto Poppi, article by Guido Lollobrigida in the Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese 1998, p. 278
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lollobrigida, Guido |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lee Burton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian racing driver and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2013 |
| Place of death | Rome |