Roberto Bianchi Montero
Roberto Bianchi Montero (born December 7, 1907 in Rome , † 1986 ) was an Italian film director , screenwriter and actor .
Life
Bianchi Montero began to be interested in the theater as a teenager and was a member of an amateur drama group that performed plays at numerous village festivals. In 1930 he became a member of the troupe around Ettore Petrolini , in which he was cast as a young lover. After 4 years of working together, he founded his own acting community and had his first film role in 1936. From 1939 he interpreted a number of roles in now forgotten Italian films for three years, where he also took on the position of assistant director for some.
After the Second World War he found his place behind the camera and from then on directed numerous genre films of mostly average quality and low production costs, in which he was often involved in the script. Melodramas , action material such as spaghetti westerns and erotic comedies are particularly common among his 62 films .
Bianchi Montero is the father of director Mario Bianchi and was sometimes referred to as Roberto Montero . A pseudonym was Robert B. White .
Filmography (selection)
Director
- 1946: L'amante del male
- 1959: Tina cleans up (La sceriffa)
- 1962: Mondo infamous (Mondo infamous)
- 1962: Beautiful women - hot nights (Notti calde d'oriente)
- 1962: Between Shanghai and St. Pauli
- 1962: Tharus, son of Attila (Tharus figlio di Attila)
- 1963: Sexy variant (Sexy nudo)
- 1964: Oklahoma John - The Sheriff of Rio Rojo (Oklahoma John)
- 1965: The chance is nil (Agent Z55 missione disperata)
- 1967: Stinking Dollars (Le due facce del dollaro)
- 1968: Tobruk Death Squad (Quella dannata pattuglia)
- 1969: 36 hours in hell (36 ore all'inferno)
- 1969: The Rangers (Rangers: attacco ora X)
- 1970: Arriva Durango ... paga o muori
- 1970: Robin Hood, the Liberator (Il magnifico Robin Hood)
- 1971: The Eye of the Spider (L'occhio del ragno)
- 1972: Vengeance in El Paso (I senza Dio)
- 1972: Beautiful, naked and lovable (Rivelazioni di un maniaco sessuale al capo della squadra mobile)
- 1974: The rat's nest (Una donna per sette bastardi)
- 1977: The hot nights of Caligula (Le caldi notti di Caligola)
- 1979: Jungle Inferno (Savana violenza carnale)
script
- 1965: The last of the Mohicans
- 1965: Río Maldito
- 1972: He sowed death (Seminò la morte… lo chiamavano ´Il Castigo di Dio`)
Web links
- Roberto Bianchi Montero in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Roberto Bianchi Montero on MyMovies (Italian).
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I Registi, Gremese 2002, p. 57
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bianchi Montero, Roberto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Montero, Roberto; White, Robert B. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film director, screenwriter and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1986 |