Antonio Monselesan
Antonio Monselesan (also Tony Norton ; born August 2, 1941 in Italian Libya , † February 24, 2015 in Lucca ) was an Italian actor and boxing coach .
Life
Monselesan was born to a Venetian father and an Apulian mother in what was then the Italian colony of Libya. After the Second World War, the family went to Borgo a Mozzano , and later to Rome. As a boxer, Monselesan fought middleweight and worked during the 1960s as an armorer, arranger of fight scenes and minor actor in film. In addition to his career as a boxing trainer, he also received more substantial roles from 1968, which he played under the pseudonym Tony Norton . The best known are his representations in action-packed comedies as (not only intellectually) inferior opponents of u. a. Bud Spencer and Terence Hill . By the mid-1970s he played in almost thirty films, from 1973 also for his production company Norma Film, which he founded with Mario Gariazzo .
From 1980 Monselesan returned to boxing and trained numerous pugilists in Spain and from 2005 in Lucca .
Filmography (selection)
- 1968: Rose rosse per il guide
- 1968: For a few more corpses (Sonora)
- 1968: The hour of the vultures (Carogne si nasce)
- 1969: The Five Feared (Un esercito di cinque uomini)
- 1970: The right and left hand of the devil (Lo chiamavano Trinità)
- 1971: Four fists for a hallelujah (… continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità)
- 1971: Show me the toy of death (Il giorno del giudizio)
- 1972: Cursed, Damned and Alleluia (E poi lo chiamarono il magnifico)
- 1972: Four happy bullies (Sotto a chi tocca!)
- 1973: The merciless hand of the law (La mano spietata della legge)
- 1973: Do you know the country where blue beans bloom? (Lo chiamavano Tresette… giocava semper col morto)
- 1974: Thick air in Sacramento (Di Tresette ce n'è uno, tutti gli altri son nessuno)
- 1974: The merciless hand of the law (La mano spietata della legge)
- 1975: Toby & Butch - like two gentle angels (Simone e Matteo un gioco da ragazzi)
Web links
- Antonio Monselesan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview with Davide Pulici ( Memento from October 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Obituary in Il Tirreno
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Monselesan, Antonio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Norton, Tony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actor and boxing trainer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 2, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Libya |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 2015 |
| Place of death | Lucca |