Gino Buzzanca
| Gino Buzzanca | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
8 March 1912 Messina, Italy |
| Died |
5 May 1985 (aged 73) Rome, Italy |
Gino Buzzanca (8 March 1912 – 5 May 1985), was an Italian film actor.
Life and career
Born in Messina, Buzzanca began his career on stage, specializing as an actor of the Sicilian language theater, and starring in works by Luigi Pirandello and Giovanni Verga.[1] Discovered by Luigi Zampa, who offered him a role of weight in the film Easy Years, Buzzanca then had a long film career as a character actor, often cast in negative roles.[1] He also appeared in several Spaghetti Westerns, usually credited as Bill Jackson.[1] He was the uncle of the actor Lando Buzzanca.[1]
Selected filmography
- Easy Years (1953)
- Woman of Rome (1954)
- The Art of Getting Along (1954)
- Are We Men or Corporals? (1955)
- Vendicata! (1955)
- A Woman Alone (1956)
- Rascel-Fifì (1957)
- Doctor and the Healer (1957)
- L'amore nasce a Roma (1958)
- Tipi da spiaggia (1959)
- Nel blu dipinto di blu (1959)
- Robin Hood and the Pirates (1960)
- L'onorata società (1961)
- The Secret of the Black Falcon (1961)
- Musketeers of the Sea (1962)
- Duel of Fire (1962)
- I due mafiosi (1964)
- I due toreri (1965)
- Soldati e caporali (1965)
- Due mafiosi contro Al Capone (1966)
- The Handsome, the Ugly, and the Stupid (1967)
- Cjamango (1967)
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