Name Duccio Tessari | Role Director | |
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Children Fiorenza Tessari, Federica Tessari, Cristiano Tessari Movies A Pistol for Ringo, The Return of Ringo, My Son - the Hero, Zorro, Big Guns Similar People Giuliano Gemma, Lorella De Luca, Fernando Sancho, Antonio Casas, Sergio Corbucci | ||
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Duccio Tessari (11 October 1926 – 6 September 1994) was an Italian director, screenwriter and actor, considered one of the fathers of spaghetti westerns.
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Born in Genoa, Tessari started in the fifties as documentarist and as screenwriter of peplum films. In 1964 he co-wrote Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars, one year later he gained an impressive commercial success and launched the Giuliano Gemma's career with A Pistol for Ringo and its immediate sequel, The Return of Ringo.
He later touched different genres and worked in RAI TV, directing some successful TV-series. He died of cancer in Rome, at 68. He was married to actress Lorella De Luca.
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