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Occupation
  
Actor

Siblings
  
Gianni Lorenzon

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Born
  
11 August 1926 (age 90) (
1926-08-11
)
Rome, Italy

Movies
  
Ben‑Hur, My Sister in Law, Gladiator of Rome, Hercules the Avenger, Erik the Conqueror

Similar
  
Gianni Lorenzon, Michele Lupo, Ernesto Gastaldi, Maurizio Lucidi, Romolo Guerrieri

Gianni Solaro (born Gianni Lorenzon on 11 August 1926 ) is an Italian film and television actor.

Born in Rome, Solaro was a character actor in the Italian film industry for about twenty years, between the late 1950s and the late 1970s. During his career he spanned any sort of role, alternating genre films and art films, and notably working with Mario Monicelli, Marco Bellocchio, Luigi Zampa, Mario Camerini, Francesco Maselli and Florestano Vancini. He was sometimes credited John Sun. His brother was the actor Livio Lorenzon.

Selected filmography

  • Tough Guys (1960)
  • Erik the Conqueror (1961)
  • Queen of the Seas (1961)
  • Redhead (1962)
  • Gladiator of Rome (1962)
  • The Two Gladiators (1964)
  • Messalina vs. the Son of Hercules (1964)
  • M.M.M. 83 (1965)
  • I criminali della metropoli (1965)
  • Hercules the Avenger (1965)
  • The Revenge of Spartacus (1965)
  • Captain from Toledo (1965)
  • Arizona Colt (1966)
  • One Thousand Dollars on the Black (1966)
  • The Oldest Profession (1967)
  • All on the Red (1968)
  • Bootleggers (1969)
  • Scipio the African (1971)
  • Slap the Monster on Page One (1972)
  • The Assassination of Matteotti (1973)
  • We Want the Colonels (1973)
  • Last Feelings (1978)

    • References

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