Name Gino Buzzanca Nephews Lando Buzzanca Siblings Empedocle Buzzanca | Died May 5, 1985, Rome, Italy Role Film actor | |
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Born 8 March 1912 ( 1912-03-08 ) Messina, Italy Movies Woman of Rome, I due toreri, The Handsome - the Ugly, The Shortest Day, Tipi da spiaggia Similar People Lando Buzzanca, Giorgio Simonelli, Luigi Zampa, Mario Mattoli, Riccardo Pazzaglia | ||
I due mafiosi - Giorgio Fabor - 1963
Gino Buzzanca (8 March 1912 – 5 May 1985) was an Italian film actor.
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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. 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. He also appeared in several Spaghetti Westerns, usually credited as Bill Jackson. He was the uncle of the actor Lando Buzzanca.
Filmography
Actor
1967
Don't Wait, Django... Shoot! as
Don Alvarez
1967
The Handsome, the Ugly, and the Stupid as
Bookmaker
1966
7 monaci d'oro as
Alfio
1966
Giorno caldo al Paradiso Show
1966
I due sanculotti as
Executioner
1966
Ringo and Gringo Against All as
Il messicano
1966
2 mafiosi contro Al Capone as
Calogero
1965
The Amazing Doctor G (uncredited)
1965
Soldati e caporali as
Maresciallo Luigi Donatone
1964
I due toreri as
Maresciallo
1964
Love Factory
1964
Love in Four Dimensions as
Sicilian translator (segment "Amore e alfabeto")
1964
I due mafiosi as
Don Calogero
1963
The Shortest Day as
Guardia del corpo dei mafiosi (uncredited)
1962
Musketeers of the Sea as
Capo Ciurma Gutierrez
1962
Duello nella Sila as
Barone Carteri
1962
Caribbean Hawk as
Nobleman (uncredited)
1961
L'urlo dei bolidi
1961
Hercules in the Valley of Woe
1961
The Fascist
1961
Totòtruffa '62 as
The Ambassador of Nicarogua
1961
The Secret of the Black Falcon as
Gouverneur di Melida
1961
Nel blu dipinto di blu as
The Sicilian Industrialist
1961
L'onorata società as
Salvatore Zappalà
1961
Garibaldi as
Rosa's Father (as Amedeo Buzzanca)
1960
Caravan petrol as
The Consul of Irat
1960
Robin Hood and the Pirates as
Capitan Uncino
1960
Colossus and the Amazon Queen as
Mercante #2
1960
Signori si nasce
1959
Guardatele ma non toccatele as
Maggiore
1959
Perfide.... ma belle as
Guappo delle finte serenate
1959
Tipi da spiaggia as
Giovanni Buzzanca
1959
I mafiosi as
John Mistretta
1959
Prepotenti più di prima as
The Man in Prison
1959
Il cavaliere senza terra
1959
Arriva la banda as
Il padre di Anna
1959
Conspiracy of the Borgias
1958
Caporale di giornata as
Commendator Bianconi
1958
Serenatella sciuè sciuè as
don Ciccillo
1958
L'amore nasce a Roma as
Padre di Mario
1957
A sud niente di nuovo
1957
Rascel-Fifì as
Gionata - il capo della gang
1957
Il medico e lo stregone as
Il sindaco di Pianetta
1957
Addio sogni di gloria
1957
Parola di ladro as
Truffatore
1956
Peccato di castità
1956
Orlando e i Paladini di Francia
1956
Quando tramonta il sole as
Don Nicola
1956
Vendicata!
1956
Donne sole
1955
Agguato sul mare as
Elia
1955
Yalis, la vergine del roncador
1955
The Swindle as
Saro (uncredited)
1955
Siamo uomini o caporali as
Il regista del film su Nerone
1954
Due lacrime as
Tony
1954
The Art of Getting Along as
Il barone Mazzei
1954
Woman of Rome as
Riccardo
1953
Anni facili as
Barone Ferdinando LaPrua
Archive Footage
1976
Amici più di prima
References
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