Name Ignazio Balsamo | Role Film actor | |
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Born 25 October 1912 ( 1912-10-25 ) Catania, Italy Died August 7, 1994, Catania, Italy Movies Jolanda - the Daughter, Crypt of the Vampire, The Giant of Marathon, The Vengeance of Ursus, Samson and the Slave Qu Similar People Luigi Capuano, Camillo Mastrocinque, Raffaello Matarazzo, Marino Girolami, Domenico Paolella | ||
Ignazio Balsamo (25 October 1912 – 7 August 1994) was an Italian film and stage actor.
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Life and career
Born in Catania, Balsamo began his career on stage, being part of several Sicilian language theatrical companies. Discovered by Pietro Germi, who offered him a role of weight in the film In the Name of the Law, following the success of the film Balsamo moved to Rome where he had a long film career as a character actor, mainly cast in roles of Sicilian criminals and villains. He also worked as a production coordinator and a production runner for the companies Fortunia Film and Romana Film. Balsamo was also author of two plays in Sicilian language, Casa Cantoniera and Tila di ragnu.
Filmography
Actor
1971
Zorro, Rider of Vengeance
1970
Due bianchi nell'Africa nera
1970
I due maggiolini più matti del mondo
1970
I due maghi del pallone as
Ghiandineddese Team Manager (uncredited)
1970
Those Sweet Creatures as
Marshal Palombi
1970
Principe coronato cercasi per ricca ereditiera as
Creditor (uncredited)
1970
Ma chi t'ha dato la patente? as
Impiegato ai visti di soggiorno
1970
Mezzanotte d'amore as
Prison Guard
1970
Satiricosissimo as
Pedlar (uncredited)
1969
Franco, Ciccio and Blackbeard the Pirate as
Manolo
1969
I 2 magnifici fresconi as
don Mimì Cannaruta
1969
Zorro, the Navarra Marquis as
Apothecary
1969
Indovina chi viene a merenda? as
Cook (uncredited)
1969
Il ragazzo che sorride as
Assistant of engineer
1969
Zorro in the Court of England as
Dice gambler
1968
I 2 deputati as
PCI member
1968
I 2 pompieri as
Ignazio
1968
Due occhi per uccidere
1967
Delitto a Posillipo - Londra chiama Napoli as
Rosario (uncredited)
1967
Non mi dire mai good-bye
1967
2 RRRingos no Texas as
Poker player
1967
Il magnifico Texano as
Stark Henchman (uncredited)
1967
Danger!! Death Ray as
Henchman 'X2' (uncredited)
1966
7 monaci d'oro as
Brigadiere (uncredited)
1966
La notte dell'addio as
Gip
1966
Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand
1966
Zorro il ribelle as
Salvador
1966
How to Rob the Bank of Italy as
Fake Nurse
1965
Giant of the Evil Island as
Navarro
1965
Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus as
Messenger
1964
Lost Treasure of the Incas as
Sergeant (uncredited)
1964
Crypt of the Vampire as
Undertaker (uncredited)
1964
Hercules Against Rome as
Tauras
1964
Sansone contro il corsaro nero as
Luis
1963
Hercules and the Masked Rider
1963
Samson and the Slave Queen as
Joaquim
1963
Invincible Masked Rider as
Primo Cittadino appestato
1963
The Eye of the Needle as
Father of Nicola
1963
Zorro and the Three Musketeers
1962
Gli eroi del doppio gioco as
Partisan
1962
The Black Invaders as
Herrera
1962
Duello nella Sila
1961
I briganti italiani as
Scannamorti
1961
The Vengeance of Ursus as
Andros
1961
Queen of the Seas as
Captain of the Guard
1961
Don Camillo monsignore... ma non troppo as
Un compagno socialista (uncredited)
1961
The Secret of the Black Falcon as
Sancho
1961
Una spada nell'ombra as
Zingano
1961
L'onorata società
1961
Garibaldi as
Colonel Pallavicino (as Ignazio Balzamo)
1960
Un dollaro di fifa as
Poker Player
1960
Robin Hood and the Pirates as
Pirate
1960
Rapina al quartiere Ovest
1960
Pirates of the Coast as
Brook
1960
Il vigile as
Marinetti Driver (uncredited)
1960
Danger in the Middle East
1960
Knight of 100 Faces as
Aiutante di Fosco
1960
Un militare e mezzo as
Porter
1960
La Dolce Vita (uncredited)
1960
I baccanali di Tiberio as
Marco Lentulo
1959
Ferdinando I° re di Napoli as
The Jailer
1959
The Giant of Marathon as
Ship's Captain
1959
The Pirate and the Slave Girl as
Pirate
1959
Il magistrato as
The Sea Captain
1959
Policarpo 'ufficiale di scrittura' as
Poliziotto (uncredited)
1959
Cavalier in Devil's Castle as
Zaccheo
1957
Arrivano i dollari! as
Ernesto
1956
Express Train from Andalucía as
Rubio
1956
Donne sole as
Il giovanotto siciliano (uncredited)
1955
Una sera di maggio
1955
La moglie è uguale per tutti as
The Sicilian Passenger on Bus
1955
Accadde al penitenziario as
Detenuto mafioso
1955
La rossa as
Un brigadiere dei carabinieri
1955
Suonno d'ammore as
Genovese
1955
The White Angel as
Un poliziotto
1955
Buonanotte... avvocato! as
Commissar
1954
Il cardinale Lambertini as
Il sergente
1954
La Luciana
1954
Accadde al commissariato as
Taxi driver
1954
Acque amare as
Police Commissioner
1954
Cuore di mamma as
Biagio Carrino
1954
Lettera napoletana as
The Police Commissioner
1953
The Ship of Damned Women as
Duràn
1953
Il più comico spettacolo del mondo as
Il giornalista siciliano (uncredited)
1953
The Devil Is a Woman as
Don Antonio, Imbornone's Secretary
1953
Un turco napoletano as
Luigi
1953
Addio, figlio mio! as
Martinelli
1953
La carovana del peccato
1953
Jolanda la figlia del corsaro nero as
Van Stiller
1952
Genoese Dragnet as
Complice di Feruglio
1952
I tre corsari as
Van Stiller
1952
La tratta delle bianche as
Il Francese
1952
Ergastolo as
Commissario
1952
What Price Innocence? as
Giovanni
1951
Anna as
Un agente di pubblica sicurezza (uncredited)
1951
La vendetta di una pazza (uncredited)
1951
Serenata tragica (Guapparia)
1951
Behind Closed Shutters as
Bit part (uncredited)
1951
Il caimano del Piave as
Sergente siciliano al fronte (uncredited)
1950
Outlaw Girl as
Antonio Schepisi
1950
The Fighting Men as
Ciro Sollima
1949
In the Name of the Law as
Francesco Messana
Miscellaneous
1970
I due maghi del pallone (voice dubbing: Mario Del Vago - uncredited)
1970
Un caso di coscienza (voice dubbing: various - uncredited)
1969
Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli primario della Clinica Villa Celeste convenzionata con le mutue (voice dubbing - uncredited)
1968
I 2 pompieri (voice dubbing: Poldo Bendandi - uncredited)
1968
The Girl with a Pistol (voice dubbing: Tiberio Murgia - uncredited)
1968
Mafia (voice dubbing: Giovanni Pallavicino - uncredited)
1967
I due vigili (voice dubbing: Oreste Palella - uncredited)
1967
I barbieri di Sicilia (voice dubbing: Ignazio Spalla - uncredited)
1967
Gente d'onore (voice dubbing: Folco Lulli - uncredited)
1966
Ischia operazione amore (voice dubbing: Vittorio Caprioli - uncredited)
1965
Latin Lovers (voice dubbing: Nino Musco - uncredited)
1964
I due toreri (voice dubbing: Ugo D'Alessio - uncredited)
1964
I due mafiosi (voice dubbing: José Riesgo - uncredited)
1964
Seduced and Abandoned (voice dubbing: various - uncredited)
1963
Divorzio alla siciliana (voice dubbing: Tiberio Murgia - uncredited)
1963
The Eye of the Needle (voice dubbing: Umberto Spadaro - uncredited)
1962
Il commissario (voice dubbing - uncredited)
1961
Pugni, pupe e marinai (voice dubbing: Gino Buzzanca - uncredited)
1961
Il mantenuto (voice dubbing: Nino Nini - uncredited)
1961
Divorce Italian Style (voice dubbing: Ugo Torrente and Giovanni Fassiolo - uncredited)
1961
Beauty on the Beach (voice dubbing: Tiberio Murgia - uncredited)
1961
Girl Under the Sheet (voice dubbing: Tiberio Murgia - uncredited)
1960
Bell' Antonio (voice dubbing: Ugo Torrente - uncredited)
1955
La moglie è uguale per tutti (voice dubbing: Mimmo De Ninno - uncredited)
1954
The Art of Getting Along (voice dubbing: Franco Jamonte and Marco Mazza - uncredited)
1950
The Path of Hope (voice dubbing: Saro Arcidiacono - uncredited)
Production Manager
1954
Of Life and Love (general organizator)
References
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