Venantino Venantini

from Fabriano, Marche, Italy

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Biography

Venantino Venantini (17 April 1930 – 9 October 2018) was an Italian film actor. He was the father of Victoria Venantini and Luca Venantini and appeared in more than 140 films between 1954 and 2018.

He made his debut in the cinema with an appearance in Un giorno in pretura under the direction of Steno and he had his first important role in Odissea Nuda (1961), directed by Franco Rossi. Among the almost 150 films he performed in, some became cult favorites such as Les Tontons flingueurs, Amore libero - Free Love, Black Emanuelle and City of the Living Dead.

He acted with actors such as Lino Ventura, Yves Montand, Alain Delon and Gérard Depardieu and for directors such as Ettore Scola, Luciano Salce and Dino Risi and for French film directors such as Georges Lautner, Gérard Oury and Claude Lelouch.

Source: Article "Venantino Venantini" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Timeline

2018Aged 88

  • Poster for All You Ever Wished For

    Old Gypsy

2017Aged 87

  • Poster for Vive la crise !

    Luigi Pirandello

2016Aged 86

  • Poster for Marseille

    Giovanni

2015Aged 85

  • Poster for Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant

    Self

  • Poster for Michel Audiard : J'parle pas aux cons, ça les instruit

    Self

  • Poster for Un + une

    Henri

  • Poster for The Very Private Life of Mister Sim

    Monsieur Matteotti

2014Aged 84

  • Poster for P.O.E. Pieces of Eldritch (P.O.E. 3)

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Phantasmagoria

    GrandPa (segment "My Gift to You")

2012Aged 82

  • Poster for Hyde's Secret Nightmare

    (Unknown)

2011Aged 81

  • Poster for Bloody Sin: Abonimations of the Third Reich

    (Unknown)

2010Aged 80

  • Poster for 22 Bullets

    Padovano

  • Poster for The Museum Of Wonders

    Master Of Ceremonies

2009Aged 79

  • Poster for À deux c'est plus facile

    (Unknown)

2008Aged 78

  • Poster for Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

    Self

  • Poster for I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster

    Joe

  • Poster for School's Out

    Marcello, in love with Adèle

2007Aged 77

  • Poster for Could This Be Love?

    Della Ponte

  • Poster for The Hideout

    Installatore telefonico

2006Aged 76

  • Poster for Jeanne Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour

    Le Tailleur

2004Aged 74

  • Poster for The Return of James Battle

    Matt Kelso

2003Aged 73

  • Poster for Fallait pas buter mémé!

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Ho visto le stelle

    Duilio Masera

1999Aged 69

  • Poster for Toni

    Minelli

1998Aged 68

  • Poster for Le faremo tanto male

    Pietro

  • Poster for The Dinner

    Curci

1997Aged 67

  • Poster for The Eighteenth Angel

    Clockmaker

  • Poster for L'amico di Wang

    Ezio

1996Aged 66

  • Poster for Giovani e belli

    Buby

1994Aged 64

  • Poster for Fair Game

    Claudio

1993Aged 63

  • Poster for Test of Memory

    (Unknown)

1992Aged 62

  • Poster for Crazy Underwear

    Alessia's Father

1991Aged 61

  • Poster for Touch and Die

    Special Appearance

  • Poster for Des cadavres à la pelle

    Antonio

1990Aged 60

  • Poster for Death Has a Bad Reputation

    Umberto Aidoni

  • Poster for The King's Whore

    Luis De Arragon

1989Aged 59

  • Poster for Madame, nuda è arrivata la straniera

    Fisher

  • Poster for Vanille fraise

    Anselmo

1987Aged 57

  • Poster for Love & Passion

    Alfredo

1986Aged 56

  • Poster for Aladdin

    Puncher

1985Aged 55

  • Poster for Ladyhawke

    Bishop's Secretary

  • Poster for Liberté, égalité, choucroute

    Un sans-culotte

  • Poster for The Adventures of Hercules

    High Priest

  • Poster for The Assisi Underground

    Pietro

  • Poster for Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Erotic Dreams of Cleopatra

    Dolabella

  • Poster for The Lion's Share

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Repenter

    (Unknown)

1984Aged 54

  • Poster for Windsurf - Il vento nelle mani

    Walter

  • Poster for Final Justice

    Palermo

1983Aged 53

  • Poster for The New Barbarians

    Father Moses

  • Poster for Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst

    Giorgio Rivetti (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Exterminators of the Year 3000

    John

  • Poster for My Other Husband

    Nino

1982Aged 52

  • Poster for Giggi il bullo

    Don Salvatore

  • Poster for Sesso e volentieri

    l'uomo al cinema che adesca la donna procace (episodio L'avventura)

  • Poster for God Makes and Then Pairs Them Up

    Occhipinti, il proprietario della discoteca

1981Aged 51

  • Poster for Longshot

    Henri Bresson

  • Poster for Cannibal Ferox

    Sgt. Ross

1980Aged 50

  • Poster for Terror Express

    Mike

  • Poster for Flying Sex

    Mr. Murphy

  • Poster for The Terrace

    Terrace Guest

  • Poster for Flatfoot in Egypt

    Ruotolo

  • Poster for Beast in Space

    Juan Cardoso

  • Poster for Cannibal Apocalypse

    Lieutenant Hill

  • Poster for Contraband

    Captain Tarantino

  • Poster for City of the Living Dead

    Mr. Ross

1979Aged 49

  • Poster for Concorde Affair

    Forsythe

  • Poster for Cop or Hood

    Mario, Shot of 'L'Auvergnat'

  • Poster for The Humanoid

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for From Corleone to Brooklyn

    Commissario Danova

  • Poster for Gardenia

    Nocita

  • Poster for Three Under the Sheets

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Hot Dogs On Ibiza

    Norbert

  • Poster for Riavanti… Marsch!

    Sergeant Sconocchia

1978Aged 48

  • Poster for The Biggest Battle

    Michael

  • Poster for Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade

    Giorgio Rivetti

  • Poster for The War of the Robots

    Paul

  • Poster for La Cage aux Folles

    Le chauffeur de Charrier

  • Poster for First Love

    Emilio

1977Aged 47

  • Poster for Nine Guests for a Crime

    Walter

  • Poster for Rene the Cane

    Carlo

  • Poster for L'altra metà del cielo

    Mr. Rickie

  • Poster for The Rip-Off

    The Frenchman

1976Aged 46

  • Poster for The Kisser

    Giusy

  • Poster for Sex Diary

    amico di Luca

  • Poster for Emanuelle in Bangkok

    David

  • Poster for C'è una spia nel mio letto

    Roger, capo della CIA

  • Poster for Young, Violent, Dangerous

    Sign. Morandi

1975Aged 45

  • Poster for Heat in the Suburbs

    Santuzzo

  • Poster for Black Emanuelle

    William Meredith

  • Poster for Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman

    The Polo Player

1974Aged 44

  • Poster for The Fuhrer Runs Amok

    Valet italien

  • Poster for Free Love

    Chavad

1973Aged 43

  • Poster for Lady Dynamite

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye

    Father Robertson

  • Poster for Profession: Adventurers

    Pablo

  • Poster for Number One

    a

  • Poster for The Police Serve the Citizens?

    Mancinelli

  • Poster for A Way of Being a Woman

    Simone

  • Poster for The Magnificent Dare Devil

    Piero Albertini

1972Aged 42

  • Poster for There Once Was a Cop

    Felice, killer

  • Poster for The Red Headed Corpse

    Mr. Gonzales

  • Poster for The Beguines

    Max

  • Poster for Master of Love

    Soldier from Sicily

1971Aged 41

  • Poster for Per amore o per forza

    Jane's father

  • Macédoine

    Brian Goffy

  • Poster for Troubleshooters

    Tosca

  • Poster for Are You Engaged to a Greek Sailor or an Airline Pilot?

    Commissioner

  • Poster for Conquest

    Pedro de Valdivia

  • Poster for Delusions of Grandeur

    Marquis del Basto

1970Aged 40

  • Poster for Quella chiara notte d'ottobre

    Killer

  • Poster for The Priest's Wife

    Maurizio

1969Aged 39

  • Poster for Hate Is My God

    Sweetley

  • Poster for Erotissimo

    Sylvio

  • Poster for Playgirl 70

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The War Devils

    Heinrich Meinike

1968Aged 38

  • Poster for The Killer Likes Candy

    Costa

  • Poster for Love in the Night

    Bollert

  • Poster for Anzio

    Capt. Burns

  • Poster for Emma Hamilton

    Prince Carraciola

  • Poster for The Libertine

    Aurelio

1967Aged 37

1966Aged 36

  • Poster for Galia

    Greg

  • Poster for Balearic Caper

    Giuliano

  • Poster for The Restaurant

    Henrique, chef de la sécurité du président Novalès

1965Aged 35

  • Poster for La Celestina P… R…

    Carlo

  • Poster for The Sucker

    Mickey, "le Bègue"

  • Poster for The Agony and the Ecstasy

    Paris De Grassis

1964Aged 34

  • Poster for Un momento muy largo

    Andrea Masi

  • Poster for Dandelions by the Roots

    Pierre Michon, comédien

  • Poster for Fantasmagorie

    The vampire

1963Aged 33

  • Poster for Crooks in Clover

    Pascal

1962Aged 32

  • Poster for Warriors Five

    Alberto

  • Poster for Escapade in Florence

    Lorenzo

1961Aged 31

  • Poster for Odissea nuda

    Film director

  • Poster for Pastasciutta nel deserto

    Malapaga

1957Aged 27

  • Poster for No Sun in Venice

    (Unknown)

1954Aged 24

  • Poster for A Day in Court

    (Unknown)