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Silvano Tranquilli

Italian actor

Silvano Tranquilli (23 August 1925 – 10 May 1997) was an Italian stage, television and film actor.

Life and career

Born in Rome, Silvano Tranquilli attended theatre lessons at the Sharoff Academy, and started his stage activity with the theatrical companies of Salvo Randone and Vittorio Gassman.^[1] In 1959 he made his television debut, and later acted in more than 100 television productions, achieving his main success with the TV-series I ragazzi di padre Tobia.^[1]^[2] In the early 1960s he also started a prolific film career as character actor.^[1]

He died in Rome, at 71, shortly after his theatrical comeback with the company Stabile del Giallo.^[2]^[3]

Selected filmography

Adriana Lecouvreur (1955)
Il conte Aquila (1955)
Napoli sole mio! (1958) - Segretario del Impresario
Perfide ma... belle (1959) - The Telephone Technician (uncredited)
I piaceri del sabato notte (1960) - Il vice commissario
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962) - Dr. Kurt Lowe
Castle of Blood (1964, aka Danse Macabre) - Edgar Allan Poe
I due sanculotti (1966) - Robespierre
Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand (1966) - Il tenente Bertolucci
The Invisible Woman (1969) - Andrea
Help Me, My Love (1969) - Valerio Mantovani
Senza sapere niente di lei (1969) - L'ing. Zappengo
Lonely Hearts (1970) - Diego
Sunflower (1970) - L'operaio italiano
Mafia Connection (1970) - Commissario Modica
Quella chiara notte d'ottobre (1970)
L'Explosion (1971) - Aubrey
Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971) - Paolo Zani
Web of the Spider (1971) - William Perkins
The Double (1971) - Roger
The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971) - Inspector Berardi
Sei iellato, amico hai incontrato Sacramento (1972) - Doc O'Donnell
Smile Before Death (1972, a.k.a. Smile of the Hyena) - Marco
So Sweet, So Dead (1972) - Paolo Santangeli
Il mio corpo con rabbia (1972)
La gatta in calore (1972) - Antonio
Mia moglie, un corpo per l'amore (1973) - Paolo
Giorni d'amore sul filo di una lama (1973)
La bonne année (1973) - L'amant italien
High Crime (1973) - Franco Griva
The Violent Professionals (1973) - Gianni Viviani
Tony Arzenta - Big Guns (1973) - Montani - the Interpol officer
Ceremonia sangrienta (1973) - Médico
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony (1973) - Sylvester
Tecnica di un amore (1973) - Andrea
Diario di un italiano (1973) - Alberto
And Now My Love (1974)
Madeleine... anatomia di un incubo (1974) - Dr. Shuman
The Balloon Vendor (1974) - Dr. Novelli
Das Blaue Palais (1974–1976, TV series) - Louis Palm
Manhunt in the City (1975) - Paolo Giordani
Down the Ancient Staircase (1975) - Professor Rospigliosi
Violent Rome (1975) - Capo della Squadra mobile
Syndicate Sadists (1975) - Dr. Marco Marsili
So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious... (1975) - Doctor Batrucchi
Lips of Lurid Blue (1975) - Davide Levi
MitGift [de] (1976)
Violent Naples (1976) - Paolo Gervasi
La bravata (1977)
L'affaire Suisse (1978) - Zurlini
Star Odyssey (1979, a.k.a. Seven Gold Men in Space)
The Finzi Detective Agency (1979) - Augusto Moser
The Pumaman (1980) - Ambassador Dobson
Tranquille donne di campagna (1980)
L'ultimo giorno (1985) - Carlo Salvi
Don Bosco (1988)
Odore di spigo (1990)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi; Fabio Melelli; Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano , Volume 3. Gremese Editore.
^ ^a ^b "E' morto Tranquilli". Corriere della Sera. 11 May 1997.
^ "La scomparsa dell'attore Silvano Tranquilli". La Repubblica. 11 May 1997.