Venantino Venantini

Acting · Born 1930-04-17 in Fabriano, Marche, Italy

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…

Filmography

• Could This Be Love? as Della Ponte
• Number One as a
• La Cage aux Folles as Le chauffeur de Charrier
• City of the Living Dead as Mr. Ross
• I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster as Joe
• Cannibal Apocalypse as Lieutenant Hill
• Cannibal Ferox as Sgt. Ross
• Crooks in Clover as Pascal
• The Return of James Battle as Matt Kelso
• The Sucker as Mickey, "le Bègue"