Giancarlo Badessi (21 September 1928 – 6 December 2011) was an Italian actor.

Giancarlo Badessi
Born(1928-09-21)21 September 1928
Lecco, Italy
Died6 December 2011(2011-12-06) (aged 83)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActor

Life and career

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Born in Lecco, at the age of almost 40 Badessi gave up his daily job as an accountant to embrace the theatre, making his debut in a stage play directed by Giancarlo Cobelli.[1][2] He was also active in cinema and on television, often playing character roles.[1]

Badessi died from a heart attack in Rome, on 6 December 2011, at the age of 83.[2]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1968 Gangsters '70
1968 Ace High Man with Moustache Promoting the Black Boxer Uncredited
1969 Tepepa Sergeant
1969 Colpo di Stato Man offering party
1969 Where Are You Going All Naked? Waiter
1969 Night of the Serpent Ignacio
1969 Eat It Pacetti
1970 Satiricosissimo Nerone
1970 Fermate il mondo... voglio scendere!
1971 Confessions of a Police Captain On. Grisì
1971 Roma Bene Rossi
1972 Monta in sella, figlio di… General El Supremo
1972 What Have You Done to Solange? Mr. Erickson
1972 Colpo grosso... grossissimo... anzi probabile
1972 Poppea... una prostituta al servizio dell'impero
1972 Aretino's Blue Stories Il precettore
1972 The Grand Duel Publican with Eyepatch
1972 Confessioni segrete di un convento di clausura Strangolagalli
1973 Le mille e una notte... e un'altra ancora! Husband of Gobeida
1973 Daniele e Maria
1973 Partirono preti, tornarono... curati
1973 Coronel Buttiglione Commendatore
1973 Giordano Bruno
1974 Il gioco della verità
1974 Innocence and Desire The Rector of seminary
1974 I'll Take Her Like a Father Don Liguori
1974 What Have They Done to Your Daughters? Paglia's Lawyer Uncredited
1974 Vermisat Medico del pronto soccorso
1974 The Profiteer Priest
1974 Il trafficone Mayor
1975 How to Kill a Judge Sen. Derrasi
1975 Mondo candido Governatore spagnolo
1975 Silent Action Vittorio Chiarotti
1975 Vergine e di nome Maria
1975 Amore vuol dir gelosia Don Ciro
1976 Povero Cristo Regista teatrale
1976 Salon Kitty Officer with Projector
1976 Todo modo Ventre
1976 Hit Squad The Sex Maniac on telephone
1976 Born Winner Head pastry chef
1977 A Man Called Magnum Avv. Cerullo
1977 Black Journal Lisa's friend
1977 Squadra antitruffa Baruffaldi - the Atalanta supporter
1978 Il figlio dello sceicco Barnes
1979 Caligula Claudius
1980 Action Gay man in the sauna
1982 Tiger Joe Bronski (final film role)

References

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  1. ^ a b Lancia, Enrico (2003). "Badessi, Giancarlo". Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli artisti : Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri (in Italian). Gremese Editore. p. 36. ISBN 978-88-8440-213-4.
  2. ^ a b "Roma: morto l'artista lecchese Giancarlo Badessi" (in Italian). Merate Online. 8 December 2011.
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