Venantino Venantini
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.
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Filmography
All You Ever Wished For
2018
as Old Gypsy
Vive la crise !
2017
as Luigi Pirandello
Marseille
2016
as Giovanni
The Very Private Life of Mister Sim
2015
as Monsieur Matteotti
Un + une
2015
as Henri
Michel Audiard : J'parle pas aux cons, ça les instruit
2015
as Self
Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant
2015
as Self
Phantasmagoria
2014
as GrandPa (segment "My Gift to You")
P.O.E. Pieces of Eldritch (P.O.E. 3)
2014
Hyde's Secret Nightmare
2012
Bloody Sin: Abonimations of the Third Reich
2011
The Museum Of Wonders
2010
as Master Of Ceremonies
22 Bullets
2010
as Padovano
À deux c'est plus facile
2009
School's Out
2008
as Marcello, in love with Adèle
I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster
2008
as Joe
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
2008
as Self
The Hideout
2007
as Installatore telefonico
Could This Be Love?
2007
as Della Ponte
Jeanne Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour
2006
as Le Tailleur
The Return of James Battle
2004
as Matt Kelso
Ho visto le stelle
2003
as Duilio Masera
Fallait pas buter mémé!
2003
Toni
1999
as Minelli