Antonio Cantafora

Antonio Cantafora (2 February 1944 – 20 April 2024), also known professionally as Michael Coby, was an Italian film and television actor.

Antonio Cantafora
Cantafora as Coby in Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket, 1975
Born	(1944-02-02)2 February 1944 Crotone, Italy
Died	20 April 2024(2024-04-20) (aged 80) Rome, Italy
Other names	Michael Coby

Life and career

Born in Crotone, Cantafora studied acting with Alessandro Fersen, then he made his film debut in 1967.^[1] Between 1973 and 1977, he made a series of films with Paul L. Smith, a couple formed with the purpose of copying the successful films of the duo Terence Hill and Bud Spencer.^[2][3] Smith played Bud Spencer-like characters, while Coby was thanks to a vague resemblance a Terence Hill lookalike.^[4][1][5] Later Cantafora continued his career mainly as a character actor, working with prominent directors such as Federico Fellini, Jerzy Skolimowski, Bruno Barreto, Alberto Lattuada, Mauro Bolognini.^[1] Cantafora died of a heart attack in Rome on 20 April 2024, aged 80.^[6][7]

Partial filmography

• The Dirty Outlaws (1967) - (uncredited)
• Lo stato d'assedio (1969) - Umberto
• Ombre roventi (1970)
• And God Said to Cain (1970) - Dick Acombar
• Shoot Joe, and Shoot Again (1971) - Jack's Man
• Black Killer (1971) - Ramon O'Hara
• Baron Blood (1972) - Peter Kleist
• Decameron proibitissimo (Boccaccio mio statte zitto) (1972) - Fra' Domenico
• Novelle galeotte d'amore (1972)
• Bounty Hunter in Trinity (1972) - Pizarro
• Metti lo diavolo tuo ne lo mio inferno (1973) - Ricciardetto
• L'affaire Crazy Capo (1973) - Antonio Marchesi
• Supermen Against the Orient (1973) - Max
• ...e continuavano a mettere lo diavolo ne lo inferno (1973) - Ricciardo
• Carambola! (1974) - Toby
• La badessa di Castro (1974) - Giulio Branciforti
• Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket (1975) - Coby
• Convoy Buddies (1975) - Toby
• We Are No Angels (1975) - Angel
• The Diamond Peddlers (1976) - Matteo / Butch
• La casa (1976) - Philip
• Carioca tigre (1976) - Carlo Parodi
• Sahara Cross (1977)
• Enfantasme (1978) - Flavio, le hippy
• Midnight Blue (1979) - Pier Luigi
• Supersonic Man (1979) - Paul
• The Bitch (1979) - Nico Cantafora
• The Cricket (1980) - Alberto 'Cipria' Antonelli
• Gabriela (1983) - Tonico Bastos
• Scream for Help (1984) - Man At Motel
• Demons 2 (1986) - Ingrid's Father
• Puro cashmere (1986) - Jody
• Intervista (1987) - Spouse
• Il coraggio di parlare (1987) - Caporale
• Der Commander (1988) - Nick De Carlo
• Donna d'ombra (1988) - Vincenzo
• Torrents of Spring (1989) - Richter
• Vacanze di Natale '90 (1990) - Pippo
• Il ritorno del grande amico (1990)
• In camera mia (1992) - Mannari
• Giovanni Falcone (1993) - Totuccio Inzerillo
• Power and Lovers (1994) - Toto
• A spasso nel tempo (1996) - Casanova
• Marquise (1997)
• Il decisionista (1997)
• Hammamet Village (1997)
• Buck and the Magic Bracelet (1998) - Sergeant O'Connor
• The Card Player (2004) - Vice Squad Chief Marini
• I Viceré (2007)
• One Of The Family (2018) - Cicciuzzo