Gianni Rizzo

Gianni Rizzo (April 5, 1925 – February 4, 1992) was an Italian film actor. Between 1944 and 1986 he appeared in over seventy films and television productions, in a variety of supporting roles.

Gianni Rizzo
Rizzo in 1954
Born	(1925-04-05)5 April 1925[1] Brindisi, Apulia Italy
Died	4 February 1992(1992-02-04) (aged 66) Rome, Lazio Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1944–1986 (film)

His screen roles included parts in a number of peplum films, such as The Vengeance of Ursus (1961).^[2] He also appeared in Italian spy films, spaghetti westerns, and played the villain in the 1967 Perry Rhodan movie, Mission Stardust.

He died in 1992 at age 66.

Selected filmography

• Macario contro Zagomar (1949)
• City of Pain (1949) - Sergio
• A Night of Fame (1949) - Max
• Totò Le Mokò (1949) - Cicerone, Casbah tourguide (uncredited)
• The Crossroads (1951) - Beppe detto il Curato
• Three Steps North (1951) - The Greek
• Wolves Hunt at Night (1952) - Le commissaire italien
• A Mother Returns (1952) - Ex-amante di Elena
• Una croce senza nome (1952)
• Serenata amara (1952) - Peppe
• The Phantom Musketeer (1952) - Pierre de La Tour
• I Chose Love (1953)
• Puccini (1953)
• Carmen proibita (1953)
• Tripoli, Beautiful Land of Love (1954) - Rudi
• Disowned (1954)
• Pirate of the Half Moon (1957) - Visconte di Grand
• Orizzonte infuocato (1957) - Vasco
• Head of a Tyrant (1959) - Ozia
• Avventura a Capri (1959) - Antonio il parucchiere
• Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon (1959) - (uncredited)
• The Pirate and the Slave Girl (1959) - Nikopoulos
• La notte del grande assalto (1959) - The Maltese
• Agosto, donne mie non vi conosco (1959) - Proprietario del night-club
• Cavalcata selvaggia (1960)
• Gli scontenti (1961)
• The Vengeance of Ursus (1961) - Licurgo
• Zorro in the Court of Spain (1962) - Don Carlos
• Those Two in the Legion (1962) - Suprut
• Lo smemorato di Collegno (1962) - Ragionere
• Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963) - King Philip
• Slave Queen of Babylon (1963) - Ghelas
• The Ten Gladiators (1963) - Claudius Nero
• Sword in the Shadows (1963) - Giorgio
• Mission to Hell (1964) - John Yakiris
• Triumph of the Ten Gladiators (1964) - Sesto Vitorio
• 3 Avengers (1964) - Teomoco
• Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators (1964) - Senator Giulio Varro
• Le bambole (1965) - Hotel Manager
• Desperate Mission (1965) - Barrow
• I soldi (1965)
• Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966) - Politician with glasses
• Anónima de asesinos (1966) - Stephanolopoulus
• Vacanze sulla neve (1966)
• Requiem for a Secret Agent (1966) - Atenopoulos
• Lotus Flowers for Miss Quon (1967) - Blackie Lee
• Mission Stardust (1967) - Car Seller
• Desert Commandos (1967) - Perrier
• Face to Face (1967) - Williams
• If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death (1968) - Alman
• Run, Man, Run (1968) - Mayor Christopher Bannington
• Sabata (1969) - Judge O'Hara
• Adiós, Sabata (1970) - Folgen
• Lady Caliph (1970) - Un industriale
• Between Miracles (1971) - Priest
• The Decameron (1971) - Father Superior
• Return of Sabata (1971) - Jeremy Sweeney
• Alfredo, Alfredo (1972) - A Judge
• Bawdy Tales (1973) - Il cardinale
• Questa volta ti faccio ricco! (1974) - Giorgiakis
• Anno uno (1974) - Dirigente DC torinese
• Who Breaks... Pays (1975) - Mister Paul
• Beach House (1977) - L'allenatore
• The Uranium Conspiracy (1978) - The Captain
• The Lonely Lady (1983) - Gino Paoluzzi
• Everybody in Jail (1984) - Minister Euclide
• The Name of the Rose (1986) - Päpstliche Gesandte #5 (final film role)