
Venantino Venantini
Acting • Born 1930-04-17 – Died 2018-10-09
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. Source: Article "Venantino Venantini" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
151 credits
Could This Be Love?
Movie • 2007
Della Ponte

Number One
Movie • 1973
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La Cage aux Folles
Movie • 1978
Le chauffeur de Charrier

Madame, nuda è arrivata la straniera
Movie • 1989
Fisher

City of the Living Dead
Movie • 1980
Mr. Ross

I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster
Movie • 2008
Joe

Cannibal Ferox
Movie • 1981
Sgt. Ross

Cannibal Apocalypse
Movie • 1980
Lieutenant Hill

Crooks in Clover
Movie • 1963
Pascal

The Return of James Battle
Movie • 2004
Matt Kelso

The Sucker
Movie • 1965
Mickey, "le Bègue"

Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman
Movie • 1975
The Polo Player

Black Emanuelle
Movie • 1975
William Meredith

Flying Sex
Movie • 1980
Mr. Murphy

The Red Headed Corpse
Movie • 1972
Mr. Gonzales

Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
Movie • 2008
Self

The Agony and the Ecstasy
Movie • 1965
Paride de Grassis

Emma Hamilton
Movie • 1968
Prince Carraciola

Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant
Movie • 2015
Self

The Biggest Battle
Movie • 1978
Michael

Concorde Affair
Movie • 1979
Forsythe

First Love
Movie • 1978
Emilio

There Once Was a Cop
Movie • 1972
Felice, killer

The Big Grasshopper
Movie • 1967
Vladimir

Free Love
Movie • 1974
Chavad

Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye
Movie • 1973
Father Robertson

From Corleone to Brooklyn
Movie • 1979
Commissario Danova

Galia
Movie • 1966
Greg

Giggi il bullo
Movie • 1982
Don Salvatore

The Fuhrer Runs Amok
Movie • 1974
Valet italien

The War Devils
Movie • 1969
Heinrich Meinike

Exterminators of the Year 3000
Movie • 1983
John

A Day in Court
Movie • 1954

The Priest's Wife
Movie • 1970
Maurizio

Vanille fraise
Movie • 1989
Anselmo

Erotissimo
Movie • 1969
Sylvio

The Agony and the Ecstasy
Movie • 1965
Paris De Grassis

The Very Private Life of Mister Sim
Movie • 2015
Monsieur Matteotti

Balearic Caper
Movie • 1966
Giuliano

The Restaurant
Movie • 1966
Henrique, chef de la sécurité du président Novalès

The Police Serve the Citizens?
Movie • 1973
Mancinelli

Anzio
Movie • 1968
Capt. Burns

Delusions of Grandeur
Movie • 1971
Marquis del Basto

Odissea nuda
Movie • 1961
Film director

Playgirl 70
Movie • 1969

Rene the Cane
Movie • 1977
Carlo

Lady Dynamite
Movie • 1973

L'amico di Wang
Movie • 1997
Ezio

Troubleshooters
Movie • 1971
Tosca

Emanuelle in Bangkok
Movie • 1976
David

Hot Dogs On Ibiza
Movie • 1979
Norbert

Longshot
Movie • 1981
Henri Bresson

The Humanoid
Movie • 1979

Test of Memory
Movie • 1993

Warriors Five
Movie • 1962
Alberto

Conquest
Movie • 1971
Pedro de Valdivia

The Adventures of Hercules
Movie • 1985
High Priest

Dandelions by the Roots
Movie • 1964
Pierre Michon, comédien

The Repenter
Movie • 1985

A Way of Being a Woman
Movie • 1973
Simone

Are You Engaged to a Greek Sailor or an Airline Pilot?
Movie • 1971
Commissioner

The Beguines
Movie • 1972
Max

The Erotic Dreams of Cleopatra
Movie • 1985
Dolabella

Marseille
Movie • 2016
Giovanni

L'altra metà del cielo
Movie • 1977
Mr. Rickie

Love in the Night
Movie • 1968
Bollert

À deux c'est plus facile
Movie • 2009

Sesso e volentieri
Movie • 1982
l'uomo al cinema che adesca la donna procace (episodio L'avventura)

22 Bullets
Movie • 2010
Padovano

Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade
Movie • 1978
Giorgio Rivetti

Jeanne Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour
Movie • 2006
Le Tailleur

Contraband
Movie • 1980
Captain Tarantino

Love & Passion
Movie • 1987
Alfredo

Terror Express
Movie • 1980
Mike

The Eighteenth Angel
Movie • 1997
Clockmaker

The Magnificent Dare Devil
Movie • 1973
Piero Albertini

Young, Violent, Dangerous
Movie • 1976
Sign. Morandi

La Celestina P… R…
Movie • 1965
Carlo

Flatfoot in Egypt
Movie • 1980
Ruotolo

Fantasmagorie
Movie • 1964
The vampire

Fair Game
Movie • 1994
Claudio

Le faremo tanto male
Movie • 1998
Pietro

Gardenia
Movie • 1979
Nocita

Un + une
Movie • 2015
Henri

The War of the Robots
Movie • 1978
Paul

Vive la crise !
Movie • 2017
Luigi Pirandello

Ladyhawke
Movie • 1985
Bishop's Secretary

Hate Is My God
Movie • 1969
Sweetley

Riavanti… Marsch!
Movie • 1979
Sergeant Sconocchia

Sex Diary
Movie • 1976
amico di Luca

The Terrace
Movie • 1980
Terrace Guest

The Dinner
Movie • 1998
Curci

God Makes and Then Pairs Them Up
Movie • 1982
Occhipinti, il proprietario della discoteca

Crazy Underwear
Movie • 1992
Alessia's father

Michel Audiard : J'parle pas aux cons, ça les instruit
Movie • 2015
Self

Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst
Movie • 1983
Giorgio Rivetti (archive footage) (uncredited)

Phantasmagoria
Movie • 2014
GrandPa (segment "My Gift to You")

The Assisi Underground
Movie • 1985
Pietro

Aladdin
Movie • 1986
Puncher

Pastasciutta nel deserto
Movie • 1961
Malapaga

All You Ever Wished For
Movie • 2018
Old Gypsy

Macédoine
Movie • 1971
Brian Goffy

Per amore o per forza
Movie • 1971
Jane's father

Death Has a Bad Reputation
Movie • 1990
Umberto Aidoni

The Rip-Off
Movie • 1977
The Frenchman

Master of Love
Movie • 1972
Soldier from Sicily

Quella chiara notte d'ottobre
Movie • 1970
Killer

Escapade in Florence
Movie • 1962
Lorenzo

The Libertine
Movie • 1968
Aurelio

Ho visto le stelle
Movie • 2003
Duilio Masera

The Hideout
Movie • 2007
Installatore telefonico

Profession: Adventurers
Movie • 1973
Pablo

My Other Husband
Movie • 1983
Nino

C'è una spia nel mio letto
Movie • 1976
Roger, capo della CIA

Three Under the Sheets
Movie • 1979

Giovani e belli
Movie • 1996
Buby

No Sun in Venice
Movie • 1957

The New Barbarians
Movie • 1983
Father Moses

Heat in the Suburbs
Movie • 1975
Santuzzo

The Kisser
Movie • 1976
Giusy

Cop or Hood
Movie • 1979
Mario, shot of 'L'Auvergnat'

Beast in Space
Movie • 1980
Juan Cardoso

Nine Guests for a Crime
Movie • 1977
Walter

Fallait pas buter mémé!
Movie • 2003

Bandidos
Movie • 1967
Billy Kane

Bloody Sin: Abonimations of the Third Reich
Movie • 2011

The Museum Of Wonders
Movie • 2010
Master of Ceremonies

P.O.E. Pieces of Eldritch (P.O.E. 3)
Movie • 2014

Hyde's Secret Nightmare
Movie • 2012

Liberté, égalité, choucroute
Movie • 1985
Un sans-culotte

School's Out
Movie • 2008
Marcello, in love with Adèle

Windsurf - Il vento nelle mani
Movie • 1984
Walter

Un momento muy largo
Movie • 1964
Andrea Masi

Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
Movie • 1985

Toni
Movie • 1999
Minelli

The Lion's Share
Movie • 1985

Final Justice
Movie • 1984
Palermo

The King's Whore
Movie • 1990
Luis De Arragon

The Killer Likes Candy
Movie • 1968
Costa

Des cadavres à la pelle
Movie • 1991
Antonio

Mafiosa
TV • 2006
Charly Scaglia

Love at First Sight
TV • 1992
Santino

Coralba
TV • 1973
Karl Bauer

Return of the Saint
TV • 1978
Xexo

Oceano
TV • 1989
Ramiro Galeon

The Cesaronis
TV • 2006
Domenico Masetti

The secret files of Inspector Lavardin
TV • 1988
Giuseppe Rasia

Big Man
TV • 1988
Pierre Legrand

The boys of 3rd C
TV • 1987
Signor Lazzaretti

The boys of 3rd C
TV • 1987
Signor Lazzaretti / Commissario di polizia

The Art of Crime
TV • 2017
Leonard de Vinci