Luciano Catenacci
Italian actor and production manager
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Luciano Catenacci (13 April 1933 – 4 October 1990) was an Italian actor and production manager who worked on mainly Italian produced films during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
Luciano Catenacci | |
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Catenacci in Italian Graffiti (1973) | |
| Born | 13 April 1933 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 4 October 1990 (aged 57) Melbourne, Australia |
| Occupation | Actor |
Life and career
Born in Rome, Catenacci started his career as a production manager, and was later convinced by several directors including Mario Bava to move into acting.[1] After appearing in several films with the pseudonyms Luciano Lorcas and Max Lawrence, in the early 1970s he definitely started being credited with his real name.[1] Mainly cast in roles of villains and criminals, he is best known for his performance as Benito Mussolini in Damiano Damiani's The Assassin of Rome.[1]
Selected filmography
- Lady Morgan's Vengeance (1965) - Physician (uncredited)
- Z7 Operation Rembrandt (1966)
- Kill, Baby, Kill (1966) - Karl the Burgomeister
- Fury of Johnny Kid (1967) - Campos Henchman
- Come rubare un quintale di diamanti in Russia (1967) - Brett
- The Stranger Returns (1967) - Townsman (uncredited)
- Halleluja for Django (1967) - Jarrett Gang
- Un colpo da re (1967) - Gang member
- Black Jesus (1968) - Sergeant
- Hell in Normandy (1968) - Navy Sailor
- The Son of Black Eagle (1968)
- The Battle of Sinai (1968) - Arden
- The Battle of El Alamein (1969) - Sgt. O'Hara
- A Complicated Girl (1969)
- The Battle of the Damned (1969) - Sgt. Dean
- Hour X Suicide Patrol (1969) - Pvt. Jimmy Clay
- 36 ore all'inferno (1969) - Landing
- Uccidete Rommel (1969) - Italian Soldier
- Rangers: attacco ora X (1970) - Sergeant Francone
- In the Folds of the Flesh (1970) - Antoine
- Bolidi sull'asfalto a tutta birra! (1970) - Official in Riccione race
- El último día de la guerra (1970) - German Aide
- Colt in the Hand of the Devil (1970) - El Loco
- Due bianchi nell'Africa nera (1970) - Col. Von Tambler
- Blackie the Pirate (1971) - Chain (uncredited)
- Confessions of a Police Captain (1971) - Ferdinando Lomunno
- The Price of Death (1971) - Sheriff Tom Stanton
- Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971) - Morgue Employee
- Ben and Charlie (1972) - Kurt
- It Can Be Done Amigo (1972) - James
- The Assassin of Rome (1972) - Benito Mussolini
- La Scoumoune (1972)
- The Sicilian Connection (1972) - Tony
- We Want the Colonels (1973) - The Highway Patroller
- Super Bitch (1973) - Gamble
- Here We Go Again, Eh Providence? (1973) - Count de Ortega
- Long Lasting Days (1973) - Spyros
- Italian Graffiti (1973) - Il Reverendo
- Almost Human (1974) - Ugo Majone
- Carambola! (1974) - Cpt. Howard Johnson
- How to Kill a Judge (1975) - Meloria the Attorney
- Manhunt in the City (1975) - Lt. Pascucci
- Syndicate Sadists (1975) - Conti
- Go Gorilla Go (1975) - The Manager of the Shooting Range
- The Tough Ones (1976) - Ferdinando Gerace
- Crime Busters (1977) - Fred 'Curly' Cline
- The Biggest Battle (1978) - British Communications Officer
- Goodbye & Amen (1978) - Vincent
- Brothers Till We Die (1978) - Adalberto Maria Perrone
- Odds and Evens (1978) - Paragoulis the Greek
- L'ultimo guappo (1978) - Don Pasquale Ronciglio
- A Dangerous Toy (1979) - A bodyguard of Griffo
- A Man on His Knees (1979) - The commissioner
- Lion of the Desert (1980) - Italian Soldier
- Moving Out (1983) - Maria's Father
- Street Hero (1984) - Ciccio
- Initiation (1987) - The Bit Part
- Evil Angels (1988) - The Jury
- The Bit Part (1988) - Mario
- The Dark Sun (1990) - Commissioner Catena
- Volevo i pantaloni (1990) - Michele
