Ennio Balbo
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Ennio Balbo.
Born: April 18, 1922
Place of Birth: Naples, Italy
Known For
Corruption
Stefano is a shy and sensitive teenager who has just completed his studies in Switzerland and is considering becoming a monk. But his father, a rich Milanese publisher, who had the ambition to see his son succeed him, refuses and takes him on a cruise with a young woman to take this idea out of his mind...
The Police Commissioner
Popular Italian comic Alberto Sordi does an excellent job of creating a bumbling yet effective police inspector by the unlikely name of Dante Lombardozzi, in this entertaining comedy-murder mystery by director Luigi Comencini.
Spies Kill Silently
Professor Freeman is an important English scientist that is investigating a method to treat cancer. His daughter is killed in the swimming pool of a hotel in Beirut. The case is confidential so that the mission is entrusted to the Special Agent Mikel Brown.
The Day of the Owl
Set in Sicily, this violent crime drama tells the tale of an Italian cop who heads to a small island town to look into the death of a construction supplier. Once there he is shocked by the influence the Mafia has over the people and even himself.
How to Kill a Judge
A filmmaker's popular movie about a corrupt judge who is killed by the Mafia seemingly foretells the murder of a magistrate who orders the film's seizure.
The Great Kidnapping
In early seventies Italy, plagued by criminality and political terrorism, a fearless police commissioner is sent to restore law and order in a northern industrial town devastated by a recent wave of violence and kidnappings..
La sconfitta di Trotsky
Day of Anger
A scruffy garbage boy becomes the pupil of famed gunfighter Talby, and the stage for confrontation is set when the gunman overruns the boy's town through violence and corruption.
The Man with the Balloons
Mario is a Milan industrialist who is constantly testing balloons to see how much air one can take before busting.
Pinocchio
The film was directed by Giuliano Cenci with assistance from his brother Renzo. During production, Carlo Collodis grandchildren Mario and Antonio Lorenzini were consulted. The subtle movements made by fidgeting children whilst speaking or under scrutiny were incorporated into Pinocchios movements, particularly when he lies to the Fairy with the Turquoise Hair over the fate of his gold coins. For the design of the Fairy, Italian portrayals of the Blessed Virgin Mary in art were used as starting points.
Filmography
as Professor Mauri
as Theodoto (archive footage)
as Continenza
as industriale Lombardi
as Monsignor Solinas
as Il giudice istruttore
as Nenni
as Frossi
as Prefetto
as Alidoro (voice)
as Il generale
as Chief of Police
as Storekeeper
as Mocenigo
as Suocero di Agasti
as Marras
as Mobster #1 at Banquet
as Turner, Banker
as Papillon
as Lenin
as (as William Bosh)
as Police Chief
as Brother of Mohamed (segment "L'uomo dei 5 palloni")
as Police Chief
as Professor Franz Kurtz
as Coroner
as Oscar Stinnel
as il giudice
as Morandi
as conte Panin
as Theodotus
as Tiresia