Fabio Testi
Acting
Biography
Fabio Testi (born 2 August 1941) is an Italian film actor, notable as the star of, among many other films, First Action Hero. Born in Peschiera del Garda, Italy, the 1.84m tall actor started his film career as a stuntman in his college years. His most famous job as a stuntman was in Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West, where he fell from a rooftop and hit the ground on his shoulder. Testi married only once, in 1979, to Lola Navarro, with whom he fathered three children. He skirted international stardom through a series of unusual role choices and a firm decision to remain in Italy. He chose to work with people like Miles Deem, known as the "Ed Wood of Spaghetti Westerns" when better roles were available. Testi was cast by director Andrzej Żuławski in L'important c'est d'aimer (1975), opposite Romy Schneider, Klaus Kinski, Jacques Dutronc and Claude Dauphin. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fabio Testi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: August 2, 1941
Place of Birth: Peschiera del Garda, Verona, Italy
Known For
King of the Sands
A daring, compelling and controversial take on the life of prince Abdulaziz Al Saud (Ibn Saud), founder of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes
Documentary portrait of the actress Romy Schneider, in which director Frederick Baker tries to form an overall picture from the facets of image, myth, real life and screen persona.
Desert of Fire
A helicopter crashes in the Sahara Desert. The entire crew are killed - only a small infant miraculously survives. Emir Tafud, who has no children of his own, brings the child up as his successor. When Ben is 25 years old he decides to set off in search of his true parents.
Desert of Fire
A helicopter crashes in the Sahara Desert. The entire crew are killed - only a small infant miraculously survives. Emir Tafud, who has no children of his own, brings the child up as his successor. When Ben is 25 years old he decides to set off in search of his true parents. In Casablanca he meets French crook Jacquot, who takes him with him to Monte Carlo. They both actually manage to find Ben's mother Christine. She tells Ben that his father was a scientist on a secret mission to Africa. Christine wants Ben to stay in Monte Carlo and take over her firm, but Ben has his heart set on living in Belem with his adored Amina. But now Ben gradually unearths a dreadful secret: Christine's second husband François was responsible for the death of his father, who had discovered valuable minerals in the Sahara. After a bitter struggle, Ben finally succeeds in saving his homeland from Western greed.
Once Upon a Time in the West
As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.
Ciao Darwin
Ciao Darwin is a variety game show format from Italy sold under licence to several countries, including Romania, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, Canada, USA, China and Greece. There are two competing teams of about 50 people each, usually made up of people who fit certain opposing stereotypes. In each game two members of the audience are selected at random, one from each team, indicated by a light in front of them which remains illuminated when all the other team members' lights have gone off. The games involve contestants competing in acts of bravery, style and talent, some of which are designed to humiliate the contestants, especially an assault course which was introduced with the Italian version in 2010, and the Finale which is a water tank game.
The Avenger, Zorro
The young Flem Mascaslim it be a hindrance to Bill Warner and, like his father did, try to get rid of it to take over his ranch. Along with his manager devises a plan: will be arrested on suspicion of robbing a bank and present false witnesses to his sentence. But the Fox manages to free the boy, putting him safely home of a friend and her daughter.
The Return of Sandokan
Sandokan is called by his friend Yáñez, now attached to the maharani Surama, to help them against her cousin Raska treacherous plans. Journalist lady Dora and photographer Alfred, on their side, pursue the famous rebel pirate to get an interview. They will go together through danger and adventure. The third chapter in the "Sandokan" saga starred by Kabir Bedi.
Letters to Juliet
An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the letter.
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Filmography
as Oil Miller
as John Diman (Old)
as Self (archive footage)
as Jailer
as Domenico Vechiarelli
as Abdulaziz Al Saud (Ibn Saud)
as Nestor Duran
as Count Lorenzo
as Pietro
as Savelli
as Montellini Roures
as Dr. Leonardis
as Dottor Ruggeri
as Capitano Padania
as Fausto D'Alessio
as Armando Colucci
as Daniel Diderot
as Daniel Diderot
as Janez De Gomera
as Schizzo's father
as Peter
as Mark Fierro
as Commissario Luca Calarno
as Carlos
as Carlo
as Sergio Dinardo
as René Faragi
as Ermes Corsini
as Gamboa
as Giovanni Agnelli
as Lucas Iturriaga
as Lorenzo
as Carlo Ferraro
as Carlo Ferraro
as Boda
as Mustapha Hashimi
as Roberto Ripa
as Francesco Palumbo
as Michele Alemani
as Rudi
as Luca Di Angelo
as Rudolf Caserta
as Paolo
as Fabio Testi
as Arquimedes
as Inspector Gianni Di Salvo
as Renzo
as Clayton Drumm
as Fabio
as Nicola Palmieri
as Mario Ferramonti
as Marco Sartori
as Stubby Preston
as Bill Cormack
as Servais Mont
as Ringo
as Don Gaetano Fungillo
as Buenaventura Diaz
as Milo Ruiz
as Floyd
as Gerolamo Poliziani - detto 'Gepo'
as Tonino Russo
as Enrico Rosseni
as Georges Gasset
as Soranzo
as Roy Greenford
as Bruno
as Sheriff Jack Ronson / Sartana
as Francesco di Villaverde
as (uncredited)
as Zorro / Don Diego
as Pvt. Terry Wilson
as Rogers' Man (uncredited)
as Ross
as Frank's Gunman (uncredited)
as Steve Cooper
as Tall Man at Party (uncredited)
as Warrior enlisting Franco and Ciccio
as Donovan henchman
as Bit part (uncredited)
as Jean