Salvatore Baccaro
Acting
Biography
Salvatore Baccaro (22 February 1932 – 18 December 1984) was an Italian character actor. He was recognizable for his known acromegaly and appeared in more than sixty films from 1970 to 1984. He died on 18 December 1984 aged 52 after thyroid surgery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Salvatore Baccaro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: February 22, 1932
Place of Birth: Roccamandolfi, Isernia, Molise, Italy
Known For
Deep Red
An English pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of his psychic neighbor. With the help of a tenacious young reporter, he tries to discover the killer using very unconventional methods. The two are soon drawn into a shocking web of dementia and violence.
Without Family
Released from the orphanage at the age of thirty, a man dreams of finding his mother.
Blonde in Black Leather
Two racy women decide to chuck their mundane lives and go on a wild adventure.
The Most Beautiful Wife
A 16-year-old Sicilian becomes the target of a mafia hit man after refusing to go through with her prearranged marriage.
In the Pope's Eye
The Pope is disturbed by the fact that today's youth are not as spiritually inclined as they should be, and so he decides to set up a Vatican television station and entice them back into the religion of their ancestors. In order to particularly grab the wandering flock, a priest invites the comedians from "The Other Sunday," an actual comedy program on Italian television, to perform on this new channel.
Salomé
Salome is the daughter of the second wife of King Herod. The King is infatuated with her and, after she fails to seduce the prophet John The Baptist, she dances for the King in order to ask for his execution.
Farfallon
A man who has tried to kill his unfaithful wife goes to prison, escapes, ends up in a convent, teaches the nuns to make cookies, captured again and before going back to prison tries to take his long awaited revenge again. Does he eventually succeed in killing his wife?
Who Gave You the License?
Franco and Ciccio are the directors of a driving school. They suffer the theft of the only car they have, and their new car is prone to going completely out of his control.
Il casinista
Pippo Caciotta is an actor looking for a role. His manager wants to renew his repertoire. Caciotta then, with the help of the brother Poldo and a camera, go around the city to find new ideas.
The Fiend
A low rank journalist at Tribuna Sera newspaper receives a letter one day. His correspondence contains a serial killer's letters, which he exploits.
Filmography
as Amilcare
as becchino
as Giovanni
as Flipperista
as cliente della veggente
as un detenuto
as contadino
as Corista
as Corista
as L'uomo primitivo nell'Aldilà
as Gustavo, il bagnino (episodio "Sabato")
as esattore
as Neanderthal Man
as Crispino (uncredited)
as The Beast
as Lupo cattivo
as Charlie (uncredited)
as Salvatore, Sailor (Segment "L'armadio Di Troia")
as Neanderthal Prisoner (uncredited)
as Soldato Etrusco (uncredited)
as uomo baffuto (episodio "La Cavallona")
as Man at the Sabbath
as Fruit Vendor (uncredited)
as Satanetto's Mother
as Orco
as Righetto
as Vindice
as vicino di Sonny
as Detenuto enorme
as Winekeeper
as Man fainting
as Duke of Buckingham
as Garafino
as Bart Henchman
as Saloon Barkeeper
as Brigante (uncredited)
as Satanasso
as Paco
as Male Nurse (uncredited)
as Revolutionary
as Friar in Purgatory (uncredited)
as Salvatore