Venantino Venantini
Acting
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.
Born: April 17, 1930
Place of Birth: Fabriano, Marche, Italy
Known For
The secret files of Inspector Lavardin
The Dossiers of Inspector Lavardin is a French television series in four 90-minute episodes, created by Dominique Roulet and Claude Chabrol and broadcast between September 15, 1988 and February 1, 1990 on TF1. It follows the two films Chicken in Vinegar and Inspector Lavardin directed by Claude Chabrol and already featuring Jean Poiret in the role of Lavardin. This short series depicts the investigations of Inspector Lavardin, a tongue-in-cheek policeman known for his bad manners.
Michel Audiard : J'parle pas aux cons, ça les instruit
With his popular culture, prolific imagination, and verbal alchemy, Michel Audiard revolutionized cinema in the 1950s and 1960s. Alongside his mentor and friend Jean Gabin, his writing partner Albert Simonin, and his favorite actors Bernard Blier, Lino Ventura, and Michel Serrault, we find his verve and innate sense of repartee, which alone reflect the spirit of the French people and language. From elegance to cheekiness, cynicism to tenderness, he made words speak like no one else. Between the expressions he stole from bar counters to refine them and his encyclopedic knowledge of French culture, he created a unique style and ranks alongside Prévert and Jeanson as one of the greatest dialogue writers in French cinema.
Crooks in Clover
An aging gangster, Fernand Naudin is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inherits a fortune from an old friend, a former gangster supremo known as the Mexican. If he is ambivalent about his new found wealth, Fernand is positively nonplussed to discover that he has also inherited his benefactor’s daughter, Patricia. Unfortunately, not only does Fernand have to put up with the thoroughly modern Patricia and her nauseating boyfriend, but he also had to contend with the Mexican’s trigger-happy former employees, who are determined to make a claim.
Delusions of Grandeur
Don Sallust is the minister of the King of Spain. Being disingenuous, hypocritical, greedy and collecting the taxes for himself, he is hated by the people he oppresses. Accused by The Queen, a beautiful princess Bavarian, of having an illegitimate child to one of her maids of honor, he was stripped of his duties and ordered to retire to a monastery.
The Sucker
In this Franco-Italian gangster parody, a shopkeeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash that totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friend's car from Naples to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be filled with such contraband as stolen money, jewelry and drugs, the involuntary and unwitting companions in crime soon attract all but recreational attention from the "milieu".
I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster
Told in four vignettes, this existential comedy relates the exploits of four aspiring criminals who hope to improve their lot, but find that they might not have what it takes for a life of crime.
Fantasmagorie
In 1743, in the French countryside, a strange epidemic deserted the region. 200 years later, a young woman wakes curiously languid after a restless night. Her husband received a letter a few hours later asking him to go to a remote place for business, where he would have to spend the night. If he succeeds in reassuring his young wife, who has a presentiment of being separated for the first time from him, the first night spent in his host's house will topple everything.
The Terrace
Eight Italian politicians from the communist party gather on a terrace in Rome for a get-together. They discuss about their past, present and future.
The Agony and the Ecstasy
During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to sculpt 40 statues for his tomb. When the pope changes his mind and asks the sculptor to paint a mural in the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo doubts his painting skills and abandons the project. Divine inspiration returns Michelangelo to the mural, but his artistic vision clashes with the pope's demanding personality and threatens the success of the historic painting.
The Agony and the Ecstasy
During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to sculpt 40 statues for his tomb. When the pope changes his mind and asks the sculptor to paint a mural in the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo doubts his painting skills and abandons the project. Divine inspiration returns Michelangelo to the mural, but his artistic vision clashes with the pope's demanding personality and threatens the success of the historic painting.
Filmography
as Old Gypsy
as Leonard de Vinci
as Luigi Pirandello
as Giovanni
as Monsieur Matteotti
as Henri
as GrandPa (segment "My Gift to You")
as Master of Ceremonies
as Padovano
as Marcello, in love with Adèle
as Installatore telefonico
as Della Ponte
as Charly Scaglia
as Le Tailleur
as Domenico Masetti
as Matt Kelso
as Duilio Masera
as Minelli
as Curci
as Pietro
as Ezio
as Clockmaker
as Buby
as Claudio
as Santino
as Alessia's father
as Antonio
as Luis De Arragon
as Umberto Aidoni
as Anselmo
as Fisher
as Ramiro Galeon
as Pierre Legrand
as Giuseppe Rasia
as Alfredo
as Signor Lazzaretti / Commissario di polizia
as Signor Lazzaretti
as Puncher
as Dolabella
as Pietro
as High Priest
as Un sans-culotte
as Bishop's Secretary
as Palermo
as Walter
as Nino
as Giorgio Rivetti (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Father Moses
as Occhipinti, il proprietario della discoteca
as l'uomo al cinema che adesca la donna procace (episodio L'avventura)
as Don Salvatore
as Sgt. Ross
as Henri Bresson
as Mr. Ross
as Captain Tarantino
as Lieutenant Hill
as Juan Cardoso
as Ruotolo
as Terrace Guest
as Mr. Murphy
as Mike
as Sergeant Sconocchia
as Norbert
as Nocita
as Commissario Danova
as Mario, shot of 'L'Auvergnat'
as Forsythe
as Emilio
as Le chauffeur de Charrier
as Xexo
as Paul
as Giorgio Rivetti
as Michael
as The Frenchman
as Mr. Rickie
as Carlo
as Walter
as Sign. Morandi
as Roger, capo della CIA
as David
as amico di Luca
as Giusy
as The Polo Player
as William Meredith
as Santuzzo
as Chavad
as Valet italien
as Piero Albertini
as Simone
as Mancinelli
as a
as Pablo
as Father Robertson
as Soldier from Sicily
as Max
as Mr. Gonzales
as Felice, killer
as Marquis del Basto
as Pedro de Valdivia
as Commissioner
as Tosca
as Jane's father
as Maurizio
as Killer
as Heinrich Meinike
as Sylvio
as Sweetley
as Aurelio
as Prince Carraciola
as Capt. Burns
as Bollert
as Costa
as Billy Kane
as Vladimir
as Henrique, chef de la sécurité du président Novalès
as Giuliano
as Greg
as Paride de Grassis
as Paris De Grassis
as Mickey, "le Bègue"
as Carlo
as The vampire
as Pierre Michon, comédien
as Andrea Masi
as Pascal
as Lorenzo
as Alberto
as Malapaga
as Film director