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Renato Salvatori (20 March 1934 – 27 March 1988) was an Italian multi-purpose character actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Renato Salvatori, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
1981
as Colonnello Macchi
The son of the owner of a large Italian cheese factory is kidnapped, but as the factory is on the verge of bankruptcy the owner hatches a plan to use ...

Ace
1981
as Bretella
Asso (Ace), the best poker-player in town, was killed in his wedding night, because he won too much against a bad loser. In the "final" game in heaven...

The Cricket
1980
as Carburo
An impressionable young woman's relationship with an aging prostitute leads to a job as a maid at a brothel.

Lost and Found
1980
as Davide
Oppressed by her husband, her lover, and her obsessive mother, a bourgeois woman is reunited with a childhood companion at the central train station i...

Luna
1979
as Communist
While touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his hero...

Ernesto
1979
as Cesco
Ernesto is a young Italian Jew of the early 1900s who works in his uncle's factory in Trieste. Not entirely secure with his sexual orientation, Ernest...

Armageddon
1977
as Albert
After years of poverty, Carrier, a repairman, inherits a large sum of money upon his brother's death in an accident. Now rich, he decides it is time t...

One Way or Another
1976
as Dr. Scalambri
Set during a retreat of Christian Democrat politicians who practice spiritual exercises together, it is an allegory of corrupted power. Disturbing, cl...

The Last Woman
1976
as René
Psychological drama of the compelling relationship between a young French engineer and the girl he takes into his home after his wife has left him wit...

Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
1976
as Roberto Pasquini
Fred and Tony are members of an elite 'special squad' of police in Rome, Italy who are licensed-to-kill, undercover cops and who love to live dangero...

Illustrious Corpses
1976
as Police Commissioner
A detective is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges.

The Gypsy
1975
as Jo Amila
Two thieves, Hugo Sennart and Yan Kuq, wanted by the same police inspector, cross paths by chance.

Flic Story
1975
as Mario Poncini
The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Pari...

The Suspect
1975
as Gavino Pintus
Fascism has forced the leadership of the Italian Communist Party to settle in Paris. In Italy arrests of militants are decimating the organization, so...

A Brief Vacation
1973
as Franco Mataro, the husband
Forced to support herself, her children, her physically incapacitated husband and her obtrusive brother and mother, a downtrodden working woman contra...

The Burned Barns
1973
as Hotelier
The body of a young woman is discovered near a farm. The judge, Larcher is in charge and thinks that the farmers have something to do with the murder.

At the Meeting with Joyous Death
1973
as Henri
The premise deals with a family living in a country-house which turns out to be 'alive' – to the point where a TV crew is brought in to 'capture' the ...

State of Siege
1972
as Captain Lopez
Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government...

Indian Summer
1972
as Marcello
In Italy, the gambler and professor of poetry Daniele Dominici arrives in the seaside town of Rimini and is hired to teach for four months in the loca...

The Burglars
1971
as Renzi
In Athens a collection of emeralds is successfully stolen by a team of robbers, led by safe-cracker Azad. Things go smoothly until they miss the ship ...

The Light at the Edge of the World
1971
as Montefiore
Pirates take over a lighthouse on a rocky island. They then execute a devious plan to cause ships to run aground, pillaging their wrecks. A lone membe...

Burn!
1969
as Teddy Sanchez
The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar...

Memories of the Future
1969
as Coronel Francisco Rosas
A story where the Cristero Rebellion creates a story of love, passion, and betrayal. When the Federal Rosas and his lover arrive in a town, a local wo...

Z
1969
as Yago
Amid a tense political climate, the opposition leader is killed in an apparent accident. When a prosecutor smells a cover-up, witnesses get targeted. ...

The Harem
1967
as Gaetano
A seductive woman pushes three men to the limits toying with their sexual desires and male pride.

Film
1967
as Himself
Before the three feature films, Mario Schifano directs the camera towards the people around him to create real film diaries. His friends, his time par...

Carol + Bill
1967
William Berger and his wife Carol are the protagonists of this silent film, in which bodies come to the fore and the gaze becomes obsessive.

Soldier's Girl
1967
as Antonio
Anita, a free Emilian girl falls in love with Salvatore, a Neapolitan bersagliere. The two would like to get married, but he drowns while bathing in t...

How to Seduce a Playboy?
1966
as Boy Schock
A young man is chosen by a magazine company to be a modeled into a public heart-throb while being dogged by a persistant reporter out to expose the fr...

The Reckless
1965
as Ettore Zambrini
In the figure of Ettore Zambrini, a small industrialist with a dream of opening a factory overlooking the Autostrada del Sole, Montaldo offers us an e...

Extraconiugale
1964
as Renato (segment "La moglie svedese")
Three anthological segments about sexcapades and erotic fantasies in middle-class Italy.

Three Nights of Love
1964
as Nicola
Omnibus film with individual segments directed by Renato Castellani, Luigi Comencini and Franco Rossi; all of them starring the radiant Catherine Spaa...

The Organizer
1963
as Raoul
In the late 19th century, a former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a textile factory...

Omicron
1963
as Omicron - Angelo Trabucchi
An alien takes over the body of a factory worker in order to learn about Earth so his race can take it over.
Of Flesh and Blood
1963
as Frances
Samuel finances his participation in a card game by stealing parts from a jeep. He cheats at cards, and has his hands broken as a consequence.

The Shortest Day
1963
as Soldato
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.

The Sword and the Balance
1963
as François
Three young men are suspected of kidnapping and murdering a little boy. Most likely, two of them are really involved, but one is not. All of their pas...

Smog
1962
as Mario Scarpelli
An ambitious Italian attorney has his flight delayed in Los Angeles. The vapid lawyer goes to some parties with some Italians living there and has a b...

La banda Casaroli
1962
as Paolo Casaroli
Based on the misdeeds of the criminal group headed by Paolo Casaroli, who were dedicated to robbing banks.

Disorder
1962
as Mario
Study of 1960s Milanese social life and its glamorous depravity, as seen through the story of the working class Mario who dreams of social climbing.

A Day for Lionhearts
1961
as Orlando
September the 8th 1943, Rome, day of the armistice. Danilo escapes the fascist enlist, while Michele succeeded to leave his administration moving from...

Two Women
1960
as Florindo (uncredited)
A young widow flees from Rome during WWII and takes her lonely twelve-year-old-daughter to her rural hometown but the horrors of war soon catch up wit...

Rocco and His Brothers
1960
as Simone Parondi
When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.

Escape by Night
1960
as Renato Balducci
In Nazi-occupied Rome, a beautiful bootlegger, to the chagrin of her lover, gives sanctuary to three escaped POWs: an American pilot, a Russian sergea...

Fiasco in Milan
1959
as Mario Angeletti
The usual gang of robbers are hired by a thief from Milan to steal a suitcase full of money, but troubles will hinder the success of the operation.

The Swindlers
1959
as Mario Balducci
Mario is in Hannover to work as a miner but after losing his job he decides to go back to Italy. When Totonno steals his passport to avoid the police ...

Winter Holidays
1959
as Gianni
Alberto Moretti arrives in Cortina D'Ampezzo, with daughter Marcella,who has just won a TV contest, the prize of which is a free stay in a luxury hote...

Poor Millionaires
1959
as Salvatore
After a series of misunderstandings and other unfortunate incidents, the honeymoon of two young couples ends sooner than planned. Back at their starti...

Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
1959
as Mario Marchetti
Policarpo De Tappetti is a calligrapher who works under the orders of Don César Pancarano de Rondò. For many years, Policarpo has been seeking a promo...

Hell in the City
1959
as Piero
A young girl comes to prison and experiences the entire prison subculture. The inmates she befriends vary from big tough dangerous dames to smaller su...

South Wind
1959
as Antonio Spagara
Antonio Spagara, a young Sicilian worker, has been assigned by the Mafia to murder a nobleman, Marquis Macri. But at the last minute Antonio reneges o...

Dangerous Women
1958
as Federico
Federico, Bruno, Pirro and Benny are married. The first three have beautiful wifes, Benny instead is married to a ugly woman. Ornella is Bruno's wife,...

La nipote Sabella
1958
as Raffaele
Donna Sabella accompanies her nephew Raffaele and Lucia on their honeymoon in Rome when he meets two Americans who want to go to Pollena because there...

Big Deal on Madonna Street
1958
as Mario Angeletti
Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make...

A Sailor's Promises
1958
as Luciano, il guardamarina

You, Your Mother, and Me
1958
as Nicolino
In 1950s Naples, a couple struggles to be together against the will of the mother-in-law. In the end, not only will they be together, but the mother-i...

Poor Girl, Pretty Girl
1957
as Salvatore
Romolo and Salvatore look for jobs to impress their girlfriends, but things get complicated when their old flame Giovanna reappears.

Husbands in the City
1957
as Mario
In the summer, while their wives and children are away, four men try to enjoy their free time.

Oh! Sabella
1957
as Raffaele Rizzullo
Raffaele, a Neapolitan student, get the news that his beloved grandmother Sabella is dying. He immediately goes to Pollena to be beside her.

Marisa
1957
as Angelo
For the 17-year-old Mariza, there is no other house than the train station in Civitavecchia. Here, an orphaned girl lives early after the death of her...

Poor But Beautiful
1957
as Salvatore
Salvatore and Romolo are two young and poor young men that are neighbours and friends. They live with their parents in Piazza Navona, Rome. They are p...
Class of Iron
1957

The Virtuous Bigamist
1956
The Provence, somewhere in the 1950's. Paul Verdier, traveling salesman, leaves his home and his quarrelsome wife for his weekly round. On the train h...

Public Opinion
1954
Following the death of his wife in unclear circumstances, the mechanic Egisto Bianchi is accused of auxoricide. A journalist begins to take care of th...

Gli uomini, che mascalzoni!
1953
as Carletto

Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair
1953
as Ralf, figlio di Morgan
Collected at the age of two, under extreme conditions, by a company of Gypsies, Jolly grew up among them, together with the man who accompanied her.

Good Folk's Sunday
1953
as Giulio
In the background of the football match Roma - Napoli different stories intertwine.

I tre corsari
1952
as Rolando di Ventimiglia, il Corsaro Rosso
The castle of the counts of Ventimiglia is conquered by the spanish Van Gould, who kills the count and sends his three sons in the Antilles. The ship ...

Three Girls from Rome
1952
as Augusto Terenzi
Three gorgeous seamstresses meet on the historic steps of the Piazza de Spagna in Rome to discuss one another's love lives.