Franco Ressel

Franco Ressel

1925-02-08 Naples, Campania, Italy 105 Credits

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Franco Ressel (1925 - 1985) was an Italian actor.

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Tit for Tat

Tit for Tat

1984

as il notaio

5.6
Acting

Fun adventures of a taxi driver and his passenger, a broken financial genius.

Petomaniac

Petomaniac

1983

as Guglielmo II

5.8
Acting

The real story of a French man who was able to control his own farts.

And the Ship Sails On

And the Ship Sails On

1983

as Il Medico (uncredited)

7.2
Acting

In 1914, a cruise ship sets sail from Naples to spread the ashes of beloved opera singer Edmea Tetua near Erimo, the isle of her birth. During the voy...

Count Tacchia

Count Tacchia

1982

6.1
Acting

In 1900 in Rome, the poor carpenter Francesco, by a twist of fate, is recognized component of a noble family in the process of decay. Francesco knows ...

Panic

Panic

1982

as Mr. Milton

4.2
Acting

A scientist's experiment with a deadly bacteria goes awry and leaves him horribly deformed. The monstrous man then runs amok in his town.

The Perfect Presence

The Perfect Presence

1981

as Sir Edmund Orme

7.0
Acting

An author who falls in love with a girl gets haunted by the ghost of the dead lover of the girl's mother.

Star Odyssey

Star Odyssey

1979

as Commander Barr

2.2
Acting

Earth is attacked by an intergalactic villain and his army of robotic androids.

The Perfect Crime

The Perfect Crime

1978

as Sgt. Phillips

5.3
Acting

The death of a multinational company’s chairman induces the three candidates for the chairmanship to plot against one another for control of the busin...

Magnum Cop

Magnum Cop

1978

as Dr. Zimmer

4.8
Acting

A low-rent private investigator and former cop is sent to Austria on a job, and while there sees a number of seemingly unrelated coincidences that lea...

Bobby Deerfield

Bobby Deerfield

1977

as Man with Dog

5.9
Acting

Bobby Deerfield, a famous American race car driver on the European circuit, falls in love with the enigmatic Lillian Morelli, who is terminally ill.

The Criminals Attack. The Police Respond

The Criminals Attack. The Police Respond

1977

as Franco

6.8
Acting

Returning from Switzerland to Rome, the boss prof. Salviati, called 'The Prince', finds his business compromised by Rudy, a small local bandit full of...

California

California

1977

as Full

6.0
Acting

At the end of the Civil War, a Union soldier is released from prison and travels with a fellow prisoner to Missouri where his travelling companion is ...

Nazis dans le rétro

Nazis dans le rétro

1977

as Général Keitel

Acting
Nick the Sting

Nick the Sting

1976

as Parker

6.7
Acting

Nick Hezard, a young con man, wants to avenge the death of a friend of his and organizes a swindle trying to cheat Robert Turner, an American business...

Fear in the City

Fear in the City

1976

as La Cascio

5.1
Acting

The film focuses on Murri; the token maverick cop. He is called in after a bunch of criminals pull off a successful prison break and spend the night p...

Povero Cristo

Povero Cristo

1976

as Convictee

7.0
Acting

A provincial young man with aspirations of becoming a private investigator is approached by a stranger that promises 100 million lire if he provides e...

For Love

For Love

1976

as The Doctor in Geneva

4.0
Acting

A classical pianist falls in love with a friend's young daughter.

The Tree of Guernica

The Tree of Guernica

1975

as Onesimo

6.5
Acting

The fictional town of Villa Romero is the set upon which the events of Spain's civil war play out. Villa Romero is home to Vandale (Mariangela Melato)...

The Left Hand of the Law

The Left Hand of the Law

1975

as Lombardi's Lawyer

6.0
Acting

After a couple of 'special squad' cops are gunned down while chasing some kidnappers, the head of the squad takes it really personally! His violent pa...

Calling All Police Cars

Calling All Police Cars

1975

as Gynaecologist

6.1
Acting

Story about a young girl, the daughter a prominent doctor. When the girl goes missing her father gets the police to jump into action because of his cl...

The Black Peacock

The Black Peacock

1975

as Kluger

5.2
Acting

Marco, an Italian engineer comes from Milan to Santo Domingo, Haiti to continue the construction of a dam. The predecessor, Kluger, has disappeared wi...

Cagliostro

Cagliostro

1975

as Morandi, News editor

Acting

After attending esoterical studies with a wise man, Cagliostro, a mysterious Italian count, received the gift of supernatural powers. He started to tr...

The Inheritance of Uncle Goodsoul

The Inheritance of Uncle Goodsoul

1974

as architetto

5.8
Acting

When a rich uncle dies, giving him a great inheritance, Franco will clash with other grandchildren and lawyers.

Silence the Witness

Silence the Witness

1974

as L'ingegner Aldo Marchetti

5.0
Acting

De Luca is killed by Marchetti's chauffeur. Marchetti ordered the murder because he was to be accused by De Luca. The two have a car accident while go...

The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine

The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine

1974

as Alfonso Fuentes, Lucita's Father

4.5
Acting

Lucita has been locked away in a convent by her family in order to keep her away from her lover, Esteban. The pair make plans to elope, but Esteban is...

Manone il ladrone

Manone il ladrone

1974

Acting
Long Lasting Days

Long Lasting Days

1973

as The Doctor

4.5
Acting

Andrea Rispoli falls in love with Anna Andersson, a Swedish girl who has just inherited the boarding house where he's staying. When Anna is discovered...

The Winsome Widow

The Winsome Widow

1973

as l'avvocato di Caterina

4.5
Acting

After the death of Salvatore in a car accident, his beautiful wife Catherine is preparing to collect the enormous legacy but, because the deceased did...

La ragazza fuoristrada

La ragazza fuoristrada

1973

as Piero Badani

6.0
Acting

An Italian photojournalist falls madly in love with a young black women he meets while on assignment in Egypt. She goes with him when he returns to It...

Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eyes

Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eyes

1973

as Priest

5.5
Acting

In a small Scottish village, horribly murdered bodies keep turning up. Suspicion falls upon the residents of a nearby castle that is haunted by a curs...

Un amore così fragile, così violento

Un amore così fragile, così violento

1973

as Maresciallo

4.5
Acting

From the homonymous novel. Rejecting the consumer society, a young man abandons the profession of architect and retires to live in a South Island.

A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services

A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services

1972

as D'Angelo

5.5
Acting

Cristina turns eighteen and leaves her bourgeois family to become a call-girl. But soon, her clients start turning up dead, their throats slashed. Who...

Two Sons of Trinity

Two Sons of Trinity

1972

as Armstrong

4.3
Acting

Franco and Ciccio are two cousins ​​who, in the old West, have opened a service station, where they carry out the washing and drying of the horses and...

Naked Girl Killed in the Park

Naked Girl Killed in the Park

1972

as Bruno - the butler (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

Johan Wallenberger, a rich financier, is killed in the House of Horrors at an amusement park in Madrid. His insurance company assign Chris Buyer, one ...

Eye in the Labyrinth

Eye in the Labyrinth

1972

as Eugene

5.7
Acting

Julie is disturbed by the disappearance of her psychiatrist boyfriend Luca following a bizarre dream where she witnessed him murdered. She travels to ...

The Valachi Papers

The Valachi Papers

1972

as (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful at...

Where the Bullets Fly

Where the Bullets Fly

1972

3.3
Acting

Young adventurer Gipo owns one fifth of a rock illustrating the location of a rich gold mine. Risking his life more than once and with the help of the...

The Devil with Seven Faces

The Devil with Seven Faces

1971

as Inspector Rinker

4.7
Acting

Carroll Baker plays a dual role as translator Julie Harrison and her twin sister Mary. The serpentine plot begins as Julie tells her lawyer Dave Barto...

Trinity Is Still My Name

Trinity Is Still My Name

1971

as Maitre D'

7.4
Acting

The two brothers Trinity and Bambino are exchanged by two federal agents and take advantage of the situation to steal a huge booty hidden in a monaste...

They Call Him Cemetery

They Call Him Cemetery

1971

as Judge

6.0
Acting

John and George McIntire are a couple of naive brothers who travel to a lawless western town to see their father. The bumbling siblings get themselves...

Cross Current

Cross Current

1971

as Tommy Brown

4.8
Acting

A speed-boat racer suffers amnesia after an boating accident and goes to his isolated villa to recuperate. His relationship with his wife is troubled,...

Oasis of Fear

Oasis of Fear

1971

as Record buyer

5.6
Acting

Two young sexually free hippies, Dick and Ingrid, finance their travels by selling naked snaps of Ingrid until their plan is brought to an abrupt end...

The Deadly Trap

The Deadly Trap

1971

5.3
Acting

An industrial espionage group calls on a retired spy living with his wife and children in Paris.

Trafic

Trafic

1971

7.1
Acting

Mr. Hulot is the head designer of the Altra Automotive Co. His latest invention is a newfangled camper car loaded with outrageous extra features. Alon...

Lady Caliph

Lady Caliph

1970

as Un industriel

5.5
Acting

La Califfa's husband was killed during the strikes so she takes the side of the strikers. Her conflict with the plant owner Doverdo gradually turns i...

Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay

Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay

1970

as Samuel Piggot

6.4
Acting

After witnessing a brutal massacre, the legendary hero Sartana is ready to do some investigating. Almost everyone in the tiny town of Indian Creek see...

Mr. Superinvisible

Mr. Superinvisible

1970

4.5
Acting

A superhero becomes invisible after he swallows an Indian potion.

Maniacs on Wheels

Maniacs on Wheels

1970

7.5
Acting

Racing drama set in the world of Formula 1 racing.

Zorro in the Court of England

Zorro in the Court of England

1970

as Lord Percy Moore

Acting
Rangers Attack at Hour X

Rangers Attack at Hour X

1970

5.2
Acting

A special forces operative is smuggled into a German POW camp with orders to blow up a nearby villa being used by the Nazis to house a secret weapons ...

Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

1969

as Adolphe Lheureus

5.8
Acting

Emma Bovary is bored by her country doctor husband and gives in to the affections of several rich suitors as well as the temptation of living beyond h...

Sabata

Sabata

1969

as Stengel

6.3
Acting

Several pillars of society have robbed an Army safe containing $100,000 so they can buy the land upon which the coming railroad will be built. But the...

Tarzana: The Wild Woman

Tarzana: The Wild Woman

1969

as Groder

2.8
Acting

The daughter of Sir Donovan is believed dead with her mother and other relatives in a plane crash in the African jungle. Fifteen years later, vague re...

The Labyrinth of Sex

The Labyrinth of Sex

1969

as Fetishist

2.5
Acting

Take a trip into The Labyrinth of Sex with an insatiable nymphomaniac, a lovely lesbian and fetishists of every stripe.

Un corpo caldo per l'inferno

Un corpo caldo per l'inferno

1969

as Mr. Wilkins

Acting
Il ragazzo che sorride

Il ragazzo che sorride

1969

as Mine owner

3.5
Acting

Giorgio, a young mining engineer, moved to work in Africa. His wife does not want to follow him and he suspects a betrayal. In the cast also Rocky Rob...

L'amore è come il sole

L'amore è come il sole

1969

Acting
The Mercenary

The Mercenary

1968

as Studs

6.9
Acting

While a Mexican revolutionary lies low as a U.S. rodeo clown, the cynical Polish mercenary who tutored the idealistic peasant tells how he and a dedic...

Son of Black Eagle

Son of Black Eagle

1968

as Generale Volkonsky

4.5
Acting
Dead for a Dollar

Dead for a Dollar

1968

as Mr. Hartman

7.0
Acting

When the lead robber in their gang steals the money from his two companions, a cat and mouse/back and forth game plays out as the men try to get the m...

Persecución hasta Valencia

Persecución hasta Valencia

1968

as Javier

Acting
The Last Chance

The Last Chance

1968

as Inspector

Acting

Giuseppe Rosati's first production as director and only espionage film Scacco internazionale aka The Last Chance concerns an international crime syndi...

Lucrezia

Lucrezia

1968

as Ambasciatore d'Aragona

2.0
Acting

Fabrizio finds refuge from thugs in a convent, and passion in the arms of Lucrezia Borgia.

All on the Red

All on the Red

1968

as Reikovic

Acting

With the help of two accomplices an underhanded gambler prepares a rigged roulette wheel with which they quickly accumulate money hand over fist. But ...

Gangsters '70

Gangsters '70

1968

7.0
Acting

An elderly gangster just released from prison plans one last job, and gathers a small crew to do the job, but the plan goes sour when one of the crew ...

Man, Pride and Vengeance

Man, Pride and Vengeance

1967

as Kommandant

5.7
Acting

A Spanish army officer, Don Jose, stationed in Seville, meets and begins a relationship with a mysterious gypsy, Carmen. After he discovers she has ch...

Crónica de nueve meses

Crónica de nueve meses

1967

as Juan

5.5
Acting

Several stories about marriages that receive the news that they will be parents. Alejandro and Mercedes are newly married and receive the news with en...

Tom Dollar

Tom Dollar

1967

as Mr. Gaber

4.5
Acting

As an Iranian prince is killed just before signing a deal giving mining rights to an uranium mine to the USA the CIA, fearing that the same will happe...

Assault on the State Treasure

Assault on the State Treasure

1967

as Elias

7.8
Acting

Twenty million dollars are going to be transferred from an Arab central bank to a British oil company. Four among the biggest criminal of the world ar...

L'uomo dal pugno d'oro

L'uomo dal pugno d'oro

1967

as Alexis Krasna

Acting
Fistful of Diamonds

Fistful of Diamonds

1967

as Krasna

Acting

Tough guy Callahan steals a case of diamonds in this Euro action film

Snow Devils

Snow Devils

1967

3.6
Acting

A heroic expedition braves snow-whipped precipices and discovers the dreaded humanoids. But wait – these are extraterrestrial yetis who zipped in from...

Blueprint for a Massacre

Blueprint for a Massacre

1967

as Steve Brand

Acting

A series of incidents involving aircrafts belonging to NATO nations indicates a systematic sabotage.

Delitto a Posillipo

Delitto a Posillipo

1967

5.0
Acting

A man accepts a job in a night club to make ends meet. When the owner of the club is found murdered his jealous wife is accused of the murder. He beli...

Rojo

Rojo

1966

as Wallace

5.1
Acting

A gunfighter called "El Rojo" arrives in Gold Hill to avenge his massacred family.

Rififi ad Amsterdam

Rififi ad Amsterdam

1966

as Max Fischer

1.0
Acting
Taste of Killing

Taste of Killing

1966

as Aarons

6.2
Acting

Lanky Fellow has a typical cynical SW like way to earn his living. He observes valuable transports of money or gold, but when they are robbed he doesn...

War Between the Planets

War Between the Planets

1966

as -

5.0
Acting

Scientists try to prevent a collision between Earth and a planet that is heading for it.

Password: Kill Agent Gordon

Password: Kill Agent Gordon

1966

as Albert Kowalski / Ms. Kastiadis

3.3
Acting

A tough CIA agent is called in to put a stop to a shipment of weapons to the Viet Cong from an arms smuggling ring in this intercontinental spy thrill...

James Tont Operation T.W.O.

James Tont Operation T.W.O.

1966

as Jack Clifford - the spaceman

4.2
Acting

A dangerous criminal group wants to destroy St. Peter's Basilica and the secret agent James Tont is the only one who can help it.

The Upper Hand

The Upper Hand

1966

as Mario

6.3
Acting

In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then the mob shows up and makes things worse. And an unde...

In a Colt's Shadow

In a Colt's Shadow

1965

as Harold Jackson

5.8
Acting

A story about two gunfighters, Duke and Steve. Steve is in love with Duke's daughter but Duke disapproves of the match, envisioning a life of hardship...

War Italian Style

War Italian Style

1965

as Col. Jaeger

5.1
Acting

It's May 1943, and two Italian American soldiers, Joe and Frank, are searching the North African desert for a Nazi general called Von Kassler. Von Kas...

James Tont Operation U.N.O.

James Tont Operation U.N.O.

1965

5.0
Acting

The diabolical Goldsinger, enraged at being excluded from the UN, hatches a plot to blow up the assembly while all the heads of the state participate....

Operation Atlantis

Operation Atlantis

1965

as Fritz (as Frank Ressel)

Acting

An American agent discovers that the Red Chinese have built a secret atomic city from which they will attempt to invade America.

From the Orient with Fury

From the Orient with Fury

1965

as Goldwyn

6.2
Acting

A scientist who has invented a weapon capable of disintegrating solid matter is kidnapped by a criminal gang, which intends to sell the scientist and ...

Hercules the Avenger

Hercules the Avenger

1965

as Eteocles

4.2
Acting

Reg Park returns to his antics of old as the man of iron in HERCULES THE AVENGER. The Son of Jove undertakes another journey into the nether realms ba...

Challenge of the Gladiator

Challenge of the Gladiator

1965

3.7
Acting

Treacherous Roman senator Lucius Quintilius plans a secret journey into Thrace to recover a legendary treasure. He is accompanied by his daughter Livi...

So In Love

So In Love

1964

5.6
Acting

During his military service, the young singer Gianni Traimonti falls in love with Carla, the marshal's daughter.

Secret of the Sphinx

Secret of the Sphinx

1964

6.8
Acting

Shot on location in Egypt, the story unfurls like an Italian Giallo as a group of people meet under strange circumstances, and one by one they are mur...

Blood and Black Lace

Blood and Black Lace

1964

as Marchese Riccardo Morelli

7.3
Acting

Isabella, a young model, is murdered by a mysterious masked figure at a fashion house in Rome. When her diary, which details the house employees' many...

Totò versus the Black Pirate

Totò versus the Black Pirate

1964

as il comandante spagnolo sfregiato

6.3
Acting

José is a Neapolitan petty thief who escapes from the guards and hides himself in a barrel of Jamaican rum on the quay of the port of Naples.

Scandal Nudes

Scandal Nudes

1963

as regista Pagiolini

2.0
Acting

A theater manager wants to stage a striptease act but his jealous wife puts a lot of obstacles on his way.

I 4 moschettieri

I 4 moschettieri

1963

as lord Buckingham

6.5
Acting

4 con men take the place of the real musketeers and manage to steal the Queen's necklace but then give it back to her, moved by her tears.

The Monk of Monza

The Monk of Monza

1963

7.1
Acting

Pasquale takes all of his 12 children and runs away from Monza, looking for a house of a wealthy and generous awning. Having met on the way impoverish...

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

1963

as Arresting Officer at Airport (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

A tourist witnesses a murder and finds herself caught up in a series of bloody killings.

Lo smemorato di Collegno

Lo smemorato di Collegno

1962

as Agente Pubblicitario

6.7
Acting

A man is hospitalized in a neurological clinic, suffering from amnesia. After seeing his photo in the newspaper, Mrs. Ballerini realizes that he is he...

The Four Monks

The Four Monks

1962

as Il Barone Cimino

6.0
Acting

Four petty criminals pretend to be friars escaped from communist Hungary and go and live in a Sicilian convent

His Women

His Women

1961

as René

5.6
Acting

Stefano Garbelli is employed by a pharmaceutical company. One evening Daniela, a young independent prostitute, approaches Stefano pretending to be a n...

Manhunt

Manhunt

1961

as Capo cameriere

Acting
Erik the Conqueror

Erik the Conqueror

1961

as King Lotar

6.4
Acting

In the 9th Century, two Viking children, separated since their early childhood with one raised by the British and the other by Vikings, meet after nea...

Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World

Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World

1961

as Warrior of Khan

5.8
Acting

Samson must rescue a beautiful Chinese princess from a marauding horde of warriors.

The Wonders of Aladdin

The Wonders of Aladdin

1961

as Vizier's Lieutenant

5.1
Acting

Young Aladdin has a series of wild adventures after he discovers a magic lamp containing a genie.

Rome, 1585

Rome, 1585

1961

as Grillo

Acting

The leader of a gang of Spanish mercenaries falls for a beautiful princess. Thing get dicey, however, when an imprisoned leader is freed and comes cal...

The Assassin

The Assassin

1961

as Dottore Francesconi

6.9
Acting

Suave antiques dealer Alfredo Martelli is picked up by the police with no justification. At the precinct, Martelli realizes what the investigation is ...