Biography
Franco Ressel (1925 - 1985) was an Italian actor.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Tit for Tat
1984
as il notaio
Fun adventures of a taxi driver and his passenger, a broken financial genius.

Petomaniac
1983
as Guglielmo II
The real story of a French man who was able to control his own farts.

And the Ship Sails On
1983
as Il Medico (uncredited)
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
1982
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
1982
as Mr. Milton
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
1981
as Sir Edmund Orme
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
1979
as Commander Barr
Earth is attacked by an intergalactic villain and his army of robotic androids.

The Perfect Crime
1978
as Sgt. Phillips
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
1978
as Dr. Zimmer
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
1977
as Man with Dog
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
1977
as Franco
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
1977
as Full
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
1977
as Général Keitel

Nick the Sting
1976
as Parker
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
1976
as La Cascio
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
1976
as Convictee
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
1976
as The Doctor in Geneva
A classical pianist falls in love with a friend's young daughter.

The Tree of Guernica
1975
as Onesimo
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
1975
as Lombardi's Lawyer
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
1975
as Gynaecologist
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
1975
as Kluger
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
1975
as Morandi, News editor
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
1974
as architetto
When a rich uncle dies, giving him a great inheritance, Franco will clash with other grandchildren and lawyers.

Silence the Witness
1974
as L'ingegner Aldo Marchetti
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
1974
as Alfonso Fuentes, Lucita's Father
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
1974

Long Lasting Days
1973
as The Doctor
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
1973
as l'avvocato di Caterina
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
1973
as Piero Badani
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
1973
as Priest
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
1973
as Maresciallo
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
1972
as D'Angelo
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
1972
as Armstrong
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
1972
as Bruno - the butler (uncredited)
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
1972
as Eugene
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
1972
as (uncredited)
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
1972
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
1971
as Inspector Rinker
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
1971
as Maitre D'
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
1971
as Judge
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
1971
as Tommy Brown
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
1971
as Record buyer
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
1971
An industrial espionage group calls on a retired spy living with his wife and children in Paris.

Trafic
1971
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
1970
as Un industriel
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
1970
as Samuel Piggot
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
1970
A superhero becomes invisible after he swallows an Indian potion.

Maniacs on Wheels
1970
Racing drama set in the world of Formula 1 racing.

Zorro in the Court of England
1970
as Lord Percy Moore

Rangers Attack at Hour X
1970
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
1969
as Adolphe Lheureus
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
1969
as Stengel
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
1969
as Groder
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
1969
as Fetishist
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
1969
as Mr. Wilkins

Il ragazzo che sorride
1969
as Mine owner
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
1969

The Mercenary
1968
as Studs
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
1968
as Generale Volkonsky

Dead for a Dollar
1968
as Mr. Hartman
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
1968
as Javier

The Last Chance
1968
as Inspector
Giuseppe Rosati's first production as director and only espionage film Scacco internazionale aka The Last Chance concerns an international crime syndi...

Lucrezia
1968
as Ambasciatore d'Aragona
Fabrizio finds refuge from thugs in a convent, and passion in the arms of Lucrezia Borgia.

All on the Red
1968
as Reikovic
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
1968
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
1967
as Kommandant
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
1967
as Juan
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
1967
as Mr. Gaber
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
1967
as Elias
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
1967
as Alexis Krasna

Fistful of Diamonds
1967
as Krasna
Tough guy Callahan steals a case of diamonds in this Euro action film

Snow Devils
1967
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
1967
as Steve Brand
A series of incidents involving aircrafts belonging to NATO nations indicates a systematic sabotage.

Delitto a Posillipo
1967
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
1966
as Wallace
A gunfighter called "El Rojo" arrives in Gold Hill to avenge his massacred family.

Rififi ad Amsterdam
1966
as Max Fischer

Taste of Killing
1966
as Aarons
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
1966
as -
Scientists try to prevent a collision between Earth and a planet that is heading for it.

Password: Kill Agent Gordon
1966
as Albert Kowalski / Ms. Kastiadis
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.
1966
as Jack Clifford - the spaceman
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
1966
as Mario
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
1965
as Harold Jackson
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
1965
as Col. Jaeger
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.
1965
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
1965
as Fritz (as Frank Ressel)
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
1965
as Goldwyn
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
1965
as Eteocles
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
1965
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
1964
During his military service, the young singer Gianni Traimonti falls in love with Carla, the marshal's daughter.

Secret of the Sphinx
1964
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
1964
as Marchese Riccardo Morelli
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
1964
as il comandante spagnolo sfregiato
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
1963
as regista Pagiolini
A theater manager wants to stage a striptease act but his jealous wife puts a lot of obstacles on his way.

I 4 moschettieri
1963
as lord Buckingham
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
1963
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
1963
as Arresting Officer at Airport (uncredited)
A tourist witnesses a murder and finds herself caught up in a series of bloody killings.

Lo smemorato di Collegno
1962
as Agente Pubblicitario
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
1962
as Il Barone Cimino
Four petty criminals pretend to be friars escaped from communist Hungary and go and live in a Sicilian convent

His Women
1961
as René
Stefano Garbelli is employed by a pharmaceutical company. One evening Daniela, a young independent prostitute, approaches Stefano pretending to be a n...

Manhunt
1961
as Capo cameriere

Erik the Conqueror
1961
as King Lotar
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
1961
as Warrior of Khan
Samson must rescue a beautiful Chinese princess from a marauding horde of warriors.

The Wonders of Aladdin
1961
as Vizier's Lieutenant
Young Aladdin has a series of wild adventures after he discovers a magic lamp containing a genie.

Rome, 1585
1961
as Grillo
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
1961
as Dottore Francesconi
Suave antiques dealer Alfredo Martelli is picked up by the police with no justification. At the precinct, Martelli realizes what the investigation is ...