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.
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Acting
Vive la crise !
2017 · Luigi Pirandello
Marseille
2016 · Giovanni
The Very Private Life of Mister Sim
2015 · Monsieur Matteotti
Un + une
2015 · Henri
22 Bullets
2010 · Padovano
À deux c'est plus facile
2009
I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster
2008 · Joe
School's Out
2008 · Marcello, in love with Adèle
Could This Be Love?
2007 · Della Ponte
The Hideout
2007 · Installatore telefonico
The Return of James Battle
2004 · Matt Kelso
Ho visto le stelle
2003 · Duilio Masera
The Dinner
1998 · Curci
The Eighteenth Angel
1997 · Clockmaker
Crazy Underwear
1992 · Alessia's Father
The King's Whore
1990 · Luis De Arragon
Vanille fraise
1989 · Anselmo
Love & Passion
1987 · Alfredo
Aladdin
1986 · Puncher
The Adventures of Hercules
1985 · High Priest
The Erotic Dreams of Cleopatra
1985 · Dolabella
Ladyhawke
1985 · Bishop's Secretary
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
1985 · Un sans-culotte
Final Justice
1984 · Joseph Palermo
Exterminators of the Year 3000
1983 · John
My Other Husband
1983 · Nino
The New Barbarians
1983 · Father Moses
Giggi il bullo
1982 · Don Salvatore
Sesso e volentieri
1982 · l'uomo al cinema che adesca la donna procace (episodio L'avventura)
God Makes and Then Pairs Them Up
1982 · Occhipinti, il proprietario della discoteca
Cannibal Ferox
1981 · Sgt. Ross
City of the Living Dead
1980 · Mr. Ross
Cannibal Apocalypse
1980 · Lieutenant Hill
Contraband
1980 · Captain Tarantino
Terror Express
1980 · Mike
Flatfoot in Egypt
1980 · Ruotolo
The Terrace
1980 · Terrace Guest
Beast in Space
1980 · Juan Cardoso
Concorde Affair
1979 · Forsythe
From Corleone to Brooklyn
1979 · Commissario Danova
Hot Dogs On Ibiza
1979 · Norbert
The Humanoid
1979
Cop or Hood
1979 · Mario, Shot of 'L'Auvergnat'
La Cage aux Folles
1978 · Le chauffeur de Charrier
The Biggest Battle
1978 · Michael
First Love
1978 · Emilio
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade
1978 · Giorgio Rivetti
The War of the Robots
1978 · Paul
Nine Guests for a Crime
1977 · Walter
Emanuelle in Bangkok
1976 · David
Young, Violent, Dangerous
1976 · Sign. Morandi
Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman
1975 · The Polo Player
Black Emanuelle
1975 · William Meredith
Free Love
1974 · Chavad
Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye
1973 · Father Robertson
There Once Was a Cop
1972 · Felice, killer
The Beguines
1972 · Max
Delusions of Grandeur
1971 · Marquis del Basto
Troubleshooters
1971 · Tosca
The Priest's Wife
1970 · Maurizio
Erotissimo
1969 · Sylvio
Emma Hamilton
1968 · Prince Carraciola
Anzio
1968 · Capt. Burns
The Libertine
1968 · Aurelio
The Big Grasshopper
1967 · Vladimir
Bandidos
1967 · Billy Kane
Galia
1966 · Greg
The Restaurant
1966 · Henrique, chef de la sécurité du président Novalès
The Sucker
1965 · Mickey, "le Bègue"
The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965 · Paride de Grassis
Dandelions by the Roots
1964 · Pierre Michon, comédien
Crooks in Clover
1963 · Pascal
A Day in Court
1954
