Alberto Farnese (3 June 1926 – 2 June 1996) was an Italian actor.
He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1951 and 1989. He starred in the film ''
Whom God Forgives'', which won the
Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury award at the
7th Berlin International Film Festival.
Selected filmography
* ''
Nobody's Children'' (1951) - Poldo
* ''
Rome 11:00'' (1952) - Augusto
* ''
Falsehood'' (1952) - Gianni
* ''Prigionieri delle tenebre'' (1952)
* ''Legione straniera'' (1953) - Alberto Gherardi
* ''
Angels of Darkness'' (1954) - The Sportsman
* ''Disonorata - Senza colpa'' (1954) - Amedeo Cupiello
* ''
The Two Orphans'' (1954)
* ''
The Gold of Naples'' (1954) - Alfredo - l'amante di Sofia (segment "Pizze a credito")
* ''
Orphan of the Ghetto'' (1954)
* ''
Disowned
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'' (1954) - barone Giulio Colizzi
* ''Due lacrime'' (1954) - Mario Mancini
* ''
The White Angel'' (1955) - Poldo
* ''
The Song of the Heart
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'' (1955) - Sandro
* ''Un palco all'opera'' (1956)
* ''Torna piccina mia!'' (1955) - Alberto
* ''
Vendicata!'' (1956)
* ''Storia di una minorenne'' (1956)
* ''Un giglio infranto'' (1956) - Il conte Andrea Posterla
* ''Porta un bacione a Firenze'' (1956) - Alberto Cei
* ''Mamma sconosciuta'' (1956) - Aldo Martini
* ''
Whom God Forgives'' (1957) - Pedro
* ''
Pirate of the Half Moon
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Plot
In sixteenth century Italy, a poet turns pirate after a ...
'' (1957) - Alonzo de Carmona / Ugo van Berg
* ''
The Angel of the Alps'' (1957) - Massimo
* ''Un amore senza fine'' (1958) - Ing. Alberto Danieli
* ''
Conspiracy of the Borgias
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'' (1959) - Enzo de Rovena
* ''
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Plot
Cast
* Gérard Landry as ...
'' (1959) - Rizziero - duca di Villalta
* ''
Sheba and the Gladiator
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Cast
* Anita Ekberg as Zenobia
* Georges Marchal as Consul Marcus Va ...
'' (1959) - Marcello
* ''Caterina Sforza, la leonessa di Romagna'' (1959) - Girolamo Riario
* ''
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'' (1959) - Serguei Orloff (uncredited)
* ''The Night of the Great Attack'' (1959) - Cesare Borgia
* ''Terror of Oklahoma'' (1959) - Bogart
* ''
Siege of Syracuse'' (1960) - Marcello
* ''
The Warrior Empress'' (1960) - Larico
* ''
Colossus and the Amazon Queen'' (1960) - Losco, il pirata
* ''
The Giants of Thessaly'' (1960) - Adrasto
* ''
Three Faces of Sin'' (1961) - (uncredited)
* ''Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile'' (1961) - Dakim
* ''
The Giant of Metropolis'' (1961) - (uncredited)
* ''
The Wonders of Aladdin
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'' (1961) - Bandit Chieftain
* ''Suleiman the Conqueror'' (1961) - Gaspard
* ''
The Corsican Brothers'' (1961) - Gaspare
* ''
Caccia all'uomo'' (1961) - Paolo
* ''
Kerim, Son of the Sheik
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Plot
Cast
* ...
'' (1962) - Omar
* ''
Gladiator of Rome
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'' (1962) - Magistrate Vezio Rufo
* ''
I Don Giovanni della Costa Azzurra
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'' (1962) - Commendatore milanese
* ''
The Executioner of Venice'' (1963) - Michele Arcà
* ''The Lion of St. Mark'' (1963) - Titta
* ''Revenge of the Black Knight'' (1963) - Amedeo Aniante
* ''Vino, whisky e acqua salata'' (1963)
* ''
The Two Gladiators
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Plot
The Roman E ...
'' (1964) - Leto
* ''
Sandokan to the Rescue'' (1964) - Tremal Naik
* ''
Hercules of the Desert
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'' (1964) - Masura
* ''
Sandokan Against the Leopard of Sarawak'' (1964) - Tremal Naik
* ''
Dollar of Fire
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'' (1966) - Senator Dana Harper
* ''Five Dollars for Ringo'' (1966) - Mayor Aldo Rudell
* ''
Río maldito'' (1966) - Torrence
* ''
Kill or Be Killed'' (1966) - Chester Griffith
* ''
Honeymoon, Italian Style
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'' (1966) - Portiere dell'Hotel
* ''Addio mamma'' (1967) - Paolo Solari
* ''
The Magnificent Tony Carrera
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'' (1968) - Rick
* ''
The Wedding Trip'' (1969) - Rossano Bertorelli
* ''Una ragazza di Praga'' (1969)
* ''
Veinte pasos para la muerte
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'' (1970) - Aleck Kellaway
* ''Tell Me'' (1970)
* ''Fighters from Ave Maria'' (1970) - John Parker
* ''
Love Me Strangely
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'' (1971) - L'ami d'Alain
* ''Il ritorno del gladiatore più forte del mondo'' (1971) - Tullio Valerio
* ''
Gang War in Naples'' (1972) - Croupier
* ''Storia di fifa e di coltello - Er seguito d'er più'' (1972)
* ''
The Dominici Affair'' (1973) - Un journaliste italien
* ''
Tony Arzenta
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Plot
When the Milan based mafia hitman Tony Arzenta asks to get out ...
'' (1973) - The Man who meets Carré in the nightclub
* ''
Supermen Against the Orient'' (1973) - Colonnello Roger
* ''Il bacio di una morta'' (1974) - Lawyer of Guido
* ''
White Horses of Summer'' (1975) - Arturo
* ''
Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno'' (1975) - Signor Lorenzi
* ''
Squadra antitruffa'' (1977) - Avv. Ferrante
* ''
Assassinio sul Tevere'' (1979) - Manfredo Ruffini
* ''Zappatore'' (1980) - Mike Barker - Nancy's father
* ''Crema, cioccolata e pa... prika'' (1981) - Bonetti
* ''I mercenari raccontano'' (1985) - Johnson, il mercenario
* ''
Detective School Dropouts
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Plot
Donald Wilson tries to make a living in New York City with different jobs. He reads detective novel ...
'' (1986) - Don Falcone
* ''
White Apache
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Plot
After heavy gunfire in a clash with some outlaw, a pregnant wo ...
'' (1987) - The Governor
* ''Scalps'' (1987) - Colonel Connor
* ''Fiori di zucca'' (1989) - Padre di Enzo
* ''Diritto di vivere'' (1989)
* ''Vite perdute'' (1992) - Avvocato di Rosario
References
External links
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1926 births
1996 deaths
Italian male film actors
20th-century Italian male actors
People of Lazian descent