Angelo Infanti (; 16 February 1939 – 12 October 2010) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1961 and 2010. He was born on 16 February 1939 in Zagarolo, Italy. He died on 12 October 2010 in

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due to cardiac arrest. Infanti is best known to non-Italian audiences as Fabrizio in ''

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''. Fabrizio was a bodyguard to

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who was hiding in Sicily. Fabrizio betrays Michael by setting up explosives in his car, but kills his new bride instead. In the

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, Fabrizio is later shot dead in revenge for the killing. A scene was filmed of him being killed by the Corleones using a car bomb but was cut from the motion picture before its theatrical release. It appears in the 1977 ''The Godfather: A Novel for Television'', which combined the first two films – ''The Godfather'' and ''

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'', adding back scenes that had been previously cut and telling the story chronologically beginning with Vito Andolini's childhood in Sicily.

Filmography

* ''Io bacio... tu baci'' (1961) * '' Beautiful Families'' (1964) - (segment "Il principe azzurro") * ''Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa'' (1964) - Un cortigiano * '' Con rispetto parlando'' (1965) * '' La ragazzola'' (1965) - Alberto * ''

4 Dollars of Revenge ''4 Dollars of Revenge'' ( es, Cuatro dólares de venganza) is a 1966 Spanish-Italian action western film directed by Alfonso Balcázar and Jaime Jesús Balcázar, written by Bruno Corbucci, Aldo Grimaldi and Giovanni Grimaldi and starring R ...

'' (1966) - Barry Haller * '' Secret Agent Super Dragon'' (1966) * ''Ischia operazione amore'' (1966) - Peppiniello Capatosta * ''

Ballad of a Gunman ''Ballad of a Gunman'', also known as ''Pistoleros'' and ''Ringo, Pray to Your God and Die'' ( it, Ballata per un pistolero) is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Alfio Caltabiano and starring Antony Ghidra. Plot The criminal brother ...

'' (1967) - Hud * ''

Tiffany Memorandum ''Tiffany Memorandum'' (also known as ''The Tiffany Memorandum'') is a 1967 Eurospy film directed by Sergio Grieco. It is an international co-production between Italy, France (where the film is known as ''Coup de force à Berlin'') and West Germa ...

'' (1967) - Pedro Almereyda / Max Schultz * ''Gungala, the Black Panther Girl'' (1968) - Morton * ''Silvia e l'amore'' (1968) * ''Amore o qualcosa del genere'' (1968) - Bruno * ''Le 10 meraviglie dell'amore'' (1969) - Pericle * '' The Appointment'' (1969) - Antonio * ''Le lys de mer'' (1969) * '' Children of Mata Hari'' (1970) - Jean / Gianni * '' The Breach'' (1970) - Le docteur Blanchard * '' Fragment of Fear'' (1970) - Bruno * '' A Man Called Sledge'' (1970) - Prisoner (uncredited) * ''Le Juge'' (1971) - Buck Carson * ''

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'' (1971) - Lugo Abratte * ''Io non vedo, tu non parli, lui non sente'' (1971) - Claude Parmentier * ''

A Girl in Australia ''A Girl in Australia'' ( it, Bello onesto emigrato Australia sposerebbe compaesana illibata andsome honest emigrant in Australia would marry chaste fellow-countrywoman}) is a 1971 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa, with stars Alber ...

'' (1971) - Carmela's pimp * '' The Valachi Papers'' (1972) - Lucky Luciano * '' This Kind of Love'' (1972) - Bernardo * ''

'' (1972) - Fabrizio - Sicilian Sequence * ''Les hommes'' (1973) - Ange Leoni * '' Piedone lo sbirro - Flatfoot, The Knock Out Cop'' (1973) - Ferdinando Scarano "O'Barone" * '' War Goddess'' (1973) - Theseus * ''Giuda uccide il venerdì'' (1974) * '' And Now My Love'' (1974) - A Stud * ''The Girl in Room 2A'' (1974) - Frank Grant * '' Black Emanuelle'' (1975) - Gianni Danieli * ''

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'' (1975) - Jacopo * ''

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'' (1975) * '' Soldier of Fortune'' (1976) - Graziano d'Asti * ' (1976) - Nino Andreotti * '' Black Emanuelle 2'' (1976) - Paul * '' The Black Corsair'' (1976) - Morgan * '' Highway Racer'' (1977) - Jean-Paul Dossena / il Nizzardo * ''

The Rip-Off ''The Rip-Off'' ( it, Controrapina) AKA The Squeeze and Diamond Thieves is a 1980 film directed by Antonio Margheriti. It was Margheriti's third collaboration with actor Lee Van Cleef, after previously directing him in ''The Stranger and the Gun ...

'' (1978) - Inspector * ''

The Face with Two Left Feet ''The Face with Two Left Feet'' ( it, John Travolto... da un insolito destino), also known as ''The Lonely Destiny of John Travolto'', is a 1979 Italian comedy film directed by Neri Parenti. Cast *Giuseppe Spezia as Gianni *Angelo Infanti as Raoul ...

'' (1979) - Raoul * ''Ammazzare il tempo'' (1979) * '' Flatfoot in Egypt'' (1979) - Hassan * ''

Savage Breed ''Savage Breed'' ( it, Razza selvaggia) is a 1980 Italian drama film directed by Pasquale Squitieri. It was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Saverio Marconi as Mario Gargiulo * Stefano Madia as Umberto Saraceni * ...

'' (1980) - Carlo Esposito * '' Bianco, rosso e Verdone'' (1981) - Playboy * ''The Dirty Seven'' (1982) - Falk * ''

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'' (1982) - Cesare Cuticchia / Manuel Fantoni * '' Journey with Papa'' (1992) - Gianni * ''Attila flagello di Dio'' (1982) - Fusco Cornelio * '' The Scarlet and the Black'' (1983) - Father Morosini * '' The Story of Piera'' (1983) - Tito / Giasone * ''

The Black Stallion Returns ''The Black Stallion Returns'' is a 1983 film adaptation of the book of the same name by Walter Farley, and is a sequel to '' The Black Stallion''. It is the only film directed by Robert Dalva. It was produced by Francis Ford Coppola for MGM/UA ...

'' (1983) - Raj's Father * '' The Assisi Underground'' (1985) - Giorgio Kropf * '' Vediamoci chiaro'' (1985) - Gianluca * ''Una spina nel cuore'' (1986) - Roberto Dionisotti * ''

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'' (1986) - Trifone * ''L'estate sta finendo'' (1987) - Antonio Bonomiti * ''Sottozero'' (1987) - Antonio * ''Netchaïev est de retour'' (1991) - Joseph * ''

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'' (1991) - Romano * '' The Escort'' (1993) - Judge Barresi * ''Alto rischio'' (1993) - Sjberg * ''

La Vengeance d'une blonde ''La Vengeance d'une blonde'' is a 1994 French comedy film directed by Jeannot Szwarc. Plot Gérard Breha is journalist on a Breton regional channel. He host, happy, his last Show, as he has been named host to the 23 hours newsreader on the larg ...

'' (1994) - Giacomo Contini * ''Carogne'' (1995) - Don Alfredo * ''Diapason'' (2001) - Marcello * '' The Nest'' (2002) - Abedin Nexhep * '' The Cruelest Day'' (2003) - Marocchino * ''Il punto rosso'' (2006) - Burattinaio * '' Il seme della discordia'' (2008) - Veronica's Father * '' Many Kisses Later'' (2009) - Padre di Elisa * '' Letters to Juliet'' (2010) - Chess Playing Lorenzo * ''Backward'' (2010) - Luigi * ''Prigioniero di un segreto'' (2010)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Infanti, Angelo 1939 births 2010 deaths Italian male film actors People from the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital David di Donatello winners People of Lazian descent