Arturo Dominici (2 January 1916 – 7 September 1992) was an Italian film, television and voice actor.

Biography

Born in

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, Dominici became best known for his many

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ous roles in horror and fantasy films. He is best remembered for his performance as the monstrous Igor Javuto in

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's '' Black Sunday'' (1960) and the evil Eurysteus in the 1958 Steve Reeves epic ''

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''. His filmography includes more than 80 titles, including

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's ''

Castle of Blood ''Castle of Blood'' ( it, Danza Macabra, links=no) is a 1964 horror film directed by Antonio Margheriti and Sergio Corbucci. The film stars Barbara Steele, Arturo Dominici and Georges Rivière. The film was initially commissioned to director Ser ...

'' (1964), in which he appeared with ''Black Sunday'' star

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. Dominici dubbed the voice of Austrian actor

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in the Italian release version of

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's ''

Nosferatu the Vampyre ''Nosferatu the Vampyre'' (german: Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht, lit=Nosferatu: Phantom of the Night) is a 1979 horror film written and directed by Werner Herzog. It is set primarily in 19th-century Wismar, Germany and Transylvania, and was conce ...

'' (1979). Dominici's daughter, Germana, is an Italian stage actress; at the age of 14 she had a small role as a farm girl in ''Black Sunday''.

Death

Dominici died of

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on 7 September 1992 and is buried in

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Partial filmography

* ''Il principe ribelle'' (1949) * ''

Yvonne of the Night ''Yvonne of the Night'' (Italian: ''Yvonne la Nuit'') is a 1949 Italian melodrama film directed by Giuseppe Amato and starring Totò, Olga Villi, and Frank Latimore. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by ...

'' (1949) – Un ufficiale di cavalleria * ''

Cavalcade of Heroes ''Cavalcade of Heroes'' ( it, Cavalcata d'eroi) is a 1950 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Mario Costa and starring Cesare Danova, Carla Del Poggio and Vittorio Sanipoli. It depicts the events around the founding of the short-lived ...

'' (1950) – Generale Gilletti * '' The Last Race'' (1954) – Doctor Magni * '' Red and Black'' (1955) * ''

'' (1958) – Eurysteus * ''Lost Souls'' (1959) – Franco * ''

Goliath and the Barbarians ''Goliath and the Barbarians'' ( it, Il terrore dei barbari, lit=Terror of the Barbarians) is a 1959 Italian peplum film loosely based on events of the Lombard invasion of Italy in AD 568. As with many Italian peplums of the time, the English ...

'' (1959) – Svevo * ''

Caltiki – The Immortal Monster ''Caltiki – The Immortal Monster'' ( it, Caltiki, il mostro immortale) is a 1959 black-and-white science fiction- horror film. The film's storyline concerns a team of archaeologists investigating Mayan ruins, who come across a creature that is ...

'' (1959) – Nieto * ''

Messalina Valeria Messalina (; ) was the third wife of Roman emperor Claudius. She was a paternal cousin of Emperor Nero, a second cousin of Emperor Caligula, and a great-grandniece of Emperor Augustus. A powerful and influential woman with a reputation ...

'' (1960) – Caio Silio * ''I piaceri del sabato notte'' (1960) – Un cliente dell'atelier * '' Black Sunday'' (1960) – Igor Javutich / Javuto * ''

Revenge of the Barbarians ''Revenge of the Barbarians'' ( it, La vendetta dei barbari) is a 1960 film about the sack of Rome in AD 410 by the Visigoths. This film was written by Gastone Ramazzotti and directed by Giuseppe Vari. Cast Production Anthony Steel had moved ...

'' (1960) – Antemius * ''Un dollaro di fifa'' (1960) – Chancellor * '' The Thief of Baghdad'' (1961) – Prince Osman * ''

The Story of Joseph and His Brethren ''The Story of Joseph and His Brethren'' (Italian: ''Giuseppe venduto dai fratelli'') is a 1961 Yugoslavian/Italian film directed by Irving Rapper and Luciano Ricci. The film is also known as ''Joseph Sold by His Brothers'', ''Joseph and His Bre ...

'' (1961) – Rekmira, the Minister * '' The Trojan Horse'' (1961) – Achilles * ''

A Difficult Life ''A Difficult Life'' (Italian: ''Una vita difficile'') is a ''Commedia all'italiana'' or Italian-style comedy film directed by Dino Risi in 1961. The film was included on the 100 Italian Films To Be Saved ( 100 film italiani da salvare). Plot T ...

'' (1961) – Ragana (voice, uncredited) * ''

Charge of the Black Lancers ''Charge of the Black Lancers'' ( it, I lancieri neri) is a 1962 adventure film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and starring Mel Ferrer, Yvonne Furneaux and Leticia Román. Cast * Mel Ferrer as Andrea * Yvonne Furneaux as Jassa * Leticia Ro ...

'' (1962) – Il capo dei Krevires * ''

The Triumph of Robin Hood ''The Triumph of Robin Hood'' (Italian: ''Il trionfo di Robin Hood'') is a 1962 Italian adventure film directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Don Burnett, Gia Scala and Samson Burke.Kinnard & Crnkovich p.178 The film's sets were designed by the ...

'' (1962) – Baron Elwin, Sheriff of Nottingham * ''

Seven Seas to Calais ''Seven Seas to Calais'' (in Italy ''Il dominatore dei sette mari'') is a 1962 Italian adventure film in Eastmancolor and CinemaScope, produced by Paolo Moffa, directed by Rudolph Maté (his final film) and Primo Zeglio, that stars Rod Taylor, K ...

'' (1962) – Don Bernardino de Mendoza, the Spanish Ambassador * ''Perseo l'invincibile'' (1963) – Acrisio * ''

The Sign of the Coyote ''The Sign of the Coyote'' (Italian: ''Il segno del coyote'') is a 1963 Italian-Spanish western adventure film directed by Mario Caiano and starring Fernando Casanova, María Luz Galicia and Jesús Tordesillas.Ercolani p.130 The film's sets wer ...

'' (1963) – Judge Clemens * ''

Hercules and the Masked Rider ''Hercules and the Masked Rider'' ( it, Golia e il cavaliere mascherato, also known as ''Goliath and the Masked Rider'') is a 1963 Italian peplum film written and directed by Piero Pierotti and starring Alan Steel and Mimmo Palmara. A crossover ...

'' (1963) – Don Ramiro Suarez * '' Hercules vs. Moloch'' (1963) – Penthius, General of Micenas * '' The Betrothed'' (1964) – Il cardinale Federico Borromeo * ''

Temple of the White Elephant ''Temple of the White Elephant'', also known as ''Sandok, il Maciste della Giungla'', is a 1964 film directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Sean Flynn. Plot In British colonial India, Lt. Dick Ramsay is charged with secretly rescuing the kidnappe ...

'' (1964) – Maharajah * ''L'ultima carica'' (1964) * ''

'' (1964, aka ''Danza Macabre'') – Dr. Carmus * ''

I due evasi di Sing Sing ''I due evasi di Sing Sing'' (Italian for "The two escapees from Sing Sing") is a 1964 black-and-white Italian film directed by Lucio Fulci starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. The film is the first of three comedies with the duo by the same d ...

'' (1964) – Attanasia * ''

Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon ''Ercole contro i tiranni di Babilonia'' (English Translation: ''Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon'') is a 1964 Italian sword-and-sandal film directed by Domenico Paolella and starring Peter Lupus. Plot Asparia, Queen of the Hellenes, has ...

'' (1964) * ''

Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus ''Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus'' ( it, Golia alla conquista di Bagdad, lit=Goliath at the Conquest of Baghdad) is a 1965 Italian ''peplum'' film directed by Domenico Paolella. Plot The king of the Kurds has kidnapped the daughter of the ...

'' (1965) – Kaichev * ''

Fantômas se déchaîne ''Fantômas se déchaîne'' (, '' en, Fantomas Unleashed'') is a 1965 film starring Jean Marais as the arch villain Fantômas opposite Louis de Funès as the earnest but outclassed commissaire Juve and the journalist Fandor, also played by Marais ...

'' (1965) – Le professeur canadien * ''

A Coffin for the Sheriff ''A Coffin for the Sheriff '' ( it, Una bara per lo sceriffo) is a 1965 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Mario Caiano and starring Anthony Steffen, Eduardo Fajardo, Fulvia Franco, George Rigaud and Armando Calvo. Synopsis A mysterio ...

'' (1965) – Jerry Krueger * ''

Giant of the Evil Island ''Il mistero dell'isola maledetta'', internationally released as ''Giant of the Evil Island'', is a 1965 Italy, Italian adventure film. Cast * Peter Lupus as Pedro Valverde (as Rock Stevens) * Halina Zalewska as Dona Alma Morales * Arturo Domini ...

'' (1965) – Don Alvarado * ''Zorro il ribelle'' (1966) – Don Alvarez * ''

Untamable Angelique ''Untamable Angelique'' (French: ''Indomptable Angélique'') is a 1967 historical adventure film directed by Bernard Borderie and starring Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein and Roger Pigaut. It was made as a co-production between France, Italy an ...

'' (1967) – Mezzo Morte (uncredited) * ''

Fantabulous Inc. ''Fantabulous Inc.'' ( it, La Donna, il sesso e il superuomo) is a 1968 Italian-French superhero crime film directed by Sergio Spina and starring Richard Harrison (actor), Richard Harrison. Cast * Richard Harrison (actor), Richard Harrison as R ...

'' (1967) – Captain Fenninger * ''

Angelique and the Sultan ''Angelique and the Sultan'' (French: ''Angélique et le Sultan'') is a 1968 historical adventure film directed by Bernard Borderie and starring Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein and Jean-Claude Pascal. It was made as a co-production between Fran ...

'' (1968) – Mezzo Morte (uncredited) * '' The Moment to Kill'' (1968) – Forester * ''

VIP my Brother Superman ''VIP my Brother Superman'' ( it, VIP, mio fratello superuomo), often known in English as ''The SuperVips'', is a 1968 Italian animated film directed by Bruno Bozzetto. It is a parody of superheroes and enjoyed a good commercial and critical succe ...

'' (1968) – (voice) * ''Dio perdoni la mia pistola'' (1969) – Judge Collins * ' (1969) – La Grêle * ''

Love Is a Funny Thing ''Love Is a Funny Thing'' (french: Un homme qui me plaît, a.k.a. ''A Man I Like'') is a 1969 French romantic drama film directed by Claude Lelouch. Plot An accidental meeting in the United States between an actress and a composer, both French. Le ...

'' (1969) – Le douanier * '' Satiricosissimo'' (1970) – Tigellino * ''

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion ''Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion'' ( it, Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) is a 1970 Italian crime drama film directed by Elio Petri, starring Gian Maria Volonté and Florinda Bolkan. It is a psychological, bla ...

'' (1970) – Mangani * ''

Confessions of a Police Captain ''Confessions of a Police Captain'' ( it, Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica, also known as ''Confessions of a Police Commissioner to the District Attorney'') is an Italian crime-drama film. The film won the ...

'' (1971) – Lawyer Canistraro * ''Zorro il cavaliere della vendetta'' (1971) * ''

The Adventures of Pinocchio ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' ( ; it, Le avventure di Pinocchio ; commonly shortened to ''Pinocchio'') is a children's fantasy novel by Italian author Carlo Collodi. It is about the mischievous adventures of an animated marionette named Pinocc ...

'' (1972) –

The Green Fisherman The Green Fisherman (Italian: ''Il Pescatore Verde'') is a fictional character who appears in Carlo Collodi's book ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (''Le avventure di Pinocchio''). According to Giacomo Maria Prati, The Green Fisherman is one examp ...

(voice) * ''

The Eroticist ''The Eroticist'' ( it, Nonostante le apparenze... e purchè la nazione non lo sappia... all'onorevole piacciono le donne, lit=Despite Appearances... and Provided the Nation Doesn't Know... The Senator Likes Women) is a 1972 Italian commedia sexy ...

'' (1972) – His Excellency * ''

The Assassin of Rome ''The Assassin of Rome'' ( it, Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma) is a 1972 Italian historical drama film directed by Damiano Damiani. The film tells, with some historical licenses, the story of Gino Girolimoni, wrongfully accused of a series of chil ...

'' (1972) – Ing. Jaccarino * ''

Il caso Pisciotta ''Il caso Pisciotta'' (''The Pisciotta Case'') is a 1972 Italian historical drama film written and directed by Eriprando Visconti. It is based on actual events involving Gaspare Pisciotta, lieutenant of the bandit Salvatore Giuliano, and his dea ...

'' (1972) – Michele Scauri * ''

Sinbad and the Caliph of Baghdad ''Sinbad and the Caliph of Baghdad'' (Italian: ''Simbad e il califfo di Bagdad'') is a 1973 Italian adventure film directed by Pietro Francisci and starring Robert Malcolm, Sonia Wilson, Luigi Bonos and Arturo DominiciMoliterno p.136 Based on th ...

'' (1973) – Visir * '' Special Killers'' (1973) – District Attorney * ''

Il nano e la strega ' (Translation: ''The dwarf and the witch'', English title: ''King Dick'') is a 1973 Italian adult animated film. Plot A tyrannical King - Charles the Impotent - has taken over the Kingdom. During Charles's terrible reign; Master Limpcock is hav ...

'' (1973) – Il Notaio (voice) * ''

Silent Action ''Silent Action'' ( it, La polizia accusa: il Servizio Segreto uccide, lit=The Police Accuse... The Secret Service Kills) is a 1975 Italian ''poliziottesco'' film directed by Sergio Martino. The film's plot alludes to the Golpe Borghese, a failed ...

'' (1975) – Chief of police * ''Lo sgarbo'' (1975) * ''

Free Hand for a Tough Cop ''Free Hand for a Tough Cop'' ( it, Il trucido e lo sbirro / The Numbskull and the Cop), also known as ''Tough Cop'', is an Italian poliziottesco-action film directed in 1976 by Umberto Lenzi and the second entry into the Tanzi/Moretto/Monnezza sh ...

'' (1976) – De Rita * ''Tony, l'altra faccia della Torino violenta'' (1980) – (voice) * ''Cappotto di legno'' (1981) – Ministro Interni * '' Il camorrista'' (1986) – Joe Gambino (voice, uncredited)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dominici, Arturo 1916 births 1992 deaths Male actors from Palermo Italian male film actors Italian male voice actors 20th-century Italian male actors Deaths from cancer in Lazio Burials at the Cimitero Flaminio