Ignazio Dolce (born 26 March 1933) is an Italian director and actor.
Life and career
Born in
Palermo
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Sicily
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, Dolce graduated at
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, and starting from the late 1950s he began a career as a
character actor
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.
Almost simultaneously he started a parallel career as a second unit director, often collaborating with
Gianfranco Parolini and
Antonio Margheriti.
He debuted as a director in 1975 with the black comedy ''L'ammazzatina'', and in the late 1980s he specialized in low-budget war films, being usually credited as Paul D. Robinson.
Partial filmography
* ''
Tough Guys
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'' (1960)
* ''
The Best of Enemies'' (1961)
* ''
Last Platoon'' (1988)
References
External links
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1933 births
20th-century Italian people
Italian film directors
Italian male film actors
Male actors from Palermo
Living people
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni
Film people from Palermo
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