Agostino "Tino" Buazzelli (13 September 1922 – 20 October 1980) was an Italian stage, television and film actor. He appeared in 46 films between 1948 and 1978. After a diploma of education, Buazzelli enrolled the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica in Rome, graduating in 1946. He made his debut the following year, in the stage company Maltagliati-

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. He made his film debut in 1948, in

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's '' Il cavaliere misterioso''. Buazzelli's major successes relates to theatre, notably several stage works played in Piccolo Teatro in Milan between fifties and sixties, and his interpretation of

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'' (1963) referred as the peak of his career. Buazzelli had also a significant television success as

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in a series of television films starred between 1969 and 1971.

Partial filmography

* '' The Mysterious Cavalier'' (1948) - Josef, il servo del conte Ipatieff (uncredited) * '' Guarany'' (1948) * ''

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'' (1949) * ''Vivere a sbafo'' (1949) * ''

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'' (1950) - Rinaldo degli Uberti * '' The Outlaws'' (1950) - maresciallo Fulvio * '' Stormbound'' (1950) - Sergeant * '' Against the Law'' (1950) - Il commissario * ''

Totò Tarzan ''Totò Tarzan'' is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò, Marilyn Buferd and Alba Arnova. It is a parody of Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel ''Tarzan of the Apes''. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome. ...

'' (1950) - Spartaco * ''

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'' (1950) - Dimitri * ''

Bluebeard's Six Wives ''Bluebeard's Six Wives'' (Italian: ''Le sei mogli di Barbablù'') is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Totò, Isa Barzizza and Carlo Ninchi.Moliterno p.48 The film's sets were designed by the art directo ...

'' (1950) - Ladislao Tzigety / Barbablù * ''

The Count of Saint Elmo ''The Count of Saint Elmo'' (Italian: ''Il Conte di Sant'Elmo'') is a 1950 historical adventure film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Massimo Serato, Anna Maria Ferrero and Tino Buazzelli.Chiti & Poppi p.103-4 It was shot at the Farnesin ...

'' (1951) - Barone Annibale Cassano * '' The Crowd'' (1951) * ''

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'' (1952) - Paco * ''

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'' (1952) - Arturo * ''

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'' (1953) - Damian Pinto * ''

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'' (1953) - Parker * '' Angels of Darkness'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1954) - Capt. Spaccatrippa * ''

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'' (1954) - Il conte Davia * ''

Toto in Hell ''Toto in Hell'' ( it, Totò all'inferno) is a 1955 Italian fantasy-comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. Italian cult horror film director Lucio Fulci co-wrote the screenplay. Plot Antonio Marchi, a depressed thief, after several attem ...

'' (1955) - Il diavolo segretario * '' Il conte Aquila'' (1955) - Il giudice Menghin * ''I baccanali di Tiberio'' (1960) - Tiberio / Zio Anthony * ''Il corazziere'' (1960) - Quirino Lanfranchi * ''

Ghosts of Rome ''Ghosts of Rome'' ( it, Fantasmi a Roma) is a 1961 Italian comedy film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli. It was released in the UK in 1964 as ''The Phantom Lovers''. Plot Count di Roviano refuses to sell his palace to a developer, despite havin ...

'' (1961) - Fra Bartolomeo di Roviano * '' Chi lavora è perduto'' (1963) - Claudio * ''Vino, whisky e acqua salata'' (1963) * ''

I cuori infranti ''I cuori infranti'' ( ''The Broken Hearts'') is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio Caprioli and Gianni Puccini. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Cast Segmen ...

'' (1963) - Baron Friedrich von Tellen (segment "La manina di Fatma") * '' Ça ira - Il fiume della rivolta'' (1964) * ''

Thrilling ''Thrilling'' is a 1965 Italian comedy film. The film is split into three distinct segments, each directed by a different director; namely Carlo Lizzani, Ettore Scola and Gian Luigi Polidoro. Cast Il vittimista * Directed by Ettore Scola * N ...

'' (1965) - The shrink (segment "Il vittimista") * ''

A Maiden for a Prince ''A Maiden for a Prince'' ( it, Una vergine per il principe) is a 1966 Italian comedy, starring Vittorio Gassman and Virna Lisi and based on the failed marriage between Margherita Farnese and Vincenzo Gonzaga. Cast *Vittorio Gassman - *Virna Li ...

'' (1965) - Duca di mantova * '' After the Fox'' (1966) - Siepi * ''

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'' (1972) - Doctor Emilio Bontempi

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Buazzelli, Tino 1922 births 1980 deaths People from Frascati Italian male film actors Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni 20th-century Italian male actors Italian male stage actors Italian male television actors