Gianni Cavina (9 December 1940 – 26 March 2022) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films from 1968 to 2022. Born in
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different na ...
, Cavina trained as a stage actor at the Teatro Stabile di Bologna, under the direction of
Franco Parenti.
He made his film debut in the 1968 horror ''
Balsamus, l'uomo di Satana'', directed by
Pupi Avati, with whom he had a long collaboration, starring in many of his films.
Cavina died in his hometown Bologna on 26 March 2022, at the age of 81.
Selected filmography
* ''
Balsamus, l'uomo di Satana'' (1968)
* ''
Flashback'' (1969)
* ''
The Kiss'' (1974)
* ''
Il figlio della sepolta viva
''Il figlio della sepolta viva'' is a 1974 Italian drama film directed by Luciano Ercoli. Based on the novel with the same name written by Carolina Invernizio, it is part of the Invernizio's revival occurred in the early 1970s. In this adaptation ...
'' (1974)
* ''
La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone'' (1975)
* ''
The House with Laughing Windows
''The House with Laughing Windows'' ( it, La casa dalle finestre che ridono) is a 1976 Italian ''giallo'' film co-written and directed by Pupi Avati. The film was shot in Lido degli Scacchi in the Ferrara province of the Emilia-Romagna region i ...
'' (1976)
* ''
House of Pleasure for Women'' (1976)
* ''
The Big Operator'' (1976)
* ''
Traffic Jam
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'' (1979)
* ''
La locandiera'' (1980)
* ''
Il turno ''For the film based on the novel, see " Il turno"''
''The Turn'' ( it, Il Turno ) is the name of Luigi Pirandello's second novel. Originally published in Catania
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'' (1981)
* ''
Cornetti alla crema
''Cornetti alla crema'' a.k.a. ''Cream Horn'' and ''Creampuffs'' is a 1981 commedia sexy all'italiana, directed by Sergio Martino.
Edwige Fenech, Lino Banfi and Milena Vukotic are featured in a comedic tale about a couple attempting to elude th ...
'' (1981)
* ''
The Three of Us'' (1984)
* ''
Christmas Present
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'' (1986)
* ''
Empty Eyes'' (2001)
* ''
Christmas Rematch'' (2004)
* ''
The Wedding Director'' (2006)
* ''
The Big Heart of the Girls'' (2011)
* ''
Welcome Mr. President
''Welcome Mr. President'' ( it, Benvenuto Presidente!) is a 2013 Italian comedy film directed by Riccardo Milani and starring Claudio Bisio.
Plot
Giuseppe Garibaldi is a modest librarian in a small town in Piedmont. He loves to read, transmit cu ...
'' (2013)
* ''Il signor Diavolo'' (2019)
* ''Dante'' (2022)
References
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1940 births
2022 deaths
Italian male film actors
21st-century Italian male actors
Italian male stage actors
Italian male television actors
Actors from Bologna
Nastro d'Argento winners
20th-century Italian male actors
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