Renato Terra (26 July 1922 in

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– 28 November 2010 in

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) had a

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working in

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as an

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, and has appeared in over 80

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s. In 1977 he retired to become a

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. Young, he attended the Experimental Center of Cinematography in Rome and also used the alias Ryan Earthpick during his career. During the shooting of a film, he fell from a horse and permanently broke his nose. During his post-actor career as a poet, he published the book ''Che Strano Paese''.

Selected filmography

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The Black Corsair ''The Black Corsair'' is an 1898 adventure novel written by Italian novelist Emilio Salgari. Set in the Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy, the novel narrates the exploits of Emilio Roccanera, Lord of Ventimiglia and his attempts to ave ...

'' (1938) * ''Torna a Napoli'' (1949) - Nino * '' Path of Hope'' (1950) - Mommino * ''

Hearts at Sea ''Hearts at Sea'' ( it, Cuori sul mare) is a 1950 Italian adventure film directed by Giorgio Bianchi. Sophia Loren appears as an uncredited extra. Plot Three students of the Naval Academy face the beginning of their nautical career, between ne ...

'' (1950) * ''Vivo di te'', shortfilm (1951) Renato_Terra_and_Brunella_Bovo

* ''

The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo ''The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo'' ( it, Il brigante di Tacca del Lupo) is a 1952 Italian historical drama film directed by Pietro Germi. Plot In 1863 a company of Bersaglieri commanded by Captain Giordani, as part of the repression of banditry, ...

'' (1952) * ''I falsari'' (1953) * ''

A Husband for Anna ''A Husband for Anna'' ( it, Un marito per Anna Zaccheo) is a 1953 Italian romance-drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis. Cast * Silvana Pampanini: Anna Zaccheo * Amedeo Nazzari: Dr. Illuminato * Massimo Girotti: Andrea Grazzi * Umbe ...

'' (1953) - Il palpeggiatore * '' Senso'' (1954) - Un soldato (uncredited) * ''

Proibito ''Proibito'' (''Forbidden'') is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Mario Monicelli and starring Mel Ferrer. Cast * Mel Ferrer as Don Paolo Solinas * Amedeo Nazzari as Costantino Corraine * Lea Massari as Agnese Barras * Henri Vilbert as Nic ...

'' (1955) * '' The Bachelor'' (1956) - Tiberio * ''

Nero's Weekend ''Mio figlio Nerone'' (literally: ''My Son Nero''), released in the US as ''Nero's Mistress'' is a 1956 Italian historical comedy film directed by Steno and starring Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Gloria Swanson and Brigitte Bardot, with cine ...

'' (1956) * ''Kean'' (1957) * ''

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'' (1957) - Un coinvolto nella rissa * ''Un angelo è sceso a Brooklyn'' (1957) * ''Ragazzi della marina'' (1957) * ''

Peppino, le modelle e chella là ''Peppino, le modelle e chella là'' is a 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Gino Bramieri. Cast * Gino Bramieri * Peppino De Filippo * Franco Di Trocchio * Fulvia Franco * Giacomo Furia * Salvo Libassi * Guid ...

'' (1957) * ''

The Italians They Are Crazy ''The Italians They Are Crazy'' (Italian: ''Gli italiani sono matti'') is a 1958 Italian-German comedy film directed by Duilio Coletti and Luis María Delgado and starring Victor McLaglen, Folco Lulli Folco Lulli (3 July 1912 – 23 May 1 ...

'' (1958) * ''

Toto and Marcellino ''Toto and Marcellino'' ( it, Totò e Marcellino, french: Mon gosse) is a 1958 Italian-French comedy film directed by Antonio Musu. Plot A little boy, Marcellino, sees his mother die, and follows her to the funeral. A poor street musician, aff ...

'' (1958) * ''

Piece of the Sky ''Piece of the Sky'' ( it, Un ettaro di cielo) is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Aglauco Casadio. Plot Severino Balestra, a peddler who goes around the various village festivals of the Po delta selling trinkets, returns to Migliarin ...

'' (1958) - La guardia giovane (uncredited) * ''Giovane canaglia'' (1958) - complice di Daves * ''Il romanzo di un giovane povero'' (1958) * ''

Big Deal on Madonna Street ''Big Deal on Madonna Street'' ( it, I soliti ignoti; released in the UK as ''Persons Unknown'') is a 1958 Italian comedy caper film directed by Mario Monicelli and considered to be among the masterpieces of Italian cinema. Its original Italian ...

'' (1958) - Eladio * '' The Law Is the Law'' (1958) * '' La sfida'' (1958) * ''Carmela è una bambola'' (1958) - Silvio * ''Pia de' Tolomei'' (1958) * ''Tuppe tuppe, Marescià!'' (1958) * ''Destinazione Sanremo'' (1959) * ''Le cameriere'' (1959) * ''

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) * ''

Un maledetto imbroglio ''The Facts of Murder'' (Italian: ''Un maledetto imbroglio'') is a 1959 Italian crime film mystery directed by and starring Pietro Germi with Claudia Cardinale.Moliterno p.150-51 The film is based on the 1957 novel '' That Awful Mess on Via Merul ...

'' (1959) - Man at the Notary's * ''

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'' (1960) * ''

Carthage in Flames ''Carthage in Flames'' ( it, Cartagine in fiamme) is a 1960 Italian historical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Pierre Brasseur, José Suárez, Daniel Gélin and Anne Heywood. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The ...

'' (1960) * ''

The Angel Wore Red ''The Angel Wore Red'', also known as ''La sposa bella'' in its Italian version, is a 1960 Italian-American MGM/Titanus coproduction war drama starring Ava Gardner and Dirk Bogarde. It was directed by Nunnally Johnson and produced by Goffredo Lomb ...

'' (1960) (uncredited) * ''

Goliath and the Dragon ''Goliath and the Dragon'' ( it, La vendetta di Ercole, lit=Revenge of Hercules) is a 1960 international co-production sword-and-sandal filmKinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662 ...

'' (1960) - Antoneos * '' Black Sunday'' (1960) - Boris * '' Rocco and His Brothers'' (1960) - Alfredo, Ginetta's brother * ''I'll See You in Hell'' (1960) * ''

Robin Hood and the Pirates ''Robin Hood and the Pirates'' ( it, Robin Hood e i pirati) is a 1960 Italian adventure film directed by Giorgio Simonelli, and starring Lex Barker and Jackie Lane. Plot Robin Hood, the protagonist, leaves Sherwood Forest, and joins the pirates ...

'' (1960) - Barbanera * '' Constantine and the Cross'' (1961) Jailer * ''

The Seven Revenges ''The Seven Revenges'' ( it, Le sette sfide, also known as ''Ivan the Conqueror'') is a 1961 Italian adventure film directed by Primo Zeglio. It features American actress Elaine Stewart and was filmed in Yugoslavia. Plot The leaders of Circassi ...

'' (1961) * ''Gioventù di notte'' (1961) - Brigadiere * ''I tartari'' (1961) * ''

Goliath and the Vampires ''Goliath and the Vampires'' ( it, Maciste contro il vampiro) is a 1961 Italian ''peplum'' film directed by Sergio Corbucci and Giacomo Gentilomo. Plot Set in the ancient world, this film follows a powerful muscular man out to battle a vampire ...

'' (1961) * ''Il brigante'' (1961) * ''

Accattone ''Accattone'' is a 1961 Italian drama film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Despite an original screenplay, the film is often perceived as a cinematic rendition of Pasolini's earlier novels, particularly '' Ragazzi di vita'' (''The R ...

'' (1961) - Farlocco #2 * '' Black City'' (1961) - Un agente * ''Maciste contro Ercole nella valle dei guai'' (1961) * ''

The Giant of Metropolis ''The Giant of Metropolis'' ( it, Il gigante di Metropolis) is a 1961 color Italian fantasy adventure film that was produced by Decio Salvi and Emimmo Salvi, directed by Umberto Scarpelli, that stars Gordon Mitchell and Bella Cortez. Plot Muscl ...

'' (1961) - Il Giovane Scienzato * ''Accroche-toi, y'a du vent!'' (1961) * ''

The Italian Brigands ''I briganti italiani'' (internationally released as ''The Italian Brigands'' and ''Seduction of the South'') is a 1962 Italian comedy- drama film directed by Mario Camerini. It was shot in Cerreto Sannita.''Una passeggiata nella storia'', Di Laur ...

'' (1961) - Il Brigante * '' Madame'' (1961) - Un sans-culotte (uncredited) * ''I due marescialli'' (1961) * ''

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'' (1962) * ''

Alone Against Rome ''Alone Against Rome'' ( it, Solo contro Roma, also known as ''Vengeance of the Gladiators'') is a 1962 peplum film directed by Luciano Ricci and starring Lang Jeffries and Rossana Podestà. Cast * Lang Jeffries as Brennus * Rossana Podest ...

'' (1962) - Gladiator Trainer * ''Night Train to Milan'' (1962) - Sottufficiale di polizia * ''

Toto and Peppino Divided in Berlin ''Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino'', internationally released as ''Toto and Peppino Divided in Berlin'', is a 1962 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Bianchi. Plot Antonio leaves Italy for Berlin to reach Peppino, who works the miserable ...

'' (1962) - 9 * ''

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'' (1962) - (uncredited) * ''Agostino'' (1962) * '' Carmen di Trastevere'' (1962) - Gerardo, a Latin Lover * ''Il mare'' (1962) * '' The Four Monks'' (1962) - Un paesano * ''Uno strano tipo'' (1963) * '' The Fall of Rome'' (1963) * ''Il monaco di Monza'' (1963) * ''

Il Fornaretto di Venezia ''Il Fornaretto di Venezia'' (US TV title: ''The Scapegoat,'' French title ''Le Petit Boulanger de Venise'' or, alternatively, ''Le Procès des Doges — as seen on the poster'') is a 1963 Italian-French film directed by Duccio Tessari who co-wro ...

'' (1963) * '' Hands over the City'' (1963) - Giornalista (uncredited) * ''

Hercules Against the Mongols ''Hercules Against the Mongols'' ( it, Maciste contro i mongoli, lit=Maciste Against the Mongols) is a 1963 Italian '' ''peplum'' film directed by Domenico Paolella. Plot The heirs of Genghis Khan conquered the city of Tudela and took prisoner B ...

'' (1963) - Karikan * ''I 4 tassisti'' (1963) * ''Liolà'' (1964) * ''None But the Lonely Spy'' (1964) - Policeman * ''Love in Four Dimensions'' (1964) - (segment "Amore e alfabeto") * ''L'ultima carica'' (1964) * ''

Hercules Against the Barbarians ''Hercules Against the Barbarians'' ( it, Maciste nell'inferno di Gengis Khan, lit=Maciste in Genghis Khan's Hell) is a 1964 Italian ''peplum'' film directed by Domenico Paolella. When the Mongols invade Europe, they are defeated at Krakow for ...

'' (1964) * ''La vita agra'' (1964) * ''

Grand Canyon Massacre ''Grand Canyon Massacre'' (Italian: ''Massacro al Grande Canyon'', lit. "Massacre at Grand Canyon") is a 1964 Italian Spaghetti Western filmed in Croatia starring James Mitchum, Milla Sannoner, and George Ardisson. It was directed by Sergio Cor ...

'' (1964) - Curly Mason * ''Sette contro la morte'' (1964) * ''

Castle of the Living Dead ''Castle of the Living Dead'' ( it, Il Castello dei Morti Vivi, french: Le Chateau des Morts Vivants) is a 1964 horror film directed by Warren Kiefer. It was released in English under the title ''Crypt of Horror''. It was Kiefer's first film as ...

'' (1964) - Policeman * ''I due evasi di Sing Sing'' (1964) - Jim Doris * '' The Gospel According to St. Matthew'' (1964) - Un indemoniato * ''Intrigo a Los Angeles'' (1964) - Elston * ''Un mostro e mezzo'' (1964) * '' Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens'' (1964) - Saracen Leader * ''Una storia di notte'' (1964) * ''Il vendicatore mascherato'' (1964) * '' Tres dólares de plomo'' (1964) * ''

The Revenge of Ivanhoe ''The Revenge of Ivanhoe'' ( it, La rivincita di Ivanhoe) is a 1965 Italian adventure film directed by Tanio Boccia. Cast * Rik Van Nutter(credited as Clyde Rogers) as Ivanhoe * Gilda Lousek as Rowena of Stratford * Andrea Aureli as Bertrand ...

'' (1965) - Tuck * ''Letti sbagliati'' (1965) * '' The Dirty Game'' (1965) * ''La violenza e l'amore'' (1965) * ''

I complessi ''I complessi'' is a 1965 commedia all'italiana anthology film consisting of three episodes. Cast ;''Una giornata decisiva'' *Nino Manfredi: Quirino Raganelli *Ilaria Occhini: Gabriella * Riccardo Garrone: Alvaro Morandini *Umberto D'Orsi: E ...

'' (1965) - (segment "Il Complesso della Schiava nubiana") * ''

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'' (1965) * ''

Man from Canyon City ''Man from Canyon City'' ( es, ¡Viva Carrancho!, it, L'uomo che viene da Canyon City) is a 1965 Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Alfonso Balcázar Alfonso Balcázar (2 March 1926 – 28 December 1993) was a Spanish sc ...

'' (1965) * ''

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) - (segment "L'autostrada del sole") * ''

Seven Golden Men ''Seven Golden Men'' ( it, Sette uomini d'oro) is a 1965 Italian crime-comedy film directed by Marco Vicario. A film about a bank heist, it follows a gang of men and one woman. It followed the same story line as '' Topkapi'', and has a sequ ...

'' (1965) * '' Agente S 03: Operazione Atlantide'' (1965) - Fatima's Henchman (uncredited) * ''

I Knew Her Well ''I Knew Her Well'' ( it, Io la conoscevo bene) is a 1965 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli and starring Stefania Sandrelli. In 2008 the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved. Plot syn ...

'' (1965) - Man in the caravan * ''

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'' (1965) - Immigrant (segment "6, Final episode") * ''

Weekend, Italian Style ''L'ombrellone'' or ''Weekend, Italian Style'' is a 1966 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Dino Risi. It was co-produced with Spain and France. The soundtrack is full of Italian Pop songs from the 1960s. Plot Ferragosto in Rome. Everybod ...

'' (1965) - Giovanni - the valet * ''Lo scippo'' (1965) * ''

Seven Golden Men Strike Again ''Seven Golden Men Strike Again'' ( it, Il grande colpo dei sette uomini d'oro, lang-en, ''The Big Hit of the Seven Golden Men'') is a 1966 film directed by Marco Vicario. It is the sequel of ''Seven Golden Men''. Plot The Seven Golden Men ...

'' (1966) * '' Me, Me, Me... and the Others'' (1966) * ''

Seven Dollars on the Red '' Sette dollari sul rosso '' (released in the United States as ''Seven Dollars on the Red'' or ''Seven Dollars to Kill'') is a 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Alberto Cardone. It stars Anthony Steffen as the main character. ...

'' (1966) - Manuel * ''Savage Gringo'' (1966) * ''

Wake Up and Die ''Wake Up and Die'' (Italian: ''Svegliati e uccidi''), also known as ''Wake Up and Kill'' and ''I Kill for Kicks'', is a 1966 Italian crime drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani, based on the real life of Luciano Lutring, an Italian criminal known ...

'' (1966) * '' The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen'' (1966) * '' Knives of the Avenger'' (1966) - Hagen's Henchman (uncredited) * ''Tabú'' (1966) - (uncredited) * ''

Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die ''Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die'' (Italian: ''Se tutte le donne del mondo... (Operazione Paradiso)'') is a James Bond spoof film released in 1966 as an Italian-American co-production between Dino De Laurentiis' Cinematografica and Columbia Pic ...

'' (1966) * '' Kill or Be Killed'' (1966) - Doctor * ''Eroe vagabondo'' (1966) * ''Ballata da un miliardo'' (1967) * ''

Requiescant ''Requiescant'', also known as ''Kill and Pray'', is a 1967 Spaghetti Western film directed by Carlo Lizzani. Synopsis After surviving his family being massacred, a young boy is taken in and raised by a priest. Years later he comes face to face ...

'' (1967) - Alonso * ''Gente d'onore'' (1967) * ''Delitto a Posillipo - Londra chiama Napoli'' (1967) * ''

'' (1967) * ''El 'Che' Guevara'' (1969) - Sergeant * ''Le lys de mer'' (1969) * ''Ma chi t'ha dato la patente?'' (1970) * ''

Brother Sun, Sister Moon ''Brother Sun, Sister Moon'' ( it, Fratello Sole, Sorella Luna) is a 1972 film directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starring Graham Faulkner and Judi Bowker. The film is an examination of the life of Saint Francis of Assisi. Plot Francesco, the sp ...

'' (1972) * ''L'arbitro'' (1974) * ''Paolo il freddo'' (1974) * ''

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'' (1977, TV Mini-Series) - Abel

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