Silvano Tranquilli


Silvano Tranquilli was an Italian stage, television and film actor.

Life and career

Born in Rome, Silvano Tranquilli attended theatre lessons at the Sharoff Academy, and started his stage activity with the theatrical companies of Salvo Randone and Vittorio Gassman. In 1959 he made his television debut, and later acted in more than 100 television productions, achieving his main success with the TV-series I ragazzi di padre Tobia. In the early 1960s he also started a prolific film career as character actor.
He died in Rome, at 71, shortly after his theatrical comeback with the company Stabile del Giallo.

Selected filmography

Adriana Lecouvreur Il conte Aquila Napoli sole mio! - Segretario del ImpresarioPerfide ma... belle - The Telephone Technician I piaceri del sabato notte - Il vice commissarioThe Horrible Dr. Hichcock - Dr. Kurt Lowe Castle of Blood - Edgar Allan PoeI due sanculotti - RobespierreShoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand - Il tenente BertolucciThe Invisible Woman - AndreaHelp Me, My Love - Valerio MantovaniUnknown Woman - L'ing. ZappengoLonely Hearts - DiegoSunflower - L'operaio italianoMafia Connection - Commissario ModicaQuella chiara notte d'ottobre L'Explosion - AubreyBlack Belly of the Tarantula - Paolo ZaniWeb of the Spider - William PerkinsThe Double - RogerThe Bloodstained Butterfly - Inspector BerardiSei iellato, amico hai incontrato Sacramento - Doc O'DonnellSmile Before Death - MarcoSo Sweet, So Dead - Paolo SantangeliIl mio corpo con rabbia La gatta in calore - AntonioMia moglie, un corpo per l'amore - PaoloGiorni d'amore sul filo di una lama La bonne année - L'amant italienHigh Crime - Franco GrivaThe Violent Professionals - Gianni VivianiTony Arzenta - Big Guns - Montani - the Interpol officerCeremonia sangrienta - MédicoMean Frank and Crazy Tony - SylvesterTecnica di un amore - AndreaDiario di un italiano - AlbertoAnd Now My Love Madeleine... anatomia di un incubo - Dr. ShumanThe Balloon Vendor - Dr. NovelliDas Blaue Palais - Louis PalmManhunt in the City - Paolo GiordaniDown the Ancient Staircase - Professor RospigliosiViolent Rome - Capo della Squadra mobileSyndicate Sadists - Dr. Marco MarsiliSo Young, So Lovely, So Vicious... - Doctor BatrucchiLips of Lurid Blue - Davide Levi Violent Naples - Paolo GervasiLa bravata L'affaire Suisse - ZurliniStar Odyssey The Finzi Detective Agency - Augusto MoserThe Pumaman - Ambassador DobsonTranquille donne di campagna L'ultimo giorno - Carlo SalviDon Bosco
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