# Venantino Venantini

Venantino Venantini (17 April 1930 – 9 October 2018) was an Italian film actor. He was the father of Victoria Venantini and Luca Venantini [it] and appeared in more than 140 films between 1954 and 2018.
He made his debut in the cinema with an appearance in Un giorno in pretura under the direction of Steno and he had his first important role in Odissea Nuda [it] (1961), directed by Franco Rossi. Among the almost 150 films he performed in, some became cult favorites such as Les Tontons flingueurs, Amore libero - Free Love, Black Emanuelle and City of the Living Dead.
He acted with actors such as Lino Ventura, Yves Montand, Alain Delon and Gérard Depardieu and for directors such as Ettore Scola, Luciano Salce and Dino Risi and for French film directors such as Georges Lautner, Gérard Oury and Claude Lelouch.

## Selected filmography

* A Day in Court (1954) – Ufficiale al varietà (uncredited)
* No Sun in Venice (1957)
* Ben Hur (1959) – Palefrenier de la course de chars (uncredited)
* Odissea nuda (1961) – Film Maker
* Pastasciutta nel deserto (1961) – Malapaga
* La guerra continua (1962) – Alberto
* The Captive City (1962) – Gen. Ferolou
* Les Tontons flingueurs (1963) – Pascal
* Il vuoto (1964) – Andrea Masi
* Salad by the Roots (1964) – Pierre Michon
* Le conseguenze (1964) – Valerio
* La Celestina P... R... (1965) – Carlo
* Le Corniaud (1965) – Mickey dit le bègue ou la souris
* The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) – Paris De Grassis
* Galia (1966) – Greg
* Balearic Caper (1966) – Giuliano
* Le Grand Restaurant (1966) – Henrique
* La grande sauterelle (1967) – Vladimir
* Round Trip (1967) – Marc Daumel
* Bandidos (1967) – Billy Kane
* The Killer Likes Candy (1968) – Costa
* Love in the Night (1968) – Bollert
* Anzio (1968) – Capt. Burns
* Emma Hamilton (1968) – Le prince Carraciola
* The Libertine (1968) – Aurelio
* Hate Is My God (1969) – Sweetley
* Erotissimo (1969) – Sylvio
* Playgirl 70 (1969)
* The War Devils (1969) – Heinrich Meinike
* Are You Engaged to a Greek Sailor or an Airline Pilot? (1970) – Ministre
* The Priest's Wife (1970) – Maurizio
* Quella chiara notte d'ottobre (1970)
* Macédoine (1971) – Brian Goffy
* Laisse aller... c'est une valse (1971) – Tosca
* La araucana (1971) – Pedro de Valdivia
* Per amore o per forza (1971) – Padre di Jane
* Delusions of Grandeur (1971) – Del Basto
* Il était une fois un flic... (1972) – Felice – le tueur
* La rossa dalla pelle che scotta (1972)
* Le Rempart des béguines (1972) – Max
* Master of Love (1972) – Soldier from Sicily
* Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye (1973) – Father Robertson
* Profession: Aventuriers (1973) – Pablo
* Number One (1973) – Rudy
* The Police Serve the Citizens? (1973) – Mancinelli
* Un modo di essere donna (1973) – Simone
* Troppo rischio per un uomo solo (1973) – Piero Albertini
* Le führer en folie (1974) – Italian waiter / valet
* And Now My Love (1974) – Very Italian Italian Man
* Amore libero – Free Love (1974) – Chavad
* Black Emanuelle (1975) – William Meredith
* Emmanuelle 2 (1975) – The Polo Player
* Calore in provincia (1975) – Santuzzo
* Il letto in piazza (1976) – 'Bogart'
* Emanuelle in Bangkok (1976) – David
* A.A.A. cercasi spia... disposta spiare per conto spie (1976) – Roger, Capo della CIA
* Young, Violent, Dangerous (1976) – Sign. Morandi
* Il pomicione (1976) – Renato
* Nine Guests for a Crime (1977) – Walter
* Rene the Cane (1977) – Carlo
* L'altra metà del cielo (1977) – Mister Rickie
* La Bidonata (1977) – The Frenchman
* La bravata (1977) – Walter
* The Greatest Battle (1978) – Michael
* Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade (1978) – Giorgio Rivetti
* War of the Robots (1978) – Paul
* First Love (1978) – Emilio, TV channel owner
* La Cage aux Folles (1978) – Le chauffeur de Charrier
* The Concorde Affair (1979) – Forsythe
* Cop or Hood (1979) – Mario
* The Humanoid (1979)
* From Corleone to Brooklyn (1979) – Lt. Danova
* Gardenia (1979) – Nocita
* On est venu là pour s'éclater (1979) – Norbert
* Tre sotto il lenzuolo (1979)
* Riavanti... Marsch! (1979) – Sergeant Sconocchia
* Terror Express (1980) – Mike
* Sesso profondo (1980) – Mr. Murphy
* La terrazza (1980) – Un ospite
* Flatfoot in Egypt (1980) – Ruotolo
* Beast in Space (1980) – Juan Cardoso
* La padrina (1980)
* Cannibal Apocalypse (1980) – Lieutenant Hill (uncredited)
* Contraband (1980) – Captain Tarantino
* City of the Living Dead (1980) – Mr. Ross
* Cannibal Ferox (1981) – Sgt. Ross
* Longshot (1981) – Henri Bresson
* Giggi il bullo (1982) – Don Salvatore
* Sesso e volentieri (1982) – Man in the cinema
* Dio li fa poi li accoppia (1982) – Occhipinti
* The New Barbarians (1982) – Father Moses
* Exterminators of the Year 3000 (1983) – John
* Attention une femme peut en cacher une autre! (1983) – Nino
* Le bon roi Dagobert (1984) – Demetrius, marchand
* Windsurf – Il vento nelle mani (1984) – Walter
* Ladyhawke (1985) – Bishop's Secretary
* Liberté, égalité, choucroute (1985) – Un sans culotte
* The Adventures of Hercules (1985) – High Priest
* The Assisi Underground (1985) – Pietro
* Final Justice (1985) – Joseph Palermo
* Sogni erotici di Cleopatra (1985) – Dolabella (uncredited)
* De flyvende djævle (1985) – Luigi
* The Lion's Share (1985) – Enzo Gatti
* Il pentito (1985)
* Superfantagenio (1986) – Puncher
* Capriccio (1987) – Alfredo
* Madame, nuda è arrivata la straniera (1989) – Fisher (uncredited)
* Vanille fraise (1989) – Anselmo
* The King's Whore (1990) – Luis de Arragon / Louis d'Aragon
* Crazy Underwear (1992) – Alessia's Father
* Madrugada de sangue (1992)
* Il respiro della valle (1992)
* Blu notte (1992) – Father
* Giovani e belli (1996) – Buby
* L'amico di Wang (1997) – Ezio
* The Eighteenth Angel (1997) – Clockmaker
* We'll Really Hurt You (1998) – Pietro
* The Dinner (1998)
* Toni (1999) – Minelli
* Livraison à domicile (2003) – Giuseppe, le père de Thomas
* Ho visto le stelle (2003) – Duilio Masera
* Atomik Circus – Le retour de James Bataille (2004) – Matt Kelso
* Could This Be Love? (2007) – Della Ponte
* I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (2007) – Joe
* The Hideout (2007) – Telephone Installer
* Nos 18 ans (2008) – Marcello
* The Museum of Wonders (2010) – Master of Ceremonies
* 22 Bullets (2010) – Padovano
* Bloody Sin (2011) – Il prelato
* Hyde's Secret Nightmare (2011) – Barman
* Phantasmagoria (2014) – Grandpa (segment "My Gift to You")
* P.O.E. Pieces of Eldritch (P.O.E. 3) (2014)
* Papa lumière (2015) – Le gérant de l'hôtel
* Un plus une (2015) – Henri
* The Very Private Life of Mister Sim (2015) – Monsieur Matteotti père
* Marseille (2016) – Giovanni
* Vive la crise (2017) – Luigi Pirandello
* Maryline (2017) – Elio, le patron du restaurant