# Ignazio Balsamo

Ignazio Balsamo (25 October 1912 – 7 August 1994) was an Italian film and stage actor.

## Life and career

Born in Catania, Balsamo began his career on stage, being part of several Sicilian language theatrical companies. Discovered by Pietro Germi, who offered him a role of weight in the film In the Name of the Law, following the success of the film Balsamo moved to Rome where he had a long film career as a character actor, mainly cast in roles of Sicilian criminals and villains. He also worked as a production coordinator and a production runner for the companies Fortunia Film and Romana Film. Balsamo was also author of two plays in Sicilian language, Casa Cantoniera and Tila di ragnu.

## Selected filmography

* In the Name of the Law (1949) - Francesco Messana
* Outlaw Girl (1950) - Ciro Sollima
* The Fighting Men (1950) - Antonio Schepisi
* Il caimano del Piave (1951) - Sergente siciliano al fronte
* Behind Closed Shutters (1951) - Minor Role (uncredited)
* Tragic Serenade (1951)
* La vendetta di una pazza (1951)
* Anna (1951) - Un agente di pubblica sicurezza (uncredited)
* What Price Innocence? (1952) - Giovanni
* Ergastolo (1952)
* Girls Marked Danger (1952) - Il Francese
* I tre corsari (1952) - Van Stiller
* Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair (1952) - Van Stiller
* La carovana del peccato (1953)
* Addio, figlio mio! (1953) - Martinelli
* Neapolitan Turk (1953) - Luigi
* La lupa (1953) - Don Antonio, Imbornone's Secretary
* The Ship of Condemned Women (1953) - Duràn
* Genoese Dragnet (1954) - Giovanni Feruglio
* Letter from Naples (1954) - The Police Commissioner
* Cuore di mamma (1954) - Biagio Carrino
* Acque amare (1954) - Police Commissioner
* It Happened at the Police Station (1954) - Taxi driver
* La Luciana (1954)
* Buonanotte... avvocato! (1955) - Commissar
* The White Angel (1955) - Un poliziotto
* Suonno d'ammore (1955) - Arturo, Padre di Maria
* La rossa (1955) - Un brigadiere dei carabinieri
* Accadde al penitenziario (1955) - Detenuto mafioso
* La moglie è uguale per tutti (1955) - The Sicilian Passenger on Bus
* Una sera di maggio (1955)
* Andalusia Express (1956) - Rubio
* Arrivano i dollari! (1957) - Ernesto
* Cavalier in Devil's Castle (1959)
* Policarpo (1959) - Poliziotto (uncredited)
* The Magistrate (1959) - The Sea Captain
* The Pirate and the Slave Girl (1959)
* The Giant of Marathon (1959) - Ship's Captain
* Ferdinando I re di Napoli (1959) - The Jailer
* I baccanali di Tiberio (1960)
* La Dolce Vita (1960) - (uncredited)
* Un militare e mezzo (1960) - Porter
* Knight of 100 Faces (1960) - Aiutante di Fosco
* Le bal des espions (1960)
* Pirates of the Coast (1960) - Brook
* Rapina al quartiere Ovest (1960)
* Robin Hood e i pirati (1960)
* Un dollaro di fifa (1960) - Poker Player
* Garibaldi (1961) - Colonel Pallavicino
* L'onorata società (1961)
* The Secret of the Black Falcon (1961) - Sancho
* Don Camillo: Monsignor (1961) - Un compagno socialista (uncredited)
* Queen of the Seas (1961) - Captain of the Guard
* The Vengeance of Ursus (1961) - Andros
* The Italian Brigands (1961) - Scannamorti
* Duello nella sila (1962)
* Odio mortale (1962) - Herrera
* Gli eroi del doppio gioco (1962) - Partisan
* Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963)
* The Eye of the Needle (1962) - Father of Nicola
* L'invincibile cavaliere mascherato (1963) - Primo Cittadino appestato
* Samson and the Slave Queen (1963) - Joaquim
* Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963)
* Una spada nell'ombra (1963) - Zingano
* Hercules and the Black Pirates (1964)
* Hercules Against Rome (1964) - Tauras
* Terror in the Crypt (1964) - (uncredited)
* Hercules and the Treasure of the Incas (1964) - Sergeant (uncredited)
* Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus (1965) - Messenger
* Giant of the Evil Island (1965) - Navarro
* How We Robbed the Bank of Italy (1966) - Fake Nurse
* Zorro il ribelle (1966) - Salvador
* Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand (1966)
* La notte dell'addio (1966)
* 7 monaci d'oro (1966) - Brigadiere (uncredited)
* Danger!! Death Ray (1967) - Henchman 'X2' (uncredited)
* Il magnifico Texano (1967) - Stark Henchman (uncredited)
* 2 RRRingos no Texas (1967) - Poker player
* Non mi dire mai good-bye (1967)
* Delitto a Posillipo - Londra chiama Napoli (1967) - Rosario (uncredited)
* Due occhi per uccidere (1968)
* I 2 pompieri (1968)
* I 2 deputati (1968) - PCI member
* Zorro in the Court of England (1969) - Dice gambler
* Il ragazzo che sorride (1969) - Assistant of engineer
* Indovina chi viene a merenda? (1969) - Cook (uncredited)
* Zorro, the Navarra Marquis (1969) - Apothecary
* I 2 magnifici fresconi (1969) - don Mimì Cannaruta
* Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera (1969)
* Poppea's Hot Nights (1969)
* Satiricosissimo (1970) - Pedlar (uncredited)
* Ma chi t'ha dato la patente? (1970)
* W le donne (1970) - Marshal Palombi
* Principe coronato cercasi per ricca ereditiera (1970) - Creditor (uncredited)
* Mezzanotte d'amore (1970) - Prison Guard
* I due maggiolini più matti del mondo (1970)
* Due bianchi nell'Africa nera (1970)
* I due maghi del pallone (1970) - Manager of Ghiandineddese
* Zorro il cavaliere della vendetta (1971) - (final film role)