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Italian actor
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Place of birth
Catania, Province of Catania, Sicily, Italy
Place of death
Catania, Province of Catania, Sicily, Italy
Age
81 years
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Biography
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)
- Outlaw Girl (1950)
- The Fighting Men (1950)
- Tragic Serenade (1951)
- I tre corsari (1952)
- Girls Marked Danger (1952)
- Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair (1952)
- La lupa (1952)
- Neapolitan Turk (1953)
- Addio, figlio mio! (1954)
- It Happened at the Police Station (1954)
- Buonanotte... avvocato! (1955)
- The White Angel (1955)
- Andalusia Express (1956)
- Arrivano i dollari! (1957)
- The Giant of Marathon (1959)
- The Magistrate (1959)
- Pirates of the Coast (1960)
- Queen of the Seas (1961)
- The Secret of the Black Falcon (1961)
- The Eye of the Needle (1962)
- Samson and the Slave Queen (1963)
- Hercules Against Rome (1964)
- Giant of the Evil Island (1965)
- Poppea's Hot Nights (1969)
- Zorro in the Court of England (1969)
- I due maghi del pallone (1970)
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