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person_profile-Duccio Tessari

Duccio Tessari Died at age: 67

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Duccio Tessari

Date of Birth:

Oct 11, 1926

Country of birth:

Italy

Died:

Sep 06, 1994

Biography of

Duccio Tessari

    Duccio Tessari was an Italian director, screenwriter and occasionally actor, considered one of the fathers of spaghetti westerns. Born in Genoa, Tessari started in the fifties as documentarist and as screenwriter of Peplum films. In 1964 he co-wrote Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars, one year later he gained an impressive commercial success and launched the Giuliano Gemma's career with A Pistol for Ringo and his immediate sequel, The Return of Ringo.

    He later touched different genres and worked in RAI TV, directing some successful TV-series. He died of cancer in Rome, at 68. He was married to actress Lorella De Luca.

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Duccio Tessari

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Filmography of

Duccio Tessari

Found 29 Movies in total

... 1992

Desert Law

Director

... 1991

... 1986

... 1985

... 1978

La madama

Screenplay

... 1976

... 1976

Zorro

Director

... 1975

Puzzle

Screenplay

... 1974

... 1974

... 1973

... 1972

... 1971

... 1971

... 1970

... 1969

... 1968

... 1968

... 1966

... 1965

A Pistol for Ringo

Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1965

... 1965

... 1964

... 1963

... 1962

Love, the Italian Way

First Assistant Director

... 1960

... 1960

... 1960

... 1959