Salvatore Puntillo (27 July 1935 – 14 July 2024) was an Italian film, stage and television actor.
Salvatore Puntillo | |
|---|---|
 Puntillo in Io e Dio (1970) | |
| Born | 27 July 1935 |
| Died | 14 July 2024 (aged 88) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
Life and career
editBorn in Rende, in the province of Cosenza, Puntillo left his law studies to enroll at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico.[1] A character actor, during his career he alternated auteur films and genre films, being mainly active in the commedia sexy all'italiana sub-genre.[1][2] On stage, he is best known for the play Francesco e il re, which he performed alongside Nando Gazzolo.[1][3] He died from a heart attack in Rome, on 14 July 2024, at the age of 88.[1]
Selected filmography
edit- A Stranger in Town (1967)
- Faustina (1968)
- The Seducers (1969)
- The Hassled Hooker (1972)
- Gang War in Naples (1972)
- House of 1,000 Pleasures (1972)
- The Weapon, the Hour & the Motive (1972)
- Forbidden Decameron (1972)
- Il figlioccio del padrino (1973)
- Il figlio della sepolta viva (1974)
- What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)
- Gambling City (1975)
- Deep Red (1975)
- The Sex Machine (1975)
- Four of the Apocalypse (1975)
- Peccatori di provincia (1976)
- Il letto in piazza (1976)
- Bloody Payroll (1976)
- Sette note in nero (1977)
- Mannaja (1977)
- Gangbuster (1977)
- Stato interessante (1977)
- Father of the Godfathers (1978)
- The Yes Man (1991)
- Law of Courage (1994)
- Mollo tutto (1995)
- A Cold, Cold Winter (1996)
- Li chiamarono... briganti! (1999)
References
edit- ^ a b c d Leporace, Paride (14 July 2024). "È morto Salvatore Puntillo, uno dei migliori attori calabresi della vecchia guardia". Corriere della Calabria (in Italian). Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico (2003). "Puntillo, Salvatore". Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Vol. 2. Gremese Editore. pp. 133–4. ISBN 978-88-8440-269-1.
- ^ C. G. (25 October 1978). "La Calabria fa teatro". Corriere della Sera. p. 21.
