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Duccio Tessari
Writer, Director, Actor, Additional Credits
Born October 11, 1926Died September 6, 1994 (67 years)
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.
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 Filmography
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | Die Abenteurer vom Rio Verde (TV Series) |
| 1991 | Maktub: Law of the Desert (TV Series) |
| 1990 | The Gorilla (TV Series) |
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| 1992 | In camera mia · as Cast |
| 1974 | Puzzle · as Passante |
| 1971 | The Bloodstained Butterfly · as Killer Eye-Witness |
| 1968 | |
| 1965 | The Return of Ringo · as Fuentes Henchman |
| 1965 | A Pistol for Ringo · as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Il fornaretto di Venezia · as Orazio |
| 1982 | La Máscara Negra (TV Series) · as Idea |
| 1971 | Arsène Lupin (TV Series) · as Adaptation & Dialogue |
| 1968 | A Train for Durango · as Story |
| 1966 | Kiss Kiss - Bang Bang · as Story |
| 1965 | The Woman from Beirut · as Story |
| 1965 | A Pistol for Ringo · as Story |
| 1961 | The Wonders of Aladdin · as Screenstory |
| 1961 | The Colossus of Rhodes · as Story |
| 1960 | Love, the Italian Way · as First Assistant Director |
| 1960 | Colossus and the Amazon Queen · as First Assistant Director |
| 1960 | Messalina · as First Assistant Director |
| 1960 | Messalina · as Story |
| 1960 | Carthage in Flames · as Co-Writer |
| 1959 | The Last Days of Pompeii · as First Assistant Director |