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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.
Known For
Filmography
| 1991 | Die Abenteurer vom Rio Verde (TV Series) |
| 1990 | There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs · as Screenplay |
| 1985 | Tex and the Lord of the Deep · as Screenplay |
| 1981 | Un centesimo di secondo · as Screenplay |
| 1978 | |
| 1976 | |
| 1976 | La madama · as Screenplay |
| 1974 | Puzzle · as Screenplay |
| 1972 | Winged Devils · as Screenplay |
| 1971 | |
| 1970 | Death Occurred Last Night · as Screenplay |
| 1969 | Sundance and the Kid · as Screenplay |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | |
| 1967 | |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Seven Guns for the MacGregors · as Screenplay |
| 1965 | The Return of Ringo · as Screenplay |
| 1965 | A Pistol for Ringo · as Screenplay |
| 1964 | A Fistful of Dollars · as Screenplay |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | The Avenger of Venice · as Screenplay |
| 1963 | |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | Duel of the Titans · as Screenplay |
| 1961 | Hercules in the Haunted World · as Screenplay |
| 1961 | Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World · as Screenplay |
| 1961 | Goliath and the Vampires · as Screenplay |
| 1961 | Hercules and the Captive Women · as Screenplay |
| 1960 | The Revolt of the Slaves · as Screenplay |
| 1960 | Colossus and the Amazon Queen · as Screenplay |
| 1960 | Goliath and the Dragon · as Screenplay |
| 1959 | |
| 1958 |