Mario Lanfranchi
Birthday
1927/06/30
Day of death
2022/01/03 (94 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Parma, Italy
Also know as
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Biography
Mario Lanfranchi was an Italian film, theater, and television director, screenwriter, and producer. After graduating from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Milan (Accademia dei Filodrammatici) in the early 1950s, he was hired by Sergio Pugliese at RAI, at the onset of Italian television. Lanfranchi was the first to bring opera to the small screen in 1956 with Madama Butterfly, introducing a wide audience to the American soprano Anna Moffo. He directed several films, including Libido (1965) and De...Read more
Acting
(1966) Navajo Joe
as Jefferson Clay
(1966) Spies Kill Silently
as Lieutenant Fouad
(2006) Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
as Self
(1964) Operation Hong Kong
as Colonel Strong
(1966) The Big Blackout
as ---
(1966) The Beckett Affair
as (as Mario Lanfranchi)
(1965) Dangerous Pleasures
as ---
(1966) The One Eyed Soldiers
as Henchman (uncredited)
(2014) Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
as Self
(1964) Zorikan The Barbarian
as Luisa's Father