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Mario Lanfranchi
Directing
June 30, 1927
Died January 3, 2022 (94 years old)
Parma, Italy
10
Acting Credits
13
Directed
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...
Known For
Filmography
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
2014
as Self
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
2006
as Self
6.5
Navajo Joe
1966
as Jefferson Clay
6.2
Spies Kill Silently
1966
as Lieutenant Fouad
7.3
The Big Blackout
1966
7.3
The Beckett Affair
1966
as (as Mario Lanfranchi)
7.5
The One Eyed Soldiers
1966
as Henchman (uncredited)
5.3
Dangerous Pleasures
1965
5.3
Operation Hong Kong
1964
as Colonel Strong
8.3
Zorikan The Barbarian
1964
as Luisa's Father
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