Silvano Tranquilli

Silvano Tranquilli (23 August 1925 – 10 May 1997) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Life and career Tranquilli was born in Rome in 1925. He studied acting at the , the first school in Italy to teach the Stanislavski Method. He started his stage activity with the theatrical companies of Salvo Randone and Vittorio Gassman.

In 1959 he made his television debut, and later acted in more than 100 television productions, achieving his main success with the TV-series I ragazzi di padre Tobia. In the early 1960s he also started a prolific film career as character actor.

Death Tranquilli died in Rome in 1997, aged 71.

Selected filmography

Adriana Lecouvreur (1955) Il conte Aquila (1955) Napoli sole mio! (1958) - Segretario del Impresario Perfide ma... belle (1959) - The Telephone Technician (uncredited) I piaceri del sabato notte (1960) - Il vice commissario The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962) - Dr. Kurt Lowe Castle of Blood (1964, aka Danse Macabre) - Edgar Allan Poe I due sanculotti (1966) - Robespierre Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand (1966) - Il tenente Bertolucci The Invisible Woman (1969) - Andrea Help Me, My Love (1969) - Valerio Mantovani Unknown Woman (1969) - L'ing. Zappengo Lonely Hearts (1970) - Diego Sunflower (1970) - L'operaio italiano Mafia Connection (1970) - Commissario Modica Quella chiara notte d'ottobre (1970) L'Explosion (1971) - Aubrey Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971) - Paolo Zani Web of the Spider (1971) - William Perkins The Double (1971) - Roger The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971) - Inspector Berardi Sei iellato, amico hai incontrato Sacramento (1972) - Doc O'Donnell Smile Before Death (1972, a.k.a. Smile of the Hyena) - Marco So Sweet, So Dead (1972) - Paolo Santangeli Il mio corpo con rabbia (1972) La gatta in calore (1972) - Antonio Mia moglie, un corpo per l'amore (1973) - Paolo Giorni d'amore sul filo di una lama (1973) Happy New Year (1973) - L'amant italien High Crime (1973) - Franco Griva The Violent Professionals (1973) - Gianni Viviani Tony Arzenta - Big Guns (1973) - Montani - the Interpol officer Ceremonia sangrienta (1973) - Médico Mean Frank and Crazy Tony (1973) - Sylvester Tecnica di un amore (1973) - Andrea Diario di un italiano (1973) - Alberto And Now My Love (1974) Madeleine... anatomia di un incubo (1974) - Dr. Shuman The Balloon Vendor (1974) - Dr. Novelli Das Blaue Palais (1974–1976, TV series) - Louis Palm Manhunt in the City (1975) - Paolo Giordani Down the Ancient Staircase (1975) - Professor Rospigliosi Violent Rome (1975) - Capo della Squadra mobile Syndicate Sadists (1975) - Dr. Marco Marsili So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious... (1975) - Doctor Batrucchi Lips of Lurid Blue (1975) - Davide Levi (1976) Violent Naples (1976) - Paolo Gervasi La bravata (1977) L'affaire Suisse (1978) - Zurlini Star Odyssey (1979, a.k.a. Seven Gold Men in Space) The Finzi Detective Agency (1979) - Augusto Moser The Pumaman (1980) - Ambassador Dobson Tranquille donne di campagna (1980) L'ultimo giorno (1985) - Carlo Salvi Don Bosco (1988) Odore di spigo (1990)