Ignazio Balsamo Explained

Ignazio Balsamo
Birth Date:	25 October 1912
Birth Place:	Catania, Italy
Death Place:	Italy

Ignazio Balsamo (25 October 1912  - 7 August 1994) was an Italian film and stage actor.

Life and career

Born in Catania, Balsamo began his career on stage, being part of several Sicilian language theatrical companies.^[1] Discovered by Pietro Germi, who offered him a role of weight in the film In the Name of the Law, following the success of the film Balsamo moved to Rome where he had a long film career as a character actor, mainly cast in roles of Sicilian criminals and villains.^[1] He also worked as a production coordinator and a production runner for the companies Fortunia Film and Romana Film.^[1] Balsamo was also author of two plays in Sicilian language, Casa Cantoniera and Tila di ragnu.^[1]

Selected filmography

• In the Name of the Law (1949) - Francesco Messana
• Outlaw Girl (1950) - Ciro Sollima
• The Fighting Men (1950) - Antonio Schepisi
• Il caimano del Piave (1951) - Sergente siciliano al fronte
• Behind Closed Shutters (1951) - Minor Role (uncredited)
• Tragic Serenade (1951)
• La vendetta di una pazza (1951)
• Anna (1951) - Un agente di pubblica sicurezza (uncredited)
• What Price Innocence? (1952) - Giovanni
• Ergastolo (1952)
• Girls Marked Danger (1952) - Il Francese
• I tre corsari (1952) - Van Stiller
• Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair (1952) - Van Stiller
• La carovana del peccato (1953)
• Addio, figlio mio! (1953) - Martinelli
• Neapolitan Turk (1953) - Luigi
• La lupa (1953) - Don Antonio, Imbornone's Secretary
• The Ship of Condemned Women (1953) - Duràn
• Genoese Dragnet (1954) - Giovanni Feruglio
• Letter from Naples (1954) - The Police Commissioner
• Cuore di mamma (1954) - Biagio Carrino
• Acque amare (1954) - Police Commissioner
• It Happened at the Police Station (1954) - Taxi driver
• La Luciana (1954)
• Buonanotte... avvocato! (1955) - Commissar
• The White Angel (1955) - Un poliziotto
• Suonno d'ammore (1955) - Arturo, Padre di Maria
• La rossa (1955) - Un brigadiere dei carabinieri
• Accadde al penitenziario (1955) - Detenuto mafioso
• La moglie è uguale per tutti (1955) - The Sicilian Passenger on Bus
• Una sera di maggio (1955)
• Andalusia Express (1956) - Rubio
• Arrivano i dollari! (1957) - Ernesto
• Cavalier in Devil's Castle (1959)
• Policarpo (1959) - Poliziotto (uncredited)
• The Magistrate (1959) - The Sea Captain
• The Pirate and the Slave Girl (1959)
• The Giant of Marathon (1959) - Ship's Captain
• Ferdinando I re di Napoli (1959) - The Jailer
• I baccanali di Tiberio (1960)
• La Dolce Vita (1960) - (uncredited)
• Un militare e mezzo (1960) - Porter
• Knight of 100 Faces (1960) - Aiutante di Fosco
• Le bal des espions (1960)
• Pirates of the Coast (1960) - Brook
• Rapina al quartiere Ovest (1960)
• Robin Hood e i pirati (1960)
• Un dollaro di fifa (1960) - Poker Player
• Garibaldi (1961) - Colonel Pallavicino
• L'onorata società (1961)
• The Secret of the Black Falcon (1961) - Sancho
• (1961) - Un compagno socialista (uncredited)
• Queen of the Seas (1961) - Captain of the Guard
• The Vengeance of Ursus (1961) - Andros
• The Italian Brigands (1961) - Scannamorti
• Duello nella sila (1962)
• Odio mortale (1962) - Herrera
• Gli eroi del doppio gioco (1962) - Partisan
• Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963)
• The Eye of the Needle (1962) - Father of Nicola
• L'invincibile cavaliere mascherato (1963) - Primo Cittadino appestato
• Samson and the Slave Queen (1963) - Joaquim
• Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963)
• Una spada nell'ombra (1963) - Zingano
• Hercules and the Black Pirates (1964)
• Hercules Against Rome (1964) - Tauras
• Terror in the Crypt (1964) - (uncredited)
• Hercules and the Treasure of the Incas (1964) - Sergeant (uncredited)
• Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus (1965) - Messenger
• Giant of the Evil Island (1965) - Navarro
• How We Robbed the Bank of Italy (1966) - Fake Nurse
• Zorro il ribelle (1966) - Salvador
• Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand (1966)
• La notte dell'addio (1966)
• 7 monaci d'oro (1966) - Brigadiere (uncredited)
• Danger!! Death Ray (1967) - Henchman 'X2' (uncredited)
• Il magnifico Texano (1967) - Stark Henchman (uncredited)
• 2 RRRingos no Texas (1967) - Poker player
• Non mi dire mai good-bye (1967)
• Delitto a Posillipo - Londra chiama Napoli (1967) - Rosario (uncredited)
• Due occhi per uccidere (1968)
• I 2 pompieri (1968)
• I 2 deputati (1968) - PCI member
• Zorro in the Court of England (1969) - Dice gambler
• Il ragazzo che sorride (1969) - Assistant of engineer
• Indovina chi viene a merenda? (1969) - Cook (uncredited)
• Zorro, the Navarra Marquis (1969) - Apothecary
• I 2 magnifici fresconi (1969) - don Mimì Cannaruta
• Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera (1969)
• Poppea's Hot Nights (1969)
• Satiricosissimo (1970) - Pedlar (uncredited)
• Ma chi t'ha dato la patente? (1970)
• W le donne (1970) - Marshal Palombi
• Principe coronato cercasi per ricca ereditiera (1970) - Creditor (uncredited)
• Mezzanotte d'amore (1970) - Prison Guard
• I due maggiolini più matti del mondo (1970)
• Due bianchi nell'Africa nera (1970)
• I due maghi del pallone (1970) - Manager of Ghiandineddese
• Zorro il cavaliere della vendetta (1971) - (final film role)

References

1. Book: Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Gli Attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. 8884402697.