Giancarlo Prete Explained

Giancarlo Prete
Birth Date:5 February 1943
Birth Place:Rome, Italy
Death Place:Rome, Italy
Occupation:Actor, stuntman and dubbing director
Spouse:Elizabeth Jacinto

Giancarlo Prete (5 February 1943 – 9 March 2001) was an Italian actor.

After he worked in the cinema as stuntman, Prete went to Alessandro Fersen's acting school (where he later returned as a teacher) and began to act in many films and in television serials, sometimes credited under the name Timothy Brent or Philip Garner.[1] [2]

In the following years Prete worked as dubbing director and acted only in television productions (including the episode "The Troubled Spirit" as Dr. Dan Mateo).[1]

He was married to Elizabeth Jacinto and had a son named Alessandro, who is also an actor.[1]

Giancarlo Prete died on 9 March 2001 of a brain tumour at the age of 58.[1]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1967Avenger X Lamarro Henchman
1968L'Odissea Euriale Uncredited, 1 episode
1968Satanik Scagnozzo di Dodo con cravatta arancione
1968Il marchio di Kriminal
1968Roma come Chicago
1969El 'Che' Guevara Miranda
1969I diavoli della guerra Fred Rogers
1970Bocche cucite
1970The Martlet's Tale
1970La califfa L'amante di Irene
1971Confessions of a Police Captain Giampaolo Rizzo
1971Black Belly of the Tarantula Mario
1971The Price of Death Reverend Tiller
1971A Fistful of Death Sundance Kid
1972Hector the Mighty Patroclo
1972Snow Job Donato
1972A.A.A. Massaggiatrice bella presenza offresi... 1st client of Cristina
1972Winged Devils Leutnant Pettarini
1972Sting of the West Tedeum
1973The Big Family Commissario La Manna
1973Kill Me, My Love! Guido - l'amante di Laureen
1973The Three Musketeers of the West Dart Coldwater jr.
1973Massacre in Rome Paolo
1973Furto di sera bel colpo si spera
1974Street Law Tommy
1975La nottata Vito
1975Who Breaks... Pays Antonio
1976The Loves and Times of Scaramouche Whistle - the Barber
1977Messalina, Messalina Gaius Silius
1978Non sparate sui bambini Dino Settimi
1979Midnight Blue Bruno
1979Baila guapa
1981Great White Bob Martin
1983The New Barbarians Scorpion
1983Escape from the Bronx Strike
1983 Sgt. Salvatore Maggio
1985Ladyhawke Fornac
1985The Assisi Underground Col. Gay
1986Detective School Dropouts Mario Zanetti
1989La morte è di moda Giorgio
1990A Season of Giants Angolo Poliziano TV movie

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2001-03-09 . Muore l'attore Giancarlo Prete - Trovacinema . 2018-04-11 . trovacinema.repubblica.it . it . 2016-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160821075118/http://trovacinema.repubblica.it/news/dettaglio/muore-lattore-giancarlo-prete/191745/ . dead .
  2. Book: Lentz, Harris M. . Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2001: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture . 2002-04-16 . McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers . 978-0-7864-1278-5 . 237 . en.