Salvatore Puntillo
{{Short description|Italian actor (1935–2024)}}
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| image = Io e Dio (1970) - Salvatore Puntillo.png
| caption = Puntillo in Io e Dio (1970)
| birth_date = {{birth-date|27 July 1935}}
| death_date = {{death-date and age|14 July 2024|27 July 1935}}
| death_place = Rome, Italy
| other_names =
| occupation = Actor
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Salvatore Puntillo (27 July 1935 – 14 July 2024) was an Italian film, stage and television actor.
Life and career
Born in Rende, in the province of Cosenza, Puntillo left his law studies to enroll at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico.{{cite news |last1=Leporace |first1=Paride |title=È morto Salvatore Puntillo, uno dei migliori attori calabresi della vecchia guardia |url=https://www.corrieredellacalabria.it/2024/07/14/e-morto-salvatore-puntillo-uno-dei-migliori-attori-calabresi-della-vecchia-guardia/ |access-date=16 July 2024 |work=Corriere della Calabria |date=14 July 2024 |language=it-IT}} A character actor, during his career he alternated auteur films and genre films, being mainly active in the commedia sexy all'italiana sub-genre.{{Cite book |last=Chiti |first=Roberto |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri |last2=Poppi |first2=Roberto |last3=Lancia |first3=Enrico |date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore |isbn=978-88-8440-269-1 |volume=2 |pages=133-4 |chapter=Puntillo, Salvatore}} On stage, he is best known for the play Francesco e il re, which he performed alongside Nando Gazzolo.{{cite news |last1=C. G. |title=La Calabria fa teatro |work=Corriere della Sera |date=25 October 1978 |page=21}} He died from a heart attack in Rome, on 14 July 2024, at the age of 88.
Selected filmography
- A Stranger in Town (1967)
- Faustina (1968)
- The Seducers (1969)
- The Hassled Hooker (1972)
- Gang War in Naples (1972)
- The Weapon, the Hour & the Motive (1972)
- Forbidden Decameron (1972)
- House of 1000 Pleasures (1973)
- Il figlioccio del padrino (1973)
- Il figlio della sepolta viva (1974)
- What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)
- Gambling City (1975)
- Deep Red (1975)
- The Sex Machine (1975)
- Four of the Apocalypse (1975)
- Sins in the Country (1976)
- Il letto in piazza (1976)
- Bloody Payroll (1976)
- Sette note in nero (1977)
- Mannaja (1977)
- Gangbuster (1977)
- Stato interessante (1977)
- Father of the Godfathers (1978)
- The Yes Man (1991)
- Law of Courage (1994)
- Mollo tutto (1995)
- A Cold, Cold Winter (1996)
- Li chiamarono... briganti! (1999)
References
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External links
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Category:Italian television actors
Category:Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni