Giuseppe Addobbati (31 December 1909 – 4 January 1986) was an Italian

film actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

known for his roles in

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and action

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s in the 1960s and 1970s. He was often billed as John MacDouglas for films released to an American audience. Addobbati was born in

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and later lived in

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. He made over 80 film appearances between 1937 and 1980 often as a police officer or law enforcer. He starred in films such as ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (1964), '' Blood For A Silver Dollar'' alongside

Giuliano Gemma Giuliano Gemma (; 2 September 1938 – 1 October 2013) was an Italian actor. He is best known internationally for his work in Spaghetti Westerns, particularly for his performances as the title character in Duccio Tessari's '' A Pistol for Ringo'' ...

(Montgomery Wood) and in '' The Conformist'' (1970). He also made several horror film appearances such as '' Nightmare Castle'' in 1965 alongside Barbara Steele, Paul Muller, Helga Liné, Laurence Clift and Rik Battaglia.

Selected filmography

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) as Uomo #9 * ''

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'' (1937, dir.

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) as Giovanni's Father * '' Queen of the Scala'' (1937, dir.

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e Guido Salvini) as Guido Vernieri * '' Marcella'' (1937, dir.

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) * ''

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'' (1938, dir.

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) * '' La mia canzone al vento'' (1939, dir.

) * '' The Boarders at Saint-Cyr'' (1939, dir.

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) as Un caddetto * '' Sei bambine e il Perseo'' (1940, dir.

) as Lattanzio Gorini * '' Piccolo alpino'' (1940, dir. Oreste Biancoli) as L'aiuntante di campo di Lupo * '' The King of England Will Not Pay'' (1941, dir.

) as Tommaso Buondelmonti * '' Violets in Their Hair'' (1942, dir.

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) as Il direttore d'orchestra * '' Alfa Tau!'' (1942, dir. Francesco De Robertis) * ''

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'' (1942, dir.

) * '' Giorno di nozze'' (1942, dir.

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) as L'architetto (uncredited) * '' The White Angel'' (1943, dir. Giulio Antamoro) as Il marchesino Arnaldo * '' Incontri di notte'' (1943, dir. Nunzio Malasomma) * '' Tutta la città canta'' (1945, dir.

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) as Il direttore * '' La casa senza tempo'' (1945, dir. Andrea Forzano) as Il medico della clinica psichiatrica * '' Imbarco a mezzanotte'' (1952, dir.

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) * '' Melodie immortali'' (1952, dir.

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) as Uomo al opera * '' Redenzione'' (1952, dir. Piero Caserini) * '' Il mostro dell'isola'' (1954, dir.

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) as Direttore 'Sirena' * '' The Country of the Campanelli'' (1954, dir. Jean Boyer) as Guardiamarina Tom * '' Cento serenate'' (1954, dir.

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) (as John Douglas) * '' La romana'' (1954, dir.

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) * '' Ripudiata'' (1954, dir. Giorgio Walter Chili) (as John Douglas) * '' Il padrone sono me'' (1955, dir. Franco Brusati) * '' Il cigno'' (1956, dir. Charles Vidor) as Footman (uncredited) * '' Guerra e pace'' (1956, dir.

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) as House Servant (uncredited) * ''Thundering Jets'' (1958, dir. Helmut Dantine) as Kurt Weber (as John Douglas) * ''

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'' (1960, dir.

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) (uncredited) * '' Costantino il Grande'' (1960, dir.

Lionello De Felice Lionello De Felice (9 September 1916 – 14 December 1989) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. Life and career Born in Montoro Inferiore, De Felice was the son of a lawyer and a Baroness. After spending several years in Naples, he m ...

) * '' Solimano il conquistatore'' (1961, dir.

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) (as John McDouglas) * '' Ultimatum alla vita'' (1962, dir. Renato Polselli) as Berri (as John McDouglas) * '' Marte, dio della guerra'' (1962, dir. Marcello Baldi) * '' Tharus figlio di Attila'' (1962, dir.

) as Kimg Bolem (as John McDouglas) * '' Maciste contro lo sceicco'' (1962, dir.

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) as Duke of Malaga * '' Venere imperiale'' (1962, dir.

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) * '' Zorro e i tre moschettieri'' (1963, dir.

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) * '' I tre implacabili'' (1963, dir. Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent) as Bardon (as John McDouglas) * '' The Beast of Babylon Against the Son of Hercules'' (1963, dir.

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) as Licardio * '' Il mostro dell'opera'' (1964, dir. Renato Polselli) as Stefano (as John McDouglas) * '' Le tre spade di Zorro'' (1963, dir. Ricardo Blasco) as Marques de Santa Ana (as John McDouglas) * '' Ursus nella terra di fuoco'' (1963, dir.

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) as Magistrate * '' Maciste contro i Mongoli'' (1963, dir.

) as The King (as John MacDouglas) * '' Son of the Circus'' (1963, dir.

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) * '' Giacobbe, l'uomo che lottò con Dio'' (1963, dir. Marcello Baldi) as Adamo - Adam (as John Douglas) * '' Maciste, gladiatore di Sparta'' (1964, dir. Mario Caiano) as Marcellus * '' Maciste nelle miniere di re Salomone'' (1964, dir. Piero Regnoli) as Namar * ''

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'' (1964, dir.

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) as Lucilius (as John McDouglas) * '' Il mostro dell'opera'' (1964, dir. Renato Polselli) as Stefano (as John McDouglas) * '' Cavalca e uccidi'' (1964, dir. José Luis Borau) as Judge Stauffer (as John Mac Douglas) * '' I pirati della Malesia'' (1964, dir.

) as Muda Hassin * '' Una spada per l'impero'' (1964, dir.

) as Pertinacius * '' Il ranch degli spietati'' (1965, dir.

) as Ken Hogg (as John McDouglas) * '' La sfida degli implacabili'' (1965, dir. Ignacio F. Iquino) as Doctor (as John MacDouglas) * '' Un dollaro bucato'' (1965, dir.

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) as Donaldson (as John MacDouglas) * '' Amanti d'oltretomba'' (1965, dir. Mario Caiano) as Jonathan, the Butler (as John McDouglas) * '' Colorado Charlie'' (1965, dir.

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) as Hogan, Sheriff of Little River (as John Mc Douglas) * '' Degueyo'' (1966, dir.

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) as Col. Clark (as John MacDouglas) * '' Operazione paura'' (1966, dir.

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) as Innkeeper * '' Tempo di massacro'' (1966, dir.

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) as Mr. Scott (as John M. Douglas) * '' Congiura di spie'' (1967, dir. Edouard Molinaro) as Moranez * '' L'ultimo killer'' (1967, dir.

) as Il padre di Ramón (as John McDouglas) * '' Un uomo, un cavallo, una pistola'' (1967, dir. Luigi Vanzi) as Mr. Stanley * '' Con lui cavalca la morte'' (1967, dir.

) as Geremia (as John Mc Douglas) * ''

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'' (1967, dir.

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) * '' Un killer per sua maestà'' (1968, dir. Federico Chentrens) as Conte * '' Un buco in fronte'' (1968, dir.

) as Prior (as Jhon Mac.Douglas) * '' The Battle of El Alamein'' (1969, dir.

) as Gen. Georg Stumme * '' L'urlo dei giganti'' (1969, dir. León Klimovsky) as Gen. Moore (as John Douglas) * '' Dio perdoni la mia pistola'' (1969, dir. Mario Gariazzo) as Sheriff Brennan * '' Una sull'altra'' (1969, dir.

) as Brent (as John Douglas) * '' Colpo rovente'' (1970, dir. Piero Zuffi) (as John McDouglas) * '' Il conformista'' (1970, dir.

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) as Padre di Marcello * '' Hranjenik'' (1970, dir.

) as Profesor * '' Appuntamento col disonore'' (1970, dir. Adriano Bolzoni) as Pappyanakis * '' Ricatto di un commissario di polizia a un giovane indiziato di reato'' (1971, dir. Edouard Molinaro) as Le maire (uncredited) * '' Desert of Fire'' (1971, dir. Renzo Merusi) as Jean * ''

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'' (1972, TV Movie, dir.

Roberto Rossellini Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini (8 May 1906 – 3 June 1977) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. He was one of the most prominent directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing to the movement with films such a ...

) as Étienne Pascal * '' Baciamo le mani'' (1973, dir. Vittorio Schiraldi) as Nicola D'Amico * '' L'età di Cosimo de Medici'' (1973, TV Mini-Series, dir.

) * '' I Kiss the Hand'' (1973, dir. Vittorio Schiraldi) as Nicola D'Amico * '' Mussolini ultimo atto'' (1974, dir. Carlo Lizzani) as Raffaele Cadorna * '' Il portiere di notte'' (1974, dir.

Liliana Cavani Liliana Cavani (born 12 January 1933) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Cavani became internationally known after the success of her 1974 feature film ''Il portiere di notte'' ('' The Night Porter''). Her films have historical concerns ...

) as Stumm * '' Assassinio al sole'' (1974, dir. Philippe Labro) as Docteur Morgan (as Giuseppe Addobati) * '' L'ossessa'' (1974, dir. Mario Gariazzo) as Doctor * '' Il gatto dagli occhi di giada'' (1977, dir. Antonio Bido) as Judge * '' Corse a perdicuore'' (1980, dir. Mario Garriba) (final film role)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Addobbati 1909 births 1986 deaths Actors from Austria-Hungary Italian male film actors Male Spaghetti Western actors 20th-century Italian male actors People from Makarska Dalmatian Italians