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Ignazio Dolce (26 March 1933 – 6 January 2010) was an Italian director and actor.


Life and career

Born in
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,
Sicily Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...
, Dolce graduated at
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia The (; CSC), also referred to as the (), is an Italian national film school headquartered in Rome, with satellite educational hubs in five other Italian regions. It was established in 1935 and aims to promote the art and technique of cinemat ...
, and starting from the late 1950s he began a career as a
character actor A character actor is an actor known for playing unusual, eccentric, or interesting character (arts), characters in supporting roles, rather than leading ones.28 April 2013, The New York Acting SchoolTen Best Character Actors of All Time Retrie ...
. Almost simultaneously he started a parallel career as a second unit director, often collaborating with
Gianfranco Parolini Gianfranco Parolini (20 February 1925 in Rome, Italy – 26 April 2018 in Rome, Italy) was an Italian people, Italian film director. He is often credited as Frank Kramer. Among his films are ''The Sabata Trilogy'', several sword and sandal films, m ...
and
Antonio Margheriti Antonio Margheriti (19 September 1930 – 4 November 2002), also known under the pseudonyms Anthony M. Dawson and Antony Daisies ("daisies" is "margherite" in Italian), was an Italians, Italian filmmaker. Margheriti worked in many different film ...
. He debuted as a director in 1975 with the black comedy ''L'ammazzatina'', and in the late 1980s he specialised in low-budget war films, being usually credited as Paul D. Robinson. Dolce died in
Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...
on 6 January 2010, at the age of 76.


Partial filmography

* '' Tough Guys'' (1960) * '' The Best of Enemies'' (1961) * '' Last Platoon'' (1988)


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* 1933 births 2010 deaths 20th-century Italian people Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni Film people from Palermo Italian film directors Italian male film actors Male actors from Palermo {{Italy-film-actor-stub