Renato Salvatori (20 March 1933 – 27 March 1988) was an Italian actor. Born in Seravezza,

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, Salvatori began his career in his teens playing juvenile, romantic roles. After working with directors such as

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, he developed into one of Italy's strongest character actors. He met French actress Annie Girardot on the set of the film ''

Rocco and His Brothers ''Rocco and His Brothers'' () is a 1960 drama film directed by Luchino Visconti and starring Alain Delon, Annie Girardot, Renato Salvatori, Katina Paxinou, Roger Hanin, Paolo Stoppa, and Claudia Cardinale in one of her early roles. Set in 1 ...

'' (1960) and married her on 6 January 1962. They had a daughter, Giulia; later the couple separated but never divorced. Salvatori died in Rome of

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on 27 March 1988.

Selected filmography

*'' Three Girls from Rome'' (1952) – Augusto Terenzi *'' The Three Pirates'' (1952) – Il Corsaro Rosso – Rolando di Ventimiglia *'' Good Folk's Sunday'' (1953) – Giulio *'' Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair'' (1953) – Ralf, figlio di Morgan *'' What Scoundrels Men Are!'' (1953) – Carletto *''

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'' (1954) – Mario *'' The Virtuous Bigamist'' (1956) – Gino – le frère de Maria *'' Poor, But Handsome'' (1957) – Salvatore *'' Husbands in the City'' (1957) – Mario *'' Pretty But Poor'' (1957) – Salvatore *'' Oh! Sabella'' (1957) – Raffaele Rizzullo *'' Big Deal on Madonna Street'' (1958) – Mario Angeletti *''

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'' (1958) – Federico Carpi *'' ...And the Wild Wild Women'' (1959) – Piero *'' Poor Millionaires'' (1959) – Salvatore *'' Policarpo'' (1959) – Mario Marchetti *'' Winter Holidays'' (1959) – Gianni *'' The Magliari'' (1959) – Mario Balducci *'' Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti'' (1959) – Mario Angeletti *'' Vento del sud'' (1959) – Antonio Spagara *'' Escape by Night'' (1960) – Renato Balducci *''

'' (1960) – Simone Parondi *'' Two Women'' (1960) – Florindo, il camionista (uncredited) *'' A Day for Lionhearts'' (1961) – Orlando *'' Disorder'' (1962) – Mario *'' Le glaive et la balance'' (1963) – François Corbier *'' The Shortest Day'' (1963) – Soldato *''

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'' (1963) – Omicron / Angelo *'' La banda Casaroli'' (1963) – Paolo Casaroli *''

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'' (1963) – Raoul *'' Three Nights of Love'' (1964) – Nicola (segment "La vedova") *'' The Reckless'' (1965) – Ettore Zambrini * '' How to Seduce a Playboy'' (1966) – Boy Schock *'' Her Harem'' (1967) – Gaetano *'' Z'' (1969) – Yago *''

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'' (1969) – Teddy Sanchez *''

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'' (1971) – Montefiore *'' The Burglars'' (1971) – Renzi *''

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'' (1972) – Marcello *'' State of Siege'' (1972) – Captain Lopez *'' Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse'' (1972) – Henri *'' The Burned Barns'' (1973) – The Hôtelier *'' A Brief Vacation'' (1973) – Franco Mataro, the husband *'' The Suspect'' (1975) – Gavino Pintus *'' Flic Story'' (1975) – Mario Poncini *'' The Gypsy'' (1975) – Jo Amila, dit "Jo le boxeur" *'' Illustrious Corpses'' (1976) – Police commissary *'' Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man'' (1976) – Pasquini *'' The Last Woman'' (1976) – Rene *'' Todo modo'' (1976) – Dr. Scalambri *'' Armaguedon'' (1977) – Albert, called 'Einstein' *'' Ernesto'' (1979) – Cesc *'' La Luna'' (1979) – Communist *'' Oggetti smarriti'' (1980) – Davide *'' The Cricket'' (1980) – Carburo *'' Asso'' (1981) – Bretella *'' Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man'' (1981) – Colonel (final film role)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Salvatori, Renato 1933 births 1988 deaths Actors from the Province of Lucca Male actors from Tuscany Deaths from cirrhosis Italian male film actors 20th-century Italian male actors Burials in the Protestant Cemetery, Rome