Renato Terra (singer)

Renato Terra (26 July 1922 – 28 November 2010), also known by the alias Ryan Earthpick, was an Italian actor and later a poet.

Biography

Terra had a career working in film as an actor, and appeared in over 80 movies. In 1977 he retired to become a poet.

He attended the Experimental Center of Cinematography in Rome and also used the alias Ryan Earthpick during his career. During the shooting of a film, he fell from a horse and permanently broke his nose. During his post-actor career as a poet, he published the book ''Che Strano Paese''.

Selected filmography

* ''The Black Corsair'' (1938)
* ''Return to Naples'' (1949) – Nino
* ''Path of Hope'' (1950) – Mommino
* ''Hearts at Sea'' (1950)
* ''Vivo di te'' (1951, Short)
* ''The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo'' (1952)
* ''I falsari'' (1953)
* ''A Husband for Anna'' (1953) – Il palpeggiatore
* '' Senso'' (1954) – Un soldato (uncredited)
* ''Proibito'' (1955)
* '' The Bachelor'' (1956) – Tiberio
* ''Nero's Weekend'' (1956)
* '' Kean: Genius or Scoundrel'' (1956)
* ''White Nights'' (1957) – Un coinvolto nella rissa
* ''The Man Who Wagged His Tail'' (1957)
* ''Ragazzi della marina'' (1957)
* ''Peppino, le modelle e chella là'' (1957)
* ''The Italians They Are Crazy'' (1958)
* ''Toto and Marcellino'' (1958)
* ''Piece of the Sky'' (1958) – La guardia giovane (uncredited)
* ''Giovane canaglia'' (1958) – complice di Daves
* ''Il romanzo di un giovane povero'' (1958)
* ''Big Deal on Madonna Street'' (1958) – Eladio
* ''The Law Is the Law'' (1958)
* ''La sfida'' (1958)
* ''Carmela è una bambola'' (1958) – Silvio
* ''Pia de' Tolomei'' (1958)
* ''Tuppe tuppe, Marescià!'' (1958)
* ''Destinazione Sanremo'' (1959)
* ''Le cameriere'' (1959)
* ''Goliath and the Barbarians'' (1959)
* ''The Facts of Murder'' (1959) – Man at the Notary's
* ''David and Goliath'' (1960)
* ''Carthage in Flames'' (1960)
* ''The Angel Wore Red'' (1960) (uncredited)
* ''Goliath and the Dragon'' (1960) – Antoneos
* '' Black Sunday'' (1960) – Boris
* ''Rocco and His Brothers'' (1960) – Alfredo, Ginetta's brother
* ''I'll See You in Hell'' (1960)
* ''Robin Hood and the Pirates'' (1960) – Barbanera
* ''Constantine and the Cross'' (1961) Jailer
* ''The Seven Revenges'' (1961)
* ''Gioventù di notte'' (1961) – Brigadiere
* ''The Tartars'' (1961)
* ''Goliath and the Vampires'' (1961)
* ''Il brigante'' (1961)
* ''Accattone'' (1961) – Farlocco #2
* '' Black City'' (1961) – Un agente
* ''Hercules in the Valley of Woe'' (1961)
* ''The Giant of Metropolis'' (1961) – Il Giovane Scienzato
* ''Accroche-toi, y'a du vent!'' (1961)
* ''The Italian Brigands'' (1961) – Il Brigante
* '' Madame'' (1961) – Un sans-culotte (uncredited)
* ''I due marescialli'' (1961)
* ''Disorder'' (1962)
* '' Alone Against Rome'' (1962) – Gladiator Trainer
* ''Night Train to Milan'' (1962) – Sottufficiale di polizia
* '' Toto and Peppino Divided in Berlin'' (1962) – 9
* ''Sodom and Gomorrah'' (1962) – (uncredited)
* '' Agostino'' (1962)
* '' Carmen di Trastevere'' (1962) – Gerardo, a Latin Lover
* ''Il mare'' (1962)
* ''The Four Monks'' (1962) – Un paesano
* ''Uno strano tipo'' (1963)
* '' The Fall of Rome'' (1963)
* ''The Monk of Monza'' (1963)
* '' Il Fornaretto di Venezia'' (1963)
* ''Hands over the City'' (1963) – Giornalista (uncredited)
* '' Hercules Against the Mongols'' (1963) – Karikan
* '' I 4 tassisti'' (1963)
* ''Liolà'' (1964)
* ''None But the Lonely Spy'' (1964) – Policeman
* ''Love in Four Dimensions'' (1964) – (segment "Amore e alfabeto")
* ''L'ultima carica'' (1964)
* ''Hercules Against the Barbarians'' (1964)
* ''La vita agra'' (1964)
* ''Grand Canyon Massacre'' (1964) – Curly Mason
* ''The Cavern'' (1964)
* ''Castle of the Living Dead'' (1964) – Policeman
* ''Two Escape from Sing Sing'' (1964)– Jim Doris
* '' The Gospel According to St. Matthew'' (1964) – Un indemoniato
* ''Intrigo a Los Angeles'' (1964) – Elston
* ''A Monster and a Half'' (1964)
* ''Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens'' (1964) – Saracen Leader
* ''Una storia di notte'' (1964)
* ''Gentlemen of the Night'' (1964)
* '' Three Dollars of Lead'' (1964)
* ''The Revenge of Ivanhoe'' (1965) – Tuck
* ''Letti sbagliati'' (1965)
* ''The Dirty Game'' (1965)
* ''La violenza e l'amore'' (1965)
* ''I complessi'' (1965) (segment "Il Complesso della Schiava nubiana")
* ''The Dreamer'' (1965)
* ''Man from Canyon City'' (1965)
* '' Thrilling'' (1965) (segment "L'autostrada del sole")
* ''Seven Golden Men'' (1965)
* ''Operation Atlantis'' (1965) – Fatima's Henchman (uncredited)
* ''I Knew Her Well'' (1965) – Man in the caravan
* ''Made in Italy'' (1965) – Immigrant (segment "6, Final episode")
* '' Weekend, Italian Style'' (1965) – Giovanni – the valet
* ''Lo scippo'' (1965)
* ''Seven Golden Men Strike Again'' (1966)
* '' Me, Me, Me... and the Others'' (1966)
* ''Seven Dollars on the Red'' (1966) – Manuel
* ''Savage Gringo'' (1966)
* ''Wake Up and Die'' (1966)
* ''The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen'' (1966)
* ''Knives of the Avenger'' (1966) – Hagen's Henchman (uncredited)
* ''Tabú'' (1966) (uncredited)
* ''Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die'' (1966)
* '' Kill or Be Killed'' (1966) – Doctor
* ''Eroe vagabondo'' (1966)
* ''Ballata da un miliardo'' (1967)
* ''Requiescant'' (1967) – Alonso
* ''Gente d'onore'' (1967)
* ''Delitto a Posillipo – Londra chiama Napoli'' (1967)
* ''Requiescant'' (1967)
* ''El 'Che' Guevara'' (1969) – Sergeant
* ''Le lys de mer'' (1969)
* ''Ma chi t'ha dato la patente?'' (1970)
* ''Brother Sun, Sister Moon'' (1972)
* '' L'arbitro'' (1974)
* '' Paolo il freddo'' (1974)
* ''Jesus of Nazareth'' (1977, TV Mini-Series) – Abel

References

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Male actors from Naples
Italian male poets
1922 births
2010 deaths
20th-century Italian poets
20th-century Italian male writers