Tullio Altamura (born 18 July 1924) is an Italian actor, best known for his roles in spaghetti westerns and action films in the 1960s.

Life and career

Born in

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, the son of a career officer in the

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army, Altamura grew up in Rome, where he studied at the

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. After having worked for some time as a freelance journalist, he started his professional acting career in the first half of 1950s. Starting from the 1960s he specialized in

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roles in genre films, in which he often adopted the stage name Tor Altmayer. Active on television from 1957 and on stage from 1961, he was also a television writer and documentarist.

Filmography

*''Il cardinale Lambertini'', directed by Giorgio Pàstina (1954) *'' Il conte Aquila'', directed by Guido Salvini (1955) *'' L'isola del tesoro'', directed by

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(1959) - Tv *''Ottocento'', directed by

(1959) - Tv *''I figli di Medea'', directed by

(1959) - Tv *'' Seddok, l'erede di Satana'', directed by

(1960) *''

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'', directed by

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(1960) *''

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'', directed by

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(1960) *'' Labbra rosse'', directed by Giuseppe Bennati (1960) *''I tre nemici'', directed by

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(1962) *''Zorro alla corte di Spagna'', directed by Luigi Capuano (1962) *'' Ercole contro i tiranni di Babilonia'', directed by

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(1964) *''Il colosso di Roma'', directed by

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(1964) * '' Sonaron cuatro balazos'', directed by Agustín Navarro (1964) *'' Un dollaro bucato'', directed by

(1965) *'' Rififi ad Amsterdam'', directed by Sergio Grieco (1966) * '' Assault on the State Treasure'', directed by

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(1967) * ''

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'', directed by Gianfranco Baldanello (1967) *''Marinai in coperta'', directed by

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(1967) *''Dick smart 2.007,'' directed by

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(1967) *''L'uomo del colpo perfetto,'' directed by Aldo Florio (1967) *''

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'', directed by

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(1968) *'' Le calde notti di Poppea'', directed by

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(1969) *''Diario di un maestro'', directed by

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(1973) *''Bachi da seta'', directed by Gilberto Visintin (1988)

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* 1924 births Possibly living people 20th-century Italian male actors Italian male film actors Italian male stage actors Italian male television actors Male Spaghetti Western actors {{italy-actor-stub