Ennio Balbo
| Ennio Balbo | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
18 April 1922 Naples, Italy |
| Died |
18 June 1989 (aged 67) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1945-1989 |
Ennio Balbo (18 April 1922 – 18 June 1989) was an Italian stage, television and film actor. He appeared in 45 films between 1958 and 1988.
Life and career
Born in Naples, Balbo made his debut on stage immediately after the Second World War alongside Paola Borboni and Lamberto Picasso in Luigi Pirandello's Così è se vi pare.[1] He was later a member of the theater company of Gino Cervi, as well as one of the members of the "Society of the Four" alongside Valeria Moriconi, Lia Zoppelli and Gianni Agus.[1] He was also very active as a character actor in films, mainly in villain roles; Balbo took part to numerous Spaghetti Western films in which he was usually credited as Edward Bell.[1] He appeared in an episode of the short-lived 1974 ABC police drama Nakia, credited as Edward Bell.
Selected filmography
- A Queen for Caesar (1962)
- Catherine of Russia (1963)
- Corruption (1963)
- Agent 077 From the Orient with Fury (1965)
- Seven Golden Men (1965)
- Terror-Creatures from the Grave (1965)
- Master Stroke (1967)
- The Day of the Owl (1968)
- The Black Sheep (1968)
- Gunman Sent by God (1968)
- Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969)
- The Appointment (1969)
- Django the Bastard (1969)
- Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa (1970)
- Rendezvous with Dishonour (1970)
- Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment (1973)
- Anno uno (1974)
- How to Kill a Judge (1974)
- Hallucination Strip (1975)
- Il fidanzamento (1975)
- The Left Hand of the Law (1975)
- Street People (1976)
References
- 1 2 3 "E' MORTO ENNIO BALBO PROTAGONISTA DEL TEATRO". La Repubblica. 20 June 1989. Retrieved 12 July 2014.