Duccio Tessari
Writing
- Born:
- 1926-10-11
- Died:
- 1994-09-06
- Place of birth:
- Genoa, Italy
Biography
Duccio Tessari was an Italian director, screenwriter and occasionally actor, considered one of the fathers of spaghetti westerns. Born in Genoa, Tessari started in the fifties as documentarist and as screenwriter of Peplum films. In 1964 he co-wrote Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars, one year later he gained an impressive commercial success and launched the Giuliano Gemma's career with A Pistol for Ringo and his immediate sequel, The Return of Ringo. He later touched different genres and worked in RAI TV, directing some successful TV-series. He died of cancer in Rome, at 68. He was married to actress Lorella De Luca.
Known For
Filmography
Italian Kings Of B
Beyond Justice
In camera mia
The Law of the Desert
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
Please, Let the Flowers Live
Baciami Strega
Tex and the Lord of the Deep
Un centesimo di secondo
The Fifth Commandment
La madama
Safari Express
Zorro
Puzzle
Three Tough Guys
Tony Arzenta
The Heroes
Winged Devils
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
The Bloodstained Butterfly
Death Occurred Last Night
Quella piccola differenza
Alive or Preferably Dead
The Bastard
Better a Widow
A Train for Durango
Per amore... per magia...
Dick Smart 2.007
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
Balearic Caper
Seven Guns for the MacGregors
The Return of Ringo
The Woman from Beirut
A Pistol for Ringo
Dangerous Pleasures
A Fistful of Dollars
Secret of the Sphinx
The Avenger of Venice
The Scapegoat
My Son, the Hero
Marco Polo
Romulus and Remus
Hercules in the Haunted World
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
The Wonders of Aladdin
Goliath and the Vampires
Hercules and the Captive Women
The Revolt of the Slaves
Love, the Italian Way
Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
The Revenge of Hercules
Messalina
Carthage in Flames
The Last Days of Pompeii
Cannon Serenade