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Ettore Manni
Manni in Johnny Oro (1967)
Born	(1927-05-06)6 May 1927 Rome
Died	27 July 1979(1979-07-27) (aged 52) Rome
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1942-1979

Ettore Manni (6 May 1927 – 27 July 1979) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 107 films between 1952 and 1979.

Life and career

Born in Rome, Manni debuted as an actor in 1952, when in spite of his acting inexperience he was chosen by Luigi Comencini for the main role in La tratta delle bianche. Following the success of the film Manni interrupted his university studies and started appearing in a significant number of films of any genre, becoming in a short time one of the most popular actors in the Italian cinema. Declined the fame, in the sixties Manni appeared mainly in spaghetti western and peplum films, but he also took part to several international productions, including films by Delmer Daves and Tony Richardson. His last role was Katzone in Federico Fellini's City of Women.

He died in Rome, aged 52, after accidentally shooting himself.

Selected filmography

• Girls Marked Danger (1952)
• I tre corsari (1952)
• Fratelli d'Italia (1952)
• La lupa (1953)
• The Ship of Condemned Women (1953)
• Two Nights with Cleopatra (1954)
• Attila (1954)
• Human Torpedoes (1954)
• Cavalleria rusticana (1955)
• Le Amiche (1955)
• it (1955)
• Folgore Division (1955)
• it (1955)
• Poveri ma belli (1957)
• it (1957)
• it (1958)
• Ladro lui, ladra lei (1958)
• The Warrior and the Slave Girl (1958)
• Pirate of the Black Hawk (1958)
• Angel in a Taxi (1958)
• Ten Ready Rifles (1959)
• Buen viaje, Pablo (1959)
• Legions of the Nile (1959)
• Austerlitz (1960)
• Cleopatra's Daughter (1960)
• The Revolt of the Slaves (1960)
• Amazons of Rome (1961)
• Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis (1961)
• it (1961)
• Behind Closed Doors (1961)
• The Valiant (1962)
• Lo sceicco rosso (1962)
• Gold for the Caesars (1962)
• Calling All Police Cars(1963)
• La pupa (1963)
• Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963)
• Rome Against Rome (1964)
• Hercules, Prisoner of Evil (1964)
• Giants of Rome (1964)
• The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965)
• Mademoiselle (1966)
• The Devil in Love (1966)
• For a Few Extra Dollars (1966)
• Sept hommes et une garce (1967)
• The Strange Night (1967)
• fr [Indomptable Angélique] (1967)
• fr [Angélique et le Sultan] (1968)
• Bury Them Deep (1968)
• Sartana the Gravedigger (1969)
• The Battle of El Alamein (1969)
• La salamandra del deserto (1970)
• Bali (1970)
• Dead Men Don't Make Shadows (1970)
• That's How We Women Are (1971)
• Heroes in Hell (1973)
• Chino (1973)
• Tony Arzenta (1973)
• Super Bitch (1973)
• Anna, quel particolare piacere (1973)
• Drama of the Rich (1974)
• The Divine Nymph (1975)
• Calling All Police Cars (1975)
• Eye of the Cat (1975)
• Street People (1976)
• Crimebusters (1976)
• Meet Him and Die (1976)
• Oh, Serafina! (1976)
• La madama (1976)
• In the Name of the Pope King (1977)
• The Rip-off (1977)
• La malavita attacca... la polizia risponde! (1977)
• Silver Saddle (1978)
• Il commissario di ferro (1978)
• A Man on His Knees (1979)
• Hypochondriac (1979)
• City of Women (1980)

References

1. ^ Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.

External links

• Ettore Manni at IMDb
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• 1927 births
• 1979 deaths
• Deaths by firearm in Italy
• Firearm accident victims
• Italian male film actors
• Accidental deaths in Italy
• Male actors from Rome
• 20th-century Italian male actors
• People of Lazian descent