Alfredo Rizzo

Italian actor, screenwriter and director (1902–1991)

Alfredo Rizzo
Rizzo in Una bruna indiavolata! (1951)
Born	(1902-01-02)2 January 1902 Nice, France
Died	6 September 1991(1991-09-06) (aged 89) Rome, Italy

Alfredo Rizzo (2 January 1902 – 6 September 1991) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and director.

Life and career

Born in Nice, France into a family of actors, Rizzo started his career as an actor of avanspettacolo and revue, often alongside his brother Carlo.^[1] After his debut on the big screen in 1939, in the aftermath of the Second World War he had an intense and long film career, being mostly cast in the role of "villain".^[1] Later, he also wrote and directed a number of films, mostly of erotic genre, sometimes credited as Fred Ritz.^[2]

Selected filmography

Actor

Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi come sei? (1939) - L'uomo della mosca di piatto (uncredited)
Macario Against Zagomar (1944)
L'Amante del male (1946) - Il giudice Forlenza
Lost in the Dark (1947)
Fire Over the Sea (1947) - Barbiere in Argentina
Sono io l'assassino (1948)
I contrabbandieri del mare (1948)
The Firemen of Viggiù (1949) - Fireman from Milan
Vivere a sbafo (1949)
How I Discovered America (1949) - Nazista
I cadetti di Guascogna (1950)
La paura fa 90 (1951) - Il suggeritore
Quo Vadis (1951) - Hairdresser (uncredited)
Una bruna indiavolata! (1951) - Finto Testimone
Auguri e figli maschi! (1951) - Clerk at Vinicio Paciottini's Office (uncredited)
Papà diventa mamma (1952)
In Olden Days (1952) - (segment "Il processo di Frine") (uncredited)
Heroic Charge (1952) - The Colonel
Il romanzo della mia vita (1952) - The Thief with a Hat
Io, Amleto (1952) - Cliente sordo nella taverna
The Piano Tuner Has Arrived (1952)
The Passaguai Family Gets Rich (1952)
Siamo tutti inquilini (1953) - Inquilino (uncredited)
Roman Holiday (1953) - Taxicab Driver
Anni facili (1953)
Bread, Love and Dreams (1953) - Brigadiere Squinzi
Crossed Swords (1954)
I cavalieri della regina (1954)
Milanese in Naples (1954) - Alfredo
Assi alla ribalta (1954)
War and Peace (1956) - Soldier (uncredited)
Interpol (1957) - Abbata (uncredited)
Sorrisi e canzoni (1958)
Terror of Oklahoma (1959) - Sheriff
I baccanali di Tiberio (1960)
La Dolce Vita (1960) - Television Director (uncredited)
The Playgirls and the Vampire (1960) - Lucas, the manager
Caravan petrol (1960)
A Qualcuna Piace Calvo (1960) - Agente
Boccaccio '70 (1962) - Foreman (uncredited)
Il segno del vendicatore (1962) - Frate Giovanni
Gli anni ruggenti (1962)
Il criminale (1962) - Signore pignolo
Duel at the Rio Grande (1963) - Sirviente
Vino, whisky e acqua salata (1963)
Giacobbe, l'uomo che lottò con Dio (1963)
Una sporca faccenda (1964)
La strage dei vampiri (1964)
Two Mafiamen in the Far West (1964) - Colonel Peabody
Le sette vipere (Il marito latino) (1964) - Italian Judge
I due evasi di Sing Sing (1964) - Sauna Director (uncredited)
Gli schiavi più forti del mondo (1964) - Efrem
La traite des blanches (1965)
Terror-Creatures from the Grave (1965) - Dr. Nemek
Blood for a Silver Dollar (1965) - Buddy
Colorado Charlie (1965) - Sam, Drunk
Per una manciata d'oro (1965) - Medico
La vedovella (1965) - Carlo Sardelli
Bloody Pit of Horror (1965) - Daniel Parks
Go with God, Gringo (1966) - Ayudante del inspector
I due sanculotti (1966) - 'Linguaveloce' (uncredited)
7 monaci d'oro (1966)
Born to Kill (1967) - Crooked gambler
Non Pensare a Me (Não Pense em Mim) (1967)
Don't Wait, Django... Shoot! (1967) - Nico
Cuore matto... matto da legare (1967)
Brutti di notte (1968) - Dr. Federzotti - the Psychoanalyst
Vengeance Is My Forgiveness (1968) - Peter, Piano Player
Spirits of the Dead (1968) - Angry Man in Car (segment "Toby Dammit") (uncredited)
Don Chisciotte and Sancio Panza (1968) - Governor doctor
I 2 deputati (1968) - Dott. Lucarini
Fellini Satyricon (1969) - The Innkeeper
Agguato sul Bosforo (1969) - Martin
Three (1969) - Waiter
Puro siccome un angelo papà mi fece monaco... di Monza (1969)
Paths of War (1970) - Sergeant Douglas
Un caso di coscienza (1970) - Club president
Don Franco e Don Ciccio nell'anno della contestazione (1970) - Veterinario
Quando suona la campana (1970) - Moreno
La prima notte del dottor Danieli, industriale, col complesso del... giocattolo (1970) - Federico
Principe coronato cercasi per ricca ereditiera (1970) - Luigi Fisichella
Due bianchi nell'Africa nera (1970) - Otto Krauser
Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? (1971) - The anti-divorce Orator
I giardini del diavolo (1971) - General
Venga a fare il soldato da noi (1971) - Pizzuti
Il venditore di morte (1971) - Judge Atwell
Paid in Blood (1971) - Jack Buchanan / Buck
Holy Water Joe (1971) - Captain
Le belve (1971) - Dott. Apposito (segment "Il caso Apposito")
God Is My Colt .45 (1972) - Ted Curtis (uncredited)
Confessioni segrete di un convento di clausura (1972) - Prior
Sistemo l'America e torno (1974) - Alex Biondi
SS Hell Camp (1977) - Allied Officer (uncredited)
La bestia in calore (1977) - Moreno (uncredited)
Amore all'arrabbiata (1977) - Ingegner Giovanni
Little Italy (1978) - Old Bald Man (uncredited)
Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici (1981) - Avv. Randolfi
Crime at the Chinese Restaurant (1981) - Papetti's lover's husband
Il diavolo e l'acquasanta (1983) - Sindaco

Director and screenwriter

Heroes without glory (1971)
The Bloodsucker Leads the Dance (1975)
Suggestionata (1978)

References

^ ^a ^b Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. pp. 442–443. ISBN 8884402697.
^ Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. p. 363. ISBN 8884401712.