Lando Buzzanca
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gerlando Buzzanca (born August 24, 1935 in Palermo) is an Italian comedy actor. He left high school in Palermo when he was 16 years old, and moved to Rome to pursue his dream of becoming an actor. In order to survive, he took many jobs: waiter, furniture mover, and a brief appearance as a slave in the film Ben-Hur. In his long career he often interpreted the role of the average Italian immigrant from southern Italy, who slowly began to enjoy moderate success during the years of the Italian economic miracle. His films showcased all the freshness of the 1960s, the 1970s and the heavier transition to the 1980s, focusing on the common life in several Italian cities such as Rome, Verona or Milan, balanced between personal happiness and professional achievement. Buzzanca often interpreted roles of a subordinate white collar worker, with a heavy vein of machismo, as a frustrated employee who tries to redeem his dull existence with his virility. He became famous for his role in the film Il merlo maschio, (The Male Blackbird), where in a provincial environment of cultural importance, the philharmonic orchestra of the Arena di Verona, he vents out his own frustrations, indulging into candaulism when he induces his bride to expose her naked body in the middle of a bridge in Verona. Some critics, in a lighter vein, have defined Buzzanca as a "Homo eroticus": a human being halfway between Homo erectus and Homo sapiens, who risked extinction in the 1970s because of the harsh struggle with feminism activists. Today, even though much less so, this male type is still found among Italian males. Buzzanca's fame is greater in foreign countries than in his native land, and in countries as France, Japan, Greece, Israel, Spain and Switzerland he is a renowned international stereotype of the Italian provincialotto, elegant, naif, always causing mischief, and not obtaining anything from it. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lando Buzzanca, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Ben-Hur
as Jewish Slave in the Desert (uncredited)In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely...
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The Sucker
as Lino, le barbierIn this Frenco-Italian gangster parody, a shop keeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a...
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Divorce Italian Style
as Rosario MulèFerdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and...
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Seduced and Abandoned
as Antonio AscaloneThe film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone,...
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I Vicerè
as Prince GiacomoIn late 19th-century Sicily, the noble Uzeda family—whose lineage dates back to the ancient...
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The Magnificent Cuckold
as Giovannino - younger Manservant at the Artusis (uncredited)Andrea Artusi is a successful businessman with a beautiful wife, Maria, and a happy marriage -...
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Monte Carlo or Bust!
as Marcello AgostSequel to "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines". This time an international car rally...
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After the Fox
as Police ChiefA criminal mastermind sets up a phony film production as part of a plan to smuggle stolen gold.
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The Eroticist
as Senatore Gianni PuppisSenator Pupis feels a strong and uncontrollable urge to grab women's bottoms, a habit than can...
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The Monsters
as Luchino (segment "Come un padre")The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
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Homo Eroticus
as Michele CannarittaMichele is a three-testicle, sexually insatiable man who goes around bedding all women in town...
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Made in Italy
as Giulio (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 2")A group of Italians take a flight to Sweden: among them there are the tourists, and the immigrants.
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When Women Had Tails
as KaoSeven orphan cavemen grow up on a little island all by themselves. After a fire burns all...
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Il gatto mammone
as Lollo MascaluciaLando Buzzanca plays a man desperate to father a male heir. However, his wife (Roseanne Podesta)...
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How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
as uncredited
Secret Fantasy
as Niccolo VivaldiNiccolò Vivaldi is a cello player and he plays in Arena di Verona Orchestra. But he is not the...
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La calandria
as LidioThe luxurious Livio bets with the lord of the city to seduce a young bride in a month, at the...
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The Beast
as Stagecoach Driver (uncredited)Foul, twitchy, and deranged sex maniac Johnny Laster comes up with a plan to abduct a lovely...
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Playing the Field
as Carmelo Lo CascioA small-time soccer referee gets the chance of a lifetime when he gets to referee a major-league...
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The Lovemakers
as Carlo DanieliCarlo Danieli, an industrialist of Sicilian origins, manages a French fries company. The man...
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When Women Lost Their Tails
as HamFilli and the cavemen from "When Women Had Tails" are living a carefree life inside a dinosaur...
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The Viking Who Became a Bigamist
as Vittorio CoppaThe Italian Vittorio Coppa works as a sleeper car commuter and commutes regularly between Munich...
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Letti sbagliati
as Birolli (Segment "Il complicato")Four episodes: a traveler is enticed by train per bet; a professional wants to be alone with a...
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The Little Nuns
as Amilcare FranzettiTwo nuns come to Rome to protest to an airline about its jet planes which have been flying over...
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The Beasts
as Il Salvatore / Morsetti / Il fachiro / Il marito / Giovanni Apposito / Lanfranco / Il chirurgo / Francesco Sparapaoli
The Girl from Parma
as Michele PantanòDora, driven away from her town by malicious gossip following her first love affair, has a...
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Operation San Pietro
as NapoleoneSmall time crook Napoleone falls into an unlikely gang made up of a gangster, called The Baron,...
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House of Pleasure
as Conte LombardiniSusanna travels to Paris with her small group of actors. There she saves Emperor Napoleon from...
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Lend Me Your Wife
as Alex FortiniAlex Fortini, a transplant to Milan, lives behind his lover who owns an advertising agency. When...
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No One Will Notice You're Naked
as Rosario TrapeneseRosario Trapanese is determined to show he is not the typical old-fashion Sicilian. When his...
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The Union
as Saverio RavizziA Sicilian worker, a member of the internal commission in a factory in Bergamasco, believes he...
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On the Day of the Lord
as Primo fidanzato di MargheritaMargherita nicknamed Fornarina is Raphael's mistress. Beatrice, a noblewoman who is also in love...
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The Household
as Rosario 'Sasa' CabaduniA butler for wealthy clients has a problem--he can't seem to stop getting sexually involved with...
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Corpse for the Lady
as Enzo, fratello di LauraLaura is the victim of a blackmail, asks for help to her childhood friends Renata, Marina and...
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His Days Are Numbered
as Figlio di CesareA middle-aged plumber quits his job and questions his life after seeing somebody his own age...
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James Tont Operation U.N.O.
as James Tont Agent 007 1/2The diabolical Goldsinger, enraged at being excluded from the UN, hatches a plot to blow up the...
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Spia spione
as Carlo BarazzettiCarlo Barlozzetti, a silly waiter, lives alone in an apartment located across a bank which a...
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I'm Going to Live by Myself
as GiuseppeGiacomino, tired of living at home with his parents, goes to his own place, but his neighbour,...
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The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars
as Lo sposoFour extraterrestrials, X-1, X-2, X-3 and X-4, arrive on Earth in the early sixties. Here they...
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Better a Widow
as uncreditedTom Proby is a representative from a British engineering firm sent to Sicily to convince the...
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Love in Four Dimensions
as (segment "Amore e alfabeto")Young Italian writers and directors express themselves in four episodes about sex and love....
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Criminal Affair
as Esteban de FloriA renowned author, college professor and criminologist is given a year off in order to write his...
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Secondo Ponzio Pilato
as ValerianoThe story of salvation is told from the perspective of the Roman governor in Judea, Pontius Pilate.
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San Pasquale Baylonne, Protector of Women
as Giuseppe Cicerchia 'Femminaro'
The Eye of the Needle
as Carabiniere SanfilippoTwo young men in a village in Sicily raping a girl. In the end, two skilled lawyers will succeed...
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Don Juan in Sicily
as Giovanni PercollaGiovanni Percolla lives in Catania surrounded by the attentive cares of his three sisters. He...
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The Migratory Bird
as Andrea PomeraroAndrea Pomeraro, a history teacher, has an affair with a student who then blackmails him....
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Extraconiugale
as Roberto Savello (segment "La doccia")Three anthological segments about sexcapades and erotic fantasies in middle-class Italy.
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Love and Marriage
as (segment "Prima notte, La")An anthology comedy with segments about love and marriage.
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Anyone Can Play
as ricattatoreIn this delightful romantic comedy, four beautiful women attempt to deal with their sexual...
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The Demonic Womanizer Costante Nicosia, or: Dracula in Brianza
as Costante NicosiaA boorish, snobish toothpaste factory owner, Constantino Nicosia, gives his wife and everyone a...
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Un caso di coscienza
as Salvatore VaccagninoDiscovering that a woman from their small town in Sicily cheated on her husband, a group of...
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Swept Away by Family Affection
as Memé Di CostanzoThis is an Italian sex comedy that, like the earlier sex comedy "Il Gatto Mammone", combines the...
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Jus primae noctis
as Ariberto da FiculleAriberto de Ficulle is a nobleman who came into possession of a small feud by marrying the ugly...
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A Rose for Everyone
as LinoA vivacious woman tries to please all of her lovers but finds she can't handle the jealousy that...
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My Darling Slave
as Demetrio CulturaDemetrio Cultrera, is a young rich car dealership Sicilian bachelor who becomes engaged to the...
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Io e lui
as RicoRico is a not too successful screen-player. He is also a repressed sex addict. His life changes...
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Wife for Sale
as uncreditedThe engineer Furio Cicerone came up from nothing and entered the circle of the great...
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Once a Year, Every Year
as MarioA man enters a restaurant in Trastevere, in the suburbs of Rome, and asks the owner to cook him...
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Su e giù
as CuccioA movie divided in four episodes: the arrival of the husband makes the loves of his wife to hide...
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Ringo and Gringo Against All
as Serg. GringoTwo bumbling southern soldiers are still trying to fight the Civil War unaware of its conclusion...
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Our Husbands
as Ragionier ManziThree episodes about Italian husbands and their relationships.
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Puro siccome un angelo papà mi fece monaco... di Monza
as Nunzio di LicordiaA noble family assigns their younger son to the convent. The youngster has an affair with a...
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For a Few Dollars Less
as BillA bank clerk and his cousin, a "general", join forces to track down a Mexican outlaw.
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The Handsome Devil
as Gaetano 'Tano' AvalloneDeep South Italian seventies. The performing and penniless sales representative "Tano" Avallone,...
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Los crápulas
as uncreditedTwo ex-convicts are hired by the Devil to manage a small town cemetery.
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James Tont Operation T.W.O.
as James Tont Agent 007 1/2A dangerous criminal group wants to destroy St. Peter's Basilica and the secret agent James Tont...
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The Double Bed
as Vincenzo (segment 4 "Mourir pour vivre")Various sketches centered on alcove stories.
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The Married Priest
as Don SalvatoreA young Sicilian priest who moved to Rome comes into contact with the high bourgeoisie and...
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The Conjugal Debt
as OrazioRomolo, a man lazy and devoid of any interest, has been married for ten years with Ines, the...
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Una noche embarazosa
as Amalio BadalamentiAn Italian taxicab driver is used as a "breeding man" to save the inheritance of a wealthy...
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The Bird People
as Antonio LombardiAntonio Lombardi, a seventy-year-old pensioner and former seafarer, lives with his son, Luca,...
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Who Will Save The Roses?
as ClaudioThe melting love story between two old men, one of them is sick and stays in bed all day, the...
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Sunstroke
as Giovanni Angelo ErraniOne Sunday in summer a mixed crowd pours on to a beach near Rome. A few tourists who had hoped...
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Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!
as Ricky CeciarelliThis lysergically madcap Italian flick largely eschews any traditional plot. The most noticeable...
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La donna a una dimensione
as Tv-hostPaola, still young and married to a rich industrialist, seeks an outlet to the uselessness of...
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La Baronessa di Carini
as Don IppolitoLaura, a young noblewoman who grew up in a convent, is given in marriage to the baron of Carini,...
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Deadly Game
as Franco Binasco (2013)Police detective Olivia uses the help of Natasha, a gambling addict, to dismantle a network of...
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Terra ribelle
as Generale MalagridasTerra ribelle is a TV series in 2010 and 2012 on Rai 1. The series follows the evolution of the...
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Io e mio figlio – Nuove storie per il commissario Vivaldi
as Federico VivaldiIo e mio figlio – Nuove storie per il commissario Vivaldi is an Italian television series.
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