Duccio Tessari
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.
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Movies (49)
Italian Kings Of B
as Self
2003
Beyond Justice
Director (Directing)
1992
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
Screenplay (Writing)
1990
Please, Let the Flowers Live
Director (Directing)
1986
Baciami Strega
Director (Directing)
1985
Tex and the Lord of the Deep
Screenplay (Writing)
1985
Un centesimo di secondo
Director (Directing)
1981
The Fifth Commandment
Director (Directing)
1978
La madama
Screenplay (Writing)
1976
Safari Express
Director (Directing)
1976
Zorro
Director (Directing)
1975
Puzzle
Director (Directing)
1974
Three Tough Guys
Director (Directing)
1974
Tony Arzenta
Director (Directing)
1973
The Heroes
Director (Directing)
1973
Winged Devils
Director (Directing)
1972
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Director (Directing)
1971
The Bloodstained Butterfly
Writer (Writing)
1971
Death Occurred Last Night
Director (Directing)
1970
Quella piccola differenza
Director (Directing)
1969
Alive or Preferably Dead
Screenplay (Writing)
1969
The Bastard
Director (Directing)
1968
Better a Widow
1968
A Train for Durango
Story (Writing)
1968
Per amore... per magia...
Screenplay (Writing)
1967
Dick Smart 2.007
Writer (Writing)
1967
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
Story (Writing)
1966
Balearic Caper
Writer (Writing)
1966
Seven Guns for the MacGregors
Screenplay (Writing)
1966
The Return of Ringo
Director (Directing)
1965
The Woman from Beirut
Story (Writing)
1965
A Pistol for Ringo
as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
1965
Dangerous Pleasures
Screenplay (Writing)
1965
A Fistful of Dollars
Screenplay (Writing)
1964
Secret of the Sphinx
Writer (Writing)
1964
The Avenger of Venice
Screenplay (Writing)
1964
The Scapegoat
Director (Directing)
1963
My Son, the Hero
Director (Directing)
1962
Marco Polo
Writer (Writing)
1962
Romulus and Remus
Screenplay (Writing)
1961
Hercules in the Haunted World
Screenplay (Writing)
1961
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
Screenplay (Writing)
1961
The Wonders of Aladdin
Screenstory (Writing)
1961
Goliath and the Vampires
Screenplay (Writing)
1961
Hercules and the Captive Women
Screenplay (Writing)
1961
The Revolt of the Slaves
Screenplay (Writing)
1960
Love, the Italian Way
First Assistant Director (Directing)
1960
Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan
First Assistant Director (Directing)
1960
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
Screenplay (Writing)
1960
