Italian Kings Of B
2003 · Movie
as Self
Duccio Tessari
1926-10-11
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Genoa, Italy
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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.
Filmography
Crew Credits
Beyond Justice
1992 · Movie
Director
The Law of the Desert
1991 · TV Show
Director
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
1990 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
Please, Let the Flowers Live
1986 · Movie
Director
Tex and the Lord of the Deep
1985 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
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Baciami Strega
1985 · Movie
Director
Un centesimo di secondo
1981 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
The Fifth Commandment
1978 · Movie
Director, Writer
La madama
1976 · Movie
Screenplay, Director
Safari Express
1976 · Movie
Director
Zorro
1975 · Movie
Director
Puzzle
1974 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
Three Tough Guys
1974 · Movie
Director
Tony Arzenta
1973 · Movie
Director
The Heroes
1973 · Movie
Director
Winged Devils
1972 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
The Bloodstained Butterfly
1971 · Movie
Director, Writer
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971 · Movie
Director
Death Occurred Last Night
1970 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
Alive or Preferably Dead
1969 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
Quella piccola differenza
1969 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
The Bastard
1968 · Movie
Director, Writer
A Train for Durango
1968 · Movie
Story, Screenplay
Better a Widow
1968 · Movie
Director, Writer
Dick Smart 2.007
1967 · Movie
Writer
Per amore... per magia...
1967 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
1966 · Movie
Director, Story, Screenplay
Seven Guns for the MacGregors
1966 · Movie
Screenplay
Balearic Caper
1966 · Movie
Writer
The Return of Ringo
1965 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
A Pistol for Ringo
1965 · Movie
Director, Screenplay, Story
The Woman from Beirut
1965 · Movie
Story
Dangerous Pleasures
1965 · Movie
Screenplay, Director
Secret of the Sphinx
1964 · Movie
Director, Writer
A Fistful of Dollars
1964 · Movie
Screenplay
The Avenger of Venice
1964 · Movie
Screenplay
The Scapegoat
1963 · Movie
Director, Writer
My Son, the Hero
1962 · Movie
Director, Story, Screenplay
Marco Polo
1962 · Movie
Writer
Hercules in the Haunted World
1961 · Movie
Screenplay, Story
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
1961 · Movie
Screenplay
Romulus and Remus
1961 · Movie
Screenplay
Hercules and the Captive Women
1961 · Movie
Screenplay, Story, Dialogue
Goliath and the Vampires
1961 · Movie
Story, Screenplay
The Wonders of Aladdin
1961 · Movie
Screenstory
The Revolt of the Slaves
1960 · Movie
Screenplay
Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan
1960 · Movie
First Assistant Director
Carthage in Flames
1960 · Movie
Co-Writer
The Revenge of Hercules
1960 · Movie
Screenplay
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
1960 · Movie
Screenplay, First Assistant Director
Messalina
1960 · Movie
Story, Screenplay, First Assistant Director
Love, the Italian Way
1960 · Movie
First Assistant Director
The Last Days of Pompeii
1959 · Movie
Writer, First Assistant Director
Cannon Serenade
1958 · Movie
Writer
