Lando Buzzanca
| Lando Buzzanca | |
|---|---|
 Lando Buzzanca in 2009 at the Roma Fiction Festival | |
| Born |
Gerlando Buzzanca 24 August 1935 Palermo, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor, Theatre director |
| Years active | 1959–present |
| Children | Massimiliano Buzzanca |
Gerlando Buzzanca (born 24 August 1935), best known as Lando Buzzanca, is an Italian theatrical, film and television actor, whose career spanned over 55 years.
Life and career
Born in Palermo the son of a cinema projectionist, at 16 years old Buzzanca left the high school and moved to Rome to pursue his dream of becoming an actor.[1][2] In order to survive, he took many jobs including waiter, furniture mover, and a brief appearance as a slave in the film Ben-Hur. He made his official debut in Pietro Germi's Divorce, Italian Style, and soon specialized in the role of the average immigrant from southern Italy.[2][3]
After two successful "James Tont" films in which he played a parody of James Bond, starting from the late 1960s, Buzzanca got a large success in a series of satirical commedia sexy all'italiana films which satirized major institutions such as politics, religion, trade unions and financial world. With the decline of the genre, he slowed his film activities, focusing into theatre and television, in which he enjoyed a resurgence of popularity in the 2000s thanks to a series of well-received TV-series.[2][3]
In 2013, following the death of his wife Lucia and a heavy depression, Buzzanca attempted suicide by cutting his veins.[4]
In 2015 he has fully recovered from depressive period undertaking a relationship with a younger woman, Antonella.
In 2016 he participates as dancer in the television program Ballando con le stelle and lives a new and intense romance with a younger actress and journalist Francesca della Valle.[5]
Awards
| Year | Nominee/work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | I Vicerè | Best Actor | Nominated |
Golden Globes, Italy
| Year | Nominee/work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | I Vicerè | Best Actor | Won |
Selected filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Ben-Hur | Jewish Slave in the Desert (uncredited) | William Wyler |
| 1961 | Divorce, Italian Style | Rosario Mulè | Pietro Germi |
| 1962 | His Days Are Numbered | Son of Cesare | Elio Petri |
| 1963 | The Eye of the Needle | carabiniere Sanfilippo | Marcello Andrei |
| 1963 | The Girl from Parma | Michele Pantanò | Antonio Pietrangeli |
| 1963 | Le monachine | Amilcare Franzetti | Luciano Salce |
| 1963 | I mostri | Luciana's Husband (segment "Come un padre") | Dino Risi |
| 1964 | Extraconjugal | Roberto (segment "La doccia") | Massimo Franciosa |
| 1964 | Corpse for the Lady | Enzo | Mario Mattoli |
| 1964 | Seduced and Abandoned | Antonio Ascalone | Pietro Germi |
| 1964 | Love in Four Dimensions | Sicilian husband | Mino Guerrini (segment "Amore e alfabeto") |
| 1964 | I marziani hanno dodici mani | Lo sposo | Castellano & Pipolo |
| 1964 | Love and Marriage | (segment "La prima notte") | Mino Guerrini and Gianni Puccini |
| 1964 | The Magnificent Cuckold | Guardian | Antonio Pietrangeli |
| 1965 | Su e giù | Cuccio (segment "Questione di Principo") | Mino Guerrini |
| 1965 | Letti sbagliati | (segment "Il complicato") | Steno |
| 1965 | James Tont operazione U.N.O. | James Tont | Bruno Corbucci |
| 1965 | James Tont operazione D.U.E. | James Tont | Bruno Corbucci |
| 1965 | The Sucker | Lino | Gérard Oury |
| 1965 | The Double Bed | Birolli | Jean Delannoy, François Dupont-Midi, Alvaro Mancori and Gianni Puccini |
| 1965 | Made in Italy | Giulio (segment "Usi e costumi") | Nanni Loy |
| 1966 | For a Few Dollars Less | Bill | Mario Mattoli |
| 1966 | Ringo and Gringo Against All | Serg. Gringo | Bruno Corbucci |
| 1966 | I nostri mariti | Ragionier Manzi (segment "Il Marito di Olga") | Luigi Filippo D'Amico, Dino Risi and Luigi Zampa |
| 1966 | After the Fox | Police Chief | Vittorio De Sica |
| 1967 | Spia, spione | Carlo Barazzetti | Bruno Corbucci |
| 1967 | A Rose for Everyone | Lino | Franco Rossi |
| 1967 | Don Juan in Sicily | Giovanni Percolla | Alberto Lattuada |
| 1967 | Operation St. Peter's | Napoleone | Lucio Fulci |
| 1968 | Colpo di sole | ? | Mino Guerrini |
| 1968 | Anyone Can Play | Blackmailer | Luigi Zampa |
| 1968 | Better a Widow | Massito | Duccio Tessari |
| 1968 | Criminal Affair | Esteban de Flori | Rossano Brazzi |
| 1969 | Puro siccome un angelo papà mi fece monaco... di Monza | Nunzio di Licordia | Giovanni Grimaldi |
| 1969 | La donna a una dimensione | Host on TV (uncredited) | Bruno Baratti |
| 1969 | Frau Wirtin hat auch eine Nichte | Count Lombardini | Franz Antel |
| 1969 | Monte Carlo or Bust! | Marcello | Ken Annakin |
| 1970 | Un caso di coscienza | Salvatore Vaccagnino | Giovanni Grimaldi |
| 1970 | Il debito coniugale | Orazio | Franco Prosperi |
| 1970 | Fermate il mondo…voglio scendere! | Ricky Ceciarelli | Giancarlo Cobelli |
| 1970 | When Women Had Tails | Kao | Pasquale Festa Campanile |
| 1970 | The Swinging Confessors | Don Salvatore | Marco Vicario |
| 1970 | La prima notte del Dottor Danieli, industriale col complesso del... giocattolo | Carlo Danieli | Giovanni Grimaldi |
| 1970 | Nel giorno del Signore | Pietro | Bruno Corbucci |
| 1971 | The Blonde in the Blue Movie | Rosario Trapanese | Steno |
| 1971 | Man of the Year | Michele Cannaritta | Marco Vicario |
| 1971 | Secret Fantasy | Niccolò Vivaldi | Pasquale Festa Campanile |
| 1971 | Le belve | Various characters | Giovanni Grimaldi |
| 1972 | The Eroticist | Giacinto "Gianni" Puppis | Lucio Fulci |
| 1972 | When Women Lost Their Tails | Ham | Pasquale Festa Campanile |
| 1972 | Il sindacalista | Saverio Ravizzi | Luciano Salce |
| 1972 | La calandria | Lidio | Pasquale Festa Campanile |
| 1972 | L'uccello migratore | Andrea Pomeraro | Steno |
| 1973 | My Darling Slave | Demetrio Cultrera | Giorgio Capitani |
| 1973 | Il magnate | Furio Cicerone | Giovanni Grimaldi |
| 1973 | Io e lui | Rico | Luciano Salce |
| 1974 | Playing the Field | Carmelo Lo Cascio | Luigi Filippo D'Amico |
| 1974 | Il domestico | Rosario "Sasà" Cabaduni | Luigi Filippo D'Amico |
| 1975 | Il fidanzamento | Luigi Mannozzi | Giovanni Grimaldi |
| 1975 | Il gatto mammone | Lollo Mascalucia | Nando Cicero |
| 1975 | Dracula in the Provinces | Cav. Costante Nicosia | Lucio Fulci |
| 1976 | San Pasquale Baylonne protettore delle donne | Giuseppe Cicerchia | Luigi Filippo D'Amico |
| 1978 | Travolto dagli affetti familiari | Memé Di Costanzo | Mauro Severino |
| 1980 | Prestami tua moglie | Alex Fortini | Giuliano Carnimeo |
| 1982 | I'm Going to Live by Myself | Giuseppe | Marco Risi |
| 1987 | Secondo Ponzio Pilato | Valerian | Luigi Magni |
| 1994 | Once a Year, Every Year | Giuseppe | Marco Risi |
| 2000 | Il segreto del giaguaro | Mazzaro | Antonello Fassari |
| 2007 | I Vicerè | Prince Giacomo | Roberto Faenza |
Television
- Signore e signora (1970)
- Cinema (1988)
- Cornetti al miele (1999)
- Una famiglia per caso (2003)
- Il cielo può attendere (2005)
- Mio figlio (2005)
- Chiara e Francesco (2007)
- La baronessa di Carini (2007)
- Lo scandalo della Banca Romana (2010)
- Capri 3 (2010)
- Io e mio figlio - Nuove storie per il commissario Vivaldi (2010)
- Il Restauratore (2012 - 2014)
- Terra ribelle – Il nuovo mondo (2012)
- Ballando con le stelle (2016)
References
- ↑ Sergio Buonadonna (8 August 2010). "Lando Buzzanca". La Repubblica. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- 1 2 3 Fabio Secchi Frau. "Lando Buzzanca: Il cinema italiano mi fece sexy". MyMovies. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- 1 2 Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. "Buzzanca, Lando". Gli Attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.
- ↑ "Lando Buzzanca si confessa: "E' vero, ho tentato il suicidio"". Il Mattino. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ↑ "Lando Buzzanca, playboy senza età". Novella 2000. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.