Duccio Tessari
Writing
Born 1926-10-11
Died 1994-09-06
Genoa, Italy
56 credits
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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.
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Filmography
Writing
40 credits
A Fistful of Dollars
Messalina
Romulus and Remus
A Pistol for Ringo
The Last Days of Pompeii
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
The Return of Ringo
Hercules in the Haunted World
Alive or Preferably Dead
Seven Guns for the MacGregors
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
Tex and the Lord of the Deep
Hercules and the Captive Women
The Bloodstained Butterfly
The Bastard
Cannon Serenade
The Revenge of Hercules
The Woman from Beirut
Marco Polo
The Scapegoat
A Train for Durango
Death Occurred Last Night
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
My Son, the Hero
Puzzle
Balearic Caper
The Avenger of Venice
Goliath and the Vampires
The Revolt of the Slaves
Winged Devils
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
La madama
Better a Widow
Dangerous Pleasures
Quella piccola differenza
Per amore... per magia...
The Fifth Commandment
Secret of the Sphinx
Dick Smart 2.007
Un centesimo di secondo
Directing
30 credits
Zorro
The Law of the Desert
Tony Arzenta
The Return of Ringo
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Alive or Preferably Dead
Safari Express
The Heroes
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
Tex and the Lord of the Deep
The Bloodstained Butterfly
The Bastard
Beyond Justice
Baciami Strega
The Scapegoat
Death Occurred Last Night
My Son, the Hero
Puzzle
Three Tough Guys
Winged Devils
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
La madama
Better a Widow
Dangerous Pleasures
Quella piccola differenza
Per amore... per magia...
Please, Let the Flowers Live
The Fifth Commandment
Secret of the Sphinx
Un centesimo di secondo
Acting
6 credits
A Pistol for Ringo
The Wonders of Aladdin
Hercules and the Captive Women
Carthage in Flames
Italian Kings Of B
In camera mia
Other credits
5 credits
Messalina
The Last Days of Pompeii
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
Love, the Italian Way
Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan
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