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Duccio Tessari

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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Born:
Oct 11, 1926 In Genoa, Italy
Movie/TV Credits:
3
First Appeared:
In the movie A Pistol for Ringo 1965-05-12
Latest Project:
Movie Italian Kings Of B 2003-01-01
Known For
Poster of A Pistol for Ringo
Filmography
Movie Italian Kings Of B Self 2003-01-01
Movie Better a Widow 1968-10-08
Movie A Pistol for Ringo Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) 1965-05-12