Renato Salvatori

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The son of a marble mason, Renato Salvatori was able to launch a film career on the strength of his good looks and impressive physique. Active onscreen from 1952, he was most memorably cast in crime films, notably Visconti's Rocco and His Brothers. He was later a mainstay of such politically supercharged productions as Z (1968) and Quemada (aka Burn) (1969). Renato Salvatori was the husband of French actress Annie Girardot with whom he co-starred in Rocco and His Brothers. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Renato Salvatori
Born 20 March 1933(1933-03-20)
Seravezza, Italy
Died 27 March 1988(1988-03-27) (aged 55)
Rome, Italy
Occupation Actor
Years active 1952–1981
Spouse Annie Girardot (1962-1988: his death)

Renato Salvatori (20 March 1933 – 27 March 1988) was an Italian multi-purpose character actor.

Biography

Salvatori was born in Seravezza, Province of Lucca.

He started off handsomely as a romantic juvenile actor but after working with the powerful likes of directors Luchino Visconti, Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica in the 1960s, turned into one of Italy's strongest characters actors of grim, harrowing drama.

He met French actress Annie Girardot on the set of the 1960 movie Rocco and His Brothers and married her on 6 January 1962. In sharp contrast to their off-camera relationship, in the movie Salvatori played a boxer-turned-thug who viciously rapes Annie, who played a prostitute. They had a daughter, Giulia; later they separated but never divorced.

Salvatori died in Rome of cirrhosis of the liver.

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Una Bella Grinta (1965 Film)
Les Grands Chemins (1963 Drama Film)
Le Glaive et la Balance (1963 Drama Film)
Extraconiugale (1964 Film)
Mariti In Citta (1958 Film)