He was born in Roma on November 28, 1934, to parents from Collepardo (Frosinone): Tullio Rossi and Iole Magnanti. After his classical studies he found a job in an import-export company, but his passion is the cinema: shortly after, he decided to leave that job to go to the Cinecittà studios on a daily basis, looking for a job as an extra.[1]
Noticed for his physical characteristics (tall, thin, blond), he gets his first role is the part of a German soldier in the war film "Dieci italiani per un tedesco (Via Rasella)" (1962).
In the first years of his cinematographic work (1966-'67) he also attended at the same time the acting school "Studio Fersen di Arti Sceniche", directed by Alessandro Fersen, one of the protagonists of the twentieth century theater. Therefore, he starred in around 80 films, mostly in the sixties and seventies and just a few appearances in the eighties.
He died on May 29, 2005 at the age of 70.
Two years after his passing, Canadian film writer Kier-La Janisse published a book entirely dedicated to his career: Violent Professional: The Films of Luciano Rossi.
Alias: Edwin G. Ross, Edward G. Ross, Edward Ross, Lu Kamante, Lou Kamante, Lucky Ross.
- Dieci italiani per un tedesco (Via Rasella) .... Soldier counting the victims before the massacre (uncredited)
1966 - Django .... Major Jackson's gang henchman (uncredited)
- James Tont operazione D.U.E. .... Man in the space center (uncredited)
- Sicario 77, vivo o morto .... Doctor injecting truth serum to Lester (uncredited)
- Uno sceriffo tutto d'oro .... Jack (credited)
- Z2 operazione Circeo .... Secret Agent Z2 (credited)
1967 - Bill il taciturno .... Dr. Thompson (credited as "Edwin G. Ross")
- Il figlio di Django .... Mack (credited)
- La più grande rapina del west .... Martin the telegraphist (credited)
- L'avventuriero .... Michel (credited)
- LSD - Inferno per pochi dollari .... Stanis, a Jimmy Gioglu's henchman (credited)
- Omicidio per appuntamento .... Massimo Turci (credited)
1968 - Corri uomo corri .... Jean-Paul (credited)
- Odissea TV series, episode 6 .... Teoclimeno (uncredited)
- Preparati la bara! .... Yankee (credited as "Edward G. Ross")
- Quella carogna dell'ispettore Sterling .... Randolph (credited as "Edward G. Ross")
- Scacco internazionale .... Mr. Besive (credited as "Edward Ross")
- Sentenza di morte .... Man trying to open the gold chests (credited)
1969 - 5 per l'inferno .... Johnny White (credited)
- Django il bastardo .... Hugh Murdock (credited as "Lu Kamante")
- Il pistolero dell'Ave Maria .... Juanito (credited)
- La collina degli stivali .... Shopkeeper (credited)
- L'odio è il mio Dio .... Joe (uncredited)
1970 - Belle d'amore .... Architect Ted Farrell (uncredited)
- C'è Sartana... vendi la pistola e comprati la bara! .... Flint Fossit (credited as "Lou Kamante")
- Ciakmull - L'uomo della vendetta .... Poker player (credited)
- Il conformista .... Blind man at marriage (credited)
- La lotta dell'uomo per la sua sopravvivenza TV series, episode 4, "Un'arca nel diluvio: il monachesimo" .... Preacher (credited)
- Lo chiamavano Trinità… .... Timido (credited)
- Sledge .... Prisoner (uncredited)
1971 - È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta! .... Sabata's challenger at the circus (uncredited)
- La morte cammina con i tacchi alti .... Hallory (credited)
- Testa t'ammazzo, croce... sei morto - Mi chiamano Alleluja .... Thug trying to rape the nun (uncredited)
1972 - Afyon oppio .... Hans the chemist (credited)
- Il terrore con gli occhi storti .... Henchman of Jean-Pierre (credited)
- Jesse & Lester - Due fratelli in un posto chiamato Trinità .... Stagecoach robber (credited)
- Judas... ¡toma tus monedas! / Attento gringo... è tornato Sabata! .... Thug helped to escape from prison (credited)
- La morte accarezza a mezzanotte .... Hans Krutzer (credited)
- Rivelazioni di un maniaco sessuale al capo della squadra mobile .... Gastone (credited)
1973 - Bisturi, la mafia bianca .... Child of a patient (uncredited)
- Donne e magia con satanasso in compagnia .... Saxon priest (credited)
- Ingrid sulla strada .... Traitor whose tongue is cut off (credited)
- La mano spietata della legge .... Lilly Antonelli's rapist (credited)
- La morte ha sorriso all'assassino .... Franz von Holstein (credited)
- Los amigos .... Moss (credited)
- Milano trema: la polizia vuole giustizia .... Cruciani (credited)
- Passi di danza su una lama di rasoio .... Silvia Arrighi's boyfriend (uncredited)
1974 - Commissariato di notturna .... Polish sailor (credited)
- Eroi all'inferno .... Nazi officer (credited as "Lu Kamante")
- I figli di Zanna Bianca .... Loretta's kidnapper (credited)
- Il bacio di una morta .... Andrea Valverde's coachman (uncredited)
- Il testimone deve tacere .... Antonio (credited)
- Macrò - Giuda uccide il venerdì .... Hippy (credited)
- Prostituzione .... Blackmailer photographer (credited)
- Una donna per 7 bastardi .... Mute man playing harmonica (credited)
1975 - Emanuelle e Françoise (le sorelline) .... Stud poker player (uncredited)
- Roma violenta .... Rapist of Lawyer Sartori's daughter (credited)
- Zanna Bianca alla riscossa .... Billy (credited)
1976 - Il trucido e lo sbirro .... Drug dealer at the nightclub (uncredited)
- Lager SSadis Kastrat Kommandantur .... Nazi officer (uncredited)
- Napoli violenta .... Robber (credited)
- Perché si uccidono (la merde) .... Giuda (credited as "Lucky Ross")
- Salon Kitty .... Dr. Schwab (credited)
1977 - Gli occhi del drago (TV mini-series) - ep. 2 (of 3) .... Nightwatch man (credited on Radiocorriere TV)
- I due superpiedi quasi piatti .... Geronimo (credited)
- Io ho paura .... Man photographing Graziano and Mòser (uncredited)
- Le lunghe notti della Gestapo .... Erich Schwab (credited)
- Ritornano quelli della calibro 38 .... Racket boss (credited)
1978 - Circuito chiuso (TV movie) .... Assistant projectionist (credited)
1980 - Luca il contrabbandiere .... Chemist of "Marsigliese" (credited)
- Orinoco: Prigioniere del sesso .... Jordan (credited)
- Paura nella città dei morti viventi .... Policeman (credited)
1982 - Sangraal, la spada di fuoco .... Belem the village chief (credited as "Lou Kamante")
- Crepa padrone, crepa tranquillo (1970)
- Carioca tigre (1976)
- Gli occhi del drago (1977)
- Lunga vita alla signora! (1987)
- Ramon il Messicano (1966) - Listed on IMDb, actually he's not credited and he doesn't appear at all.
1. Maurizio Grande on Comune di Collepardo.it. |