Ressel, Franco

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 21/09/2022, 11:46

: Franco Ressel, in Cineguida 1961

Franco Ressel was a character actor, mostly in small parts, active in Italian films and television from the mid-1950's until his death 3 decades later.

He was born Domenico Orobona in Naples on February 8th 1925.

No other biographical details are currently known.

His earliest known roles come in TV productions in the mid-1950's, including several filmed operas. From the start of the 60's he shifted his attentions to feature films and was quite prolific for the next 2 decades, returning to television in the early 80's.

Franco died in Rome on January 14th 1985, at the age of 60.

I have found a couple of undocumented roles for Franco, so there may be more.

Biographical note[1]

Birthplace: Naples.
Height: 1,82 m.
Instruction: Scientific Lyceum.
Foreign languages: French, English.
Dubbing.
Radio.
Television.
Prose and revue theater.
He lived in Rome, in via S. Maria dell'Anima, 39.

Filmography

1954

Il delitto di Lord Arturo Savile (TV movie) .... Giovanni (credited)
Il vicolo del se (TV movie) .... role unknown (credited)

1955
La notte di sette minuti (TV movie) .... The other agent (credited)
Sogno di un valzer (TV movie) .... An official (credited)

1956
Cime tempestose (TV mini-series) Ep. 3 .... Robert (credited)

1959
La cento chilometri .... Gay race competitor (uncredited)

1960
Il corazziere .... German officer (uncredited)

1961
Caccia all'uomo .... Head butler (uncredited)
Gli invasori .... King Lotar (credited)
I masnadieri .... Grillo (uncredited)
Il mantenuto .... René (credited)
L'assassino .... Doctor Francesconi (credited)
Le meraviglie di Aladino .... The Grand Vizier's lieutenant (credited)
Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan .... Captain of the Khan's guards (credited)
Una vita difficile .... Reporter (uncredited)

1962
Il cadetto Winslow (TV movie) .... John (credited)
Il tiranno di Siracusa .... Guard (uncredited)
Lo smemorato di Collegno .... Publicity agent (credited)
Marco Polo .... Guard searching for Marco (credited)
Oliviero in terra e in cielo (TV movie) .... Second medieval gentleman (credited)
Totò diabolicus .... Doctor (uncredited)

1963
D'Artagnan contro i 3 moschettieri .... English dignitary (credited)
I 4 monaci .... Baron Cimino (credited)
I quattro moschettieri .... Lord Buckingham (credited)
Il giorno più corto .... German officer (uncredited)
Il monaco di Monza .... Tax collector (credited)
La ragazza che sapeva troppo .... Arresting officer at the airport (uncredited)
Notturno a New York (TV movie) .... Roy (credited)
Scandali nudi .... Director Pagiolini (credited)
Totò e Cleopatra .... Dissatisfied slave customer (uncredited)

1964
6 donne per l'assassino .... Marquis Riccardo Morelli (credited)
Che fine ha fatto Totò baby .... American official (uncredited)
In ginocchio da te .... Gian Maria (credited)
Totò contro il pirata nero .... The Scarred (credited)

1965
Agente 077 dall'oriente con furore .... Goldwyn (credited as "Frank Ressel")
Agente S 03: Operazione Atlantide .... Fritz (credited as "Frank Ressel")
All'ombra di una colt .... Jackson (credited as "Frank Ressel")
Due marines e un generale .... Colonel Jaeger (credit unknown)
Il gladiatore che sfidò l'impero .... Lusinio (credited)
James Tont operazione U.N.O. .... (credited, but not found)
La sfida dei giganti .... Eteocles (credited)

1966
Du rififi à Paname .... Rudolph (credited)
El rojo .... Wallace (credited as "Frank Ressel")
I criminali della galassia .... Lieutenant Jeffries (credited as "Frank Ressel")
Il pianeta errante .... Captain Charles Danton (credited)
James Tont operazione D.U.E. .... Jack Glifford (credited)
Password: Uccidete agente Gordon .... Albert Kowalski / Ms. Kastiadis (credited as "Frank Ressel")
Per il gusto di uccidere .... Aarons (credited as "Frank Ressel")
Rififí ad Amsterdam .... Max Fischer (credited as "Frank Ressel")

1967
Assalto al tesoro di stato .... Elias (credited as "Frank Ressel")
Crónica de nueve meses .... Enrique (credited)
Delitto a Posillipo - Londra chiama Napoli .... Peter Harriman (credited as "Frank Ressel")
L'uomo dal pugno d'oro .... Krasna (credited as "Frank Ressell")
L'uomo, l'orgoglio, la vendetta .... Lieutenant Pepe (credit unknown)
La morte viene dal pianeta Aytin .... (credited, but not found)
Tecnica per un massacro .... Steve Brand (credited as "Frank Ressel")
Tom Dollar .... Mr. Gaber (credited)

1968
Gangster '70 .... Agent on the plane (credited)
Il figlio di Aquila Nera .... Wallace (credited as "Frank Ressel")
Il mercenario .... Studs (credited)
Lucrezia .... Ambassador of Aragon (credited as "Frank Ressel")
Persecución hasta Valencia .... Javier (credited)
Scacco internazionale .... Commissioner (poster credit - role unconfirmed)
Storie italiane (TV series) - Ep.: "Sette giorni di felicità" .... Carlo (credited)
T'ammazzo!... Raccomandati a Dio .... Mr. Hartman (credited as "Frank Ressel")
Tutto sul rosso .... Reikovic (credited)

1969
Ehi amico... c'è Sabata. Hai chiuso! .... Stengel (credited)
I peccati di Madame Bovary .... Adolphe Lheureus (credited)
Il ragazzo che sorride .... Mine owner (credited)
L'amore è come il sole .... role unknown (poster credit)
Nel labirinto del sesso .... Fetishist (credited)
Tarzana, sesso selvaggio .... Groder (credited as "Frank Ressel")
Un corpo caldo per l'inferno .... Wilkins (credited as "Frank Ressel")
Zorro alla corte d'Inghilterra .... Lord Percy Moore (credited as "Frank Ressel")

1970
Buon funerale amigos!... paga Sartana .... Samuel Piggot (credited)
Formula 1: Nell'Inferno del Grand Prix .... Frank Donovan (credited)
L'inafferrabile invincibile Mr. Invisibile .... Detective (credited)
La califfa .... An industrialist (credited)
Rangers: attacco ora X .... Captain Köhler (credited)
Sartana nella valle degli avvoltoi .... Norton (uncredited)

1971
... continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità .... Maitre D' (credited)
Gli fumavano le Colt... lo chiamavano Camposanto .... Judge (credited)
Il diavolo a sette facce .... Inspector Rinker (credited)
Il sergente Klems .... Lieutenant Dupleix (credited)
La maison sous les arbres .... Desk Gendarme (credited)
Le belve .... Attorney (credited)
Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte .... Gay man at train station (uncredited)
Trafic .... (credited, but not found)
Un omicidio perfetto a termine di legge .... Tommy Brown (credited)
Un posto ideale per uccidere .... Man that buys aural porn (uncredited)

1972
A.A.A. Massaggiatrice bella presenza offresi... .... D'Angelo (credited as "Franco Ressell")
I due figli di Trinità .... Alex Armstrong (credited)
Joe Valachi - I segreti di Cosa Nostra .... Detective watching the TV broadcast (uncredited)
L'altro piatto della bilancia .... role unknown (credited)
L'occhio nel labirinto .... Eugene (credited)
Ragazza tutta nuda assassinata nel parco .... Bruno (uncredited)
Treasure Island .... Sergeant Dance (uncredited)
Tutti fratelli nel west... per parte di padre .... Red Temple (credited)

1973
Kid, il monello del West .... Wilson (credited)
La morte negli occhi del gatto .... Parson (credited)
La ragazza fuoristrada .... Piero Badani (credited)
La vedova inconsolabile ringrazia quanti la consolarono .... Caterina's lawyer (credited)
Ming, ragazzi! .... Assistant to the site admiistrator (credited as "Frank Ressel")
Un amore così fragile, così violento .... Marshal (credited)
Una vita lunga un giorno .... Doctor (credited)

1974
Il testimone deve tacere .... Aldo Marchetti (credited)
L'eredità dello zio buonanima .... The architect (credited)
Le scomunicate di San Valentino .... Alfonso Fuentes (credited)
Manone il ladrone .... Lawyer (credited)

1975
...a tutte le auto della polizia... .... Gynaecologist (credited)
Cagliostro .... Morandi (credited)
Il pavone nero .... Kluger (credited)
L'arbre de Guernica .... Onesimo (credited)
La polizia interviene: ordine di uccidere! .... Lombardi's lawyer (credited)

1976
Gli amici di Nick Hezard …. Jeweller Parker (credited)
Paura in città .... Deputy prosecutor Lo Cascio (credited)
Per amore .... Doctor in Geneva (credited)
Povero Cristo .... Convicted man (credited)

1977
Bobby Deerfield .... Man with dog (credited)
California .... Full (credited)
La malavita attacca. La polizia risponde. .... Franco (credited)
Nazis dans le rétro .... General Keitel (poster credit - role unconfirmed)

1978
Indagine su un delitto perfetto .... Sergeant Phillips (credited)
Poliziotto senza paura .... Doctor Zimmer (credited)
Scherzi da prete .... Newspaper editor (credited)

1979
Sette uomini d'oro nello spazio .... Commander Barr (credit unknown)

1980
Quattro grandi giornalisti (TV mini-series) Ep.: "Luigi Albertini" .... role unknown (credited)

1981
Don Luigi Sturzo (TV mini-series) Ep. 2 .... Ernest Pezet (credited)
I giochi del diavolo (TV mini-series) Ep. 3: "La presenza perfetta" .... Sir Edmund Orme (credited)
Inchon .... Officer aboard Mount McKinley (uncredited)

1982
Bakterion .... Mr. Milton (credited)
Il conte Tacchia .... (credited, but not found)
La certosa di Parma (TV mini-series) Eps. 2, 4, 5 .... General Fontana (credited in eps 2, 4, 5, 6)
La nouvelle malle des Indes (TV mini-series) Eps. 2, 3 .... de Saint-Cricq (credited)

1983
E la nave va .... The Doctor (uncredited)
Il petomane .... Guglielmo II° (credited)
L'homme de Suez (TV mini-series) Eps. 1, 6 .... M. de Bragard (credited)

1984
A tu per tu .... Notary (credited)

Titles to check

Scugnizza (1955 TV movie) IMDb
L'assassino è di scena (1958 TV movie) IMDb as Ugo Franchi
La figlia dell'ambasciatore (1958) Cineguida
Spia - Il caso Philby (1977 TV movie) IMDb
L'inquilina del piano di sopra (1978) IMDb as Plastic surgeon
Le rose di Danzica (1979 TV mini-series) Eps. 1-3. IMDb as The Priest
L'argent du ministre (1982) IMDb
Abandons (1985 short film) IMDb
Les amours des années 50 (1985 TV mini-series) Ep.: "Dangereux été". IMDb

No Franco!

Titles where Franco is listed as appearing somewhere online, but cannot be found. There always has to be one!

La Sfinge sorride prima di morire - Stop Londra (1964) IMDb with no role. Not credited and not found after multiple searches.
I diafanoidi vengono da Marte (1966) IMDb with no role. Not credited and not found after multiple searches, presumably confused with his appearances in several other Antonio Margheriti space operas.
El magnífico Tony Carrera (1968) IMDb as Airport security guard. It is not Franco in this role (or any other).

Notes and sources

1. Dante Lazzaro. Cineguida 1961.

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 20/02/2024, 11:53

Il delitto di Lord Arturo Savile (1954 TV movie) credited in the listing in Radiocorriere TV guide, as Giovanni

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 20/02/2024, 11:55

Il vicolo del se (1954 TV movie) credited in the listing in Radiocorriere TV guide, role unknown

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 20/02/2024, 11:56

La notte di sette minuti (1955 TV movie) credited in the listing in Radiocorriere TV guide, as The other agent

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 20/02/2024, 11:58

Sogno di un valzer (1955 TV movie) credited in the listing in Radiocorriere TV guide, as An official

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 20/02/2024, 12:03

Cime tempestose (1956 TV mini-series) Episode 3, as Robert.

Radiocorriere and IMDb list him as appearing in episodes 1, 2 and 3, but as far as I could find in the poor quality copies available he only appears in episode 3. The credits were cut from the copies I found, so I am unable to confirm if he is credited in the other episodes, but the Radiocorriere listings would suggest that he is.