Domenico Ravenna

Post by **Johan Melle** » 27/08/2018, 21:49

Domenico Ravenna in La bambola di Satana (1969)

Domenico Ravenna is another generico who appears in many films and fotoromanzi - sometimes credited but usually uncredited. He almost always wears thick glasses.

FILMOGRAPHY

1963

Il comandante (uncredited) .... Industrial
La noia (uncredited) .... Party guest
Le mani sulla città (uncredited) .... Member of parliament

1964
I due pericoli pubblici (uncredited) .... B.A.R. officer
Il magnifico cornuto (uncredited) .... Andrea's friend
L'ora di uccidere (uncredited) .... Man in night club
Se permettete parliamo di donne (uncredited) .... Man at wedding (segment no. 5)
Sedotti e bidonati (uncredited) .... Casino player

1965
A 008 operazione Sterminio (credited as Johnny Ravenna) .... Hans Meinz, the kidnapped engineer
Casanova '70 (uncredited) .... Man at auction
Due mafiosi contro Goldginger (uncredited) .... "Encapsulated" navy officer
I complessi - segment "Guglielmo il dentone" (uncredited) .... TV studio employee
I tre volti (uncredited) .... Member of Ms. Melville's Italian entourage
La guerra segreta (uncredited) .... Professor DeLuca

1966
3 colpi di Winchester per Ringo (uncredited) .... Cy Osborne, a landowner
Come imparai ad amare le donne (uncredited) .... Car company employee
Due mafiosi contro Al Capone (uncredited) .... Night club customer
Il vostro super agente Flit (uncredited) .... International diplomat
Io, io, io... e gli altri (uncredited) .... Politician
Missione speciale Lady Chaplin (uncredited) .... Man at the international conference
Ray Master l'inafferrabile (uncredited) .... Man at the Piccadilly Hotel
Sette monaci d'oro (uncredited) .... Man at the fashion show

1967
C'era una volta (uncredited) .... Courtier
Faccia a faccia (uncredited) .... Silvertown councilman
I 2 vigili (uncredited) .... Cardinal Assiani
Il fischio al naso (uncredited) .... Slumber party guest
Il tigre (uncredited) .... Amedeo Attanasio, cheese factory administrator
Peggio per me... meglio per te (uncredited) .... Airplane passenger
Riderà! (Cuore matto) (uncredited) .... Doctor
Si muore solo una volta (uncredited) .... Man at the prize ceremony
Silenzio: si uccide (credited) .... The professor, Diana's father
Tiffany Memorandum (uncredited) .... Casino player
Troppo per vivere... poco per morire (uncredited) .... Coroner

1968
A qualsiasi prezzo (uncredited) .... Priest / Cardinal
Diabolik (uncredited) .... Party guest
House of Cards (uncredited) .... Party guest
Il dolce corpo di Deborah (credited) .... Doctor
Il profeta (uncredited) .... Participant in the TV debate
La bambolona (uncredited) .... Old man outside tribunal
Le dolci signore (uncredited) .... Spectactor with eyeglasses
L'oro di Londra (uncredited) .... Bank manager
Quel caldo maledetto giorno di fuoco (uncredited) .... Tribunal judge
Straziami ma di baci saziami (uncredited) .... Waiter
The Shoes of the Fisherman (uncredited) .... Cardinal

1969
A doppia faccia (uncredited) .... Spectator at horse race
L'arcangelo (uncredited) .... Restaurant diner
La bambola di Satana (credited) .... Mr. Shinton
La famiglia Benvenuti (TV series) - 2nd series, episode 6 (uncredited) .... One of the neighbors
Nell'anno del signore (uncredited) .... Church judge
The Appointment (uncredited) .... Man at fashion show
Vedo nudo (uncredited) .... Mantovani

1970
FBI - Francesco Bertolazzi Investigatore (TV series) - episode 4: "Notte americana" (uncredited) .... Party guest
Il dio chiamato Dorian (uncredited) .... Party guest
La califfa (uncredited) .... Member of the committee of industrials
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (uncredited) .... Alabama politician
Waterloo (uncredited) .... A man at the ball

1971
...continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità (uncredited) .... Restaurant diner
Il vichingo venuto dal sud (uncredited) .... Party guest in Borellon's home
Noi donne siamo fatte così - first segment (uncredited) .... Subway passenger
Roma Bene (uncredited) .... Priest
Quattro mosche di velluto grigio (uncredited) .... Man at coffins convention

1972
Amico, stammi lontano almeno un palmo (uncredited) .... Man at the fair
Continuavano a chiamarli... Er Più, Er Meno (uncredited) .... Butler
Ettore lo fusto (uncredited) .... Asylum doctor
La schiava io ce l'ho e tu no (uncredited) .... Director of the futuristic concert / Guest at fashion show
Ludwig (uncredited) .... Ambassador
Roma (uncredited) .... Restaurant customer
Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina (uncredited) .... Man at funeral

1973
Bisturi, la mafia bianca (uncredited) .... role?

1974
Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
Il testimone deve tacere (uncredited) .... Man at the airport
L'erotomane (uncredited) .... Member on the board of directors
L'olandese scomparso (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Caretaker
Spasmo (uncredited) .... Priest in 8mm footage

1975
Ah sí? E io lo dico a Zzzorro! (uncredited) .... Town councilman
Attenti al buffone (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
Fantozzi (uncredited) .... Megaditta boss
L'uomo dalla strada fa giustizia (uncredited) .... Priest at the hospital
La città gioca d'azzardo (uncredited) .... Honorable casino player
Mahogany (uncredited) .... Man at fashion show
Paolo Barca, maestro elementare, praticamente nudista (uncredited) .... Man in restaurant

1976
40 gradi all'ombra del lenzuolo (uncredited) .... Marina's majordomo (segment "La guardia del corpo")
Cadaveri eccellenti (uncredited) .... Party guest
Telefoni bianchi (uncredited) .... Man in the cinema foyer

ADDITIONAL CREDITS

Occhio all'etichetta (TV advertisement) (1966) .... Waiter

FOTOROMANZI

Le avventure di Jacques Douglas N. 4: "Love in Portofino - Operazione Sparrow" (January 1966) - credited
Darling N. 13: "Ogni notte il tuo volto" (March 1968)
Le avventure di Jacques Douglas N. 37: "Buongiorno spia" (October 1968) - credited
Le avventure di Lucky Martin N. 5: "Si muore solo tre volte" (February 1969) - credited
Le avventure di Lucky Martin N. 27: "Telefonata nella notte" (December 1970)
Le avventure di Jacques Douglas N. 69: "Il fiore della morte" (June 1971)
Le avventure di Lucky Martin N. 48: "Hanno rapito Bob Carter" (September 1972)

Post by **Johan Melle** » 21/09/2018, 18:23

Domenico Ravenna, in of spite appearing in impressive number of films, was credited only in four films:

In the spy film A 008 operazione Sterminio (1965) he is credited under the anglicized name Johnny Ravenna and he plays an engineer who is kidnapped by the bad guys but.

Unfortunately, he only appears very briefly. First when he's kidnapped...

...and then later when Alberto Lupo finds him murdered

And here his credit from the opening titles

Domenico's next credited role is in another spy film Silenzio: si uccide (1967) where he plays the professor - pics by Emiliano

He's also credited in classic giallo Il dolce corpo di Deborah (1968) where he has a very short role as a doctor

And his final credited role is in the horror film La bambola di Satana (1969), where he has a very good role as Mr. Shinton, who becomes the killer's first victim

Post by **Johan Melle** » 21/09/2018, 18:33

Domenico also appeared in some fotoromanzi for Lancio. He was usually uncredited but here are 3 fotoromanzi where in which he was credited:

First in Le avventure di Jacques Douglas N. 4: "Love in Portofino - Operazione Sparrow" (January 1966) - scanned from the French edition

As a KGB man in Le avventure di Jacques Douglas N. 37: "Buongiorno spia" (October 1968)

And here in Le avventure di Lucky Martin N. 5: "Si muore solo tre volte" (February 1969) - together with Anna Maria Perego

And then a few more fotoromanzo roles - all uncredited:

Darling N. 13: "Ogni notte il tuo volto" (March 1968)

Le avventure di Lucky Martin N. 27: "Telefonata nella notte" (December 1970) - without his usual glasses this time

Le avventure di Jacques Douglas N. 69: "Il fiore della morte" (June 1971)

And finally the biggest fotoromanzo role I have seen for him in Le avventure di Lucky Martin N. 48: "Hanno rapito Bob Carter" (September 1972), for which he'd deserved to be credited

Post by **Johan Melle** » 21/09/2018, 18:46

And now let's look at some of his uncredited 1960s roles:

He's a man at the auction in Casanova '70 (1965)

And at the internation congress in Missione speciale Lady Chaplin (1966)

Nice speaking role as a cardinal in the Franco & Ciccio comedy I 2 vigili (1967)

Gambling at the casino (together with Augusto Innocenzi) in Tiffany Memorandum (1967)

As one of the party guests in Diabolik (1968)

As a waiter in Straziami ma di baci saziami (1968)

And as a bank manager in L'oro di Londra (1968)

Post by **Johan Melle** » 21/09/2018, 19:03

Another nice party guest role for Domenico in the TV series FBI - Francesco Bertolazzi Investigatore - episode 4: "Notte americana" (1970)

Together with Andrea Esterhazy in the ball-room sequence in Waterloo (1970)

In the restaurant scene of the western comedy ...continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità (1971)

As a doctor at the asylum in Ettore lo fusto (1972)

In Visconti's Ludwig (1972) as an ambassador

And a nice close-up of Domenico in the silly sex comedy L'erotomane (1974) as a member of the board of directors

Post by **Johan Melle** » 21/09/2018, 19:15

Pretty nice little role for Domenico in the 3-part TV series L'olandese scomparso (1974) as a caretaker who uintentionally surprises and scares the protagonist (Giuseppe Pambieri) in the dark

Domenico is also in the bizarre giallo Spasmo (1974) where he appears two times as a priest seen in the 8mm footage.
First he leads the confirmation ceremony

And a little later he leads the funeral

He's a priest again - this time at the hospital - in L'uomo dalla strada fa giustizia (1975)

For his part as an honorable gambler in La città gioca d'azzardo (1975) he switched his usual glasses for a monocle

Domenico as one of the Megaditta bosses in Fantozzi (1975)

And finally as as Dayle Haddon's majordomo in the sex comedy 40 gradi all'ombra del lenzuolo (1976) - segment "La guardia del corpo"

Post by **Emiliano** » 21/09/2018, 19:22

La califfa (1970) (uncredited) .... Member of the committee of industrials

Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina (1972) (uncredited) .... Man at funeral

Double role in La schiava io ce l'ho e tu no (1973) (uncredited)

First as Director of the futuristic concert

Then as Guest at fashion show

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 21/09/2018, 19:47

I do think this is Domenico in an early role from Il comandante (1963)

Here Domenico in the night club scene of L'ora di uccidere (1964)

And in Se permettete parliamo di donne (1964)

Domenico in Le dolci signore (1968)

Here in La bambolona (1968) with Giuseppe Ravenna, i wonder if they are brothers, not only because the same surname, but also because they are really similar by a pshyical point of view (only Giuseppe is a little fat, but if you look at their faces they are similar)