Di Benedetto, Giovanni

[Emiliano]

Giovanni Di Benedetto in the late eighties

Born in 1921, degree in political science, Giovanni Di Benedetto (alias Gianni Di Benedetto, Gianni De Benedetto, John Hawkwood), was a good supporting actor, of beautiful and solid presence. He was also a publicist and translator (spoking English, German and French).[1]

Filmography

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1952

1. Il brigante di Tacca del Lupo .... Priest (uncredited)
2. Il cappotto .... Party guest (uncredited)
   
   1954
3. Amori di mezzo secolo - segment "L'amore romantico" .... Musician (uncredited)
4. L'arte di arrangiarsi .... On. Toscano (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
5. La romana .... Model painter (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
   
   1958
6. Le sorelle omicidi (TV movie) .... "A man" (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
   
   1959
7. Ottocento (TV mini series) - episode 3 .... Usher (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
   
   1960
8. I delfini .... Party guest (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
9. Et mourir de plaisir / Il sangue e la rosa .... Police Marshal (uncredited)
   
   1961
10. Barabba .... Officer outside sulphur mines (uncredited)
11. Romolo e Remo .... King Tazio's man (uncredited)
    
    1963
12. Ercole sfida Sansone .... Argos (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
13. Il processo di Verona .... Carlo Pareschi (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
14. La ragazza che sapeva troppo .... Professor Torrani (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
15. The Pink Panther .... Court clerk (uncredited)
    
    1964
16. La cittadella (TV mini-series) .... Socio del club (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
17. Gli invincibile dieci gladiatori .... Spartacus (credited as John Heston)
18. I grandi camaleonti (TV mini-series) - episode 3 .... role? (credited?)
19. Il trionfo dei dieci gladiatori .... Arimandro (credited as John Heston)
20. La vendetta della signora .... Villager (uncredited)
21. Maciste nell'inferno di Gengis Khan .... Captain of Vladimir's army (uncredited)
22. The visit .... Citizen of Gullen (uncredited)
    
    1965
23. Come le foglie (TV movie) .... Andrea, the house servant (credited?)
24. Sette uomini d'oro .... Bank guard (uncredited)
    
    1966
25. A 077 sfida ai killers .... Agent Bob Fleming's boss (credited as "John Hawkwood")
26. Furia a Marrakech .... The Colonel (credited as John Hawkwood)
27. Il conte di Montecristo (TV mini series) - episode 1: "Il complotto" .... Wedding guest (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
28. La Bibbia .... Nimrod's man (uncredited)
29. Tecnica di un omicidio .... Nightclub director (credited as John Hawkwood)
30. Vertu (TV movie) .... Judas Weyl (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
    
    1967
31. L'avventuriero .... Lt. Bolt (credited as Gianni De Benedetto)
32. Killer calibro 32 .... Poker player (uncredited)
33. Odio per odio .... Prison doctor (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
34. Per 100,000 dollari t'ammazzo .... Mr. Forest (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
35. Squadra omicidi, tenente Sheridan (TV series) - episode 1: "Paso doble" .... E. George Livan (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
36. Vita di Cavour (TV mini series) - episode 3 .... Second officer (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
    
    1968
37. Nude si muore .... Prof. Di Brazzi (credited as "John Hawkwood")
38. Preparati la bara! .... Walcott (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
39. Ragan .... Officer (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
    
    1969
40. Barbagia .... Police inspector (uncredited)
41. Così dolce, così perversa .... Mr. Valmont (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
42. It Takes a Thief (TV series) - season 3, episode 9: "The King of Thieves" .... Priest (uncredited)
43. The Appointment .... Lawyer (uncredited)
    
    1970
44. L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo .... Prof. Rinaldi (uncredited)
45. Lettera al Kremlino .... Dimitri Polyakov (uncredited)
46. A Man called Sledge .... Prison guard (uncredited)
47. Una coccarda per il re (TV mini-series, episode 2) .... Weaver (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
    
    1971
48. 4 mosche di velluto grigio .... Funerary art exposition visitor who trying a coffin (uncredited)
49. Gli fumavano le Colt... lo chiamavano Camposanto .... Douglas Toland (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
50. Il gatto a nove code .... Solmi, Chief of Squadra mobile (uncredited)
    
    1973
51. Sepolta viva .... Duke de Camlyse (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
    
    1974
52. L'ossessa .... role? (credited as "Gianni De Benedetto")
    
    1975
53. Attenti al buffone .... Cesare's collaborator (uncredited)
54. Il giustiziere sfida la città .... Police Inspector (credited as "Gianni De Benedetto")
55. L'ultimo treno della notte .... Intellectual on the train (uncredited)
56. L'uomo dalla strada fa giustizia .... Journalist (uncredited)
57. La polizia accusa: il servizio segreto uccide .... General Eugenio Stocchi (credited as "Gianni De Benedetto")
58. La verginella .... Oscar Gentili, father of Cinzia (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
59. Macchie solari .... Head coroner (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
60. Mahogany .... Ad agency executive (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
    
    1976
61. Ancora una volta... a Venezia .... Commander Di Giacomo (credited?)
62. Extra (TV mini series) .... Colonel McKay (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
    
    1977
63. Armaguedon .... role? (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
64. La svastica nel ventre .... Nazi officer (credited as "Gianni De Benedetto")
    
    1978
65. Circuito chiuso (TV) .... Grandfather at the cinema (credited)
66. Goodbye & Amen .... Foreign secretary (uncredited)
67. I gabbiani volano basso .... Martini (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
    
    1980
68. Dolce... calda Lisa .... Ing. Boschi (credited as Gianni Di Bededetto)
69. Ora zero e dintorni (TV series) - ep. 5: "Extra mild" .... The old man (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
70. Ora zero e dintorni (TV series) - ep. 7: "Drugstore" .... Tom (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
    
    1982
71. Morte in Vaticano .... High-ranking military officer (credited)
    
    1984
72. ...e la vita continua (TV mini series) .... Bartender (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
73. I guerrieri dell'anno 2072 .... Sam (credited)
    
    1990
74. Atto di dolore (TV movie) .... Maffei, lawyer (credited)
75. Fuga dal paradiso .... Council member (credited)
76. La primavera di Michelangelo / A Season of Giants (TV mini-series) .... Cardinal (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
    
    1992
77. Edera (TV series) - episode 9 .... Claudia's father (credited)
    
    1993
78. Bugie rosse .... Old homosexual at the public pool (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
    
    1994
79. Only You .... Pension concierge (credited)
    
    1995
80. Strassen von Berlin - Die akte Stalin (TV movie) .... role? (uncredited)
    
    1996
81. Soko 5113 (TV series) - ep.: "Das Lächeln des Verräters" .... Maravello (credited)
    
    1998
82. Professione fantasma (TV series) - episode 2: "Un'espressione inconfondibile" .... Notary (credited)
    
    1999
83. I giudici - Excellent Cadavers (TV movie) .... Michele Greco (credited)
84. Tea with Mussolini .... A friend of Elsa (uncredited)
    
    2002
85. La felicità non costa niente (title from CV - credited? no pic)
    
    2008
86. Sanguepazzo (credited) .... Doctor

Television

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Titles from Curriculum vitae

• The Joker - directed by Marco Costantini – Bavaria
• Hollywood mom amour - directed by Amato/Moretti
• Blank Meier, Jensen - directed by M. Mackenroth (in German) (1992 pilot for TV series)
• Daens (1995); dir: Stijn Coninx - Belgian film
• Gangsters (1992), direct: Massimo Guglielmi
• In nome della famiglia (1997 TV soap opera)- directed by Vincenzo Verdecchi
• Volare (1997) - directed by Vittorio De Sisti
• Camici Bianchi (2001 TV series) - directed by Stefano Amatucci
• L'attentatuni - Il grande attentato (TV movie, 2000), dir Claudio Bonivento

Notes and sources

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1. Info and pic from his last actor's agency "Rosalba Cantina".

[Emiliano]

Nude... si muore (1968)

L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo (1970)

La polizia accusa: il Servizio Segreto uccide (1975) as General Eugenio Stocchi (credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")

L'ossessa (1974)

La svastica nel ventre (1977)

L'ultimo treno della notte (1975)

Il gatto a nove code (1971)

[Emiliano]

Il giustiziere sfida la città (1975) as Police inspector

[carlos]

Preparati la bara! (1968) Walcott

[van den bremt rudy]

La romana (1954) as a model painter.
in one of his earliest roles and also he is credited

here with the very lovely gina lollobrigida.

[van den bremt rudy]

L'arte di arrangiarsi (1954) as onorevole toscano.
again in an earlier movie role, and credited !

here with Alberto sordi

[van den bremt rudy]

Ottocento (1959) tv miniserie (episode 3/5) as an usher.

he is credited ! but appears very very briefly.

it is strange that we haven't found a movie yet from 1955 till 1958.

[van den bremt rudy]

Ercole sfida sansone (1963) as Argos (the ships navigator) in one of his peplum movies and credited!

Images upgraded - Nick

[van den bremt rudy]

Il processo di verona (1963) as carlo pareschi

italian drama movie about a fascist process at the end of world war 2.
credited role for Giovanni.

[van den bremt rudy]

La ragazza che sapeva troppo (1963) as professor torrani
credited role in this early giallo-thriller from mario bava.