Vittorio Fanfoni was born in 1944. Before moving to Rome and graduating at the C.S.C. In the 1969, he worked as a primary school teacher in the city of Piacenza.
During his years as an actor, he usually plays small roles in almost an hundred movies, from those of author to those of genre. But at the end of seventies, when the splendor of Cinecittà had ended, he had to go back to his city of origin.
Before became ill and hospitalized in a care facility at the beginning of the new millennium, he was known for his way of life "outside the box", as if his life was a long movie. After a long illness, he left at the age of 72 in February 2016, leaving his sister Carmen and his nephew Lorenzo. He had no children.
Bio source: Mauro Molinaroli.
Filmography
- Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell .... Man at the airport (uncredited)
- Partner .... Student (credited)
1969 - Serafino .... Carabiniere (credited)
- Sono Sartana, il vostro becchino .... Casino patron (uncredited)
1970 - Ciakmull - L'uomo della vendetta .... Townsman (credited)
- Dal nostro inviato a Copenaghen (credit only)
- I racconti di Padre Brown (TV series) - eps. 1, 5, 6 .... Johnny (credited)
- Indio Black, sai che ti dico: sei un gran figlio di... .... Saloon bartender (credited)
1971 - ...continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità (credit only)
- ...e lo chiamarono Spirito Santo .... Prison corporal (credited)
- Allo specchio (TV Series) - ep.: "Interno-giorno" .... role? (credited on Radiocorriere TV)
- È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta! .... Bearded Irishman (credited)
- Il Decameron (credit only)
- La spada normanna .... Herald (credited)
- Le belve .... Fachiro's assistant (credited)
- Nella stretta morsa del ragno .... Pub proprietor (credited)
- Trastevere .... Pierre, a guest at Caterina's house (credited)
- Tre donne: La sciantosa (TV) .... Mion, a soldier (credited)
- Uccidi Django... uccidi per primo!! .... Jack Adams (credited)
- Una stagione all'inferno .... Revolutionary (credited)
1972 - Amico, stammi lontano almeno un palmo .... Scammed poker player (credited)
- Bada alla tua pelle Spirito Santo! (credit only)
- Chi l'ha vista morire? (credit only)
- Corpo d'amore (credit only)
- Cosa avete fatto a Solange? .... Enrico's landlord (credited)
- Fratello sole, sorella luna .... Priest (uncredited)
- Hai sbagliato... dovevi uccidermi subito! (credit only)
- I racconti di Canterbury (credit only)
- Il caso Mattei (credit only)
- Il ritorno di Clint il solitario .... One of the Murdock brothers (credited)
- La mala ordina (credit only)
- Nel nome del padre .... Priest who has cut off his tongue (credited)
- San Michele aveva un gallo .... Member of the Pisacane group (credited)
- Spara Joe... e così sia .... Saloon customer (credited)
- Spirito Santo e le 5 magnifiche canaglie (credit only)
- Un uomo da rispettare .... Circus servant (credited)
1973 - ...e così divennero i 3 supermen del West .... Man delivering briefcase (credited)
- Corte marziale .... Chief of the guardians of prisoners at forced labor (uncredited)
- Quando l'amore è sensualità (credit only)
- Riti, magie nere e segrete orge nel trecento... (credit only)
- Ultimo lettere di Jacopo Ortis (TV movie) .... The first condemned (credited on Radiocorriere TV)
1974 - A pugni nudi .... Youth detention center guard (credited)
- Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno .... Farmer at the picnic (credited)
- Bello come un arcangelo (credit only)
- Chi sei? (credit only)
- Gruppo di famiglia in un interno (credit only)
- Il bacio .... Lawyer (credited)
- Il figlio della sepolta viva .... Guard (credited)
- Il piatto piange .... Fascist officer (credited)
- Il ritorno di Zanna Bianca (credit only)
- Il venditore di palloncini .... Bar customer (credited)
- L'uomo senza memoria (credit only)
- La cugina (credit only)
- La mafia mi fa un baffo .... role? (credited)
- La signora gioca bene a scopa? (credit only)
- Lucrezia giovane .... Tommaso (credited)
- Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto (credit only)
1975 - Bianchi cavalli d'agosto (credit only)
- Faccia di spia .... Guerrilla (credited)
- Gatti rossi in un labirinto di vetro (credit only)
- Il lupo dei mari (credit only)
- La città gioca d'azzardo .... Corrado's henchman (credited)
- Profondo rosso .... Police agent taking notes (credited)
- Salon Kitty .... Client at Salon Kitty (uncredited)
- Un genio, due compari, un pollo .... Prison guard (credited)
1976 - Colpita da improvviso benessere .... Restaurant owner (uncredited)
- Il Casanova di Federico Fellini .... The tenor (uncredited)
- L'ultima donna .... Factory watchman with dogs (credited as Vittorio Ganfoni)
- Marcia trionfale (credit only)
- Mark colpisce ancora .... Fritz (uncredited)
- Novecento .... Fanfoni, a fascist (credited)
1977 - El Macho .... Angel (credited)
- Gli occhi del drago (TV mini-series) - ep. 2 (of 3) .... Doctor Martini (credited on Radiocorriere TV)
- Holocaust 2000 .... Asylum patient (credited)
- Io ho paura .... Protesting policeman (uncredited)
- Poliziotto sprint .... Dossena's thug (credited)
1978 - Il furto della Gioconda (TV mini-series) .... Vlaminck (credited)
1979 - Con gli occhi dell'occidente (TV mini-series) - eps. 1, 2 .... Dobrynin (credited on Radiocorriere TV)
- Paura sul mondo (TV mini-series) - ep. 1 .... The lettered (credited on Radiocorriere TV)
- Il conto è chiuso (credited as Assistant Director)
- Quickly ...spari e baci a colazione (1971 - credit verified)