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Spinola, Lanfranco

Post by Ciavazzaro » 28/08/2018, 0:40

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Lanfranco Spinola in Extrasensorial (1982)

Lanfranco Spinola is a generico who was particularly active in the 1970s and 80s, appearing very frequently in little speaking roles in various films directed by Joe D'Amato. He also has credited roles in a couple of television productions.

Filmography

1976
  1. Bluff storia di truffe e di imbroglioni .... Casino player (uncredited)
  2. Emanuelle in America .... Party guest in Venice (uncredited)
  3. Emanuelle nera orient reportage .... Restaurant diner (uncredited)
  4. Febbre da cavallo .... Dallara's friend (uncredited)
  5. Il maestro di violino .... Hunting man (uncredited)
  6. Il trucido e lo sbirro .... Journalist (uncredited)
  7. La pretora .... Commendator Colombo (uncredited)
  8. Tutti possono arricchire tranne i poveri .... Friend of Countess Federici Fontana (uncredited)

    1977
  9. Emanuelle - Perché violenza alle donne? .... Man involved in slave trade business (credited)
  10. Il gatto .... Judge (uncredited)
  11. Il ginecologo della mutua .... Pucci Altoviti's friend at the golf course (uncredited)
  12. Le notti porno nel mondo .... Audience member at sexy show (uncredited)
  13. Holocaust 2000 .... Doctor (uncredited)

    1978
  14. Follie di notte .... Spectator at the Amsterdam show (uncredited)
  15. Il grande attacco .... Military officer (credited)
  16. La banda del gobbo .... Nightclub client taken hostage (uncredited)
  17. La cage aux folles / Il vizietto .... Nightclub client (uncredited)
  18. La montagna del dio cannibale .... Professor Henry Stevenson (credited)
  19. Madame Bovary (TV mini-series) - ep. 4 .... Man in foyer (uncredited)
  20. Primo amore .... Hotel customer (uncredited)
  21. Quando c'era lui... caro lei! .... Military man (uncredited)
  22. Squadra antimafia .... Diner at the Santa Lucia Restaurant (uncredited)
  23. Tutto suo padre .... Former SS Officer who lost a hand (uncredited)

    1979
  24. Assassinio sul Tevere .... Judge (uncredited)
  25. Caro papà .... Party guest (uncredited)
  26. Dottor Jekyll e gentile signora .... P.A.N.T.A.C. board member (uncredited)
  27. Gardenia il giustiziere della mala .... Restaurant diner (uncredited)
  28. I racconti di Fantascienza (TV mini-series) - episode "Un caso insolito" .... Medical examiner (uncredited)
  29. I viaggiatori della sera .... Holiday village guest (uncredited)
  30. Il mondo porno di due sorelle .... Party guest (uncredited)
  31. La liceale, il diavolo e l'acquasanta - segment "Povero Diavolo" .... Man who goes to Lino for the injection (uncredited)
  32. La poliziotta della squadra buon costume .... Nightclub client (uncredited)
  33. Scusi lei è normale? .... Jury leader at the dance marathon (uncredited)
  34. Squadra antigangsters .... Party guest (uncredited)

    1980
  35. Arrivano i gatti .... Motorist who run out of fuel while driving (uncredited)
  36. Contamination .... Scientist (uncredited)
  37. Incubo sulla città contaminata .... Officer at military headquarters (uncredited)
  38. Le notti erotiche dei morti viventi .... Pathologist (uncredited)
  39. L'uomo puma .... Party guest (uncredited)
  40. Odio le bionde .... Party guest (uncredited)
  41. Sesso nero .... The doctor (uncredited)
  42. Sono fotogenico .... Extra in the movie "La lunga notte" (uncredited)
  43. Una vacanza bestiale .... Scottish ambassador (uncredited)

    1981
  44. Dei miei bollenti spiriti (TV mini-series) .... Party guest (uncredited)
  45. Delitto al ristorante cinese .... Chinese restaurant customer (uncredited)
  46. I carabbimatti .... Invited to the clinic party (uncredited)
  47. I ragazzi di celluloide (TV mini-series) - episode 1 ... Gabriella's majordomo (credited)
  48. La cage aux folles II / Il vizietto II .... Journalist at hospital (uncredited)
  49. Occhio alla penna .... Man in the restaurant car (uncredited)
  50. Spaghetti a mezzanotte .... Party guest (uncredited)
  51. The Salamander(uncredited) .... Party guest (uncredited)
  52. Un paio di scarpe per tanti chilometri (TV mini-series) .... Doctor (credited)
  53. Vita di Antonio Gramsci (TV mini-series) ... Attorney Giovanni Ariis (credited)

    1982
  54. Extrasensorial .... Waiter at the dance hall (uncredited)
  55. Identificazione di una donna .... Party guest (uncredited)
  56. Il paramedico .... Party guest (uncredited)
  57. La sconosciuta (TV mini-series) .... Man in church (uncredited)
  58. La trappola originale (TV mini-series) .... Tourist on the bus (uncredited)
  59. Liszt Ferenc (TV mini-series) .... Ingres (credited)
  60. Monsignor .... Priest at the ceremony (uncredited)
  61. Panagulis vive (TV mini-series) - episode 3 .... Man at the airport (uncredited)
  62. Pierino colpisce ancora .... French waiter (uncredited)
  63. Ricchi ricchissimi praticamente in mutande - third segment .... Authority assistant at the Del Prà factory (uncredited)
  64. Sballato, gasato, completamente fuso .... Hotel receptionist (uncredited)
  65. Sesso e volentieri - segment "Armanda e il violinista" .... Restaurant customer (uncredited)
  66. Tenebre .... Journalist at Rome airport (uncredited)
  67. Vai avanti tu che mi vien da ridere .... Cop in the projection room (uncredited)
  68. Verdi (TV mini-series) .... Guest at Clara Maffei's salon (uncredited)
  69. W la foca .... Doctor (uncredited)

    1983
  70. Sing Sing .... Man at the ceremony (uncredited)

    1984
  71. I due carabinieri .... Man at funeral (uncredited)
  72. La piovra (TV series) - episode 5 .... Associate of Professor Cannito (uncredited)
  73. Vediamoci chiaro .... Onlooker at the car crash (uncredited)

    1985
  74. I pompieri .... Military officer (uncredited)
  75. Il piacere .... Brothel client (uncredited)
  76. Mi faccia causa .... Lawyer (uncredited)
  77. Sono un fenomeno paranormale .... Dinner party guest (uncredited)
  78. The Assisi Underground .... Jewish man (uncredited)

    1986
  79. Detective School Dropouts (Asilo di polizia) .... Airplane passenger at customs (uncredited)
  80. Il burbero .... Man at the conference (uncredited)
  81. La fronda inutile - Ciano, Bottai e Grandi (TV mini-series) .... François Poncet (credited)
  82. La monaca del peccato .... The bishop (uncredited)
  83. Naso di cane (TV mini-series) .... Casino player (uncredited) / Journalist (uncredited)
  84. Scuola di ladri .... Man outside the embassy (uncredited)

    1987
  85. Casa Vianello (TV series) - episode "Bricolage" .... Mr. Rispoli (credited)
  86. Teresa .... Dinner guest (uncredited)

    1988
  87. Big Man: Boomerang (TV) .... General (uncredited)
  88. Big Man: Polizza droga (TV) .... Man at airport (uncredited)
  89. Casa mia, casa mia... .... House buyer, in the car (uncredited)
  90. Rally (TV mini-series) - episode 1 .... Astra team board member (uncredited)

Filmography to check
  • Amore grande, amore libero (1976) .... Man in jury (uncredited)
  • Qualcosa di biondo / Aurora) (TV, 1984) .... Ophtalmologist (uncredited)
  • Animali metropolitani (1987) .... Participant at race (uncredited)

Additional credits
  • La sberla (TV variety show, 1978) - ep. 3, sketch "L'atelier" .... Man at the fashion show (uncredited)
  • A tutto gag (TV variety show, 1980) - ep. 4, toothpaste commerical sketch .... Party guest (uncredited)
  • Drim (TV variety show, 1980) - ep. 7 .... Baron Nicolas Von Bodden (uncredited)
Fotoromanzi

  1. "Il momento della verità" - published in Grand Hotel N. 20 (20 May 1979) (credited as "Lamberto Spinola")

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Titles where Lanfranco is credited with appearing somewhere online, but cannot be found.
  • Una su 13 (1969) Lanfranco is frequently reported to appear as a traffic policeman in this film, but it's actually Carlo Di Maggio who plays this role. Lanfranco does not appear at all.
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Post by Johan Melle » 29/09/2018, 17:12

La montagna del dio cannibale (1978), credited; in a photograph as Professor Henry Stevenson, the husband of Susan (Ursula Andress). A very very small credited role.
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Post by Johan Melle » 29/09/2018, 17:44

Lanfranco's cult role as the unfortunate doctor who is killed by a zombie in Le notti erotiche dei morti viventi (1980)
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He appears quite often in Joe D'Amato movies.

Credited in the sceneggiato Vita di Antonio Gramsci (1981)
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Post by Johan Melle » 29/09/2018, 18:02

Very quick part as a doctor in Holocaust 2000 (1977)
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Typical party guest role in Il mondo porno delle due sorelle (1979) as the husband of our "Stern-looking woman"
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Pretty good role as the jury leader of the dance competition in Scusi, lei è normale? (1979)
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Another part in a cult film L'uomo puma (1980)
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As one of the military men in yet another cult movie, Incubo sulla città contaminata (1980)
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Post by Johan Melle » 29/09/2018, 18:17

In the funeral scene with many other generici in I due carabinieri (1984)
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I pompieri (1985) - again together with many generici colleagues
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As one of the Jews in hiding in The Assisi Underground (1985) - together with Margherita Horowitz
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And another great role in a D'Amato movie: as a brothel client in Il piacere (1985)
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Post by Johan Melle » 29/09/2018, 18:25

Every good generico must also appear in fotoromanzi, and Lanfranco is no exception! Here he is in "Il momento della verità", a short fotoromanzo published in Grand Hotel N. 20 (20 May 1979)
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He is credited too, but as Lamberto Spinola
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Another television role (this time uncredited) as a medical examiner in "Un caso insolito" from the TV series I racconti di fantascienza (1979)
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Post by Ciavazzaro » 29/09/2018, 18:34

Another tv series,from the first episode of La sconosciuta (1982) (pic by dusso)
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Post by Johan Melle » 29/09/2018, 18:45

Here he is as one of the many party guest in The Salamander (1981)
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And as a nightclub client in La banda del gobbo (1978) where he ends up being taken hostage by Tomas Milian
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Post by Johan Melle » 29/09/2018, 18:54

I ragazzi di celluloide (1981) (TV mini series), credited, as Gabriella's majordomo
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And yet another role in a D'Amato film! A nice speaking role in La monaco del peccato (1986) as The bishop
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Post by Ciavazzaro » 29/09/2018, 19:02

Again with Azzolino Carrega from the tv series Madame Bovary (1978)
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