Renato Montalbano

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Renato Montalbano in Il pianeta errante (1966)

Renato Montalbano is a C.S.C. actor who graduated from Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in 1956. He worked steadily in small roles through until the early 90’s and from the mid-70’s onwards worked pretty much exclusively in television.

He was born on May 17th 1931 in Catania, Italy. As far as is known he is still living at the time of writing. Before deciding to take up acting he had been studying medicine at university. (These unconfirmed biographical details are repeated by many sites across the internet).

Like fellow C.S.C. alumnus Renato Terra Caizzi, Montalbano’s early filmography is a big muddle, with him being credited in many films where he does not appear and uncredited in just as many where he does. Hopefully we can play our part in sorting it out. His distinctive "widows peak" hairline is an obvious aid to identification (at least until he went bald in the 70's!).

I have started his filmography only with roles found by myself, so there are plenty more to be added, particularly television roles from later in his career.


FILMOGRAPHY

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1956

1. Amaramente (uncredited) .... Party guest
2. Ci sposeremo a Capri (uncredited) .... Army lieutenant
3. Maruzzella (uncredited) .... Party guest
4. Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge (credited) .... Nightclub customer
5. Totò, Peppino e la malafemmina (uncredited) .... Party guest at Remo's
   
   1957
6. Arrivano i dollari! (uncredited) .... One of Ernesto's friends
7. I colpevoli (credited) .... Party guest
8. I misteri di Parigi (credited) .... Murphy
9. Il diavolo nero (credit only)
10. Il ricatto di un padre (credited) .... Engineer
11. La verde età (poster credit) .... Carabinieri Marshal
    
    1958
12. Afrodite, dea dell'amore (uncredited) .... Christian
13. È arrivata la parigina (credited) .... Credit only
14. L'uomo di paglia (uncredited) .... Rita's fiance
15. La rivolta dei gladiatori (credited) .... Fabrizio
16. Le dritte (credited) .... The purse thief
17. Via col para...vento (poster credit) .... role?
    
    1959
18. Erode il grande (credited) .... Man on the cross
19. Fuente ovejuna (TV movie) (credited) .... Manrico
20. Il padrone delle ferriere (credit only)
21. L'isola del tesoro (TV mini series) - episodes 2 & 3 (credited) .... Rolf
22. La nipote Sabella (credited) .... Doctor
    
    1960
23. A noi piace freddo…! (credited) .... Radiologist
24. Tu che ne dici? (credited) .... Nightclub manager
25. Un amore a Roma (credited) .... Party guest
    
    1961
26. Cronache del '22 - segment "Giorno di paga" (credited) .... Luigi, a Fascist
27. I Giacobini (TV mini-series, episode 1) (credited) .... Abate Sieyes
28. L'ammutinamento (credited?) .... Griffin
29. Psycosissimo (credited) .... Doctor
30. Viva l'Italia (credited) .... Captain Annibale Lapini
    
    1962
31. L'arciere delle mille e una notte (credit only - as Renato Montalban)
32. La cuccagna (credited) .... Party guest
33. Mamma Roma (credit only)
34. Più rosa che giallo (TV series) - episode 3: "Sangue sui Campi Elisi" (credited) .... Duval
35. Sfida nella città dell'oro (poster credit as R. Montalbano) .... Role?
36. Una tragedia americana (TV mini series) - episode 1 (credited) .... Assistant concierge
    
    1963
37. Gli invincibili sette (credited) .... Advisor to Rabirio (uncertain identification)
38. La bella di Lodi (credit only)
39. La corruzione (credit only)
40. Le verdi bandiere di Allah (credit only)
41. Ritorna il tenente Sheridan (TV series) - episode 3: "Un testimone per uccidere" (credited on Radiocorriere TV) .... role?
    
    1964
42. Che fine ha fatto Totò Baby? (credited) .... Postman
43. I due gladiatori (credited) .... Leto's man
44. I due toreri (credited) .... Policeman
45. I giganti di Roma (credited) .... Senator with Pompey at the arena
46. Il magnifico gladiatore (credited) .... Dacian
47. Il mostro dell'opera (credit only)
48. La rivolta dei pretoriani (credited) .... Solero
    
    1965
49. La congiuntura (credit only)
50. Le bambole - segment "Monsignor Cupido" (credited) .... Hotel employee
51. Le inchieste del commissario Maigret (TV series) - episode: "Una vita in gioco" (credited) .... One of Crosby's friends
    
    1966
52. 2+5 Missione Hydra (credited?) .... Doctor
53. Adulterio all'italiana (uncredited) .... Board member-Bar customer
54. Duello nel mondo (uncredited) .... Mrs. McMurray's Majordomo
55. I criminali della galassia (credited) .... Space detective
56. I diafanoidi vengono da Marte (credit only)
57. Il grande colpo dei 7 uomini d'oro (credited as Riccardo Montalbano) .... One of the general's soldiers
58. Il pianeta errante (credited) .... Joe
59. Il terzo occhio (credited as Richard Hillock??) .... Doctor
60. James Tont operazione D.U.E. (credited) .... Von Bergen
61. Operazione Goldman... (credited) .... Hotel receptionist
62. Testadirapa (credited) .... Prosecutor
63. Uccellacci e uccellini... (credited) .... Credit only
    
    1967
64. 10.000 dollari per un massacro (credited) .... Poker player
65. Assalto al tesoro di stato (credited) .... Ben Aisham
66. Vita di Cavour (TV mini series) - episode 1 (credited) .... Sauli
    
    1968
67. Il dolce corpo di Deborah (credited) .... Telephone repairman
    
    1969
68. Giocando a golf una mattina (TV mini series) - episode 5 (credited) .... Dr. Friedman
69. La battaglia di El Alamein (credit only)
70. Zorro marchese di Navarra (credited) .... Don Ruiz
    
    1970
71. I giorni della storia: La rivolta dei decabristi (TV mini series) - episodes 1 & 2 (credited) .... General Miloradovic
72. Satiricosissimo (credited) .... Prosecuting attorney
    
    1971
73. La vita di Leonardo da Vinci (TV mini series) - episodes 2 & 4 (credited) .... Sangallo
    
    1972
74. Joe Petrosino (TV mini series) - episode 1 (credited) .... Police captain
75. Quel gran pezzo dell' Ubalda, tutta nuda tutta calda (credited) .... Guard
    
    1973
76. Il caso Lafarge (TV mini series) - episodes 1 & 4 (credited) .... Notary Arnoux
77. Il delitto Matteotti (credited) .... Mussollini counselor
    
    1974
78. Anno Uno (credited) .... Spataro
79. Cartesius (TV) (credited) .... Constantin Huygens
80. Una pistola nel cassetto (TV mini-series) (credited on Radiocorriere TV) .... The professor
    
    1975
81. Il Messia (credited) .... Matthew the Apostle
    
    1976
82. Dov'è Anna? (TV mini series) - episodes 1, 2 & 3 (credited) .... Marini, the accountant
83. Sangue di sbirro (credited) .... Louis Toledo
    
    1977
84. Il Fausto di Marlowe (TV mini series) - episode 2 (credited) .... Charles V
85. Jesus of Nazareth (TV mini-series) - episode 2 (credited) .... Jairus (Episode 4 is credit only)
86. Lo scandalo della banca romana (TV mini series) - episodes 1 & 2 (credited) .... Bernardino Grimaldi
87. Processo a Maria Tarnowska (TV mini series) - episodes 1, 2 & 3 (credited) .... Attorney Caratti
    
    1978
88. Madame Bovary (TV mini series) - episodes 3 & 6 (credited) .... Dr. Canivet
    
    1979
89. Racconti di fantascienza (TV mini series) - episode: "Un caso insoluto" (credited) .... The sergeant
    
    1980
90. Fico d'India (credited) .... Doctor from the insurance company
91. Gelosia (TV mini series) - episode 2 (credited) .... Giorgi
92. Giacinta (TV mini series) - episode 2 (credited) .... Notary
93. L'enigma delle due sorelle (TV mini series) - episode 2 (credited) .... Bertoloni
94. L'eredità della priora (TV mini series) - episode 3 (credited) .... CC.RR. lieutenant
95. La donna in bianco (TV mini series) - episode 3 (credited) .... The doctor
96. Panagulis vive (TV mini series) - episode 2 (credited) .... Panagoulis' defense lawyer
97. Pronto emergenza (TV series) - episodes 1-12 (credited) .... Captain Moneta
98. Tre operai (TV mini series) - episode 3: "Fare politica" (credited) .... Engineer
99. Verso l'ora zero (TV movie) (credited) .... Superintendent Battle
    
    1981
100. Don Luigi Sturzo (TV mini series) - episode 2 (credited) .... Dr. Michele Sicca
101. Il fascino dell'insolito (TV series) - season 2, episode 3: "Impostore" (credited) .... Dr. Chamberlain
102. Illa: Punto di osservazione (TV mini series) - episodes 1 & 2 (credited) .... Court clerk
103. Quell'antico amore (TV mini series) - episodes 4 & 5 (credited) .... Magnani
     
     1982
104. Un eroe del nostro tempo (TV mini series) - episode 1 (credited) .... Confessor
     
     1983
105. La freccia nel fianco (TV mini-series, episode 2) (credited) .... The notary Alamanni
     
     1984
106. Piccolo mondo moderno (TV mini series) - episodes 2 & 3 (credited) .... Fusarin
107. Quei trentasei gradini (TV mini series) - episodes 1, 2 & 6 (credited) .... The accountant
     
     1986
108. L'ombra nera del Vesuvio (TV mini series) - episodes 1 & 3 (credited) .... Assistant district attorney
109. La piovra 2 (TV series) - episode 2 (credited) .... Prison warden
     
     1987
110. Il generale (TV mini series) - episodes 1 & 2 (credit only)
111. Secondo Ponzio Pilato (credited) .... Tiberius' right hand man
     
     1988
112. Big Man: Polizza droga (TV movie) (credited) .... Doctor
     
     1990
113. Il giudice istruttore (TV series) - episode 2: "Un caso di sequestro" (credited) .... Conference speaker
114. Pronto soccorso (TV series) - season 1, episode 1 (credited) .... Doctor

Montalbano is missing!

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There always has to be one!

• Il segreto di Budda / Heisser Hafen Hongkong (1962) Credited as R. Montalbano on an Italian poster for the film, but is not listed in the on-screen credits of either the Italian nor the German version and does not appear in the film either.
• La morte viene dal pianeta Aytin (1967) listed on IMDb as playing "Control room technician". Montalbano is nowhere to be seen, presumably confused with his appearances in other Margheriti space-operas.

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Ci sposeremo a Capri (1956) as Army lieutenant

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I colpevoli (1957) credited, as Party guest

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Il diavolo nero (1957) credited but not found. My copy isn't great so there's a small chance I may have missed him, but I think it's probably credit only.

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Afrodite, dea dell'amore (1958) as Christian

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L'uomo di paglia (1958) as Rita's fiance

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La rivolta dei gladiatori (1958) credited, as Fabrizio

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È arrivata la parigina (1958) credited but not found. This is almost certainly a credit only.

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Erode il grande (1959) credited, as Man on the cross

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Il padrone delle ferriere (1959) credited but not found. Once again my copy wasn't great so there's a slight chance I may have missed him, but I think it's probably another credit only.