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

Filmography to check

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• Semmelweis (TV movie, 1980) (credited)

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.