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Spinnato, Antonio

Post by Emiliano » 29/08/2018, 0:38

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Antonio Spinnato in a portrait from his memorial Facebook profile
Antonio "Antonino" Spinnato was born in Monrelale, Palermo (Sicily) on June 18, 1951.

He moved to Rome when was child and his passion for cinema became a job. He was a "generico" who between the 1970s and the 2000s was present in dozens and dozens of movies, but apparently credited only in Sogni erotici di Cleopatra (1985).

He passed away in 2009 at the age of 58. Married with Anna Maria Quartararo, he had three children: Francesco, Serena and Valentina. The latter takes care of the Facebook page in his memory.[1]

Filmography

1973
  1. Rugantino .... Man in the crowd when Rugantino escapes (uncredited)
  2. Un ufficiale non si arrende mai nemmeno di fronte all'evidenza, firmato Colonnello Buttiglione .... Recruit (uncredited)

    1974
  3. Commissariato di notturna .... Wounded man at the police station (uncredited)
  4. La poliziotta .... Spectator at the theater (uncredited)
  5. Il saprofita .... Seminarist (uncredited)

    1976
  6. Febbre da cavallo .... Man in horse betting room (uncredited)
  7. Il Casanova di Federico Fellini .... Actor on stage at the theater (uncredited)
  8. Il grande racket .... Policeman (uncredited)
  9. Italia a mano armata .... Prison guard (uncredited)
  10. Languidi baci, perfide carezze .... Rioting prison inmate (uncredited)
  11. Signore e signori, buonanotte .... Army soldier (uncredited)

    1977
  12. California .... Confederate soldier (uncredited)
  13. Doppio delitto .... Waiter at the bar (uncredited)
  14. Holocaust 2000 .... Asylum patient (uncredited)
  15. Kakkientruppen .... German soldier (uncredited)
  16. La soldatessa alla visita militare .... Soldier (uncredited)
  17. Maschio latino cercasi - episode "Accadde a Napoli" .... Man in the sexy neighborhood (uncredited)
  18. Napoli spara! .... Inmate (uncredited)

    1978
  19. Corleone .... Usher in tribunal (uncredited)
  20. I problemi di Don Isidro (TV Series) - episode 1: "1° problema: Delitto a bordo" .... Prison inmate (uncredited)
  21. Il commissario di ferro .... Witness (uncredited)
  22. Il furto della Gioconda (TV mini-series) - episode 1 .... Painter (uncredited)
  23. Io tigro, tu tigri, egli tigra .... Soldier (uncredited)
  24. La soldatessa alle grandi manovre .... Soldier who take off too much blood (uncredited)
  25. Le braghe del padrone .... Worker on strike (uncredited)
  26. Scherzi da prete .... Priest at vestments fashion show (uncredited)
  27. Zio Adolfo, in arte Führer .... Lookalike Hitler (uncredited)

    1979
  28. Buone notizie .... Man attending jewish funeral (uncredited)
  29. La liceale, il diavolo e l'acquasanta - segment " Amore e manette" .... Man who assaults Carmelo Petralia and Ernesto (uncredited)
  30. La patata bollente .... Factory worker (uncredited)
  31. La poliziotta della squadra del buon costume .... Policeman (uncredited)
  32. Lo scugnizzo .... An actor playing in movie scene (uncredited)
  33. Mani di velluto .... Prison guard (uncredited)
  34. Riavanti... Marsch! .... Soldier outside the bar (uncredited)
  35. Scusi, lei è normale? .... Man who changes clothes with Nicole the transvestite (uncredited)

    1980
  36. Apocalypse domani .... Asylum patient (uncredited)
  37. Il bandito dagli occhi azzurri .... Man in the police lineup (uncredited)
  38. Incubo sulla città contaminata .... Contaminated man attacking the TV station (uncredited)
  39. Café Express .... Sailor train passenger (uncredited)
  40. Il cappotto di astrakan .... Policeman (uncredited)
  41. Sono fotogenico .... Patient (uncredited)
  42. Una vacanza bestiale .... Diner in Arabian restaurant / Man at forbidden Arabian club (uncredited)
  43. Virus - L'inferno dei morti viventi .... Zombie at the park (uncredited)

    1981
  44. Buona come il pane .... Barman (uncredited)
  45. Camera d'albergo .... Passerby in the street (uncredited)
  46. Carcerato .... Prison guard (uncredited)
  47. Don Luigi Sturzo (TV mini-series) .... Worker at the meeting (uncredited)
  48. Fracchia la belva umana .... Plainclothes cop (uncredited)
  49. I ragazzi di celluloide (TV mini-series) .... Fascist soldier (mistakenly credited as "Alfredo Sabatini")
  50. La pelle (unredited) .... American soldier arrived in Rome (uncredited)
  51. Pierino contro tutti .... Man in cinema (uncredited)

    1982
  52. Bomber .... Tavern customer (uncredited)
  53. Caligola - La storia mai raccontata .... Servant at the orgy (uncredited)
  54. Cercasi gesù .... Factory worker (uncredited)
  55. Che casino con Pierino .... Policeman at telephone exchange station (uncredited)
  56. Cicciabomba .... Waiter (uncredited)
  57. Delitto sull'autostrada .... Spectator at boxing match (uncredited)
  58. Dio li fa e poi li accoppia .... Audience member at the trial (uncredited)
  59. Giggi il bullo .... Baker (uncredited)
  60. Parole e sangue (TV mini-series) Ep. 1 .... Inmate (uncredited)
  61. Ricchi, ricchissimi... praticamente in mutande .... Del Prà's worker (uncredited)
  62. Sballato, gasato, completamente fuso .... Fellow citizen of Tuccio Tricarico at the fake wedding (uncredited)
  63. Sogni mostruosamente proibiti .... Policeman (uncredited)
  64. Tradimento .... Bystander (uncredited)
  65. Vai avanti tu che mi vien da ridere .... Policeman at the hotel (uncredited)
  66. W la foca .... Lover of Patacchiola's wife (uncredited) / Worker in street (uncredited)

    1983
  67. Acqua e sapone .... Bartender at villa party (uncredited)
  68. Al bar dello sport Bar Sport customer (uncredited)
  69. Fantozzi subisca ancora .... Doorman / Athlete of "Ufficio Sinistri" (uncredited)
  70. Il diavolo e l'acquasanta .... Football supporter (uncredited)
  71. Il tifoso, l'arbitro e il calciatore .... Barman (uncredited)
  72. Pappa e ciccia .... Charter plane passenger (uncredited)
  73. Paulo Roberto Cotechiño centravanti di sfondamento .... Hotel employee (uncredited)
  74. Sapore di mare .... Hospital patient (uncredited)
  75. Storia d'amore e d'amicizia (TV mini-series) - ep. 2 .... Villager (uncredited)
  76. Storia di Piera .... Policeman (uncredited)

    1984
  77. Amarsi un po' .... Automobilist rushing to help (uncredited)
  78. Cuori nella tormenta .... Cleaner in the hospital (uncredited)
  79. Delitto al Blue Gay .... Hospital patient (uncredited)
  80. I due carabinieri .... Spectator at baseball match (uncredited)
  81. Un ragazzo e una ragazza .... Man in hospital (uncredited)

    1985
  82. È arrivato mio fratello .... Postman (uncredited)
  83. Fracchia contro Dracula .... Nosferatu (uncredited)
  84. Ginger e Fred .... Dracula (uncredited)
  85. Grandi magazzini .... Man who buys a toilet (uncredited)
  86. I pompieri .... Spectator at a fire (uncredited)
  87. Joan Lui - Ma un giorno nel paese arrivo io di lunedì .... Disco goer (uncredited)
  88. Massimamente folle .... Race participant (uncredited)
  89. Sogni erotici di Cleopatra .... Man at the orgy (credited)
  90. Sono un fenomeno paranormale .... Departing passenger (uncredited)

    1986
  91. Scuola di ladri .... Policeman at the Eliseo theater (uncredited)

    1987
  92. Missione eroica - I pompieri 2 .... Secretary (uncredited)

    1988
  93. Big Man: Polizza droga (TV) .... Passerby at station (uncredited)

    1989
  94. Splendor .... Audience member at the cinema (uncredited)
  95. Testimone oculare (TV) .... Handicap home resident (uncredited)

    1990
  96. Fantozzi alla riscossa .... Mafioso at the trial (uncredited)
  97. Il vigile urbano (TV series, 1990) Season 1, ep: 11 "Non ho l'età" .... Car cleaner (uncredited)
  98. La voce della luna .... Man at the fair (uncredited)
  99. Pronto soccorso (TV mini-series) - episode 4 .... Hospital employee mourning by Luisa's coffin (uncredited)
  100. Stasera a casa di Alice .... Man in a wheelchair looking for the miracle (uncredited)
  101. Tolgo il disturbo .... Barman (uncredited)

    1991
  102. Condominio .... Tenant (uncredited)
  103. Il commissario Corso (TV series) - episode 8: "L'ostaggio" .... Police dispatcher (uncredited)
  104. Paprika .... Brothel client at the gate (uncredited)
  105. Piedipiatti .... Pallbearer at Proietti's funeral (uncredited)

    1992
  106. Mutande pazze .... TV studio worker (uncredited)

    1993
  107. Amami .... Porn cinema audience member (uncredited)

    1995
  108. Romanzo di un giovane povero .... Man at the funeral (uncredited)

    1996
  109. Escoriandoli .... Man in the crowd (uncredited)
  110. Ritorno a casa Gori .... Man at the wake (uncredited)

    1997
  111. L'avvocato delle donne (TV series) - episode 6: "Adriana" .... Postman (uncredited)

    1998
  112. Gallo cedrone .... The limping postman (uncredited)
  113. Incontri proibiti .... Guest at the conference (uncredited)
  114. L'assedio .... Hospital patient (uncredited)

    1999
  115. Tifosi .... Ambulance medic (uncredited)

    2000
  116. Don Matteo (TV series) - episode 11: "L'attore" .... Inmate in the prison visiting room (uncredited)

    2004
  117. Don Matteo 4 (TV series) .... Police officer Spinnato (uncredited) (recurring role in at least 6 episodes)
  118. Germanikus .... The consul-wife's servant (uncredited)

Other works
  • La sberla (TV variety show, 1978) - ep. 4, sketch "Atletica leggera" .... Man at the bus stop (uncredited)

Filmography to check
  • Il... Belpaese (1977) as Mario (source: imdb)
  • Un delitto perbene (1977) (source: answers.com)
  • Ti spacco il muso, bimba (1982) (source: imdb, rateyourmusic.com)
  • Racconto d'inverno (1983) (source: british film institute)
  • L'allenatore nel pallone (1984) (source: filmdb.it)
  • I ragazzi della 3C (TV series, 1987) as Jona the janitor (source: filmdb.it)
Notes and sources
1. Antonino Spinnato memorial Facebook profile.
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Post by Ciavazzaro » 07/10/2018, 0:12

As policeman in Il cappotto di astrakan (1980)
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Post by Ciavazzaro » 07/10/2018, 0:14

Don Luigi Sturzo (1981) (TV mini series), as a Worker at the meeting
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Post by Ciavazzaro » 07/10/2018, 0:22

As one of the unlucky plane passengers in Pappa e ciccia (1983)
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Post by vecchiaguardia » 09/10/2018, 18:59

In Café Express (1980) as Sailor train passenger
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Post by vecchiaguardia » 31/10/2018, 19:01

La poliziotta (1974) as Spectator at the theater
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Six years before his first role known so far!

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Post by Emiliano » 01/11/2018, 23:24

Il tifoso, l'arbitro e il calciatore (1983) as Barman
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Post by Emiliano » 01/11/2018, 23:37

La soldatessa alle grandi manovre (1978) as Soldier who take off too much blood
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Spinnato is the protagonist of a funny gag thanks to his minute body. While Nino Terzo is distracted by a beautiful woman, he takes too much blood and so the poor Spinnato, already thin, faints.
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Post by Emiliano » 01/11/2018, 23:50

Stasera a casa di Alice (1990) as Man in a wheelchair looking for the miracle
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Post by van den bremt rudy » 03/11/2018, 0:56

Il bandito dagli occhi azzurri (1980) as Man in the police lineup. A new action comedy movie role, beside my favorite Franco Nero.
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