Person Details

Birthday: 1922-01-01 02:14:20

Death: 2008-05-24 02:14:20

Aliases: Gaetano Cisco

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Messina, Sicily, Italy

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Movie Involvements: 29

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

Tano Cimarosa, real name Gaetano Cisco, (1 January 1922 in Messina – 24 May 2008 in Messina) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director from Sicily. He participated in more than fifty movies. He played the "Blacksmith" in the Oscar-winning film Cinema Paradiso from 1988. He is known to horror film fans for directing Reflections in Black in 1975. Source: Article "Tano Cimarosa" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Most Famous Work

Cinema Paradiso
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8

Cinema Paradiso

(1988) Fabbro, blacksmith
A Pure Formality
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8

A Pure Formality

(1994) Servant
The Star Maker
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7

The Star Maker

(1995) Grandpa Bordonaro
The Most Beautiful Wife
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7

The Most Beautiful Wife

(1970) Gaetano Cimarosa
The Day of the Owl
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7

The Day of the Owl

(1968) Zecchinetta
Boys on the Outside
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7

Boys on the Outside

(1990) Site Manager
Free Hand for a Tough Cop
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7

Free Hand for a Tough Cop

(1976) Cravatta
Police Chief Pepe
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6

Police Chief Pepe

(1969) Agente Cariddi

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2008 Custode
2002 N/A
2000 venditore ambulante
Carmelo Frasca
Richard
1995 Grandpa Bordonaro
1994 Servant
1993 Don Mimì Cantalamessa, boss mafioso
1992 N/A
N/A
1990 Site Manager
1988 Fabbro, blacksmith
1987 N/A
1983 il boss
1981 Gaetano Frasca
1980 maresciallo Panepino
1979 Il ricattatore
Sebastiano Colicchia
1977 N/A
Il padre incestuoso
N/A
1976 Cravatta
1975 Pantò
Pasqualino Mosco
Turi Randazzo
Tano Barra - l'assistente di parcheggio
1974 Patanò
Gigi
Rosario Agro
1973 Chaco
Puddu Campolia
Nino Balsamo
1972 Chaco, Gang Boss
John Lacey
1971 emigrato italiano da Gela
Agente del carcere di Sagunto
Italian soldier on the beach
commissario di polizia
Zi' Checco
1970 Greedy friar
Gaetano Cimarosa
1969 Agente Cariddi
Cartana
Mancho
General Valiente
1968 Salvatore Laganà
Calleya
Chico
Zecchinetta
1967 Netturbino
Sicilian (uncredited)
1965 Garcia's aide
1963 uno dei mafiosi
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1981 Director
1977 Director
1975 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1977 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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