Duccio Tessari
Writer, Director, Actor
October 11, 1926 — September 6, 1994 (67 years)
Duccio Tessari was an Italian director, screenwriter and occasionally actor, considered one of the fathers of spaghetti westerns. Born in Genoa, Tessari started in the fifties as documentarist and as screenwriter of Peplum films. In 1964 he co-wrote Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars, one year later he gained an impressive commercial success and launched the Giuliano Gemma's career with A Pistol for Ringo and his immediate sequel, The Return of Ringo.
He later touched different genres and worked in RAI TV, directing some successful TV-series. He died of cancer in Rome, at 68. He was married to actress Lorella De Luca.
He later touched different genres and worked in RAI TV, directing some successful TV-series. He died of cancer in Rome, at 68. He was married to actress Lorella De Luca.
Movies & Shows on Plex
Known For
Filmography
| 1991 | |
| 1990 | There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs · as Screenplay |
| 1985 | Tex and the Lord of the Deep · as Screenplay |
| 1981 | Un centesimo di secondo · as Screenplay |
| 1978 | |
| 1976 | Safari Express · as Screenplay |
| 1976 | La madama · as Screenplay |
| 1974 | Puzzle · as Screenplay |
| 1972 | Winged Devils · as Screenplay |
| 1971 | |
| 1970 | Death Occurred Last Night · as Screenplay |
| 1969 | Sundance and the Kid · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1968 | |
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| 1967 | |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Seven Guns for the MacGregors · as Screenplay |
| 1965 | The Return of Ringo · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1965 | A Pistol for Ringo · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1964 | A Fistful of Dollars · as Screenplay |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | The Avenger of Venice · as Screenplay |
| 1963 | |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | Duel of the Titans · as Screenplay |
| 1961 | Hercules in the Haunted World · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1961 | Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World · as Screenplay |
| 1961 | Goliath and the Vampires · as Screenplay |
| 1961 | Hercules and the Captive Women · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1960 | The Revolt of the Slaves · as Screenplay |
| 1960 | Colossus and the Amazon Queen · as Screenplay |
| 1960 | Goliath and the Dragon · as Screenplay |
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| 1975 | ZorroOn Plex |
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| 1970 | |
| 1969 | Sundance and the KidOn Plex |
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| 1966 | |
| 1965 | The Return of RingoOn Plex |
| 1965 | A Pistol for RingoOn Plex |
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| 1962 |
| 1992 | In camera mia · as Verso Sera |
| 1974 | Puzzle · as Passante |
| 1971 | The Bloodstained Butterfly · as Killer Eye-Witness |
| 1968 | |
| 1965 | The Return of Ringo · as Fuentes HenchmanOn Plex |
| 1965 | A Pistol for Ringo · as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)On Plex |
| 1963 | Il fornaretto di Venezia · as Orazio |
| 1982 | La Máscara Negra · as Idea |
| 1971 | Arsène Lupin · as Adaptation & Dialogue |
| 1968 | A Train for Durango · as Story |
| 1966 | Kiss Kiss - Bang Bang · as Story |
| 1965 | The Woman from Beirut · as Story |
| 1962 | My Son, the Hero · as Story |
| 1961 | The Wonders of Aladdin · as Screenstory |
| 1961 | The Colossus of Rhodes · as Story |
| 1960 | Love, the Italian Way · as First Assistant Director |
| 1960 | Colossus and the Amazon Queen · as First Assistant Director |
| 1960 | Messalina · as First Assistant DirectorOn Plex |
| 1960 | Messalina · as StoryOn Plex |
| 1960 | Carthage in Flames · as Co-Writer |
| 1959 | The Last Days of Pompeii · as First Assistant Director |