Antonio Cantafora (2 February 1944 – 20 April 2024), also known professionally as Michael Coby, was an Italian film and television actor.
Antonio Cantafora | |
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 Cantafora as Coby in Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket, 1975 | |
| Born | 2 February 1944 |
| Died | 20 April 2024 (aged 80) Rome, Italy |
| Other names | Michael Coby |
Life and career
editBorn in Crotone, Cantafora studied acting with Alessandro Fersen, then he made his film debut in 1967.[1] Between 1973 and 1977, he made a series of films with Paul L. Smith, a couple formed with the purpose of copying the successful films of the duo Terence Hill and Bud Spencer.[2][3] Smith played Bud Spencer-like characters, while Coby was thanks to a vague resemblance a Terence Hill lookalike.[4] [1][5] Later Cantafora continued his career mainly as a character actor, working with prominent directors such as Federico Fellini, Jerzy Skolimowski, Bruno Barreto, Alberto Lattuada, Mauro Bolognini.[1] Cantafora died of a heart attack in Rome on 20 April 2024, at the age of 80.[6][7]
Partial filmography
edit- The Dirty Outlaws (1967) - (uncredited)
- Lo stato d'assedio (1969) - Umberto
- Ombre roventi (1970)
- And God Said to Cain (1970) - Dick Acombar
- Shoot Joe, and Shoot Again (1971) - Jack's Man
- Black Killer (1971) - Ramon O'Hara
- Baron Blood (1972) - Peter Kleist
- Decameron proibitissimo (Boccaccio mio statte zitto) (1972) - Fra' Domenico
- Novelle galeotte d'amore (1972)
- Bounty Hunter in Trinity (1972) - Pizarro
- Metti lo diavolo tuo ne lo mio inferno (1973) - Ricciardetto
- L'affaire Crazy Capo (1973) - Antonio Marchesi
- Supermen Against the Orient (1973) - Max
- ...e continuavano a mettere lo diavolo ne lo inferno (1973) - Ricciardo
- Carambola! (1974) - Toby
- La badessa di Castro (1974) - Giulio Branciforti
- Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket (1975) - Coby
- Convoy Buddies (1975) - Toby
- We Are No Angels (1975) - Angel
- The Diamond Peddlers (1976) - Matteo / Butch
- La casa (1976) - Philip
- Carioca tigre (1976) - Carlo Parodi
- Sahara Cross (1977)
- Enfantasme (1978) - Flavio, le hippy
- Midnight Blue (1979) - Pier Luigi
- Supersonic Man (1979) - Paul
- The Bitch (1979) - Nico Cantafora
- The Cricket (1980) - Alberto 'Cipria' Antonelli
- Gabriela (1983) - Tonico Bastos
- Scream for Help (1984) - Man At Motel
- Demons 2 (1986) - Ingrid's Father
- Puro cashmere (1986) - Jody
- Intervista (1987) - Spouse
- Il coraggio di parlare (1987) - Caporale
- Der Commander (1988) - Nick De Carlo
- Donna d'ombra (1988) - Vincenzo
- Torrents of Spring (1989) - Richter
- Vacanze di Natale '90 (1990) - Pippo
- Il ritorno del grande amico (1990)
- In camera mia (1992) - Mannari
- Giovanni Falcone (1993) - Totuccio Inzerillo
- Power and Lovers (1994) - Toto
- A spasso nel tempo (1996) - Casanova
- Marquise (1997)
- Il decisionista (1997)
- Hammamet Village (1997)
- Buck and the Magic Bracelet (1998) - Sergeant O'Connor
- The Card Player (2004) - Vice Squad Chief Marini
- I Viceré (2007)
- Uno di famiglia (2018) - Cicciuzzo
References
edit- ^ a b c Enrico Lancia,Roberto Poppi. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003.
- ^ Hughes 2004, p. 238.
- ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
- ^ Heger, Christian (2019). Die rechte und die linke Hand der Parodie - Bud Spencer, Terence Hill und ihre Filme (in German). Marburg, Germany: Schüren Verlag GmbH. p. 113. ISBN 978-3-7410-0333-2.
- ^ Marco Bertolino, Ettore Ridola. Bud Spencer & Terence Hill. Gremese Editore, 2002.
- ^ "Si è spento a Roma Antonio Cantafora, attore e pittore crotonese" (in Italian). il Crotonese. 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ Redazione (20 April 2024). "Morto l'attore Antonio Cantafora. Recitò con Fellini, Lattuada e Bolognini". Esperia Tv (in Italian). Retrieved 22 April 2024.
Sources
edit- Hughes, Howard (2004). Once Upon a Time in the Italian West. I. B. Tauris. ISBN 1-85043-430-1.
External links
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