Duccio Tessari
b. 1926 — d. 1994 (aged 68)
Genoa, Italy
Actor
Director
Writer
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.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 4.6
Beyond Justice
1991 Director
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★ 5.7
The Law of the Desert
1991 Director
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★ 3.7
Les aventuriers du Rio Verde
1991 Director
Writer
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★ 5.1
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
1990 Director
Writer
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★ 4.8
Le gorille
1990 Director
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★ 5.1
Guerra di spie
1989 Director
Writer
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Una grande storia d'amore
1988 Director
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★ 5.1
Bitte laßt die Blumen leben
1986 Director
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★ 5.0
Tex and the Lord of the Deep
1985 Director
Writer
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★ 7.4
Caccia al ladro d'autore
1985 Director
Writer
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★ 7.2
Baciami strega
1985 Director
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Nata d'amore
1984 Actor
Director
Fioretto
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★ 7.1
La máscara negra
1982 Writer
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★ 5.1
Un centesimo di secondo
1981 Director
Writer
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★ 6.7
The Fifth Commandment
1978 Director
Writer
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★ 5.1
Safari Express
1976 Director
Writer
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★ 5.2
La madama
1976 Director
Writer
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★ 6.4
Zorro
1975 Director
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★ 6.3
Puzzle
1974 Director
Writer
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★ 5.5
Tough Guys
1974 Director
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★ 6.7
No Way Out
1973 Director
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★ 4.8
The Heroes
1973 Director
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★ 4.7
Winged Devils
1972 Director
Writer
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★ 6.3
The Bloodstained Butterfly
1971 Director
Writer
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★ 5.7
Don't Turn the Other Cheek!
1971 Director
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★ 7.6
Arsène Lupin
1971 Writer
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★ 6.5
Death Occurred Last Night
1970 Director
Writer
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★ 7.0
That Little Difference
1970 Director
Writer
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★ 5.3
Sundance Cassidy and Butch the Kid
1969 Director
Writer
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★ 5.8
The Bastard
1968 Director
Writer
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★ 5.9
A Train for Durango
1968 Writer
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★ 5.7
Better a Widow
1968 Director
Writer
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★ 5.4
Dick Smart 2.007
1967 Writer
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★ 5.2
Per amore... per magia...
1967 Director
Writer
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★ 5.5
Seven Guns for the MacGregors
1966 Writer
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★ 5.4
Kiss Kiss - Bang Bang
1966 Director
Writer
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★ 5.1
Balearic Caper
1966 Writer
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★ 6.5
A Pistol for Ringo
1965 Director
Writer
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★ 6.7
The Return of Ringo
1965 Director
Writer
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★ 5.2
The Woman from Beirut
1965 Writer
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★ 5.8
Una voglia da morire
1965 Director
Writer
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★ 7.9
A Fistful of Dollars
1964 Writer
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★ 5.4
Secret of the Sphinx
1964 Director
Writer
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★ 5.7
The Avenger of Venice
1964 Writer
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★ 6.3
Il fornaretto di Venezia
1963 Director
Writer
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Il piccolo caffè
1963 Writer
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★ 5.9
My Son, the Hero
1962 Director
Writer
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★ 5.2
Marco Polo
1962 Writer
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★ 5.8
The Colossus of Rhodes
1961 Writer
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★ 6.1
Hercules in the Haunted World
1961 Writer
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★ 4.4
Hercules and the Captive Women
1961 Writer
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★ 5.8
Duel of the Titans
1961 Writer
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★ 5.5
The Wonders of Aladdin
1961 Writer
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★ 5.6
Goliath and the Vampires
1961 Writer
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★ 4.8
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
1961 Writer
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★ 5.2
Goliath and the Dragon
1960 Writer
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★ 3.7
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
1960 Writer
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★ 5.4
The Revolt of the Slaves
1960 Writer
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★ 5.0
Carthage in Flames
1960 Writer
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★ 5.6
Messalina
1960 Writer
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★ 5.6
The Last Days of Pompeii
1959 Writer
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★ 5.1
Always Victorious
1958 Writer