Portrait of Tano Cimarosa

Tano Cimarosa

Acting

Biography

Tano Cimarosa, real name Gaetano Cisco, (1 January 1922 – 24 May 2008) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. 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.

Born: January 1, 1922

Place of Birth: Messina, Sicily, Italy

Filmography

2008
L'Anno Mille

as Custode

2000
Una storia qualunque

as Venditore ambulante

2000
Una storia qualunque

as Venditore ambulante

2000
Father Matteo

as Carmelo Frasca

1995
The Star Maker

as Grandpa Bordonaro

1994
1993
Nineties Part II

as Don Mimì Cantalamessa, boss mafioso

1990
Boys on the Outside

as Site Manager

1988
Cinema Paradiso

as Fabbro, blacksmith

1988
1980
Café Express

as Polfer Marshal Panepino

1979
1979
A Man on His Knees

as Sebastiano Colicchia

1977
Death Hunt

as Tano

1977
L'Italia in pigiama

as Il padre incestuoso

1975
L'ammazzatina

as Pasqualino Mosco

1975
The Exorciccio

as Turi Randazzo

1975
How to Kill a Judge

as Tano Barra - l'assistente di parcheggio

1973
1973
Gang War in Milan

as Nino Balsamo

1972
Man Called Amen

as Chaco, Gang Boss

1972
Delirium

as John Lacey

1971
A Girl in Australia

as emigrato italiano da Gela

1971
Why

as Agente del carcere di Sagunto

1971
Touch and Go

as Italian soldier on the beach

1971
Between Miracles

as Zi' Checco

1970
A Sword to Brando

as Greedy friar

1970
The Most Beautiful Wife

as Gaetano Cimarosa

1969
Police Chief Pepe

as Agente Cariddi

1969
Bootleggers

as Mancho

1969
Death on High Mountain

as General Valiente

1968
Be Sick… It's Free

as Salvatore Laganà

1968
1968
The Day of the Owl

as Zecchinetta

1967
The Witches

as Sicilian (segment "La siciliana") (uncredited)

1965
The Two Parachutists

as Garcia's aide

1963
The Eye of the Needle

as uno dei mafiosi