Giancarlo Prete

Acting

Giancarlo Prete

Born 1943-02-05 · Roma, Lazio, Italy

Giancarlo Prete was an Italian actor. After he worked in the cinema as stuntman, Prete went to Alessandro Fersen's acting school (where he later returned as a teacher) and began to act in many films and in television serials, sometimes credited under the name Timothy Brent or Philip Garner. In the following years Prete worked as dubbing director and acted only in television productions (including the Space: 1999 episode "The Troubled Spirit" as Dr. Dan Mateo). He was married to Elizabeth Jacinto and had a son named Alessandro, who is also an actor. Giancarlo Prete died on 9 March 2001 of a brain tumor at the age of 58.

Acting credits

Ladyhawke poster
7.0

Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.

Ladyhawke

1985

Messalina, Messalina! poster
4.2

Adventure comedy directed by Bruno Corbucci.

Messalina, Messalina!

1977

The Last Shark poster
5.4

When a 35-foot great white shark begins to wreak havoc on a seaside town, the mayor, not wanting to endanger his gubernatorial campaign, declines to act, so a local shark hunter and horror author band together to stop the beast.

The Last Shark

1981

The Last Blood poster
5.8

A soldier attacks his corrupt superior officer and is court marshalled but before he can be sent to a firing squad he escapes...

The Last Blood

1983

The Black Belly of the Tarantula poster
6.1

Inspector Tellini investigates serial crimes where victims are paralyzed while having their bellies ripped open with a sharp knife.

The Black Belly of the Tarantula

1971

Adios Compañeros poster
7.0

Macho Callaghan is a lieutenant in the Federal Guards and his job is to capture Butch Cassidy, Ironhead, and their band of outlaws. Getting in touch with Ironhead, Macho finds a way of being hired by the outlaws. But when the two leaders quarrel and decide to separate, Macho manages to convince Ironhead to attack Butch Cassidy.

Adios Compañeros

1971

Massacre in Rome poster
6.3

In the Nazi occupied city of Rome, an assault on an SS brigade draws retaliation from the military governship. "Massacre in Rome" is the true story of how this partisan attack led to the mass execution of Italian nationals under the orders of SS-Lieutenant Colonel Kappler.

Massacre in Rome

1973

The Long Night poster
5.0

Two Milanese girls meet in a toilet where a distracted bourgeois forgets a valuable ring. They take it and go in search of someone to sell it to, helped by a southern taxi driver.

The Long Night

1975

The New Barbarians poster
4.3

Two mercenaries help wandering caravans fight off an evil and aimless band of white-clad bikers after the nuclear holocaust.

The New Barbarians

1983

Confessions of a Police Captain poster
6.8

A police captain arranges the release of a criminally insane prisoner, who soon winds up dead. When the District Attorney takes on the case, he uncovers corruption in the department and vows to take down the man who's responsible.

Confessions of a Police Captain

1971

Street Law poster
6.7

Carlo Antonelli, an engineer from Genoa, gets mugged and decides to take justice into his own hands. At first the muggers seem to get the upper hand, but then he's helped by Tommy, a young robber who takes his side.

Street Law

1974

Lady Caliph poster
5.5

La Califfa's husband was killed during the strikes so she takes the side of the strikers. Her conflict with the plant owner Doverdo gradually turns into a love relationship.

Lady Caliph

1970

The Loves and Times of Scaramouche poster
3.3

The adventures of a cad in Napoleonic times.

The Loves and Times of Scaramouche

1976

Escape from the Bronx poster
4.9

A ragtag group of people have to fight extermination squads amid their ruined city.

Escape from the Bronx

1983

Satanik poster
4.1

A youth potion transforms an old crone into a ravishing beauty. Unfortunately, her new-found gorgeousness forces the heroine to form a pact with the Devil.

Satanik

1968

The Assisi Underground poster
4.8

This film sheds light on the role of the Catholic Church and the people of Assisi in rescuing Italian Jews from the Nazis in 1943.

The Assisi Underground

1985

Hector the Mighty poster
6.0

A pimp named Horny Hector operates a brothel on property coveted by Cardinal Giove. The Cardinal comes up with a plan to force Hector into selling him the land by kidnapping Helen, triggering a small gang war.

Hector the Mighty

1972

The Three Musketeers of the West poster
4.3

Dart Jr. hires three untrustworthy men to help him rob a pretty female doctor who's smuggling gold for a Mexican dictator.

The Three Musketeers of the West

1973

Detective School Dropouts poster
6.9

Two bumbling private detectives get themselves hired to find a missing person. They find themselves in the middle of a mob war when it turns out that the missing person is somebody the mob wants to stay missing.

Detective School Dropouts

1986

Bloody Che Contra poster
7.8

The story of Che Guevara's desperate attempt to escape the mountains of Bolivia. Pursued by an elite ranger unit of the army led by a determined CIA agent, Che is eventually trapped and his men are killed.

Bloody Che Contra

1968

The Price of Death poster
6.0

Four people are killed in a saloon hold-up. The townspeople pin the murders on local no-count black sheep Chester Conway. Lawyer Jeff Plummer and prostitute Polly Winters don't believe that Chester is guilty of these crimes, so they hire smooth and suave gunman Silver to prove Chester's innocence and find the real killers.

The Price of Death

1971

A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services poster
5.5

Cristina turns eighteen and leaves her bourgeois family to become a call-girl. But soon, her clients start turning up dead, their throats slashed. Who is responsible?

A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services

1972

Father Jackleg poster
5.5

A con man inherits a gold mine. Knowing that his family are even bigger con artists than he is, he assumes the mine is worthless, and teams up with a partner in a scheme to unload it on some unsuspecting chumps. However, the other members of his family discover that the gold mine is actually worth a lot of money, and they set out to take it from him before he realizes what he has.

Father Jackleg

1972

Bandits in Rome poster
7.0

After professional stickup man Mario Corda is jailed, his young, ambitious partner -- who covets both Corda's life and his wife -- cuts loose, leaving a trail of dead bodies in his wake.

Bandits in Rome

1968