Venantino Venantini (17 April 1930 – 9 October 2018) was an Italian film actor. He was the father of Victoria Venantini and and appeared in more than 140 films between 1954 and 2018. He made his debut in the cinema with an appearance in Un giorno in pretura under the direction of Steno and he had his first important role in (1961), directed by Franco Rossi. Among the almost 150 films he performed in, some became cult favorites such as Les Tontons flingueurs, Amore libero - Free Love, Black Emanuelle and City of the Living Dead. He acted with actors such as Lino Ventura, Yves Montand, Alain Delon and Gérard Depardieu and for directors such as Ettore Scola, Luciano Salce and Dino Risi and for French film directors such as Georges Lautner, Gérard Oury and Claude Lelouch. Selected filmography A Day in Court (1954) - Ufficiale al varietà (uncredited) No Sun in Venice (1957) Ben Hur (1959) - Palefrenier de la course de chars (uncredited) Odissea nuda (1961) - Film Maker Pastasciutta nel deserto (1961) - Malapaga La guerra continua (1962) - Alberto The Captive City (1962) - Gen. Ferolou Les Tontons flingueurs (1963) - Pascal Il vuoto (1964) - Andrea Masi Salad by the Roots (1964) - Pierre Michon Le conseguenze (1964) - Valerio La Celestina P... R... (1965) - Carlo Le Corniaud (1965) - Mickey dit le bègue ou la souris The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) - Paris De Grassis Galia (1966) - Greg Balearic Caper (1966) - Giuliano Le Grand Restaurant (1966) - Henrique La grande sauterelle (1967) - Vladimir Round Trip (1967) - Marc Daumel Bandidos (1967) - Billy Kane The Killer Likes Candy (1968) - Costa Love in the Night (1968) - Bollert Anzio (1968) - Capt. Burns Emma Hamilton (1968) - Le prince Carraciola The Libertine (1968) - Aurelio Hate Is My God (1969) - Sweetley Erotissimo (1969) - Sylvio Playgirl 70 (1969) The War Devils (1969) - Heinrich Meinike Are You Engaged to a Greek Sailor or an Airline Pilot? (1970) - Ministre The Priest's Wife (1970) - Maurizio Quella chiara notte d'ottobre (1970) Macédoine (1971) - Brian Goffy Laisse aller... c'est une valse (1971) - Tosca La araucana (1971) - Pedro de Valdivia Per amore o per forza (1971) - Padre di Jane Delusions of Grandeur (1971) - Del Basto Il était une fois un flic... (1972) - Felice - le