Duccio Tessari

Writing Oct 11, 1926 Sep 6, 1994 (aged 68) Genoa, Italy

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.

4 Acting Credits

54 Crew Credits

Duccio Tessari

Acting

A Pistol for Ringo

In camera mia

Better a Widow

Italian Kings Of B

Crew

A Fistful of Dollars

The Return of Ringo

Zorro

Hercules in the Haunted World

A Pistol for Ringo

Tony Arzenta

The Bloodstained Butterfly

The Last Days of Pompeii

Hercules and the Captive Women

Puzzle

Romulus and Remus

Death Occurred Last Night