Giancarlo Prete

Giancarlo Prete

Born: February 5, 1943
Died: March 9, 2001
in Rome, 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.

Movies for Giancarlo Prete...

Fashion Crimes
Title: Fashion Crimes
Character: Giorgio
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
On her way home, a fashion model, Gloria, saw a man fought against a woman and killed her in a strangely noisy room in the old villa where a German Countess named Greta Stella used to live. But when the police Commissioner, who is crazy about fishing, and his dull assistant go to the problematic villa in the next morning, the villa is perceived to have been empty for twenty years and there seems to be nothing criminal left. And then Gloria asks help from a playboy-typed psychiatrist, Gianmarco Contini, who is one of the eight joint-owners of the problematic villa...
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Detective School Dropouts
Title: Detective School Dropouts
Released: August 7, 1986
Type: Movie
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.
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The Assisi Underground
Title: The Assisi Underground
Character: Col. Gay
Released: May 3, 1985
Type: Movie
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.
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Ladyhawke
Title: Ladyhawke
Character: Fornac
Released: March 27, 1985
Type: Movie
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.
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Escape from the Bronx
Title: Escape from the Bronx
Character: Strike
Released: August 15, 1983
Type: Movie
A ragtag group of people have to fight extermination squads amid their ruined city.
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The New Barbarians
Title: The New Barbarians
Character: Scorpion
Released: June 10, 1983
Type: Movie
Two mercenaries help wandering caravans fight off an evil and aimless band of white-clad bikers after the nuclear holocaust.
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The Last Blood
Title: The Last Blood
Character: Sgt. Maggio
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
A soldier attacks his corrupt superior officer and is court marshalled but before he can be sent to a firing squad he escapes...
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The Last Shark
Title: The Last Shark
Character: Bob Martin
Released: April 2, 1981
Type: Movie
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.
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Midnight Blue
Title: Midnight Blue
Character: Bruno
Released: May 31, 1979
Type: Movie
Three beautiful female athletes take a weekend off from training to vacation at a relative's villa complete with private beach. While relaxing, enjoying the water, and topless sunbathing the girls' weekend alone is interrupted by three escaped criminals on the run. Led by Pierre Luigi, the three criminals take the girls hostage and submit them to torture and rape before the girls get their bloody revenge. Shot in Taranto (Italy), near Lido Azzurro.
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Baila Guapa
Title: Baila Guapa
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
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Don't Shoot on Children
Title: Don't Shoot on Children
Character: Dino Settimi
Released: December 22, 1978
Type: Movie
Dino and Marco are two brothers who live alone with their sick father. Marco is on drugs, and Dino becomes involved with a gang of dangerous criminals and is roped into pulling a bank heist with them.
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Title: Return of the Saint
Character: Boldini
Released: September 10, 1978
Type: TV
Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.
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Messalina, Messalina!
Title: Messalina, Messalina!
Character: Gaius Silius
Released: August 11, 1977
Type: Movie
Adventure comedy directed by Bruno Corbucci.
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La Gabbia
Title: La Gabbia
Released: April 6, 1977
Type: Movie
Based on the infamous Stanford prison experiment. In 1977, Italian director Carlo Tuzii adapted the experiment to an Italian environment. Italian students made a film based on it, La Gabbia (The Cage).
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The Loves and Times of Scaramouche
Title: The Loves and Times of Scaramouche
Character: Whistle
Released: January 23, 1976
Type: Movie
The adventures of a cad in Napoleonic times.
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Who Breaks... Pays
Title: Who Breaks... Pays
Character: Antonio
Released: October 26, 1975
Type: Movie
A ship stopped at the port of Istanbul should take vegetables, but an unscrupulous man would like to add weapons under the vegetable crates. The captain of the ship refuses the offer of the evildoer.
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Title: Space: 1999
Character: Dan Mateo
Released: September 4, 1975
Type: TV
The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space.
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The Girls Who'll Do Anything
Title: The Girls Who'll Do Anything
Released: January 28, 1975
Type: Movie
Whatever you can dream up, Angela and Susan are way ahead of you.
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The Long Night
Title: The Long Night
Character: Vito
Released: January 28, 1975
Type: Movie
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.
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Street Law
Title: Street Law
Character: Tommy
Released: September 17, 1974
Type: Movie
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.
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Theft in the Evening, a Big Coup Hopefully
Title: Theft in the Evening, a Big Coup Hopefully
Character: Armando Ciccarelli
Released: December 18, 1973
Type: Movie
A comedy about two friends attempting a heist.
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Massacre in Rome
Title: Massacre in Rome
Character: Paolo
Released: October 4, 1973
Type: Movie
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.
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The Three Musketeers of the West
Title: The Three Musketeers of the West
Character: Dart Coldwater, jr.
Released: September 28, 1973
Type: Movie
Three cowboys carry on like sagebrush swashbucklers.
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Amore mio, uccidimi!
Title: Amore mio, uccidimi!
Character: Guido
Released: August 20, 1973
Type: Movie
Manny Baxter is furious: his wife has run away with her lover Guido. Manny is rich and jealous and will use all the power of his money to prevent his wife Laureen and Guido from being happy together. And, first things first, he will keep them from leaving Manila where they are now for Bangkok as they are planning.
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The Big Family
Title: The Big Family
Character: Commissario La Manna
Released: March 3, 1973
Type: Movie
Two mafia bosses, Don Antonio Marchesi and Don Peppino Scalise, battle over building contracts in Palermo.
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Father Jackleg
Title: Father Jackleg
Character: Tedeum
Released: December 5, 1972
Type: Movie
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.
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A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services
Title: A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services
Character: 1st client of Cristina
Released: July 28, 1972
Type: Movie
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?
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Winged Devils
Title: Winged Devils
Character: Pettarini
Released: February 4, 1972
Type: Movie
The real-life courage and audacity of aeronautic acrobats whose ground life is often as exciting as flight maneuvers.
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Snow Job
Title: Snow Job
Character: Donato
Released: February 2, 1972
Type: Movie
A famous skier, his mistress and a ski instructor rob a bank in the Alps and hide the loot in a crevasse.
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Hector the Mighty
Title: Hector the Mighty
Character: Patroclo
Released: January 6, 1972
Type: Movie
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.
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The Price of Death
Title: The Price of Death
Character: Reverend Tiller
Released: September 17, 1971
Type: Movie
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.
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The Black Belly of the Tarantula
Title: The Black Belly of the Tarantula
Character: Mario
Released: August 12, 1971
Type: Movie
Inspector Tellini investigates serial crimes where victims are paralyzed while having their bellies ripped open with a sharp knife.
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Adios Compañeros
Title: Adios Compañeros
Character: Sundance Kid
Released: April 17, 1971
Type: Movie
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.
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Confessions of a Police Captain
Title: Confessions of a Police Captain
Character: Giampaolo Rizzo
Released: March 26, 1971
Type: Movie
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.
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Lady Caliph
Title: Lady Caliph
Character: L'amant d'Irene
Released: December 31, 1970
Type: Movie
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.
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Bandits in Rome
Title: Bandits in Rome
Released: November 20, 1968
Type: Movie
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.
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Satanik
Title: Satanik
Character: Orange Tie Henchman
Released: April 18, 1968
Type: Movie
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.
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Avenger X
Title: Avenger X
Character: Lamarro Henchman
Released: May 13, 1967
Type: Movie
A retired ex-criminal, the notorious Mister X, must clear his name when an up-and-comer commits a heinous copycat crime.