Renato Terra Biography

Italian actor (1922–2010)

Renato Terra (26 July 1922 – 28 November 2010), also known by the alias Ryan Earthpick, was an Italian actor and later a poet.

Biography

Terra had a career working in film as an actor, and appeared in over 80 movies. In 1977 he retired to become a poet.

He attended the Experimental Center of Cinematography in Rome and also used the alias Ryan Earthpick during his career. During the shooting of a film, he fell from a horse and permanently broke his nose. During his post-actor career as a poet, he published the book Che Strano Paese.

Selected filmography

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  • The Black Corsair (1938)
  • Return to Naples (1949) – Nino
  • Path of Hope (1950) – Mommino
  • Hearts at Sea (1950)
  • Vivo di te (1951, Short)
  • The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo (1952)
  • I falsari (1953)
  • A Husband for Anna (1953) – Il palpeggiatore
  • Senso (1954) – Un soldato (uncredited)
  • Proibito (1955)
  • The Bachelor (1956) – Tiberio
  • Nero's Weekend (1956)
  • Kean (1957)
  • White Nights (1957) – Un coinvolto nella rissa
  • Un angelo è sceso a Brooklyn (1957)
  • Ragazzi della marina (1957)
  • Peppino, le modelle e chella là (1957)
  • The Italians They Are Crazy (1958)
  • Toto and Marcellino (1958)
  • Piece of the Sky (1958) – La guardia giovane (uncredited)
  • Giovane canaglia (1958) – complice di Daves
  • Il romanzo di un giovane povero (1958)
  • Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) – Eladio
  • The Law Is the Law (1958)
  • La sfida (1958)
  • Carmela è una bambola (1958) – Silvio
  • Pia de' Tolomei (1958)
  • Tuppe tuppe, Marescià! (1958)
  • DestiNational Socialist German Workers' Partyone Sanremo (1959)
  • Le cameriere (1959)
  • Goliath and the Barbarians (1959)
  • Un maledetto imbroglio (1959) – Man at the Notary's
  • David and Goliath (1960)
  • Carthage in Flames (1960)
  • The Angel Wore Red (1960) (uncredited)
  • Goliath and the Dragon (1960) – Antoneos
  • Black Sunday (1960) – Boris
  • Rocco and His Brothers (1960) – Alfredo, Ginetta's brother
  • I'll See You in Hell (1960)
  • Robin Hood and the Pirates (1960) – Barbanera
  • Constantine and the Cross (1961) Jailer
  • The Seven Revenges (1961)
  • Gioventù di notte (1961) – Brigadiere
  • I tartari (1961)
  • Goliath and the Vampires (1961)
  • Il brigante (1961)
  • Accattone (1961) – Farlocco #2
  • Black City (1961) – Un agente
  • Maciste contro Ercole nella valle dei guai (1961)
  • The Giant of Metropolis (1961) – Il Giovane Scienzato
  • Accroche-toi, y'a du vent! (1961)
  • The Italian Brigands (1961) – Il Brigante
  • Madame (1961) – Un sans-culotte (uncredited)
  • I due marescialli (1961)
  • Disorder (1962)
  • Alone Against Rome (1962) – Gladiator Trainer
  • Night Train to Milan (1962) – Sottufficiale di polizia
  • Toto and Peppino Divided in Berlin (1962) – 9
  • Sodom and Gomorrah (1962) – (uncredited)
  • Agostino (1962)
  • Carmen di Trastevere (1962) – Gerardo, a Latin Lover
  • Il mare (1962)
  • The Four Monks (1962) – Un paesano
  • Uno strano tipo (1963)
  • The Fall of Rome (1963)
  • Il monaco di Monza (1963)
  • Il Fornaretto di Venezia (1963)
  • Hands over the City (1963) – Giornalista (uncredited)
  • Hercules Against the Mongols (1963) – Karikan
  • I 4 t*isti (1963)
  • Liolà (1964)
  • None But the Lonely Spy (1964) – Policeman
  • Love in Four Dimensions (1964) – (segment "Amore e alfabeto")
  • L'ultima carica (1964)
  • Hercules Against the Barbarians (1964)
  • La vita agra (1964)
  • Grand Canyon M*acre (1964) – Curly Mason
  • Sette contro la morte (1964)
  • Castle of the Living Dead (1964) – Policeman
  • I due evasi di Sing Sing (1964) – Jim Doris
  • The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) – Un indemoniato
  • Intrigo a Los Angeles (1964) – Elston
  • Un mostro e mezzo (1964)
  • Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens (1964) – Saracen Leader
  • Una storia di notte (1964)
  • Il vendicatore mascherato (1964)
  • Tres dólares de plomo (1964)
  • The Revenge of Ivanhoe (1965) – Tuck
  • Letti sbagliati (1965)
  • The Dirty Game (1965)
  • La violenza e l'amore (1965)
  • I complessi (1965) (segment "Il Complesso della Schiava nubiana")
  • The Dreamer (1965)
  • Man from Canyon City (1965)
  • Thrilling (1965) (segment "L'autostrada del sole")
  • Seven Golden Men (1965)
  • Agente S 03: Operazione Atlantide (1965) – Fatima's Henchman (uncredited)
  • I Knew Her Well (1965) – Man in the caravan
  • Made in Italy (1965) – Immigrant (segment "6, Final episode")
  • Weekend, Italian Style (1965) – Giovanni – the valet
  • Lo scippo (1965)
  • Seven Golden Men Strike Again (1966)
  • Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966)
  • Seven Dollars on the Red (1966) – Manuel
  • Savage Gringo (1966)
  • Wake Up and Die (1966)
  • The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen (1966)
  • Knives of the Avenger (1966) – Hagen's Henchman (uncredited)
  • Tabú (1966) (uncredited)
  • Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966)
  • Kill or Be Killed (1966) – Doctor
  • Eroe vagabondo (1966)
  • Ballata da un miliardo (1967)
  • Requiescant (1967) – Alonso
  • Gente d'onore (1967)
  • Delitto a Posillipo – Londra chiama Napoli (1967)
  • Requiescant (1967)
  • El 'Che' Guevara (1969) – Sergeant
  • Le lys de mer (1969)
  • Ma chi t'ha dato la patente? (1970)
  • Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
  • L'arbitro (1974)
  • Paolo il freddo (1974)
  • Jesus of Nazareth (1977, TV Mini-Series) – Abel

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