Tano Cimarosa, real name Gaetano Cisco, (1 January 1922 – 24 May 2008) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. He participated in more than fifty movies.
He played the "Blacksmith" in the Oscar-winning film Cinema Paradiso from 1988. He is known to horror film fans for directing Reflections in Black in 1975.
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Known For
Cinema Paradiso
(1988)
Fabbro, blacksmith
The Witches
(1967)
Sicilian (segment "La siciliana") (uncredited)
The Day of the Owl
(1968)
Zecchinetta
A Pure Formality
(1994)
Servant
Free Hand for a Tough Cop
(1976)
Cravatta
Gang War in Milan
(1973)
Nino Balsamo
Why
(1971)
Agente del carcere di Sagunto
Bread and Chocolate
(1974)
Gigi
The Star Maker
(1995)
Grandpa Bordonaro
Full Filmography
Acting
Crazy Sea
(1963)
The Eye of the Needle
(1963)
uno dei mafiosi
The Two Parachutists
(1965)
Garcia's aide
The Tall, The Short, The Cat
(1967)
Netturbino
The Witches
(1967)
Sicilian (segment "La siciliana") (uncredited)
Suicide Commando
(1968)
Calleya
Be Sick… It's Free
(1968)
Salvatore Laganà
The Day of the Owl
(1968)
Zecchinetta
May God Forgive You... But I Won't
(1968)
Chico
Police Chief Pepe
(1969)
Agente Cariddi
Bootleggers
(1969)
Mancho
Death on High Mountain
(1969)
General Valiente
The Tough and the Mighty
(1969)
Cartana
The Most Beautiful Wife
(1970)
Gaetano Cimarosa
A Sword to Brando
(1970)
Greedy friar
Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte
(1971)
commissario di polizia
A Girl in Australia
(1971)
emigrato italiano da Gela
Why
(1971)
Agente del carcere di Sagunto
Touch and Go
(1971)
Italian soldier on the beach
Between Miracles
(1971)
Zi' Checco
Delirium
(1972)
John Lacey
Man Called Amen
(1972)
Chaco, Gang Boss
All Sons of the Saintest Mother
(1973)
Puddu Campolia
Gang War in Milan
(1973)
Nino Balsamo
They Still Call Me Amen
(1973)
Chaco
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
(1974)
Rosario Agrò
Bread and Chocolate
(1974)
Gigi
Pasqualino Cammarata... capitano di fregata
(1974)
Patanò
The Exorciccio
(1975)
Turi Randazzo
How to Kill a Judge
(1975)
Tano Barra - l'assistente di parcheggio
Reflections in Black
(1975)
Pantò
L'ammazzatina
(1975)
Pasqualino Mosco
Free Hand for a Tough Cop
(1976)
Cravatta
Death Hunt
(1977)
L'Italia in pigiama
(1977)
Il padre incestuoso
L'Italia in pigiama
(1977)
A Man on His Knees
(1979)
Sebastiano Colicchia
Quattro Delitti: Winchester M2
(1979)
Il ricattatore
Cafè Express
(1980)
Polfer Marshal Panepino
Uomini di parola
(1981)
Gaetano Frasca
Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone
(1983)
il boss
The Shatterer
(1987)
Cinema Paradiso
(1988)
Fabbro, blacksmith
Boys on the Outside
(1990)
Capomastro
La sarrasine
(1992)
Acla's Descent into Floristella
(1992)
Nineties - Part II
(1993)
Don Mimì Cantalamessa, boss mafioso
A Pure Formality
(1994)
Servant
The Star Maker
(1995)
Grandpa Bordonaro
Una storia qualunque
(2000)
venditore ambulante
Frida Professione Menager
(2000)
Richard
Two Friends
(2002)
L'anno mille
(2008)
Custode
Se sarà luce sarà bellissimo - Moro: Un'altra storia
(2008)
Comunista Cimarosa
Directing
Writing