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Gerlando "Lando" Buzzanca (born 24 August 1935) is an Italian theatrical, film and television actor whose career spanned over 55 years.

Lando Buzzanca
Buzzanca in 2009 at the Roma Fiction Festival
Born	Gerlando Buzzanca (1935-08-24) 24 August 1935 (age 87) Palermo, Italy
Occupation	Actor, theatre director
Years active	1959–present
Spouse	Lucia Peralta ​ ​ (m. 1956; died 2010)​
Partner	Francesca Della Valle
Children	2

Life and career

Born in Palermo the son of a cinema projectionist, at 16 years old Buzzanca left the high school and moved to Rome to pursue his dream of becoming an actor.[1][2] In order to survive, he took many jobs including waiter, furniture mover, and a brief appearance as a slave in the film Ben-Hur. He made his official debut in Pietro Germi's Divorce, Italian Style, and soon specialized in the role of the average immigrant from southern Italy.[2][3]

After two successful "James Tont" films in which he played a parody of James Bond, starting from the late 1960s, Buzzanca got a large success in a series of satirical commedia sexy all'italiana films which satirized major institutions such as politics, religion, trade unions and financial world. With the decline of the genre, he slowed his film activities, focusing into theatre and television, in which he enjoyed a resurgence of popularity in the 2000s thanks to a series of well-received TV-series.[2][3]

In 2013, following the death of his wife Lucia and a heavy depression, Buzzanca attempted suicide by cutting his veins.[4]
In 2014 he suffered from a mild cerebral ischemia which caused him aphasia, but by the following year he had fully recovered from his depressive period and started a relationship with a younger woman, Antonella.
In 2016 he participated as dancer in the television program Ballando con le Stelle and started a new and intense romance with a younger actress and journalist Francesca Della Valle.[5]

In 2019 Buzzanca lived a great moment of happiness with his partner, Francesca, to whom he has been romantically linked since 2016, whom he would liked to marry.[6][7]

In 2020 Buzzanca had some disagreements with his two sons, Mario and Massimiliano, for the administration of family assets, and at the request of his sons to the tutelary judge he is joined by an administrator in the management of his assets.[8]

On 21 April 2021, the day after being vaccinated for COVID-19, he fell at home due to a sudden illness that left him unconscious. He suffered a head injury and was rescued by the maid, who found him the day after the accident still unconscious on the ground and called an ambulance. He was admitted to the Santo Spirito hospital in Rome.[9][10][11]

On 15 August 2021, Buzzanca, after the treatment received at the hospital, seems to have fully recovered, as confirmed also by his son Massimiliano. Furthermore, he would be ready to marry again in Rome with his partner Francesca Della Valle.[12]

On 27 December 2021, Buzzanca was hospitalized at the health facility in Rome, due to the worsening of his health conditions. Furthermore, his marriage with his partner Francesca Della Valle was blocked and opposed by the actor's sons due to the deterioration of their father's health conditions.[13]

Awards

David di Donatello

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2008	I Vicerè	Best Actor	Nominated

Golden Globes, Italy

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2008	I Vicerè	Best Actor	Won

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Director
1959	Ben-Hur	Jewish Slave in the Desert (uncredited)	William Wyler
1961	Divorce, Italian Style	Rosario Mulè	Pietro Germi
1962	His Days Are Numbered	Son of Cesare	Elio Petri
1963	The Eye of the Needle	carabiniere Sanfilippo	Marcello Andrei
1963	The Girl from Parma	Michele Pantanò	Antonio Pietrangeli
1963	Le monachine	Amilcare Franzetti	Luciano Salce
1963	I mostri	Luciana's Husband (segment "Come un padre")	Dino Risi
1964	Extraconjugal	Roberto (segment "La doccia")	Massimo Franciosa
1964	Corpse for the Lady	Enzo	Mario Mattoli
1964	Seduced and Abandoned	Antonio Ascalone	Pietro Germi
1964	Love in Four Dimensions	Sicilian husband	Mino Guerrini (segment "Amore e alfabeto")
1964	I marziani hanno dodici mani	Lo sposo	Castellano & Pipolo
1964	Love and Marriage	(segment "La prima notte")	Mino Guerrini and Gianni Puccini
1964	The Magnificent Cuckold	Guardian	Antonio Pietrangeli
1965	Su e giù	Cuccio (segment "Questione di Principo")	Mino Guerrini
1965	Letti sbagliati	(segment "Il complicato")	Steno
1965	James Tont operazione U.N.O.	James Tont	Bruno Corbucci
1965	James Tont operazione D.U.E.	James Tont	Bruno Corbucci
1965	The Sucker	Lino	Gérard Oury
1965	The Double Bed	Birolli	Jean Delannoy, François Dupont-Midi, Alvaro Mancori and Gianni Puccini
1965	Made in Italy	Giulio (segment "Usi e costumi")	Nanni Loy
1966	For a Few Dollars Less	Bill	Mario Mattoli
1966	Ringo and Gringo Against All	Serg. Gringo	Bruno Corbucci
1966	I nostri mariti	Ragionier Manzi (segment "Il Marito di Olga")	Luigi Filippo D'Amico, Dino Risi and Luigi Zampa
1966	After the Fox	Police Chief	Vittorio De Sica
1967	Spia, spione	Carlo Barazzetti	Bruno Corbucci
1967	A Rose for Everyone	Lino	Franco Rossi
1967	Don Juan in Sicily	Giovanni Percolla	Alberto Lattuada
1967	Operation St. Peter's	Napoleone	Lucio Fulci
1968	Colpo di sole	?	Mino Guerrini
1968	Anyone Can Play	Blackmailer	Luigi Zampa
1968	Better a Widow	Massito	Duccio Tessari
1968	Criminal Affair	Esteban de Flori	Rossano Brazzi
1969	Puro siccome un angelo papà mi fece monaco... di Monza	Nunzio di Licordia	Giovanni Grimaldi
1969	La donna a una dimensione	Host on TV (uncredited)	Bruno Baratti
1969	House of Pleasure	Count Lombardini	Franz Antel
1969	Monte Carlo or Bust!	Marcello	Ken Annakin
1970	Un caso di coscienza	Salvatore Vaccagnino	Giovanni Grimaldi
1970	Il debito coniugale	Orazio	Franco Prosperi
1970	Fermate il mondo…voglio scendere!	Ricky Ceciarelli	Giancarlo Cobelli
1970	When Women Had Tails	Kao	Pasquale Festa Campanile
1970	The Swinging Confessors	Don Salvatore	Marco Vicario
1970	La prima notte del Dottor Danieli, industriale col complesso del... giocattolo	Carlo Danieli	Giovanni Grimaldi
1970	Nel giorno del Signore	Pietro	Bruno Corbucci
1971	The Blonde in the Blue Movie	Rosario Trapanese	Steno
1971	Man of the Year	Michele Cannaritta	Marco Vicario
1971	Il merlo maschio	Niccolò Vivaldi	Pasquale Festa Campanile
1971	Le belve	Various characters	Giovanni Grimaldi
1972	The Eroticist	Giacinto "Gianni" Puppis	Lucio Fulci
1972	When Women Lost Their Tails	Ham	Pasquale Festa Campanile
1972	Il sindacalista	Saverio Ravizzi	Luciano Salce
1972	La calandria	Lidio	Pasquale Festa Campanile
1972	L'uccello migratore	Andrea Pomeraro	Steno
1973	My Darling Slave	Demetrio Cultrera	Giorgio Capitani
1973	Il magnate	Furio Cicerone	Giovanni Grimaldi
1973	Io e lui	Rico	Luciano Salce
1974	Playing the Field	Carmelo Lo Cascio	Luigi Filippo D'Amico
1974	Il domestico	Rosario "Sasà" Cabaduni	Luigi Filippo D'Amico
1975	Il fidanzamento	Luigi Mannozzi	Giovanni Grimaldi
1975	Il gatto mammone	Lollo Mascalucia	Nando Cicero
1975	Dracula in the Provinces	Cav. Costante Nicosia	Lucio Fulci
1976	San Pasquale Baylonne protettore delle donne	Giuseppe Cicerchia	Luigi Filippo D'Amico
1978	Travolto dagli affetti familiari	Memé Di Costanzo	Mauro Severino
1980	Prestami tua moglie	Alex Fortini	Giuliano Carnimeo
1982	I'm Going to Live by Myself	Giuseppe	Marco Risi
1987	Secondo Ponzio Pilato	Valerian	Luigi Magni
1994	Once a Year, Every Year	Giuseppe	Marco Risi
2000	Il segreto del giaguaro	Mazzaro	Antonello Fassari
2007	I Vicerè	Prince Giacomo	Roberto Faenza
2017	Chi salverà le rose?	Claudio	Cesare Furesi
2018	W Gli Sposi	Reverendo	Valerio Zanoli

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	Signore e signora
1988	Cinema
1999	Cornetti al miele
2003	Una famiglia per caso
2005	Il cielo può attendere
2005	Mio figlio
2007	Chiara e Francesco
2007	La baronessa di Carini
2010	Lo scandalo della Banca Romana
2010	Capri		season 3
2010	Io e mio figlio - Nuove storie per il commissario Vivaldi	Federico Vivaldi
2012–2014	Il Restauratore	Basilio Corsi	season 1–2 (28 episodes)
2012	Terra ribelle – Il nuovo mondo	Alfredo Malagridas	season 2
2013	Donne in gioco
2016	Ballando con le stelle		Ballando con le Stelle (series 11)
2017	Meglio tardi che mai

References

External links

• Lando Buzzanca at IMDb 

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Gerlando Buzzanca (Palermo, 24 de agosto de 1935), más conocido como Lando Buzzanca, es un actor italiano.

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