Gabriele Tinti (actor)

Gabriele Tinti
Tinti in Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954)
Born
Gastone Tinti

(1932-08-22)22 August 1932
Molinella, Italy
Died12 November 1991(1991-11-12) (aged 59)
Rome, Italy
Other namesGus Stone, Gabrielle Tinti, Gabriel Tinti, Gastone Tinti, Steve Wyler
OccupationActor
Years active1951–1991
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Gabriele Tinti (born Gastone Tinti; 22 August 1932 – 12 November 1991) was an Italian actor, whose film career spanned over 100 roles between 1951 and 1991.[1]

Early life

Born Gastone Tinti in Molinella,[2] he was the child of working-class parents Luigi and Altimora (nee Bassi) Tinti,[3] and his family frequently struggled with poverty throughout his childhood.[3] He moved to Rome in pursuit of work in his teens, which led him to be discovered by a casting director, and he made his debut in the 1948 film Difficult Years.

Career

Tinti eventually got his first major starring role in the 1954 movie Chronicle of Poor Lovers. The role brought him the reputation of a matinee idol and romantic lead, often playing the role of a friendly and vigorous young man. The contemporaneous French press would refer to him as the "Italian Alain Delon".[4]

Tinti alternated between leading and supporting roles in various films throughout the 1960's and '70s, in a variety of genres. In 1964, he played in the French movie The Troops of St. Tropez. In 1968, he made an appearance in "Mayberry R.F.D." the last episode of The Andy Griffith Show.[5] The episode served as the transition episode for the then-new TV series of the same name.[6] He appeared in three films by American director Robert Aldrich (Sodom and Gomorrah, The Flight of the Phoenix, The Legend of Lylah Clare). In 1971, he played the seducing Don César in the French filmDelusions of Grandeur.

By the end of the 1960s, he used his playboy looks to shift his acting career towards exploitation and B movies, including several directed by Joe D'Amato and featuring his wife Laura Gemser. He starred in many films of the Black Emanuelle series, starring Gemser.[7]

His last acting role was in Christian de Chalonge's The Children Thief (1991).

Personal life

Tinti was married to the Brazilian actress Norma Bengell from 1963 to 1969. He later re-married to Laura Gemser in 1976.[7]

Death

Tinti died suddenly of cardiac arrest in Rome on 12 November 1991, at the age of 59.[2][8]

Legacy

Tinti was the subject of the 2016 documentary Come in un film: La vera storia di Gabriele (Gastone) Tinti.[9]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Gabriele Tinti". BFI. Archived from the original on 20 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Gabriele Tinti | filmportal.de". filmportal.de.
  3. 1 2 "La vera storia di Gabriele Tinti". Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (in Italian). Retrieved 25 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "La folie des grandeurs (France 2) - Gabriele Tinti le "Delon" italien". programme-television.org (in French). Retrieved 25 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Gabriele Tinti | TV, Documentary and Other Appearances". AllMovie.
  6. ↑ "The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry R.F.D." IMDb. April 1968. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  7. 1 2 "GABRIELE TINTI". cinememorial.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Gabriele Tinti | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos". AllMovie.
  9. ↑ "Come in un film". Giostra film (in Italian). Retrieved 25 July 2026.
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