Gianfranco Parolini

{{Short description|Italian film director (1925–2018)}} '''Gianfranco Parolini''' (20 February 1925 in [[Rome]], [[Italy]] – 26 April 2018 in Rome, Italy)<ref>[http://m.dagospia.com/il-necrologio-dei-giusti-e-morto-frank-kramer-alias-gianfranco-parolini-172516 Il necrologio dei giusti: è morto Frank Kramer alias Gianfranco Parolini] {{in lang|it}}</ref> was an [[Italian people|Italian]] [[film]] director. He is often credited as '''Frank Kramer'''. Among his films are ''[[The Sabata Trilogy]]'', several [[sword and sandal]] films, most of the [[Kommissar X]] films and a number of [[Spaghetti Western]]s.

He claimed to have written over 100 thriller novels before becoming an assistant to [[Giuseppe Amato]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wconnolly.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html|title=Spaghetti Cinema|website=wconnolly.blogspot.com|access-date=27 April 2018}}</ref>

==Filmography== ===Director=== {{div col|colwidth=26em}} * ''[[Francis the Smuggler]]'' (1953) * ''[[Samson (1961 Italian film)|Samson]]'' (1961) * ''[[The Fury of Hercules]]'' (1962) * ''[[79 A.D.]]'' (1962) * ''[[The Old Testament (film)|The Old Testament]]'' (1962) * ''[[The Ten Gladiators]]'' (''I dieci gladiatori'') (1963) * ''[[Mission to Hell]]'' (1964) * ''[[3 Avengers]]'' (1964) * ''[[Left Handed Johnny West]]'' (1965) * ''[[Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill]]'' (1966) * ''[[Kommissar X – In den Klauen des goldenen Drachen]]'' (1966) * ''[[The Three Fantastic Supermen]]'' (1967) * ''[[If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death]]'' (''Se incontri Sartana prega per la tua morte'') (1968) * ''[[Five for Hell]]'' (''Cinque per l'inferno''), aka ''Five Into Hell'' (1969) * ''[[Sabata (film)|Sabata]]'' (''Ehi amico ... c'è Sabata, hai chiuso!'') (1969) * ''[[Adiós, Sabata]]'' (''Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di...'') (1970) * ''[[Return of Sabata]]'' (''È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta'') (1971) * ''[[God's Gun]]'' (''Diamante Lobo'') (1975) * ''[[We Are No Angels (1975 film)|We Are No Angels]]'' (''Noi non siamo angeli'') (1975) * ''[[Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century]]'' (1977) {{div col end}} ===Writer=== * ''[[Fountain of Trevi (film)|Fountain of Trevi]]'' (1960, directed by [[Carlo Campogalliani]])

===Actor=== {{div col|colwidth=26em}} * ''[[Little Red Monkey]]'' (1955) - Police Inspector May - sanitorium * ''[[The Ten Gladiators]]'' (1963) - Livius Verus * ''[[Mission to Hell]]'' (1964) - Thug at Information Booth (uncredited) * ''[[Kommissar X – In den Klauen des goldenen Drachen]]'' (1966) - Rex * ''Kommissar X - Drei blaue Panther'' (1968) - Smoky * ''[[If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death]]'' (1968) - Gambler * ''Roma. L'antica chiave dei sensi'' (1984) - Senator Lucius * ''Alla ricerca dell'impero sepolto'' (1987) - Prof. Alexis Xristopoulos (final film role) {{div col end}}

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0040789|name=Gianfranco Parolini}} {{-}}

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