Nando Cicero

{{Short description|Italian film director, screenwriter and actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox person | image = Nando Cicero.jpg | name = Nando Cicero | birth_name = Fernando Cicero | birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|1|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Asmara]], [[Italian Eritrea]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|7|30|1931|1|22|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Rome]], Italy | occupation = film director }}

'''Fernando Cicero''', better known as '''Nando Cicero''' (22 January 1931 – 30 July 1995), was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor.

Born in [[Asmara]], Cicero debuted as an actor, working with directors such as [[Luchino Visconti]] (''[[Senso (film)|Senso]]'', 1953), [[Roberto Rossellini]] (''[[Vanina Vanini]]'', 1961), [[Francesco Rosi]] ([[Salvatore Giuliano (film)|''Salvatore Giuliano'']], 1962) and [[Alberto Lattuada]] (''[[The Steppe (1962 film)|The Steppe]]'', 1962).<ref name=reg>{{cite book|last=Roberto Poppi|title=I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|year=2002|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884401712}}</ref> He starred in eleven films between 1953 and 1962, always in supporting roles.<ref name=reg/> After his directorial debut with ''[[Lo scippo]]'' he directed three [[Spaghetti Western]] films ('' Professionals for a Massacre'', ''Last of the Badmen'', and ''Twice a Judas'').<ref name=spaghetti>{{cite book|last=Marco Giusti|title=Dizionario del western all'italiana|year=2007|publisher=Mondadori, 2007|isbn=978-8804572770}}</ref> From 1970 he focused on comedy genre, directing some [[parody film]]s starred by [[Franco and Ciccio]]. Starting with ''[[The School Teacher]]'' Cicero established himself as one of the most important and successful directors of the [[commedia sexy all'italiana]] film genre.<ref name=sex>{{cite book|last=Michele Giordano|title=La commedia erotica italiana: vent'anni di cinema sexy made in Italy|year=2000|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2000|isbn=888440035X}}</ref> Following the decline of the genre, he retired in 1983; his last film was ''[[Paulo Roberto Cotechiño centravanti di sfondamento|Paulo Roberto Cotechino]]'', starring [[Alvaro Vitali]] and [[Carmen Russo]].<ref name=sex/> He died in 1995 at age 64.

== Filmography == ;Director

* ''[[Lo scippo]]'' (1965) * ''[[Il tempo degli avvoltoi|Last of the Badmen]]'' (1967) * ''[[Red Blood, Yellow Gold]]'' (1967) * ''[[Shoot Twice]]'' (1969) * ''[[Ma chi t'ha dato la patente?]]'' (1970) * ''[[Armiamoci e partite!]]'' (1971) * ''[[Ku-Fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore]]'' (1973) * ''[[The Last Italian Tango]]'' (1973) * ''[[Bella, ricca, lieve difetto fisico, cerca anima gemella]]'' (1973) * ''[[The School Teacher]]'' (1975) * ''[[Il gatto mammone]]'' (1975) * ''[[The Lady Medic]]'' (1976) * ''[[The Nurse on a Military Tour]]'' (1977) * ''[[The Soldier with Great Maneuvers]]'' (1978) * ''[[La liceale, il diavolo e l'acquasanta]]'' (1979) * ''[[L'assistente sociale tutto pepe]]'' (1981) * ''[[W la foca]]'' (1982) * ''[[Paulo Roberto Cotechiño centravanti di sfondamento]]'' (1983)

;Actor {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1954|| ''[[Senso (film)|Senso]]'' || Un soldato || Uncredited |- |1954|| ''[[Folgore Division]]'' || Enrico Damiani || |- |1955|| ''[[Andrea Chénier (film)|Andrea Chénier]]'' || || |- |1955|| ''Il campanile d'oro'' || || |- |1956|| ''[[Roland the Mighty]]'' || Oliviero || |- |1957|| ''El Alamein'' || || Uncredited |- |1959|| ''[[Hercules Unchained]]'' || Lastene || |- |1959|| ''L'inferno addosso'' || The young Police Commissioner || |- |1961|| ''Legge di guerra'' || || |- |1961|| ''[[Vanina Vanini (film)|Vanina Vanini]]'' || Saverio Pontini || |- |1962|| ''[[Salvatore Giuliano (film)|Salvatore Giuliano]]'' || Bandit || Uncredited, (final film role) |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{IMDb name|0162030}}

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