{{Short description|Italian actor (1906–1979)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox person | image = Renato Chiantoni.jpg | caption = Chiantoni in 1952 | name = Renato Chiantoni | birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|4|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = Lombardy, Italy | death_date = {{Death date and age|1979|12|24|1904|4|19|df=yes}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1937-1978 }}
'''Renato Chiantoni''' (19 April 1906 – 24 December 1979) was an Italian actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1937 and 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mymovies.it/biografia/?a=6451 |title=Renato Chiantoni |work=MyMovies |access-date=23 December 2019}}</ref>
Born in Brescia, the son of the stage actor Amedeo, Chiantoni debuted on stage entering several drama and revue companies.<ref name="bio3">{{cite book|last1=Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884402131}}</ref> He was later active as an actor of radio dramas.<ref name="bio3" /> Very active in films as a character actor since the 1930s, after World War II Chiantoni also worked as a director of production and as a documentary director.<ref name="bio3"/>
==Selected filmography== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''Lowered Sails'' (1931) * {{lang|it|Gatta ci cova}} (1937) - {{lang|it|Il cancelliere}} (The Chancellor) * ''Tonight at Eleven'' (1938) - {{lang|it|Il delatore del "Luna Bar"}} (Informer at the "Luna Bar") * {{lang|it|L'ultima carta}} (1938) - {{lang|it|Il brigadiere Sarcot}} (Brigadier Sarcot) * {{lang|it|Il suo destino}} (1938) - Spilunga * ''Ettore Fieramosca'' (1938) - {{lang|it|Il messaggero di Graiano}} (The messenger of Graiano) * {{lang|it|L'ultimo scugnizzo}} (1938) * {{lang|it|Fuochi d'artificio}} (1938) - (uncredited) * {{lang|it|Tre fratelli in gamba}} (1939) - {{lang|it|Il terzo fratello}} (The third brother) * {{lang|it|Il barone di Corbò}} (1939) * {{lang|it|La grande luce - Montevergine}} (1939) - Andrea Lori * ''Guest for One Night'' (1939) - Truchet * {{lang|it|Piccolo hotel}} (1939) * ''The Fornaretto of Venice'' (1939) - {{lang|it|Il sarto testimone al processo}} (The Tailor, witness at the trial) * {{lang|it|Il segreto inviolabile}} (1939) - {{lang|it|Tanaka, il poliziotto}} (Tanaka the policeman) * ''The Hotel of the Absent'' (1939) - {{lang|it|Il signore distinto con il monoclo}} (The distinguished gentleman with the monocle) * ''Bridge of Glass'' (1940) * {{lang|it|Validità giorni dieci}} (1940) - {{lang|it|Il giornalista}} (The journalist) * ''The Two Mothers'' (1940) * {{lang|it|Il ponte dei sospiri}} (1940) * ''The Palace on the River'' (1940) - {{lang|it|Le scrittore illuso}}(The deluded writer) * {{lang|it|Il Bazar delle idee}} (1940) * ''Captain Fracasse'' (1940) - Scapino * ''Saint John, the Beheaded'' (1940) - The Defense Attorney [Script Name: Marcello] * ''La Comédie du bonheur'' (1940) - {{lang|it|L'imbonitore}} (Charlatan) * ''The Mask of Cesare Borgia'' (1941) - {{lang|it|Un paggio}} (A Page) * ''The King's Jester'' (1941) - {{lang|it|Il terzo zingaro}} (The third gypsy) * {{lang|it|Amore imperiale}} (1941) - Boris * {{lang|it|Cenerentola e il signor Bonaventura}} (1941) - Gambamoscia * {{lang|it|Capitan Tempesta}} (1942) * {{lang|it|Il leone di Damasco}} (1942) * ''The Adventures of Fra Diavolo'' (1942) - Sputafuoco * ''Wedding Day'' (1942) - {{lang|it|L'avvocato del tappezziere}} (The upholsterer's lawyer) (uncredited) * {{lang|it|Colpi di timone}} (1942) - {{lang|it|Un azionista all'assemblea}} (A shareholder at the meeting) * {{lang|it|Il birichino di papà}} (1943) - {{lang|it|Il signore chiamato al telefono}} (The gentleman on the phone) * {{lang|it|Dagli Appennini alle Ande}} (1943) * {{lang|it|Il treno crociato}} (1943) - {{lang|it|Vincenzo, un contadino}} (Vincenzo, a farmer) (uncredited) * {{lang|it|Gian Burrasca}} (1943) - Morlacchi * {{lang|it|Macario contro Zagomar}} (1944) * ''L'abito nero da sposa'' (1945) - Bernardino * ''Crime News'' (1947) * ''The Charterhouse of Parma'' (1948) - {{lang|fr|Le soldat a la lettre anonyme}} (The soldier with the anonymous letter) * {{lang|it|Veglia nella notte}} (1948) * {{lang|it|Il corriere di ferro}} (1948) * ''The Black Mask'' (1952) - Damprepois * {{lang|it|La donna che inventò l'amore}} (1952) * {{lang|it|Femmina senza cuore}} (1952) * ''The Golden Coach'' (1952) - Capitaine Fracasse (uncredited) * {{lang|it|Nessuno ha tradito}} (1952) * {{lang|it|La storia del fornaretto di Venezia}} (1952) * {{lang|it|Addio, figlio mio!}} (1953) * ''Puccini'' (1953) - Filippo Tacchi * ''The Enchanting Enemy'' (1953) * ''My Life Is Yours'' (1953) * {{lang|it|Cuore di spia}} (1953) * ''Crossed Swords'' (1954) - Spiga * ''The Barefoot Contessa'' (1954) - Maria Vargas' Father * ''Days of Love'' (1954) - {{lang|it|Francesco, zio di Angela}} (Francesco, Angela's uncle) * ''If You Won a Hundred Million'' (1954) - Roberto Greppi (segment "Il pensionato") * {{lang|it|La grande avventura}} (1954) * {{lang|it|Le village magique}} (1955) * {{lang|it|Accadde tra le sbarre}} (1955) - Il Cavaliere - Mimì's employer * {{lang|it|Il campanile d'oro}} (1955) * ''Rigoletto e la sua tragedia'' (1956) - The Court Poet * ''{{ill|Die Stimme der Sehnsucht|de}}'' (1956) * {{lang|it|Serenata al vento}} (1956) * {{lang|it|Occhi senza luce}} (1956) - prof. Guidotti * ''Song of Naples'' (1957) - The Radio Broadcast Manager * {{lang|it|Un angelo è sceso a Brooklyn}} (1957) - Usher * ''Serenate per 16 bionde'' (1957) - Professor Palazzo * {{lang|it|Mattino di primavera}} (1957) * {{lang|it|Gente felice}} (1957) * ''Il Conte di Matera'' (1958) - {{lang|it|Scherano guercio di Rimbaldo}} (Rambaldo's Henchman) * ''Three Strangers in Rome'' (1958) - Pasquale, forester * {{lang|it|Pia de' Tolomei}} (1958) * {{lang|it|Il mondo dei miracoli}} (1959) - {{lang|it|L'attore della compagnia Damiani}} (actor with the Damiani company) * ''I'll See You in Hell'' (1960) - Paco * ''Robin Hood and the Pirates'' (1960) - Gladiacove * ''Romanoff and Juliet'' (1961) - Joseph the Pilot * ''Il carabiniere a cavallo'' (1961) - Dr. Chiantini (uncredited) * ''Stranger in Sacramento'' (1965) - Deputy * {{lang|it|La colt è la mia legge}} (1965) - Don Luis, Banker * ''War Italian Style'' (1965) - Uncle Luigi * ''Gold Train'' (1965) - Mr. Randall * {{lang|it|Le sedicenni}} (1965) *''Red Roses for Angelica'' (1966) - {{lang|it|Direttore del Carcere}} (Prison Director) * ''Web of Violence'' (1966) * ''Arizona Colt'' (1966) - Undertaker * {{lang|it|El Cisco}} (1966) - Scrubby * ''Il lungo, il corto, il gatto'' (1967) - {{lang|it|Dottore}} (Doctor) (uncredited) * ''La morte non conta i dollari'' (1967) * ''Bang Bang Kid'' (1967) - Hotel Clerk * ''Arabella'' (1967) * ''I Want Him Dead'' (1968) - Duke Newton * ''Trusting Is Good... Shooting Is Better'' (1968) - Dr. Aloisius * {{lang|it|Le 10 meraviglie dell'amore}} (1969) - {{lang|it|Ispettore}} (Inspector) * ''The Secret of Santa Vittoria'' (1969) - Bracolini * {{lang|it|Quell'amore particolare}} (1970) * ''Colt in the Hand of the Devil'' (1970) - Peterson * ''All the Colors of the Dark'' (1972) - Mr. Main * ''Gang War in Naples'' (1972) - Capece's Accountant * ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (1974) - Luigi - the Porter (uncredited) * ''Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno'' (1974) - {{lang|it|Anchise, domestico}} (Anchise the servant) * {{lang|it|Vergine, e di nome Maria}} (1975) * {{lang|it|Movie Rush - La febbre del cinema}} (1976) - Peppe * {{lang|it|La lunga strada senza polvere}} (1977) - Malko * {{lang|it|Per amore di Poppea}} (1977) * {{lang|it|Ride bene... chi ride ultimo}} (1977) - Journalist (segment "{{lang|it|Sedotto e violentato}}") / Prisoner (segment "{{lang|it|Prete per forza}}") * ''Lo chiamavano Bulldozer'' (1978) - Ozgur {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0156989}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chiantoni, Renato}} Category:1906 births Category:1979 deaths Category:Italian male film actors Category:20th-century Italian male actors Category:Actors from Brescia Category:Male actors from Lombardy Category:Italian male stage actors Category:Italian male radio actors