# Roberto Bianchi Montero > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roberto_Bianchi_Montero > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roberto_Bianchi_Montero.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Bianchi_Montero > Source revision: 1338331633 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (1907–1986) Roberto Bianchi Montero Born 7 December 1907 Rome, Italy Died 7 December 1986(1986-12-07) (aged 79) Valmontone, Italy Occupations Screenwriter, film director, actor **Roberto Bianchi Montero** (7 December 1907 – 7 December 1986) was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. ## Life and career Born in [Rome](/source/Rome), Bianchi Montero started acting as a teenager on stage and he was a member of an amateur theater group with whom he performed in several festivals.[1] In 1930 he entered the stage company of [Ettore Petrolini](/source/Ettore_Petrolini), and in 1934 he founded his own company.[1][2] In 1936 he got his first film role, and in the late 1930s he also was assistant director for a number of films.[1] After the Second World War, Bianchi Montero directed numerous genre films, usually low-budget productions, in which he often also collaborated to the screenplays.[1][2] He particularly specialized in [melodramas](/source/Melodrama), [Spaghetti Westerns](/source/Spaghetti_Western) and [Commedia sexy all'italiana](/source/Commedia_sexy_all'italiana) films. He was the father of the director [Mario Bianchi](/source/Mario_Bianchi).[2][3] ## Selected filmography - *[Battles in the Shadow](/source/Battles_in_the_Shadow)* (1938) - *[Then We'll Get a Divorce](/source/Then_We'll_Get_a_Divorce)* (1940) - *[The Secret of Villa Paradiso](/source/The_Secret_of_Villa_Paradiso)* (1940) - *[After Casanova's Fashion](/source/After_Casanova's_Fashion)* (1942) - *[Faddija – La legge della vendetta](/source/Faddija_%E2%80%93_La_legge_della_vendetta)* (1949) - *[The Cliff of Sin](/source/The_Cliff_of_Sin)* (1950) - *[A Mother Returns](/source/A_Mother_Returns)* (1952) - *[The Island Monster](/source/The_Island_Monster)* (1954) - *[Goodbye Naples](/source/Goodbye_Naples)* (1955) - *[La sceriffa](/source/La_sceriffa)* (1959) - *[La Pica sul Pacifico](/source/La_Pica_sul_Pacifico)* (1959) - *[Between Shanghai and St. Pauli](/source/Between_Shanghai_and_St._Pauli)* (1962) - *[Tharus Son of Attila](/source/Tharus_Son_of_Attila)* (1962) - *Mondo Balordo* (1964) documentary, released in U.S. 1966 - *[Oklahoma John](/source/Oklahoma_John)* (1965) - *[Desperate Mission](/source/Desperate_Mission_(1965_film))* (1965) - *[The Last Tomahawk](/source/The_Last_Tomahawk)* (1965) - *[Seven Pistols for a Gringo](/source/Seven_Pistols_for_a_Gringo)* (1966) - *[Blueprint for a Massacre](/source/Blueprint_for_a_Massacre)* (1967) - *The Battle of the Damned* ([Italian](/source/Italian_language): *Quella dannata pattuglia*) (1969) - *[36 Hours to Hell](/source/36_Hours_to_Hell)* (1969) - *[The Magnificent Robin Hood](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_magnifico_Robin_Hood)* ([Italian](/source/Italian_language): *Il magnifico Robin Hood*) (1970) - *[The Rangers](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangers_attacco_ora_X)* ([Italian](/source/Italian_language): *Rangers attacco ora X*) (1970) - *[Eye of the Spider](/source/Eye_of_the_Spider)* (1971) - *[So Sweet, So Dead](/source/So_Sweet%2C_So_Dead)* (1972) - *[La cameriera](/source/La_cameriera)* (1974) - *[The Secret Nights of Lucrezia Borgia](/source/The_Secret_Nights_of_Lucrezia_Borgia)* (1982) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bio_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bio_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-bio_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-bio_1-3) Roberto Poppi (2002). *I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri*. Gremese Editore, 2002. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [8884401712](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/8884401712). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-spaghetti_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-spaghetti_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-spaghetti_2-2) Marco Giusti (2007). *Dizionario del western all'italiana*. Mondadori, 2007. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-8804572770](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8804572770). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Louis Paul (8 June 2015). *Italian Horror Film Directors*. McFarland, 2004. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0786487493](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0786487493). ## External links - [Roberto Bianchi Montero](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0080576/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National France BnF data Italy Czech Republic Spain People Deutsche Biographie Other IdRef This biographical article related to film in Italy is a stub. 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