Renato Terra

Renato Terra (26 July 1922 – 28 November 2010), also known by the alias Ryan Earthpick, was an Italian actor and later a poet.

Renato Terra
Terra, c. 1954
Born	(1922-07-26)26 July 1922 Naples, Kingdom of Italy
Died	28 November 2010(2010-11-28) (aged 88) Rome, Italy
Occupations	Actor poet
Years active	1938–1981

Biography

Terra had a career working in film as an actor, and appeared in over 80 movies. In 1977 he retired to become a poet.

He attended the Experimental Center of Cinematography in Rome and also used the alias Ryan Earthpick during his career. During the shooting of a film, he fell from a horse and permanently broke his nose. During his post-actor career as a poet, he published the book Che Strano Paese.^[1]

Selected filmography

Renato Terra and Brunella Bovo in Vivo di te

• The Black Corsair (1938)
• Return to Naples (1949) – Nino
• Path of Hope (1950) – Mommino
• Hearts at Sea (1950)
• Vivo di te (1951, Short)
• The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo (1952)
• I falsari (1953)
• A Husband for Anna (1953) – Il palpeggiatore
• Senso (1954) – Un soldato (uncredited)
• Proibito (1955)
• The Bachelor (1956) – Tiberio
• Nero's Weekend (1956)
• Kean (1957)
• White Nights (1957) – Un coinvolto nella rissa
• Un angelo è sceso a Brooklyn (1957)
• Ragazzi della marina (1957)
• Peppino, le modelle e chella là (1957)
• The Italians They Are Crazy (1958)
• Toto and Marcellino (1958)
• Piece of the Sky (1958) – La guardia giovane (uncredited)
• Giovane canaglia (1958) – complice di Daves
• Il romanzo di un giovane povero (1958)
• Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) – Eladio
• The Law Is the Law (1958)
• La sfida (1958)
• Carmela è una bambola (1958) – Silvio
• Pia de' Tolomei (1958)
• Tuppe tuppe, Marescià! (1958)
• Destinazione Sanremo (1959)
• Le cameriere (1959)
• Goliath and the Barbarians (1959)
• Un maledetto imbroglio (1959) – Man at the Notary's
• David and Goliath (1960)
• Carthage in Flames (1960)
• The Angel Wore Red (1960) (uncredited)
• Goliath and the Dragon (1960) – Antoneos
• Black Sunday (1960) – Boris
• Rocco and His Brothers (1960) – Alfredo, Ginetta's brother
• I'll See You in Hell (1960)
• Robin Hood and the Pirates (1960) – Barbanera
• Constantine and the Cross (1961) Jailer
• The Seven Revenges (1961)
• Gioventù di notte (1961) – Brigadiere
• I tartari (1961)
• Goliath and the Vampires (1961)
• Il brigante (1961)
• Accattone (1961) – Farlocco #2
• Black City (1961) – Un agente
• Maciste contro Ercole nella valle dei guai (1961)
• The Giant of Metropolis (1961) – Il Giovane Scienzato
• Accroche-toi, y'a du vent! (1961)
• The Italian Brigands (1961) – Il Brigante
• Madame (1961) – Un sans-culotte (uncredited)
• I due marescialli (1961)
• Disorder (1962)
• Alone Against Rome (1962) – Gladiator Trainer
• Night Train to Milan (1962) – Sottufficiale di polizia
• Toto and Peppino Divided in Berlin (1962) – 9
• Sodom and Gomorrah (1962) – (uncredited)
• Agostino (1962)
• Carmen di Trastevere (1962) – Gerardo, a Latin Lover
• Il mare (1962)
• The Four Monks (1962) – Un paesano
• Uno strano tipo (1963)
• The Fall of Rome (1963)
• Il monaco di Monza (1963)
• Il Fornaretto di Venezia (1963)
• Hands over the City (1963) – Giornalista (uncredited)
• Hercules Against the Mongols (1963) – Karikan
• I 4 tassisti (1963)
• Liolà (1964)
• None But the Lonely Spy (1964) – Policeman
• Love in Four Dimensions (1964) – (segment "Amore e alfabeto")
• L'ultima carica (1964)
• Hercules Against the Barbarians (1964)
• La vita agra (1964)
• Grand Canyon Massacre (1964) – Curly Mason
• Sette contro la morte (1964)
• Castle of the Living Dead (1964) – Policeman
• I due evasi di Sing Sing (1964) – Jim Doris
• The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) – Un indemoniato
• Intrigo a Los Angeles (1964) – Elston
• Un mostro e mezzo (1964)
• Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens (1964) – Saracen Leader
• Una storia di notte (1964)
• Il vendicatore mascherato (1964)
• Tres dólares de plomo (1964)
• The Revenge of Ivanhoe (1965) – Tuck
• Letti sbagliati (1965)
• The Dirty Game (1965)
• La violenza e l'amore (1965)
• I complessi (1965) (segment "Il Complesso della Schiava nubiana")
• The Dreamer (1965)
• Man from Canyon City (1965)
• Thrilling (1965) (segment "L'autostrada del sole")
• Seven Golden Men (1965)
• Agente S 03: Operazione Atlantide (1965) – Fatima's Henchman (uncredited)
• I Knew Her Well (1965) – Man in the caravan
• Made in Italy (1965) – Immigrant (segment "6, Final episode")
• Weekend, Italian Style (1965) – Giovanni – the valet
• Lo scippo (1965)
• Seven Golden Men Strike Again (1966)
• Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966)
• Seven Dollars on the Red (1966) – Manuel
• Savage Gringo (1966)
• Wake Up and Die (1966)
• The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen (1966)
• Knives of the Avenger (1966) – Hagen's Henchman (uncredited)
• Tabú (1966) (uncredited)
• Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966)
• Kill or Be Killed (1966) – Doctor
• Eroe vagabondo (1966)
• Ballata da un miliardo (1967)
• Requiescant (1967) – Alonso
• Gente d'onore (1967)
• Delitto a Posillipo – Londra chiama Napoli (1967)
• Requiescant (1967)
• El 'Che' Guevara (1969) – Sergeant
• Le lys de mer (1969)
• Ma chi t'ha dato la patente? (1970)
• Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
• L'arbitro (1974)
• Paolo il freddo (1974)
• Jesus of Nazareth (1977, TV Mini-Series) – Abel

References

1. "Westerns...All'Italiana!: RIP Renato Terra". westernsallitaliana.blogspot.com. 6 December 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2020.