Salvatore Billa
Birthday: 1943-03-31
Place of Birth: Catania, Sicily, Italy
Biography: Salvatore Billa was born in Catania, Sicily, Italy on March 31, 1943. He was an Italian actor and stuntman, and was very active during the seventies and eighties. From the early 1960s until the early 2000s, he appeared in more than 100 films, alternating from a mere extra to important supporting roles. Among these were the films "Once Upon a Time in America" directed by Sergio Leone, "Ginger and Fred" directed by Federico Fellini, “Squadra antifurto” directed by Rosario Trapanese, “I guappi” directed by Don Carluccio Trepalle and “L'uomo delle stele” directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. Billa also worked in television, participating in some TV dramas, with his most famous role as that of the Camorra boss Salvatore Gym in the miniseries “Naso di cane”. Billa appeared in several westerns from “Beyond the Law” (1967) to “Court Martial” (1973). Salvatore died on May 22, 2006 in Rome at the age of 63.
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The Second Wedding Night
When his destituite widowed sister-in-law—whom he had never stopped harbouring feelings for—and her ...
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Shoot First, Die Later
When mobsters try to put an honest policeman on the payroll, he seeks revenge on the mob. But, he so...
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Ginger and Fred
Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act, imitating F...
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Rulers of the City
Tony, a mob loan collector, is dissatisfied with his station in life. Though he dreams of one day be...
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The Heroin Busters
Drug use in the city of Rome is at an all-time high. Children score from dealers in front of their s...
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Adiós, Sabata
Set in Mexico under the rule of Emperor Maximilian I, Sabata is hired by the guerrilla leader Señor ...
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The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist
A vengeful criminal targets the inspector who put him away, but the inspector survives and fakes his...
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Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold
After witnessing the brutal murder of his entire family by Native Americans as a child, Jeremiah Bri...
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The Unholy Four
A young man who has lost his memory, escapes from prison with three other convicts. The other men he...
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The Girl in Room 2A
A sadistic killer cult kidnaps and sacrifices beautiful women. A young girl, just paroled from priso...
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From Corleone to Brooklyn
Maurizio Merli takes up a familiar role as Commissioner Berni; a cop who puts his life on the line t...
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Manhunt in the City
A man's daughter is killed by thieves during a bank robbery. Due to the incompetence of the corrupt ...
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A Man Called Magnum
A drug deal goes bad and the heroin is stolen. One mob boss doesn't have his drugs and the other doe...
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The Invisible Ones
At the beginning of the eighties, Sirio, a young worker of the Terni steelworks with a past in stude...
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Corleone
Two friends grow up together in the Sicily of the '50s. Two different destiny, two different way of ...
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Gunmen and the Holy Ghost
The authorities of Springfield ask Spirito Santo/Holy Ghost, which in turn will require the help of ...
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Contraband
Cigarette smugglers in Naples run into problems with cocaine operations being set up by a rival smug...
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Django Challenges Sartana
Django comes to town to discover that his brother Steve, accused of robbing a bank, has been lynched...
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The Son of the Sheik
The old Emir of the Qudmar discovers he has a natural son in Italy. Secret agents and oil companies ...
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The Gun
Luigi, a middle-aged engineer who, getting increasingly worried about the rising crime rate in his s...
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Circle of Fear
Michael Woods stars as Tony Giordani, a narcotics agent who learns that his wife has been murdered w...
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The Persian Lamb Coat
Piero arrives in Paris from Luino after having won a pool tournament with friends. In the train he m...
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Return of the Holy Ghost
A crook masquerading as an Army Colonel in charge of gold shipments, replaces gold ingots with fakes...
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Count Tacchia
In 1900 in Rome, the poor carpenter Francesco, by a twist of fate, is recognized component of a nobl...
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The Bible: In the Beginning...
Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicki...
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The Repenter
A judge on crusade to take down the Italian Mafia uses a gangster turned state's witness (a so-calle...
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Trastevere
A retired actor's search for his stray pet strings together this episodic portrait of the ancient Ro...
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Grand Prix
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Werewolf Woman
A woman has dreams that she is a werewolf so she goes out and finds men. She proceeds to have sex wi...
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Romeo and Juliet
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Beyond the Law
A thief takes the job as a town sheriff in order to rob a silver shipment before his ex-partner can ...
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Kidnap Syndicate
After his son is kidnapped, a millionaire industrialist seeks revenge, in spite of the potential dan...
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The Black Hand
Antonio, an Italian immigrant in New York finds himself drawn into the Mob when his options are limi...
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Gegè Bellavita
Pregnant with their 10th child, Agata discovers that her lazy husband Gennaro betrays her cheerfully...
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Young, Violent, Dangerous
Paul, Joe and Louie are three young men from good families who decide to go on a bloodthirsty and po...
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Blindman
A blind, but deadly, gunman, is hired to escort fifty mail order brides to their miner husbands. His...
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The Shatterer
Following the opening of a Japanese auto factory in Sicily, the head of the company is kidnapped by ...
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Street People
A Mafia boss is enraged when he is suspected of smuggling a heroin shipment into San Francisco. He d...
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Tre colonne in cronaca
Chronicle of the dark maneuvers put into practice by a politician to seize an opposition newspaper. ...
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Il bambino e il poliziotto
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The Star Maker
The adventures and deceptions of a photographer who travels through small villages of 1950s Sicily p...
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Excellent Cadavers
Palermo, Sicily, 1984. Examining magistrate Giovanni Falcone allies with Tomasso Buscetta, a former ...
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Li chiamarono... briganti!
The story of a group of brigands who fought against Victor Emmanuel II during Italian unification....
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The Voice of the Moon
Odd couple Ivo Salvini, recently released from a mental asylum, and former prefect Gonnella wander t...
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Once Upon a Time in America
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty yea...
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Gangs of New York
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the...
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Ironmaster
A tale that takes place at the dawn of history. The movie tells the story of a tribe that discovers ...
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Free Hand for a Tough Cop
A cop recruits a criminal and his cohorts to help track down a violent crime lord who has kidnapped ...
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The Godfather Part III
In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia d...
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My Darling, My Dearest
Gennarino Laganà is a poor Sicilian who struggles with menial jobs to support his family, while his ...
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Destruction Force
A shoot out after a robbery ends with the death of the Chief of Police. Police detective Ghini goes ...
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Blood and Diamonds
A man is arrested and condemned to five years in jail for robbery. After serving his term, he is out...
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Sotto a chi tocca!
Straccio, a young acrobat, wants to free his beloved Julia, held prisoner in the tyrant's castle. He...
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Italian Sex
A sexy graduate student is giving her thesis presentation, which creates quite a stir since it reve...
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The Miser
Misery money-lender Arpagone is looking to arrange three weddings simultaneously - to cut down on co...
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Blood Brothers
Set in Naples at the end of the 19th century, I Guappi tells the story of a strange friendship betwe...
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The Hawk and the Dove
Fabio Testi is the politician who finds himself descending into a world of drugs and crime when he e...
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Loaded Guns
An air hostess gets involved in Naples, against her will, in the in-fighting amongst rival gangs....
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Magnum Cop
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Hit Squad
A gang of thieves are robbing luxury apartments in Rome, but after emptying the villa of the wealthy...
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Calling All Police Cars
Story about a young girl, the daughter a prominent doctor. When the girl goes missing her father get...
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I Am the Law
Sicily, Fascist Italy, 1925. Dictator Benito Mussolini appoints Cesare Mori, a man as tough as he is...
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Year of the Gun
American novelist David Raybourne accidentally becomes entangled in the Red Brigade's terrorist plan...
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Fantozzi to the Rescue
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Magnificat
During the Middle Ages, a traveling executioner hires an apprentice to learn the finer points of tor...
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The Boss
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Fear in the City
Gianni Manera writes, directs and stars in this violent U.S. based story of Mafia members and Black ...
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Savage Three
By day, Ovidio (Joe Dallesandro) and his two friends work at a data center. After work, they blow of...
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Brothers Till We Die
Vincenzo 'hunchback' plans a robbery on a armored police van with his gang. Once the job is done, hi...
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Tomato
Kwaku, a young African medical student, arrives in Italy where he is to meet his brother Job (nickna...
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The Payoff
Sasà Jovine (Nino Manfredi) is a self-styled lawyer involved in petty businesses with Neapolitan mob...
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And the Ship Sails On
In 1914, a cruise ship sets sail from Naples to spread the ashes of beloved opera singer Edmea Tetua...
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National Lampoon's European Vacation
The Griswolds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent. The...
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Fear in the City
The film focuses on Murri; the token maverick cop. He is called in after a bunch of criminals pull o...
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The Big Racket
Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles a criminal gang terrorizing a sleepy Italian town, e...
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