Ignazio Balsamo

Ignazio Balsamo (25 October 1912 – 7 August 1994) was an Italian film and stage actor. Life and career Born in Catania, Balsamo began his career on stage, being part of several Sicilian language theatrical companies. Discovered by Pietro Germi, who offered him a role of weight in the film In the Name of the Law, following the success of the film Balsamo moved to Rome where he had a long film career as a character actor, mainly cast in roles of Sicilian criminals and villains. He also worked as a production coordinator and a production runner for the companies Fortunia Film and Romana Film. Balsamo was also author of two plays in Sicilian language, Casa Cantoniera and Tila di ragnu. Selected filmography In the Name of the Law (1949) - Francesco Messana Outlaw Girl (1950) - Ciro Sollima The Fighting Men (1950) - Antonio Schepisi Il caimano del Piave (1951) - Sergente siciliano al fronte Behind Closed Shutters (1951) - Minor Role (uncredited) Tragic Serenade (1951) La vendetta di una pazza (1951) Anna (1951) - Un agente di pubblica sicurezza (uncredited) What Price Innocence? (1952) - Giovanni Ergastolo (1952) Girls Marked Danger (1952) - Il Francese I tre corsari (1952) - Van Stiller Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair (1952) - Van Stiller La carovana del peccato (1953) Addio, figlio mio! (1953) - Martinelli Neapolitan Turk (1953) - Luigi La lupa (1953) - Don Antonio, Imbornone's Secretary The Ship of Condemned Women (1953) - Duràn Genoese Dragnet (1954) - Giovanni Feruglio Letter from Naples (1954) - The Police Commissioner Cuore di mamma (1954) - Biagio Carrino Acque amare (1954) - Police Commissioner It Happened at the Police Station (1954) - Taxi driver La Luciana (1954) Buonanotte...