Giancarlo Prete

Giancarlo Prete
Giancarlo Prete - Il cittadino si ribella
Born(1943-02-05)February 5, 1943
DiedMarch 9, 2001(2001-03-09) (aged 58)
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)Actor, stuntman and dubbing director
SpouseElizabeth Jacinto

Giancarlo Prete (5 February 1943 – 9 March 2001) was an Italian actor.

After he worked in the cinema as stuntman, Prete went to Alessandro Fersen's acting school (where he later returned as a teacher) and began to act in many films and in television serials, sometimes credited under the name Timothy Brent or Philip Garner.[1][2]

In the following years Prete worked as dubbing director and acted only in television productions (including the Space: 1999 episode "The Troubled Spirit" as Dr. Dan Mateo).[1]

He was married to Elizabeth Jacinto and had a son named Alessandro, who is also an actor.[1]

Giancarlo Prete died on 9 March 2001 of a brain tumour at the age of 58.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d "Muore l'attore Giancarlo Prete - Trovacinema". trovacinema.repubblica.it (in Italian). 2001-03-09. Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  2. ^ Lentz, Harris M. (2002-04-16). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2001: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-7864-1278-5.