Tonino Ricci

Tonino Ricci
Born23 October 1927
Rome, Italy
Died9 March 2014
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, film producer

Tonino Ricci (23 October 1927 – 9 March 2014), sometimes credited as Anthony Richmond,[1][self-published source][2] was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Ricci was born Teodoro Ricci in Rome on October 23, 1927.[2] He began working in film as an assistant director in the early 1960s and is credited in such films as The Mercenaries (1961), Sword of the Conqueror (1961), and Superargo and the Faceless Giants (1968).[2] He made his directorial debut with the 1969 war film Salt in the Wound.[2]

Ricci died March 9, 2014, in Rome.[2]

  1. ^ Prickette, James (20 January 2012). Actors of the Spaghetti Westerns. Google Books: Xlibris. ISBN 978-1469144276.
  2. ^ a b c d e Lentz III, Harris M. (7 May 2015). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2014. McFarland & Company. p. 288. ISBN 978-0786476664.