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Walter Santesso(1931-2008)

  • Actor
  • Writer
  • Director
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Walter Santesso
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Walter Santesso was born on 27 February 1931 in Vigonza, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for La Dolce Vita (1960), La carica delle patate (1979) and Eroe vagabondo (1966). He died on 20 January 2008 in Vigonza, Veneto, Italy.
BornFebruary 27, 1931
DiedJanuary 20, 2008(76)
BornFebruary 27, 1931
DiedJanuary 20, 2008(76)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win total

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Known for

Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg in La Dolce Vita (1960)
La Dolce Vita
8.0
  • Paparazzo
  • 1960
La carica delle patate (1979)
La carica delle patate
6.0
  • Writer
  • 1979
Eroe vagabondo (1966)
Eroe vagabondo
7.0
  • Actor
  • 1966
Il volo di Teo (1990)
Il volo di Teo
6.0
  • Writer
  • 1990

Credits

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Actor

  • Mercanti di vergini (1969)
    Mercanti di vergini
    4.7
    • 1969
  • Eroe vagabondo (1966)
    Eroe vagabondo
    7.0
    • 1966
  • Objetivo: las estrellas (1963)
    Objetivo: las estrellas
    3.6
    • Lucas
    • 1963
  • Girl from La Mancha (1962)
    Girl from La Mancha
    6.4
    • Diego (as Walter Santeso)
    • 1962
  • Caporale di giornata (1961)
    Caporale di giornata
    6.0
    • Felice Pavan (uncredited)
    • 1961
  • L'urlo dei bolidi (1961)
    L'urlo dei bolidi
    • Stefano Valle
    • 1961
  • Cronache del '22 (1961)
    Cronache del '22
    5.5
    • Gianni (segment "Spedizione punitiva")
    • 1961
  • Scano Boa (1961)
    Scano Boa
    6.0
    • 1961
  • Mina, Delia Scala, and Diana Frank in Madri pericolose (1960)
    Madri pericolose
    5.6
    • Peppino detto 'Dolce Vita'
    • 1960
  • Mobby Jackson (1960)
    Mobby Jackson
    • 1960
  • Danger in the Middle East (1960)
    Danger in the Middle East
    6.0
    • 1960
  • Love and Larceny (1960)
    Love and Larceny
    7.1
    • Paparazzo (uncredited)
    • 1960
  • Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg in La Dolce Vita (1960)
    La Dolce Vita
    8.0
    • Paparazzo
    • 1960
  • I mafiosi (1959)
    I mafiosi
    5.7
    • 1959
  • Avventura a Capri (1959)
    Avventura a Capri
    4.4
    • Giulio
    • 1959

Writer

  • Il volo di Teo (1990)
    Il volo di Teo
    6.0
    • screenplay
    • 1990
  • La carica delle patate (1979)
    La carica delle patate
    6.0
    • writer
    • 1979
  • Eroe vagabondo (1966)
    Eroe vagabondo
    7.0
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1966

Director

  • Il volo di Teo (1990)
    Il volo di Teo
    6.0
    • Director
    • 1990
  • La carica delle patate (1979)
    La carica delle patate
    6.0
    • Director
    • 1979
  • Eroe vagabondo (1966)
    Eroe vagabondo
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1966

Videos1

La Dolce Vita: [2-Disc Collectors Edition]
Trailer 0:31
La Dolce Vita: [2-Disc Collectors Edition]

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Walter Santeso
  • Born
    • February 27, 1931
    • Vigonza, Veneto, Italy
  • Died
    • January 20, 2008
    • Vigonza, Veneto, Italy(undisclosed)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    It was Walter Santesso's character, Paparazzo, a news photographer in the 1960 Fellini film, La Dolce Vita that gave us the name used for aggressive freelance photographers who pursue celebrities to get photographs of them, hence the name, "Paparazzi".

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