Gianni Dei

Gianni Dei (21 December 1940, Bologna – 19 October 2020, Rome) is an Italian actor and singer. In his film career spanning from the 1960s to the 1980s, he starred in many genres, from comedy to thriller, mostly in low-budget productions.

Cinema career

After finishing high school in Bologna, he moved to Rome to pursue acting. He made his big screen debut in 1960 with a small role in Mario Camerini's film Via Margutta. After a few supporting roles, he took on his first leading role in 1967 in Massimo Franciosa's romantic comedy for teenagers, Pronto... c'è una certa Giuliana per te.

He appeared in other leading roles in the following years, but most of them were B-grade films; The 1980 horror film Patrick vive ancora is one of the well-known works of this period.

In his career of nearly forty films, he also appeared in productions such as Lucio Fulci's I due pericoli pubblici (1964), Madame Bovary (1969) and Giallo a Venezia (1979).

Music

She also worked as a pop singer from the late 1980s, releasing multiple albums between 1988 and 2010. He died in Rome on October 19, 2020, at the age of 79.