Antonio Cantafora (2 February 1944 – 20 April 2024), also known professionally as Michael Coby, was an Italian film and television actor.
Antonio Cantafora | |
|---|---|
 Cantafora as Coby in Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket, 1975 | |
| Born | 2 February 1944 |
| Died | 20 April 2024 (aged 80) Rome, Italy |
| Other names | Michael Coby |
Life and career
Born in Crotone, Cantafora studied acting with Alessandro Fersen, then he made his film debut in 1967. Thanks to a vague resemblance to the actor Terence Hill, in the 1970s he starred with Paul L. Smith in a brief series of successful action-comedy films that reprise the Bud Spencer-Terence Hill style. Later Cantafora continued his career mainly as a character actor, working with prominent directors such as Federico Fellini, Jerzy Skolimowski, Bruno Barreto, Alberto Lattuada, Mauro Bolognini. Cantafora died of a heart attack in Rome on 20 April 2024, at the age of 80.
Partial filmography
- The Dirty Outlaws (1967) - (uncredited)
- Lo stato d'assedio (1969) - Umberto
- Ombre roventi (1970)
- And God Said to Cain (1970) - Dick Acombar
- Shoot Joe, and Shoot Again (1971) - Jack's Man
- Black Killer (1971) - Ramon O'Hara
- Baron Blood (1972) - Peter Kleist
- Decameron proibitissimo (Boccaccio mio statte zitto) (1972) - Fra' Domenico
- Novelle galeotte d'amore (1972)
- Bounty Hunter in Trinity (1972) - Pizarro
- Metti lo diavolo tuo ne lo mio inferno (1973) - Ricciardetto
- L'affaire Crazy Capo (1973) - Antonio Marchesi
- Supermen Against the Orient (1973) - Max
- ...e continuavano a mettere lo diavolo ne lo inferno (1973) - Ricciardo
- Carambola! (1974) - Toby
- La badessa di Castro (1974) - Giulio Branciforti
- Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket (1975) - Coby
- Convoy Buddies (1975) - Toby
- We Are No Angels (1975) - Angel
- The Diamond Peddlers (1976) - Matteo / Butch
- La casa (1976) - Philip
- Carioca tigre (1976) - Carlo Parodi
- Sahara Cross (1977)
- Enfantasme (1978) - Flavio, le hippy
- Midnight Blue (1979) - Pier Luigi
- Supersonic Man (1979) - Paul
- The Bitch (1979) - Nico Cantafora
- The Cricket (1980) - Alberto 'Cipria' Antonelli
- Gabriela (1983) - Tonico Bastos
- Scream for Help (1984) - Man At Motel
- Demons 2 (1986) - Ingrid's Father
- Puro cashmere (1986) - Jody
- Intervista (1987) - Spouse
- Il coraggio di parlare (1987) - Caporale
- Der Commander (1988) - Nick De Carlo
- Donna d'ombra (1988) - Vincenzo
- Torrents of Spring (1989) - Richter
- Vacanze di Natale '90 (1990) - Pippo
- Il ritorno del grande amico (1990)
- In camera mia (1992) - Mannari
- Giovanni Falcone (1993) - Totuccio Inzerillo
- Power and Lovers (1994) - Toto
- A spasso nel tempo (1996) - Casanova
- Marquise (1997)
- Il decisionista (1997)
- Hammamet Village (1997)
- Buck and the Magic Bracelet (1998) - Sergeant O'Connor
- The Card Player (2004) - Vice Squad Chief Marini
- I Viceré (2007)
- Uno di famiglia (2018) - Cicciuzzo
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