Gianfranco Parolini (20 February 1925 in Rome, Italy – 26 April 2018 in Rome, Italy)[1] was an Italian film director. He is often credited as Frank Kramer. Among his films are The Sabata Trilogy, several sword and sandal films, most of the Kommissar X films and a number of Spaghetti Westerns.
He claimed to have written over 100 thriller novels before becoming an assistant to Giuseppe D'Amato.[2]
As director
- Francis the Smuggler (1953)
- Samson (1961)
- The Fury of Hercules (1962)
- 79 A.D. (1962)
- The Old Testament (1962)
- The Ten Gladiators (I dieci gladiatori) (1963)
- Mission to Hell (1964)
- 3 Avengers (1964)
- Left Handed Johnny West (1965)
- Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill (1966)
- Kommissar X – In den Klauen des goldenen Drachen (1966)
- The Three Fantastic Supermen (1967)
- If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death (Se incontri Sartana prega per la tua morte) (1968)
- Five for Hell (Cinque per l'inferno), aka Five Into Hell (1969)
- Sabata (Ehi amico ... c'è Sabata, hai chiuso!) (1969)
- Adiós, Sabata (Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di...) (1970)
- Return of Sabata (È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta) (1971)
- God's Gun (Diamante Lobo) (1975)
- We Are No Angels (Noi non siamo angeli) (1975)
Writer
- Fountain of Trevi (1960, directed by Carlo Campogalliani)
Actor
- Little Red Monkey (1955) - Police Inspector May - sanitorium
- The Ten Gladiators (1963) - Livius Verus
- Mission to Hell (1964) - Thug at Information Booth (uncredited)
- Kommissar X – In den Klauen des goldenen Drachen (1966) - Rex
- Kommissar X - Drei blaue Panther (1968) - Smoky
- If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death (1968) - Gambler
- Roma. L'antica chiave dei sensi (1984) - Senator Lucius
- Alla ricerca dell'impero sepolto (1987) - Prof. Alexis Xristopoulos (final film role)
Notes
- ^ Il necrologio dei giusti: è morto Frank Kramer alias Gianfranco Parolini (in Italian)
- ^ "Spaghetti Cinema". wconnolly.blogspot.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
External links
- Gianfranco Parolini at IMDb