[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]
Giacomo de Michelis was born in Rome, Italy on December 12, 1935. He’s known more for his work as an artist and painter than for his work in the cinema. as a child he became passionate about art because of his grandfather who was a stonemason, in his career he has done numerous exhibitions getting to know various artists including Salvator Dali and Pablo Picasso. He ended up in a coma due to the Crotone earthquake in the 1980s where over 200 works were lost in his exhibition, and the L'Aquila earthquake in 2009 where about 170 of his works were also lost at that time. In 2012, he decided to release new works after an eight-year hiatus. His paintings have been sold to numerous famous people and movie stars including Kirk Douglas, Franck Sinatra, Sean Connery and Charles Bronson. He wrote several poems in Italian including the best known "At the funeral of the battone".
Giacomo de Michelis died in Rome on October 26, 2013 at the age of 78.
Giacomo appeared in nine films between 1972 and 1979 among which was one Spaghetti western as Torreto/Turiddo in 1972’s “Spirito Santo e le cinque magnifiche canaglie” (Gunmen and the Holy Ghost) in 1972 with Torreto/Turiddo.
de MICHELIS, Giacomo [2/12/1935, Rome, Lazio, Italy –
10/26/2013, Rome, Lazio, Italy] – film, TV actor, painter, poet.
Gunmen and the Holy Ghost – 1972 (Torreto/Turiddo)
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