Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Ignazio Dolce

[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.]

Ignazio Dolce was an Italian director and actor. He appeared in thirty-nine films between 1959 and 1969. He was also an assistant director on thirty-eight films between 1962 and 1984 and a production manager on eight films between 1983 and 1992.

Born in Palermo, Sicily on March 26, 1933, Dolce graduated at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, and starting from the late 1950s he began a career as a character actor. Almost simultaneously he started a parallel career as a second unit director, often collaborating with Gianfranco Parolini and Antonio Margheriti. He debuted as a director in 1975 with the black comedy “L'ammazzatina”, and in the late 1980s he specialized in low-budget war films, being usually credited as Paul D. Robinson. Dolce died in Rome on January 6, 2010, at the age of 76.

“Il segno di Zorro” (The Sign of Zorro) as the alcalde in 1963, “I sentieri dell’odio” (Bullets and Flesh) as a client in 1964, and “Johnny West il mancino” (Johnny West) in 1965.

DOLCE, Ignazio (aka I. Dolce Ignazio Doci, Ignacius Dolce, Ignazio Dolci, Paul D. Robinson, Steve Robinson) [3/26/1933, Palermo, Sicily, Italy – 1/6/2010, Rome, Lazio, Italy] – C.S.C., producer, production manager, director, assistant director, writer, film, TV actor.

Duel at the Rio Grande – 1963 (alcalde)

Bullets and Flesh – 1964 (client)

Johnny West – 1965