Personal Info
Birth date
1943-04-02 (82 Years)
Day of death
2021-01-06
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Montelepre, Palermo, Italy
Also known as
Antonio Sabáto
Antonio Sabãto
Antonio Sabato
Антонио Сабато
Antonio Sabàto
Biography
Antonio Sabato was born on April 2, 1943 in Montelepre, Italy as Antonio Sabato Sr. He is known for his work on Grand Prix (1966), Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972) and War of the Robots (1978). He is married to Yvonne Sabato. They have one child.
Filmography
Barbarella
6
Overview:
In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.Grand Prix
7.213
Overview:
The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a series of races, American wheelman Pete Aron is dropped by his sponsor. Refusing to quit, he joins a Japanese racing team. While juggling his career with a torrid love affair involving an ex-teammate's wife, Pete must also contend with Jean-Pierre Sarti, a French contestant who has previously won two world titles.High Voltage
5.308
Overview:
After unknowingly robbing a money laundering operation the heist crew must avoid mobsters.Beyond the Law
5.8
Overview:
A thief takes the job as a town sheriff in order to rob a silver shipment before his ex-partner can grab it.Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
6.2
Overview:
A maniac on the loose is committing savage acts of slaughter, and one survivor may be the only key to unmasking the serial slayer known as the Half-Moon Killer. The mysterious half-moon lockets he leaves with his victims could be the only key to unraveling his sinister motives, but will that be enough before he completes his ice-cold plot to claim his intended seven victims?One Dollar Too Many
6.5
Overview:
Suave gambler Clay Watson, cocky sharpshooter Moses Lang, and wily thespian Edwin Kean are a trio of criminals in the Old West. The motley threesome are forced to form an uneasy alliance in order to find $400,000 dollars in stolen money.Twice a Judas
5.7
Overview:
Luke Barrett, having lost his memory due to an accident, does not realize that Dingus had killed his wife and brother to take possession of the Barretts' land and money. At first Luke trusts him, but while looking for his forgotten identity he discovers the truth.Tuareg: Desert Warrior
5.8
Overview:
In a desolate section of the Sahara once ruled by the French, two thirsty men stumble into the camp of a Tuareg warrior where they're given water and shelter. Soldiers from the new Arab government now arrive by Jeep and demand the two men be turned over to them. The warrior refuses, citing the sacred laws of hospitality. The soldiers shoot dead one of the men and carry off the other - a political foe of the new government. The warrior mounts his camel and rides off to rescue his kidnapped guest.When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong
2.2
Overview:
In this prehistoric adaptation of Aristophanes ' 'Lysistrata' and 'Women at the Themophoria,' a frustrated wife convinces the women of warring tribes to abstain from sex with their male partners in an attempt to end the fighting.Thunder
5.196
Overview:
A native America named Thunder returns home only to find that his ancestral burial ground is being destroyed by construction workers. He tries to put a stop to it, but the law is not only not on his side, but he is banished from town, beaten up, and left for dead. Now he wants his revenge...Diary of a Telephone Operator
5.8
Overview:
Marta works as a telephone operator for a telephone company. She lives with her friend Nanda in Nanda's flat. But Nanda's priority is above anything else to find a husband.Escape from the Bronx
4.795
Overview:
A ragtag group of people have to fight extermination squads amid their ruined city.The New Godfathers
6.8
Overview:
A revolution in Iran halts a heroin shipment, but an alliance of crime families is set on getting it to the US. They decide to run the drug through an unsuspecting network of good-natured, local smugglers in Naples, while an international anti-narcotics agent rushes to shut their operation down. Betrayals and divided loyalties lead to a final, bloody confrontation in America.The Lady of Monza
4.556
Overview:
A true story taken from the archives of the archdiocese of Milan. Based on the life of Marianna De Leyva, better known as "The Nun of Monza," a 17th century nun accused of and tried by the church for breaking celibacy and plotting murder.The War of the Robots
3.2
Overview:
An alien civilization, which facing eminent extinction, kidnaps two famous genetic scientists from Earth. A troop of soldiers is dispatched to combat the humanoid robots and rescue the victims.Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
7.7
Overview:
A documentary concerning the violent Italian 'poliziotteschi' cinematic movement of the 1970s which, at first glance, seem to be rip-offs of American crime films like DIRTY HARRY or THE GODFATHER, but which really address Italian issues like the Sicilian Mafia and red terrorism. Perhaps even more interesting than the films themselves were the rushed methods of production (stars performing their own stunts, stealing shots, no live sound) and the bleed-over between real-life crime and movie crime.Naples... The Camorra Challenges, the City Hits Back
4.9
Overview:
Italian crime movie from 1979 directed by Alfonso Brescia.Hate for Hate
5
Overview:
After being captured during a bank robbery, a cowboy is sent to a prison located in a swamp, where he contracts malaria. He soon escapes and, with the help of a Mexican, sets out to track down his partner, who escaped from the bank robbery with all the money.Calling All Police Cars
6.1
Overview:
Story about a young girl, the daughter a prominent doctor. When the girl goes missing her father gets the police to jump into action because of his class status and wealth.Where the Bullets Fly
3.3
Overview:
Young adventurer Gipo owns one fifth of a rock illustrating the location of a rich gold mine. Risking his life more than once and with the help of the beautiful hooker, Lulu Belle, our hero sets out to recover the missing pieces.Crimebusters
5.4
Overview:
Major Paolo Altieri of the Paratroopers Corps foils the kidnapping of child, but becomes the victim himself of a violent assault by the bandits. He realises that the criminals have used an experimental machine gun that's used only in his own Corps. Altieri begins to take part in police raids on criminal activities, and ultimately discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the democratic government.Gang War in Milan
6.5
Overview:
A Milan pimp faces off against a ruthless and greedy French gangster whom wants to unite organized crime in Italy.Crime Boss
6.4
Overview:
Hit man Antonio Mancuso travels to Italy to make the big time. He meets and befriends Mafia boss Don Vincenzo. Mancurso becomes part of the organization and the more he gets to know Vincenzo the more he wants his job but Mancurso will learn that success can come at a severe cost.Eye of the Spider
4.5
Overview:
A diamond robber, who was left behind in the hands of the police, gets out of prison and teams up with the man who funded the robbery, but who never saw the loot, to get even with the other members of the gang.The Man with Icy Eyes
4.4
Overview:
A state senator is murdered outside his home, and the police arrest a strange man described as having "icy eyes" for the crime. An Italian reporter finds a stripper who claims to have been an eyewitness to the assassination and saw the man with the icy eyes commit it. At his trial she testifies against him, and he's sentenced to death. However, the reporter soon begins to find holes in the stripper's story, and other circumstances arise which makes him believe that the wrong man may have been convictedViolence for Kicks
5.3
Overview:
A gang of young and ruthless bikers terrorizes the streets of Rome for no other reason than kicks and to kill their copious amounts of spare time. They purposelessly gang-rape random girls, beat up pedestrians, deal hard drugs, organize illegal street races, menace witnesses, murder city employees and commit violent heists even though they don't need any money as they're all the offspring of rich & eminent citizens. The tough police inspector De Gregori rapidly becomes very frustrated because each time he arrests the arrogant gang leader Stefano, his daddy's attorneys arrange a release warrant the exact same day. But when the gang's aggressions gradually become viler and De Gregori's own wife becomes the target of an assault, he decides to enforce the law slightly more drastic.The Last Desperate Hours
6
Overview:
Paolo Mancuso is a gang boss whose rivals want dead. During a failed assassination attempt, he is bitten by an infected lab rat. In the short time he has left to live, he tracks down his enemies and kills them one by one.Wild Team
6
Overview:
A South American rebel leader in exile in Miami is given one last chance to overthrow his successor, a brutal dictator, by a multi-national mining group out to exploit his countries' mineral resources.This Time I'll Make You Rich
NYR
Overview:
Joe Esposito, an italo-american, and Brad McCoy, a Scottish man, are engaged by Giorgiakis to be his bodyguards, due to their physical stature, and muscular development. Only, on the cover, both men are dealing in drugs... Wang and his gang get interested in a particular big cache of drugs, and therefore Giorgiakis, and his bodyguards, will find themselves under unexpected pressure.Acting
2012Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s as Self
2006Pushing the Limit : The Making of Grand Prix as Self
1997High Voltage as Carlo
1988Bye Bye Vietnam as Razor
1985Wild Team as Martin
1984Tuareg: Desert Warrior as The Captain
1983Thunder as Thomas
1983Escape from the Bronx as Dablone / Toblerone
1983Zampognaro innamorato as Marito di Angela
1980Your Life for My Son as Antonio Esposito
1979The New Godfathers as Don Michele Vizzini
1979Naples... The Camorra Challenges, the City Hits Back as Vito
1978The War of the Robots as Captain John Boyd
1977Sawed-Off Shotgun as Unknown
1977Gangsters as Unknown
19764 Billion in 4 Minutes as Raffaele
1976Violence for Kicks as Inspector De Gregori
1976Crimebusters as Tosi
1975Calling All Police Cars as Commissioner Fernando Solmi
1975El clan de los Nazarenos as Jorge
1975Fists of Fire as Himself
1974The Last Desperate Hours as Paolo Mancuso
1974This Time I'll Make You Rich as Joe Esposito
1973Gang War in Milan as Salvatore Cangemi
1972Sentence of God as Roy, detto 'El Santo'
1972Crime Boss as Antonio Mancuso
1972Seven Blood-Stained Orchids as Mario Gerosa
1972Where the Bullets Fly as Jonathan 'Jeepo' Poe
1971Eye of the Spider as Paul Valéry / Frank Vogel
1971When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong as Ari
1971The Man with Icy Eyes as Eddie Mills
1970Black Lemons as Rosario Inzulìa
1969Lovemaker as Giorgio Marelli
1969Diary of a Telephone Operator as Carmelo
1969The Lady of Monza as Giampaolo Ossio
1968Barbarella as Jean-Paul (uncredited)
1968Twice a Judas as Luke Barrett
1968One Dollar Too Many as Moses Lang
1968Beyond the Law as Ben Novack
1968Western, Italian Style as Self
1967Hate for Hate as Miguel
1966Grand Prix as Nino Barlini
1966Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions as Self
1966Lo scandalo as Mauro