Hospitalization in RSA – His partner Francesca Della Valle and doctor Fulvio Tomaselli denounced the actor’s psychophysical deterioration during his months-long hospitalization in RSA last November. His son Massimiliano had therefore stated that he wanted to display both “to protect the father and his privacy”. Then, on November 8, the actor was transferred to the Gemelli Polyclinic after breaking a femur, to then be taken to the rehabilitation center, where he died.
The beginnings with Germi – Lando Buzzanca, born Gerlando Buzzanca, was born on August 25, 1935 in Palermo to a family of actors. He finishes his studies in the Sicilian capital and moves to Rome at the age of seventeen. He made his official debut in 1961 with Pietro Germi, who chose him to play Rosario Mulé in Divorzio all’italiana and later Antonio in Seduced and Abandoned.
Prototype of the Latin man – Buzzanca often plays stereotypical roles of the Sicilian male lover of women, but a bit silly, so much so that film critics initially relegated him to the ranks of character actors and performers of B-series cinema, with the exception of the lead role in 1967’s “Don Giovanni in
Sicily”, directed by Alberto Lattuada.
The male blackbird of cinema – He rose to international fame with ‘The Blackbird,’ a sexy 1971 Italian comedy directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile. In the years that followed, he found himself alongside famous actresses such as Claudia Cardinale, Catherine Spaak, Barbara Bouchet, Senta Berger and Joan Collins.
No to sexy comedy – Buzzanca does not adapt to the fashion of sexy Italian comedy and refuses to appear in films like those that will produce famous actors such as Alvaro Vitali and Edwige Fenech, Gloria Guida and Gianfranco D’Angelo.
roles on television – Back in 2005 to work for TV with the fiction “My Son” in the role of father
a homosexual boy who achieved extraordinary success with the public, so that five years later a sequel was produced, “My son and I – New stories for Commissioner Vivaldi”, which was broadcast in 2010, the year that Buzzanca also appears in the miniseries “The Banca Romana Scandal” and “Capri 3”. In 2007 he starred in the feature film I Vicerè by Roberto Faenza, for which he was nominated for David di Donatello for Best Actor and won the Golden Globe for Best Actor.
senile dementia – As of 2021, the actor has been suffering from the effects of a disabling illness that has affected his mental and cognitive abilities. He was then admitted to a disease management clinic until his death today