title: Tano Cimarosa
text: # Tano Cimarosa
  
  Tano Cimarosa, real name Gaetano Cisco, (1 January 1922 – 24 May 2008) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. He participated in more than fifty movies.
  
  He played the "Blacksmith" in the Oscar-winning film Cinema Paradiso from 1988. He is known to horror film fans for directing Reflections in Black in 1975.
  
  ## Selected filmography
  
  * The Eye of the Needle (1962) - Umberto
  * Mare matto (1963)
  * The Two Parachutists (1965) - Garcia's aide
  * Due mafiosi contro Al Capone (1966) - Gangster
  * I nostri mariti (1966) - The Sicilian Neighbour of Attilia (segment "Il marito di Attilia") (uncredited)
  * The Long, the Short, the Cat (1967) - Il metronotte
  * The Day of the Owl (1968) - Zecchinetta
  * May God Forgive You... But I Won't (1968) - Chico
  * Suicide Commandos (1968) - Calleya
  * Be Sick... It's Free (1968) - Salvatore Laganà-Father of 9 children
  * La morte sull'alta collina (1969) - General Valiente
  * Bootleggers (1969) - Mancho
  * The Tough and the Mighty (1969) - Cartana
  * Police Chief Pepe (1969) - Agente Cariddi
  * The Most Beautiful Wife (1970) - Gaetano Cimarosa
  * A Sword for Brando (1970) - Greedy friar
  * Crepa padrone, crepa tranquillo (1970)
  * Between Miracles (1971) - Zi' Checco
  * La Poudre d'escampette (1971) - Un soldat italien sur la plage
  * In Prison Awaiting Trial (1971) - Un secondino
  * A Girl in Australia (1971) - Emigrante italiano
  * Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte (1971) - Police Commissioner
  * Delirio caldo (1972) - John Lacey 'Crocchetta'
  * Così sia (1972) - Chaco, Gang Boss
  * Italian Graffiti (1973) - Puddu Campolia
  * Riti, magie nere e segrete orge nel trecento... (1973) - (scenes deleted)
  * Gang War in Milan (1973) - Nino Balsamo
  * Oremus, alleluia e così sia (1973) - Chaco
  * Bread and Chocolate (1974) - Gigi
  * Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (1974) - Rosario Agrò
  * Pasqualino Cammarata, Frigate Captain (1974) - Patanò
  * How to Kill a Judge (1975) - Tano Barra - l'assistente di parcheggio
  * L'ammazzatina (1975) - Pasqualino Mosco
  * Il fidanzamento (1975) - Man in the movie (uncredited)
  * Reflections in Black (1975) - Sgt. Pantò
  * The Exorcist: Italian Style (1975) - Turi Randazzo
  * Free Hand for a Tough Cop (1976) - Cravatta
  * L'Italia in pigiama (1977) - Il padre incestuoso
  * Death Hunt (1977) - Tano
  * A Man on His Knees (1979) - Sebastiano Colicchia
  * Café Express (1980) - Panepino, maresciallo Polfer
  * Uomini di parola (1981) - Gaetano Frasca
  * Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone (1983) - Massimo
  * Sicilian Connection (1987) - Don Michele
  * Faida (1988)
  * Cinema Paradiso (1988) - Blacksmith
  * The Dark Sun (1990)
  * Boys on the Outside (1990) - Capo-cantiere
  * C'è posto per tutti (1990)
  * La Sarrasine (1992) - Pasquale Lopinto
  * La discesa di Aclà a Floristella (1992)
  * Anni 90: Parte II (1993) - Mimì Cantalamessa
  * A Pure Formality (1994) - Servant
  * Italia Village (1994)
  * The Star Maker (1995) - Grandpa Bordonaro
  * Spot (1999)
  * Una milanese a Roma (2001)
  * Two Friends (2002) - Pensionato
  * L'anno mille (2008) - Custode (final film role)
  
  ### As director
  
  * Reflections in Black (1975) aka Vice Wears Black Hose
  * Death Hunt (1977, also writer)
  
  ## Biography
  
  Luigia Miniucchi, Il mondo di Tano Cimarosa. 50 anni di cinema italiano, By Bess Edizioni, 2006. 160 pages.
  
  