Ivan Rassimov
Ivan Rassimov | |
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Born |
Trieste, Italy | 7 May 1938
Died |
14 March 2003 64) Rome, Italy | (aged
Occupation | Actor |
Ivan Rassimov (Born Ivan Djerasimović; Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Ђерасимовић) (7 May 1938 – 14 March 2003) was an Italian film actor who appeared in many horror and exploitation films.
Born in Trieste to Serbian parents, Velimir and Vera Djerasimović (née Petrijević), he attended the Slovenian scientific lyceum (realna gimnazija s slovenskim ucnim jezikom) in Trieste. He made his film debut in 1964 after graduating from university and Actors' Studio in Rome. Mostly cast in villainous roles, he appeared in Mario Bava's Planet of the Vampires (1965), Sergio Martino's Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972), Umberto Lenzi's Man from Deep River (1972) and Eaten Alive! (1980), Mario Gariazzo's The Eerie Midnight Horror Show (1974), and Ruggero Deodato's Last Cannibal World (1977), among many other titles.
He retired from acting in 1987. At the time of his tragic motorcycle accident, which led to his death, he was working for a publishing firm in Rome.
His sister, Rada Rassimov, is a film actress. He has a younger brother Milorad (born in 1945), who is a retired music professor, living in Trieste.
Filmography
Year | Title | Directed by | Role | Notes |
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1964 | Super rapina a Milano | Adriano Celentano | As Ivan Rassimovich | |
1965 | Planet of the Vampires | Mario Bava | Carter | |
1966 | La strega in amore | Damiano Damiani | ||
1966 | Un uomo a metà | Vittorio De Seta | ||
1966 | The Bible: In the Beginning | John Huston | Dignitary of Babylon | Uncredited |
1967 | Soledad | Mario Camus | ||
1967 | Il ragazzo che sapeva amare | Enzo Dell'Aquila | ||
1967 | Cjamango | Edoardo Mulargia | Cjamango | As Sean Todd |
1967 | Non aspettare Django, spara | Edoardo Mulargia | Django Foster | As Sean Todd |
1968 | Se vuoi vivere... spara | Sergio Garrone | Django / Johnny Dall | As Sean Todd |
1969 | Sette baschi rossi | Mario Siciliano | ||
1969 | Esa mujer | Mario Camus | Carlos Alcántara | |
1969 | I vigliacchi non pregano | Mario Siciliano | Daniel | As Sean Todd |
1970 | Overrun! | Mario Siciliano | Lt. Crossland | |
1970 | Le tigri di Mompracem | Mario Sequi | Sandokan | |
1971 | Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh | Sergio Martino | Jean | |
1971 | La vendetta è un piatto che si serve freddo | Pasquale Squitieri | Perkins | |
1971 | Cross Current | Tonino Ricci | Burt | |
1972 | All the Colors of the Dark | Sergio Martino | Mark Cogan | |
1972 | Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave | Sergio Martino | Walter | |
1972 | The Man from the Deep River | Umberto Lenzi | John Bradley | |
1972 | Un bianco vestito per Marialé | Romano Scavolini | Massimo | |
1973 | Si può essere più bastardi dell'ispettore Cliff? | Massimo Dallamano | Insp. Cliff | |
1974 | Salvo D'Acquisto | Romolo Guerrieri | TV movie | |
1974 | Spasmo | Umberto Lenzi | Fritz Bauman | |
1974 | The Eerie Midnight Horror Show | Mario Gariazzo | Satan | |
1975 | Il lupo dei mari | Giuseppe Vari | Death Larsen | |
1976 | Inhibition | Paolo Poeti | Peter Smart | |
1976 | Rome Armed to the Teeth | Umberto Lenzi | Antonio 'Tony' Parenzo | |
1976 | Colt 38 Special Squad | Massimo Dallamano | Marsigliese (it. version) / Black Angel (eng. version) | |
1976 | Emanuelle in Bangkok | Joe D'Amato | Prince Sanit | |
1977 | Last Cannibal World | Ruggero Deodato | Rolf | |
1977 | Shock | Mario Bava | Dr. Aldo Spidini | |
1977 | Emanuelle Around the World | Joe D'Amato | Dr. Malcolm Robertson | |
1978 | Spy Kill | Romolo Guerrieri | The Silent | |
1979 | The Humanoid | Aldo Lado | Lord Graal | |
1980 | Eaten Alive! | Umberto Lenzi | Jonas Melvyn | |
1981 | I figli... so' pezzi 'e core | Alfonso Brescia | Lorenzo Berisio | |
1982 | Ciao nemico | Enzo Barboni | Pvt. Russ Baxter | |
1983 | The Atlantis Interceptors | Ruggero Deodato | Bill Cook | |
1984 | Torna | Stelvio Massi | ||
1984 | Buio nella valle | Giuseppe Fina | TV mini-series | |
1985 | I cinque del Condor | Umberto Lenzi | ||
1987 | Appuntamento a Trieste | Bruno Mattei | TV mini-series | |
1987 | Body Count | Ruggero Deodato | Deputy Sheriff Ted |
External links
- Ivan Rassimov at the Internet Movie Database
- Ivan Rassimov at AllMovie
- Interview http://rassimov.netfirms.com/IvanRassimov/IvanIV.htm