Biography
Rik Battaglia (byname of Caterino Bertaglia; 18 February 1927 – 27 March 2015) was an Italian film actor. He was born at Corbola, near Rovigo, Veneto.
He mainly used the stage name of Rik Battaglia although alternate names he used for his films included Rick Austin, Riccardo Battaglia and Rick Battaglia. He would go on to appear in over 100 films from the 1955 to 1999. He went to sea at the age of 17 and worked on a freighter. He was discovered in a bar and producer Carlo Ponti hired him on the spot and signed to his first film in 1955's The River Girl, directed by Mario Soldati and opposite Sophia Loren, playing a cigarette smuggler who has a tempestuous love affair with a young and sexy Sophia Loren (Ponti's wife). He then played the title role in Pietro Francisci's 1956 historical movie Roland the Mighty.
He then took two years of drama classes and appeared in a number of historical and peplum films, such as The Mighty Crusaders (1958, Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia), Hannibal (1959, Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Edgar G. Ulmer), Caesar the Conqueror (1962, Tanio Boccia), and A Queen for Caesar (1962, Piero Pierotti). He was also seen in the Hollywood adventure Raw Wind in Eden (1958, Richard Wilson). He also played in Esther and the King (1960), From a Roman Balcony (1960, by Mauro Bolognini) and in the biblical epic Sodom and Gomorrah (1962, by Robert Aldrich).
Battaglia appeared in adventure films such as Attack of the Moors (1959, Mario Costa), The Conqueror of the Orient (1960, Tanio Boccia), The Lion of St. Mark (1963, Luigi Capuano) and Sandokan the Great (1963, Umberto Lenzi), and horror films such as Nightmare Castle (1965, Mario Caiano).
He became a regular in the Karl May films, and in Spaghetti Westerns and adventure films. Some of these included Old Shatterhand (1963), The Pyramid of the Sun God (1965), Legacy of the Incas (1965), Winnetou and Old Firehand (1966), Black Jack (1968), The Valley of Death (1968), Duck, You Sucker! (1971), The Call of the Wild (1972), White Fang (1973), Challenge to White Fang (1974) and A Man Called Blade (1977). His other films included 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (1971), Treasure Island (1972, as Captain Smollett), the Agatha Christie adaptation Ten Little Indians (1974), the Sergio Leone co-produced western A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe (1975), and Vincente Minnelli's A Matter of Time (1976). Battaglia also appeared in Deported Women of the SS Special Section (1976), Suor Emanuelle (1977), Il prefetto di ferro (1977), Return of the 38 Gang (1977), Zappatore (1980) and Don Bosco (1988). His last feature film was Buck ai confini del cielo (1991) he retired from films in 1999.
Filmography
all 87
Movies 85
self 2
TV Shows 2
Winnetou darf nicht sterben (2007)
Pumuckls Abenteuer (1999)
Born to Be a Warrior (1994)
The Flesh and the Devil (1992)
Murder in Blue Light (1991)
Buck at the Edge of Heaven (1991)
La ragazza del metrò (1989)
Cuore in gola (1988)
Don Bosco (1988)
Detective School Dropouts (1986)
Giuro che ti amo (1986)
The Repenter (1985)
Liberté, égalité, choucroute (1985)
Bomber (1982)
Giuramento (1982)
La tua vita per mio figlio (1980)
Lo scugnizzo (1979)
The New Godfathers (1979)
Naples... The Camorra Challenges, the City Hits Back (1979)
The Biggest Battle (1978)
I Am the Law (1977)
A Man Called Blade (1977)
Sister Emanuelle (1977)
The Last Madame Butterfly (1977)
Gangsters (1977)
Deported Women of the SS Special Section (1976)
A Matter of Time (1976)
A Sold Life (1976)
Annie (1976)
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot (1975)
Legend of the Sea Wolf (1975)
And Then There Were None (1974)
White Fang (1973)
Mysterious Island (1973)
The Mysterious Island (1973)
Tales of Canterbury (1973)
The Call of the Wild (1972)
Treasure Island (1972)
Deadly Trackers (1972)
Hey Amigo! A Toast to Your Death (1971)
Duck, You Sucker (1971)
'Tis Pity She's a Whore (1971)
The Big Black Sow (1971)
Chapaqua's Gold (1970)
Desert Assault (1969)
The Valley of Death (1968)
Black Jack (1968)
Shoot, Gringo... Shoot! (1968)
Radhapura – Endstation der Verdammten (1968)
This Man Can't Die (1968)
Target Frankie (1967)
Bitter Fruit (1967)
Thunder at the Border (1966)
The Desperado Trail (1965)
Legacy of the Incas (1965)
Nightmare Castle (1965)
Adventurer of Tortuga (1965)
Pyramid of the Sun God (1965)
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande (1965)
In the Wild West (1964)
Yellow Devil (1964)
Old Shatterhand (1964)
The Lion of St. Mark (1963)
Sandokan the Great (1963)
The Shortest Day (1963)
A Queen for Caesar (1962)
Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)
Caesar The Conqueror (1962)
Liane, Daughter of the Jungle (1961)
Conqueror of the Orient (1961)
Don't Bother to Knock (1961)
The Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete (1960)
Esther and the King (1960)
From a Roman Balcony (1960)
Hannibal (1959)
Attack of the Moors (1959)
Prisoner of the Volga (1959)
Nackt, wie Gott sie schuf (1958)
Raw Wind in Eden (1958)
Adorable and Lying (1958)
The Mighty Crusaders (1957)
Jungle Girl and the Slaver (1957)
Engaged to Death (1957)
Roland the Mighty (1956)
Rice Girl (1956)
L'ultimo amante (1955)
Woman of the River (1954)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1927-02-18
Deathday2015-03-27 (88 years old)
Birth NameCaterino Bertaglia
Birth PlaceCorbola, Italy
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy, Italy
Also Known As Rick Battaglia, Carl Mann
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