Ignazio Leone

Ignazio Leone — Biography

Italian stage and film actor Ignazio Leone appeared in about 105 films between 1952 and 1976. He worked in Italian popular cinema from the 1950s to the 1970s, from adventure to spy stories; in some productions he was credited as Clive Stancon.

In his early screen years he took parts in films such as Ho scelto l'amore (1952), Amici per la pelle (1955) and A Woman Alone (1956); the late 1950s brought Piece of the Sky and Il vedovo, followed by Totòtruffa 62 (1961). In the early 1960s he turned to adventure productions: he played Frontone in Julius Caesar Against The Pirates (1962) and Sancho in Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963), and continued the line with Revenge of the Musketeers (1964). In the same decade he appeared in spy stories such as Agent 077: Mission Bloody Mary and Special Code: Assignment Lost Formula. He played an insurance lawyer in I due pericoli pubblici (1965), Sergeant Sullivan in I due parà (1967) and a pool-hall owner in Il lungo, il corto, il gatto (1967).

From 1968 he worked in a range of productions such as I 2 deputati, Brutti di notte (the surgeon Giulio), Io non spezzo... rompo (Mazzetti), Armiamoci e partite!, Boccaccio and L'uccello migratore (a police commissioner). He died in Turin on 30 December 1976; he was born in Palermo.