Renato Terra (26 July 1922 – 28 November 2010), also known by the alias Ryan Earthpick, was an Italian actor and later a poet.
Biography Terra had a career working in film as an actor, and appeared in over 80 movies. In 1977 he retired to become a poet.
He attended the Experimental Center of Cinematography in Rome and also used the alias Ryan Earthpick during his career. During the shooting of a film, he fell from a horse and permanently broke his nose. During his post-actor career as a poet, he published the book Che Strano Paese.
Selected filmography
The Black Corsair (1938) Return to Naples (1949) – Nino Path of Hope (1950) – Mommino Hearts at Sea (1950) Vivo di te (1951, Short) The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo (1952) I falsari (1953) A Husband for Anna (1953) – Il palpeggiatore Senso (1954) – Un soldato (uncredited) Proibito (1955) The Bachelor (1956) – Tiberio Nero's Weekend (1956) Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (1956) White Nights (1957) – Un coinvolto nella rissa The Man Who Wagged His Tail (1957) Ragazzi della marina (1957) Peppino, le modelle e chella là (1957) The Italians They Are Crazy (1958) Toto and Marcellino (1958) Piece of the Sky (1958) – La guardia giovane (uncredited) Giovane canaglia (1958) – complice di Daves Il romanzo di un giovane povero (1958) Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) – Eladio The Law Is the Law (1958) La sfida (1958) Carmela è una bambola (1958) – Silvio Pia de' Tolomei (1958) Tuppe tuppe, Marescià! (1958) Destinazione Sanremo (1959) Le cameriere (1959) Goliath and the Barbarians (1959) The Facts of Murder (1959) – Man at the Notary's David and Goliath (1960) Carthage in Flames (1960) The Angel Wore Red (1960) (uncredited) Goliath and the Dragon (1960) – Antoneos Black Sunday (1960) – Boris Rocco and His Brothers (1960) – Alfredo, Ginetta's brother I'll See You in Hell (1960) Robin Hood and the Pirates (1960) – Barbanera Constantine and the Cross (1961) Jailer The Seven Revenges (1961) Gioventù di notte (1961) – Brigadiere The Tartars (1961) Goliath and the Vampires (1961) The Brigand (1961) Accattone (1961) – Farlocco #2 Black City (1961) – Un agente Hercules in the Valley of Woe (1961) The Giant of Metropolis (1961) – Il Giovane Scienzato Accroche-toi, y'a du vent! (1961) The Italian Brigands (1961) – Il Brigante Madame (1961) – Un sans-culotte (uncredited) I due marescialli (1961) Disorder (1962) Alone Against Rome (1962) – Gladiator Trainer Night Train to Milan (1962) – Sottufficiale di polizia Toto and Peppino Divided in Berlin (1962) – 9 Sodom and Gomorrah (1962) – (uncredited) Agostino (1962) Carmen di Trastevere (1962) – Gerardo, a Latin Lover The Sea (1962) The Four Monks (1962) – Un paesano Uno strano tipo (1963) The Fall of Rome (1963) The Monk of Monza (1963) Il Fornaretto di Venezia (1963) Hands over the City (1963) – Giornalista (uncredited) Hercules Against the Mongols (1963) – Karikan I 4 tassisti (1963) Liolà (1964) None But the Lonely Spy (1964) – Policeman Love in Four Dimensions (1964) – (segment "Amore e alfabeto") L'ultima carica (1964) Hercules Against the Barbarians (1964) La vita agra (1964) Grand Canyon Massacre (1964) – Curly Mason The Cavern (1964) Castle of the Living Dead (1964) – Policeman Two Escape from Sing Sing (1964)– Jim Doris The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) – Un indemoniato Intrigo a Los Angeles (1964) – Elston A Monster and a Half (1964) Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens (1964) – Saracen Leader Una storia di notte (1964) Gentlemen of the Night (1964) Three Dollars of Lead (1964) The Revenge of Ivanhoe (1965) – Tuck Letti sbagliati (1965) The Dirty Game (1965) La violenza e l'amore (1965) I complessi (1965) (segment "Il Complesso della Schiava nubiana") The Dreamer (1965) Man from Canyon City (1965) Thrilling (1965) (segment "L'autostrada del sole") Seven Golden Men (1965) Operation Atlantis (1965) – Fatima's Henchman (uncredited) I Knew Her Well (1965) – Man in the caravan Made in Italy (1965) – Immigrant (segment "6, Final episode") Weekend, Italian Style (1965) – Giovanni – the valet Lo scippo (1965) Seven Golden Men Strike Again (1966) Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966) Seven Dollars on the Red (1966) – Manuel Savage Gringo (1966) Wake Up and Die (1966) The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen (1966) Knives of the Avenger (1966) – Hagen's Henchman (uncredited) Tabú (1966) (uncredited) Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966) Kill or Be Killed (1966) – Doctor Eroe vagabondo (1966) Ballata da un miliardo (1967) Requiescant (1967) – Alonso Gente d'onore (1967) Delitto a Posillipo – Londra chiama Napoli (1967) Requiescant (1967) El 'Che' Guevara (1969) – Sergeant Le lys de mer (1969) Ma chi t'ha dato la patente? (1970) Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) L'arbitro (1974) Paolo il freddo (1974) Jesus of Nazareth (1977, TV Mini-Series) – Abel
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