Giancarlo Prete
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Giancarlo Prete (5 February 1943 – 9 March 2001) was an Italian actor.
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Giancarlo Prete | |
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Born | (1943-02-05)February 5, 1943 |
Died | March 9, 2001(2001-03-09) (aged 58) Rome, Italy |
Occupation(s) | Actor, stuntman and dubbing director |
Spouse | Elizabeth Jacinto |
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After he worked in the cinema as stuntman, Prete went to Alessandro Fersen's acting school (where he later returned as a teacher) and began to act in many films and in television serials, sometimes credited under the name Timothy Brent or Philip Garner.[1][2]
In the following years Prete worked as dubbing director and acted only in television productions (including the Space: 1999 episode "The Troubled Spirit" as Dr. Dan Mateo).[1]
He was married to Elizabeth Jacinto and had a son named Alessandro, who is also an actor.[1]
Giancarlo Prete died on 9 March 2001 of a brain tumour at the age of 58.[1]