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Antonio Sabàto Sr.

Italian actor (1943–2021)

Antonio Sabàto Sr.
Sabàto in Gang War in Milan (1973)
Born	(1943-04-02)April 2, 1943 Montelepre, Kingdom of Italy
Died	January 10, 2021(2021-01-10) (aged 77) Hemet, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1966–2006
Spouse	Yvonne Kabouchy (divorced)
Children	5, including Antonio Jr.

Antonio Sabàto Sr. (2 April 1943 – 10 January 2021)^[1] was an Italian-American film and television actor noted for extensive work in the Italian exploitation genre. He was the father of model and actor Antonio Sabàto Jr. and Simmone Sabàto. Among Sabàto's starring roles were parts in the Spaghetti Western films One Dollar Too Many and Due volte Giuda.

Personal life

Sabàto was previously married to Yvonne, who was born in Prague (then part of Czechoslovakia) and the daughter of a Holocaust survivor. She is of half Czech and half Jewish descent. They had two children together, a son, Antonio, and a daughter, Simonne.^[2] They divorced sometime before 1997, when she remarried to California-based businessman George F. Kabouchy.^[3]^[4] In 1985, he and his family immigrated to the United States, settling in California.

He died from complications of COVID-19 at a hospice in Hemet, California, on 10 January 2021, at age 77.^[5]^[6]

Selected filmography

Lo scandalo (1966) - Mauro
Grand Prix (1966) - Nino Barlini
Hate for Hate (1967, a.k.a. Odio per odio ) - Miguel
Shoot Twice (1968, Due volte Giuda) - Luke Barrett
Beyond the Law (1968, Al di là della legge) - Ben Novack
One Dollar Too Many (1968, I tre che sconvolsero il West / Vado, vedo e sparo) - Moses Lang
Barbarella (1968) - Jean-Paul (uncredited)
The Lady of Monza (1969, a.k.a. La monaca di Monza) - Giampaolo Osio
Diary of a Telephone Operator (1969, Certo, certissimo, anzi... probabile) - Carmelo
Lovemaker [it] (1969) - Giorgio Marelli
Mafia Connection (1970, E venne il giorno dei limoni neri) - Rosario Inzulìa
The Man with Icy Eyes (1971, a.k.a. L'uomo dagli occhi di ghiaccio) - Eddie Mills
When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong (1971) - Ari
L'occhio del ragno (1971) - Paul Valéry / Frank Vogel
Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972) - Mario
I senza Dio (1972) - Roy, detto 'El Santo'
Crime Boss (1972) - Antonio Mancuso
Tutti fratelli nel West... per parte di padre (1972) - Jonathan 'Jeepo' Poe
Gang War in Milan (1973) - Salvatore "Toto" Cangemi
Questa volta ti faccio ricco! (1974) - Joe Esposito
The Last Desperate Hours (1974, a.k.a. Milano: il clan dei calabresi) - Paolo Mancuso
El clan de los Nazarenos (1975) - Jorge
Calling All Police Cars (1975) - Commissario Fernando Solmi
Crimebusters (1976) - Comm. Paolo Tosi
Terror in Rome (1976) - Inspector De Gregori
Four Billion in Four Minutes (1976) - Raffaele
Return of the 38 Gang (1977) - Marshall Tinto Baragli
Canne mozze (1977) - Giovanni Molet
War of the Robots (1978) - Captain John Boyd
The New Godfathers (1979) - Don Michele Vizzini
Napoli... la camorra sfida, la città risponde (1979) - Vito
La tua vita per mio figlio (1980) - Antonio Esposito
Escape from the Bronx (1983) - Dablone / Toblerone
Thunder Warrior (1983) - Thomas
Zampognaro innamorato (1983) - Marito di Angela
Tuareg: The Desert Warrior (1984, a.k.a. Tuareg – Il guerriero del deserto) - The Captain
Thunder Squad (1985) - Martin Cuomo
Bye Bye Vietnam (1988) - Razor
High Voltage (1997) - Carlo
The Bold and the Beautiful (2006, TV Series) – Aldo Damiano (final appearance)

References

^ Countryman, Eli (January 9, 2021). "Antonio Sabáto Sr., Italian American Actor and Father of Antonio Sabáto Jr., Dies at 77". Variety. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
^ Hoffman, Allison (13 August 2009). "A Nice Jewish Boy". Tablet Magazine. Nextbook Inc. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
^ "Star Tracks". PEOPLE.com. Meredith Corporation. 28 April 1997. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
^ "Los Angeles County". Los Angeles Times. 16 December 1987. ISSN 0458-3035. Archived from the original on 4 January 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
^ Vadukul, Alex (21 January 2021). "Antonio Sabàto, Spaghetti Western Leading Man, Dies at 77". The New York Times.
^ Countryman, Eil (9 January 2021). "Antonio Sabáto Sr., Italian American Actor and Father of Antonio Sabáto Jr., Dies at 77". Variety.