Howard Ross

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

6.158

Gender

Male

Birthday

10-Jan-1941

Age

(83 years old)

Place of Birth

Rome, Italy

Also Known As
  • Red Ross
  • Renato Rossini

Howard Ross

Biography

Howard Ross (born Renato Rossini; 10 January 1941) is an Italian film actor. Born in Rome, Rossini got his first major roles in peplum films. In the mid-1960s he eventually adopted the stage name Howard Ross. He was mainly active in genre films, specializing in adventure films, giallo films and poliziotteschi. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Credits

Philemon Philemon (1976) Character: Commander
Set in Ancient Greece, a street clown Cockian is hired by a Roman Commander to impersonate an imprisoned Christian leader in order to learn the group's secrets, but the clown begins to take his role to heart.
Una spada per l'impero Una spada per l'impero (1964) Character: Leto
Rome, under Commodus: intrigue, fight for power, gladiators, senators, Christians, Barbarians, slaves, Pretorians, battles, wrestles, swords and muscles in by-the-numbers Italian epic.
La notte dell'innominato La notte dell'innominato (1962) Character: N/A
On the night of Lucia's kidnapping, the Unnamed revisits his life. Many years earlier a caravan of Andalusian gypsies arrived at the gates of Milan. Among these were Esteban with his mother, his fiancée Maria Dolores, and the latter's sister, Carmencita who, in love with Esteban, resorts to every means to hinder the wedding. In a scuffle she caused, her sister was killed by thugs. The gypsies' wagons are destroyed and the few survivors, including Esteban and his mother, are forced to flee. Carmencita becomes the governor's wife and Esteban a bandit who steals Spanish wheat and gold to give to the people. On Carmencita's whim, Esteban's mother, arrested and accused of witchcraft, dies. Esteban continues his life as a bandit and becomes the terrible Unnamed, who will finally reach his conversion thanks to Lucia and Cardinal Federico.
Quando gli uomini armarono la clava e... con le donne fecero din-don Quando gli uomini armarono la clava e... con le donne fecero din-don (1971) Character: Mash
Prehistoric cave-stud Ari wins lovely virgin Listra in a pig-catching contest, but their attempts at "Ding-Dong" keep getting interrupted by idiot battles between his tribe, The Cave Dwellers, and their neighbors, The Lake Dwellers. Annoyed that hubby would rather make war than Ding-Dong, Listra organizes the women of both tribes to go on strike and "abstain Ding-Dong" until the men stop fighting. It all happens back in the days when men carried clubs and women played ding-dong, an Italian stone-age sex comedy based on the Greek classic "Lysistrata" and filled with shapely cavewomen sporting '70s hairstyles, a gay caveman with the hots for the hero, a title tune that will follow you forever and, of course, plenty of old-fashioned Ding-Dong!
Zorro il ribelle Zorro il ribelle (1966) Character: Don Ramiro / Zorro
California, a province of the Spanish colony Mexico. Don Ramiro, the secretary of the tyrannical governor, is charged with assuring his son, don Luis, the chief of the military police, can marry Isaballe, the daughter of don Miguel, who plans to divide his land among his tenants, a recipe for revolt. Secretly don Ramoro is Zorro, the masked leader of the popular rebels. Both parties resort to desperate means, while don Carmello, the forcefully persuasive mission priest, guards morality.
Ti ricordi di Lucio Fulci? Ti ricordi di Lucio Fulci? (2006) Character: Self
Documentary in which Lucio Fulci's friends and collaborators remember him in a wide range of aspects, from the personal to the professional.
Oh, Serafina! Oh, Serafina! (1976) Character: Romeo Radice
Augusto Valle is a successful young industrialist who weds Palmira, the girl working in his factory, and the two have a child despite the infant's uncertain legitimacy. Scheming to control her husband's fortune, Palmira has affairs with both the mayor and the judge to have Augusto committed to a mental institution. While there, he falls in love with Serafina Vitali, a young woman who was also put away.
Marta Marta (1971) Character: Luis (as Howard Ross)
A wealthy landowner haunted by the spectre of his dead mother has a fling with a beautiful fugitive who bears a striking resemblance to his missing wife, who may have been murdered.
La colomba non deve volare La colomba non deve volare (1970) Character: (as Howard Ross)
An undercover Nazi in Libya aims to steal fuel and deliver it to a specific location in the desert where an Italian bomber would refuel on its way to Allied target.
Genova a mano armata Genova a mano armata (1976) Character: N/A
The city suffers and succumbs unarmed, but an ex secret agent succeeds in winning the struggle against the gangsterism. Intrigue and violence grip a society victim of the crime.
5 bambole per la luna d'agosto 5 bambole per la luna d'agosto (1970) Character: Jack Davidson
A wealthy playboy gathers a group of bourgeois friends at his isolated beach house for a weekend of relaxation. When bodies start pilling up, they realize they’re trapped with a killer in their midst, sending them in a frenzy to figure out who amongst them is killing the others before they are killed next.
Teste di quoio Teste di quoio (1981) Character: Zardi
A group of clumsy terrorists hold a strange group of inhabitants of a compartment block hostage.
Bitka na Neretvi Bitka na Neretvi (1969) Character: Mario
In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia. The only way out for Partisan forces and thousands of refugees was the bridge on the river Neretva.
Il boss Il boss (1973) Character: Melende
A hitman finds himself embroiled in the middle of a Mafia war between the Sicilians and the Calabrians.
Le calde notti di Lady Hamilton Le calde notti di Lady Hamilton (1968) Character: Dick Strong
The Making of a Lady: The Story of Lady Hamilton is a 1968 historical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Michèle Mercier, Richard Johnson and John Mills.[1] It was based on the novel La San-Felice by Alexandre Dumas and depicts the love affair between Emma Hamilton and Horatio Nelson. It was a co-production between Italy, West Germany, France and the United States.
5 donne per l'assassino 5 donne per l'assassino (1974) Character: Police inspector
Thriller about a reporter who comes home from an overseas assignment to find his baby in the hospital and his wife dead...
Un hombre llamado Noon Un hombre llamado Noon (1973) Character: Bayles
Noon is a gunfighter who has become amnesiac. Helped by Rimes, an outlaw who has befriended him, he tries to figure out who he is actually. It gradually appears that his wife and kid have been murdered. As time goes by, Noon also recalls a fortune hidden somewhere. Niland, a scheming judge, and Peg Cullane, a greedy will do everything to prevent Noon and Rimes from achieving their end while Fan Davidge, a woman living in a ghost town, will support them.
Attentato ai tre grandi Attentato ai tre grandi (1967) Character: Willy Mainz
German commandos are dropped behind enemy lines in the Sahara Desert tasked with getting to Casablanca in an assassination attempt on allied leaders.
L'ira di Dio L'ira di Dio (1968) Character: Jessy
Mike returns home in order to leave his gunfighting days behind him and settle down on a farm with his old sweetheart but things do not go as planned. Finding Jane murdered, Mike is set upon and left for dead by her 7 killers who also steal his life savings of $10,000; all in $50 dollar bills. They leave only seven dollars and Mike vows to track down every man, paying him back with a solitary dollar and death.
I guerrieri dell'anno 2072 I guerrieri dell'anno 2072 (1984) Character: Raven
In the future, two television networks compete for ratings by producing violent game shows. One network produces a modern day version of the Roman gladiators, only on motorcycles instead of chariots, and uses convicted murderers as the participants, The network decides it needs a champion for this sport, so they frame a constant winner from another game for murder, and place him on the show.
El clan de los inmorales El clan de los inmorales (1975) Character: Richard
An action drama about an assassin who is ordered to kill an old friend and the repercussions when he refuses. At the same time, although it has nothing to do with the plot, there seems to be a relentless undercurrent of sadism and masochism with a homosexual aura.
L'immoralità L'immoralità (1978) Character: Federico
Federico is a child-killer running from the law. Wounded, he is taken in by an 11 year old girl named Simona. Their strange love affair is interrupted by Simona's depressed, oversexed mother Vera, who concocts a plan with Federico to kill her wheelchair-bound, reclusive husband. Simona does not take kindly to this new relationship between Federico and Vera.
Champagne... e fagioli Champagne... e fagioli (1980) Character: Vincent
The noble Count Cellini is grappling with a period of profound economic and personal crisis. Together with his trusted butler, he comes across a young woman of foreign origins, on whose trail there is a cruel local gangster. The count, much older than her, ends up falling in love with her and when the girl starts dating a man from the city's upper middle class, the count and her butler will organize a deception to her boss to pay her her dowry.
Il trionfo di Ercole Il trionfo di Ercole (1964) Character: Gordio
Hercules, having agreed to restore justice to Mycenae, confronts evil Prince Myles. The villain is invested with power over giant bronze warriors by his mother Pasiphaë, a sorceress in Hades. Myles assassinates the king and abducts his cousin, Queen Ate, through whom he plans to inherit the throne. Although Zeus temporarily removes Hercules' strength for killing Eurystheus, an innocent man framed by Myles, the god restores his powers. Hercules then saves Ate and destroys Myles, Pasiphaë, and the giant warriors.
Interno di un convento Interno di un convento (1978) Character: Rodrigo Landriani (as Howard Ross)
A zealous, handsome priest, who is the confessor for a convent full of women, encourages the equally zealous abbess of the institution to enforce strict rules on these unfortunate women. At the same time, a particularly disturbed nun manages to poison herself and many of the other novitiates in yet another scandal which is covered up by church authorities.
El ''Che'' Guevara El ''Che'' Guevara (1968) Character: Pepe
The story of Che Guevara's desperate attempt to escape the mountains of Bolivia. Pursued by an elite ranger unit of the army led by a determined CIA agent, Che is eventually trapped and his men are killed.
Elena sì... ma di Troia Elena sì... ma di Troia (1973) Character: Paris
Ottone and Savio, wanderers from Etruria, find themselves on the shores of Ancient Greece in search of bread and adventures. Pretending to be exhausted, they are rescued by Paris and Helen and taken to the palace of Menelaus. The welcome is propitious to take advantage of the lavish lunches and beautiful women, not even excluded Elena, wife of the sovereign who will be kidnapped by Paris and taken to Troy. When he reaches the palace of Ulysses, which recognizes the two vagabonds, they are driven out and, after other adventures, they reach the palace of Priam
O Cangaceiro O Cangaceiro (1969) Character: Hoffmann
Brazil, the 1920s. The sadistic colonel Minas massacres the hometown of a famous cangaceiro (a kind of revolutionary bandit). The only survivor is a young farmer called Espedito; he is nursed back to health by a hermit who thinks he has been sent by God and therefore baptizes him the Redeemer. Espedito/The Redeemer forms his own gang of cangaceiros but doesn’t really understand what he’s doing until he befriends the proverbial European intellectual, a Dutch Oil prospector, who introduces him to important people. Espedito is hired by the Dutchman and a corrupt local governor, but then the Dutchman changes sides …
O Cangaceiro O Cangaceiro (1969) Character: Vincent Helfer/Hoffman
Brazil, the 1920s. The sadistic colonel Minas massacres the hometown of a famous cangaceiro (a kind of revolutionary bandit). The only survivor is a young farmer called Espedito; he is nursed back to health by a hermit who thinks he has been sent by God and therefore baptizes him the Redeemer. Espedito/The Redeemer forms his own gang of cangaceiros but doesn’t really understand what he’s doing until he befriends the proverbial European intellectual, a Dutch Oil prospector, who introduces him to important people. Espedito is hired by the Dutchman and a corrupt local governor, but then the Dutchman changes sides …
Ragazza tutta nuda assassinata nel parco Ragazza tutta nuda assassinata nel parco (1972) Character: Günther
Johan Wallenberger, a rich financier, is killed in the House of Horrors at an amusement park in Madrid. His insurance company assign Chris Buyer, one of their best agents, to investigate because a few days prior to his death, the businessman took out a million dollar life insurance policy. Chris ingratiates himself with Catherine, Wallenberger's beautiful daughter, and it emerges that she is being plagued by a blackmailer. Chris is invited to the Wallenbergers' country house and is soon the centre of attention for several attractive women. Meanwhile, the plot thickens...
Lo squartatore di New York Lo squartatore di New York (1982) Character: Mickey Scellenda
A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.
Il sergente Klems Il sergente Klems (1971) Character: N/A
A man masquerading as a dead soldier seeks to desert his post and join the enemy in their struggle.
Il sergente Klems Il sergente Klems (1971) Character: Hamed
A man masquerading as a dead soldier seeks to desert his post and join the enemy in their struggle.
Ercole, Sansone, Maciste e Ursus gli invincibili Ercole, Sansone, Maciste e Ursus gli invincibili (1964) Character: Maciste
Four muscular heroes fight the evil ruler of an oppressed people.
Le calde notti di Poppea Le calde notti di Poppea (1969) Character: N/A
Poppea's Hot Nights (Italian: Le calde notti di Poppea) is a 1969 Italian comedy film set in Ancient Rome. It was written and directed by Guido Malatesta and stars Olga Schoberová (credited as Olinka Berova) and Brad Harris in the main roles.
La magnifica sfida La magnifica sfida (1965) Character: N/A
After years of absence, Kadir returns to his hometown Semares in the center of the Arabian desert. He finds out that the new ruler Atatur is a tyrant who leads wars merely to expand his territory. After saving the life of Atatur's general Kames in an ambush, Kadir receives the opportunity to rise to high ranks in Atatur's army. But Atatur is planning a cruel war of retribution against the desert tribes of King Hussein...
A.A.A. Massaggiatrice bella presenza offresi... A.A.A. Massaggiatrice bella presenza offresi... (1972) Character: Oskar
Cristina turns eighteen and leaves her bourgeois family to become a call-girl. But soon, her clients start turning up dead, their throats slashed. Who is responsible?
I quattro inesorabili I quattro inesorabili (1965) Character: Troy
Terrorized townsfolk turn into a lynch mob and target a lawman.
Maria - Nur die Nacht war Zeuge Maria - Nur die Nacht war Zeuge (1980) Character: Panos
Lucia, a young German married to Paolo, a Neapolitan emigrant, is raped. She tells a lie to her husband, but the day he discovers the truth a tragedy begins for the woman...
L'assassino ha riservato nove poltrone L'assassino ha riservato nove poltrone (1974) Character: Russell
A rich man gathers together friends and relatives at the abandoned theatre he owns, but the party isn't fun for long since apparently one of them is a murderer.
Quindici forche per un assassino Quindici forche per un assassino (1967) Character: Steve
Unjustly accused of the murder of three women, the members of two rival gangs are joined to survive to the hunting that the whole town is making. Running away, they reach an abandoned fort in which the attempt to fend off attacks from the group that pursues them.
Napoli, Palermo, New York - Il triangolo della camorra Napoli, Palermo, New York - Il triangolo della camorra (1981) Character: Comm. Galante
A Neapolitan camorra boss has retired from business but when his wife gets killed he gets back into action, and goes to the States to get his revenge.
Poppea... una prostituta al servizio dell'impero Poppea... una prostituta al servizio dell'impero (1972) Character: Tigellino
Ottone and Savio work hard to keep each other out of trouble with the Roman Centurions while scraping together food and drink with various scams. Emperor Nero's wife, the beautiful Poppea, takes an interest in Ottone, who after a short stint as a gladiator gets a region to manage and an army of his own to command, all the while assisted by his best friend and partner in crime Savio.
Ringo del Nebraska Ringo del Nebraska (1966) Character: Lou Felton
A drifter helps a ranch couple fend off the approaches of a ruthless landowner.
Kindar, l'invulnerabile Kindar, l'invulnerabile (1965) Character: Siro
An evil bandit kidnaps a sultan's son and raises him but finds the son has magic powers.
Number One Number One (1973) Character: a
This raw Italian political melodrama investigates the underbelly of Rome in the early '70s, exposing drugs, crime, and sexual scandals.
20.000 dollari sporchi di sangue 20.000 dollari sporchi di sangue (1969) Character: Vice-sceriffo
Fred Leinster, an alcoholic ex-sheriff, is paid to collect a ransom for the kidnapping of a young boy. When he finds out the particulars of the crime he turns the tables on the outlaws.
I giorni dell'inferno I giorni dell'inferno (1986) Character: Grayson
This fast-paced film stars (Conrad Nichols) as the tough Captain Williams, head of a crack commando squad who goes into Afghanistan to save the U.S.S.R. -- and indirectly, the U.S. -- from some very bad publicity. A journalist and his daughter have evidence that the Russians are using biological and chemical weapons in their war in Afghanistan. The unit of five commandos smuggle themselves into Afghanistan through its neighbor Iran, bribing the leaders of that country with some spare parts for its war planes (shades of Iran-Contra!). Once inside the country they discover that the journalist has already died from exposure to nerve gas, and his daughter is already getting sick. Williams starts to guess that they are all being set up because everything is going just a little too well, and he adjusts his plans accordingly. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
Maciste contro i Mongoli Maciste contro i Mongoli (1963) Character: Susdal (as Renato Rossini)
Though Genghis Khan eventually sought peace with the West, his death in 1227 AD puts into power his three war-like sons: Sayan, Susdal, and Kin Khan. These sons quickly overrun the city of Tuleda and take prisoner Princess Bianca, though young Prince Alessio escapes. Hercules comes to the rescue of Bianca, winning her freedom in a tournament in exchange for becoming a slave himself. Forces from the West soon come to re-take Tuleda and Hercules -- freed from his bonds -- helps to dispatch Genghis Khan's three sons while again saving Bianca and reuniting her with her young brother.
Dalle Ardenne all'inferno Dalle Ardenne all'inferno (1967) Character: Randall
Set near the end of World War II in the Netherlands, Dirty Heroes concerns a group of ex-convicts recruited into the U.S. Army to recover Dutch jewels originally stolen by the Nazis as well as confiscated Allied plans
La lupa mannara La lupa mannara (1976) Character: Luca Mondini
A woman has dreams that she is a werewolf so she goes out and finds men. She proceeds to have sex with them and then rip their throats out with her teeth. She eventually falls in love but then she is raped and her lover is murdered so she goes out for revenge.
L'uomo che sfidò l'organizzazione L'uomo che sfidò l'organizzazione (1975) Character: Steve Barren
An airport employee switches a pack of drugs for baking soda and absconds to Barcelona, meanwhile the drug-runners are on his trail.
Anthar l'invincibile Anthar l'invincibile (1964) Character: Hasien, Kamal's Bodyguard
The daughter of a noble man is sold into slavery, only to be later rescued by the film's hero. Repackaged from an original Sword-and-Sandal italian film.
L'ultima chance L'ultima chance (1973) Character: Jack, the Mechanic (as Howard Ross)
After robbing a jewellery shop in Canada, two Americans arrange a meeting near the US borders in order to split the loot. One of them has an accident with his car on his way there and gets stuck in an isolated motel until his car is fixed. The owner of the motel, a sexy woman in her thirties, falls in love with him, but her suspicions about him begin to multiply, as the police arrive at the motel...
La ragazza dal pigiama giallo La ragazza dal pigiama giallo (1977) Character: Roy Conner
Two seemingly separate stories in New South Wales: a burned, murdered body of a young woman is found on the beach, and a retired inspector makes inquiries; also, Linda, a waitress and ferry attendant, has several lovers and marries one, but continues seeing the others. The police have a suspect in the murder, but the retired inspector is convinced they're wrong; he continues a methodical investigation. Linda and her husband separate, and there are complications. Will the stories cross or are they already twisted together?
Starblack Starblack (1966) Character: Jop
Starblack is a hero who dresses in black and his face is covered by a black scarf and he carries in his shirt a black star, which he always leaves at the scene of his enterprises, as a symbol of justice. Soucre: SWDB www.spaghetti-western.net
La rivolta dei sette La rivolta dei sette (1964) Character: Croto
Milo, tyrant of Sparta, has betrayed the Achea League. The evidence of betrayal is hidden by one of the rebels who is killed before he can reveal the hiding place to his friend Keros.
Wanted Johnny Texas Wanted Johnny Texas (1967) Character: O'Connor
Johnny Texas is recruited by the U.S. Army to find a safe passage for a wagon train and impatient settlers to the West. Johnny figures his best bet is to pay off the local band of desperadoes helmed by a psychotic outlaw. When that doesn't work, Colonel Stewart orders Johnny to attack a fortress and detonate a secret stash of dynamite. Source: SWDB www.spaghetti-western.net
Vacanze di Natale '95 Vacanze di Natale '95 (1995) Character: Bob
Two Italians are on holiday in Aspen in Colorado. The first one is Lorenzo whose daughter is crazy about Luke Perry (Beverly Hills 90210 actor) and wants to meet him at all costs. The second one wants to win back his wife who has left him because of his gambling problem.
Historia de una traición Historia de una traición (1971) Character: Joven
A seductive woman gets involved in relationships with several people. All of the characters play games of deceit with one and other and things get more and more dangerous.
Maciste nell'inferno di Gengis Khan Maciste nell'inferno di Gengis Khan (1964) Character: Gason
The eternal Hercules in this film has gone way beyond his usual time and place in ancient Greece and is now helping Poland free itself of Mongol invaders in the 12th century. Mark Forest is the star of this peplum epic, Hercules Against The Barbarians.
Campa carogna... la taglia cresce Campa carogna... la taglia cresce (1973) Character: Lt. Younger
Captain Chadwell, Lieutenant Junger and Sergeant Smith are sent by Washington to help their colleagues of Fort Apache to recover stolen arms. A bounty hunter accompanies them.



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