Ivan Rassimov (7 May 1938 – 14 March 2003) was an Italian

Italy

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 film actor

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 of Serbian

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 origin who appeared in many horror

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 and exploitation films.

Born in Trieste

Trieste

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 to Serbian

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 parents, he made his film debut in 1964. Mostly cast in villainous roles, he appeared in Mario Bava

Mario Bava

Mario Bava was an Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer remembered as one of the greatest names from the "golden age" of Italian horror films.-Biography:Mario Bava was born in San Remo, Liguria, Italy...

's Planet of the Vampires

Planet of the Vampires

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(1965), Sergio Martino

Sergio Martino

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's Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key

Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key

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(1972), Umberto Lenzi

Umberto Lenzi

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's Man from Deep River

Il paese del sesso selvaggio

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(1972), and Ruggero Deodato

Ruggero Deodato

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's Jungle Holocaust

Ultimo mondo cannibale

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(1977), among many other titles.

He retired from acting in 1987. At the time of his death, he was working for a publishing firm in Rome

Rome

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.

His younger sister, Rada Rassimov

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, is a film actress.

Filmography

Year	Title	Directed by	Role	| Notes
1964	Super rapina a Milano	Adriano Celentano Adriano Celentano Adriano Celentano is an Italian singer, songwriter, comedian, actor, film director and TV host.-Biography:Celentano was born in Milan at 14 Via Gluck, about which he later wrote the famous song "Il ragazzo della via Gluck"...		As Ivan Rassimovich
1965	Terrore nello spazio	Mario Bava Mario Bava Mario Bava was an Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer remembered as one of the greatest names from the "golden age" of Italian horror films.-Biography:Mario Bava was born in San Remo, Liguria, Italy...	Carter
1966	La strega in amore	Damiano Damiani
1966	Un uomo a metà	Vittorio De Seta Vittorio De Seta Vittorio De Seta was an Italian cinema director and screenwriter, considered one of the Italian cinema's great imaginative realists of the Sixties.- Biography :...
1966	The Bible: In the Beginning The Bible: In The Beginning The Bible: In the Beginning is a 1966 Biblical epic film recounting the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis. It was a joint American/Italian production conceived by Dino De Laurentiis and directed by John Huston. The music score is by Toshirô Mayuzumi. The production was photographed by...	John Huston John Huston John Marcellus Huston was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics: The Maltese Falcon , The Treasure of the Sierra Madre , Key Largo , The Asphalt Jungle , The African Queen , Moulin Rouge...	Dignitary of Babylon	Uncredited
1967	Soledad	Mario Camus
1967	Il ragazzo che sapeva amare	Enzo Dell'Aquila
1967	Cjamango Cjamango Cjamango is a 1967 Italian spaghetti western starring Sean Todd. The film was released in Germany as Django Kreuze im Blutigen Sand, another unofficial sequel to the 1966 film Django-Plot:...	Edoardo Mulargia	Cjamango	As Sean Todd
1967	Non aspettare Django, spara	Edoardo Mulargia	Django Foster	As Sean Todd
1968	Se vuoi vivere... spara	Sergio Garrone	Django Django (character) Django is a character which appears in a number of spaghetti western films.He appeared in thirty-one films in all.-Appearances:* Django * Django, this bullet for You * Django strikes first * Django the last slaughter...  / Johnny Dall	As Sean Todd
1969	Sette baschi rossi Sette baschi rossi Sette baschi rossi also known as The Red Berets, Seven Red Berets and Congo Hell is a 1969 Italian West German co-production about a fictional group of mercenaries filmed in Ethiopia produced and directed by screenwriter Mario Siciliano in his debut as a director...	Mario Siciliano
1969	Esa mujer Esa Mujer Esa Mujer is the first hits album by Mexican pop singer Verónica Castro, It was released in 1986. The album had one new song "Esa Mujer", which was the song to Verónica Castro's telenovela Yolanda Luján in 1984...	Mario Camus	Carlos Alcántara
1969	I vigliacchi non pregano	Mario Siciliano	Daniel	As Sean Todd
1970	Overrun!	Mario Siciliano	Lt. Crossland
1970	Le tigri di Mompracem	Mario Sequi	Sandokan
1971	Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh	Sergio Martino Sergio Martino Sergio Martino is an Italian film director and producer, notable for his contributions to the giallo genre.Martino is the brother of producer Luciano Martino. They collaborated frequently in their respective professions...	Jean
1971	La vendetta è un piatto che si serve freddo	Pasquale Squitieri	Perkins
1971	Un omicidio perfetto a termine di legge	Tonino Ricci	Burt
1972	All the Colors of the Dark	Sergio Martino Sergio Martino Sergio Martino is an Italian film director and producer, notable for his contributions to the giallo genre.Martino is the brother of producer Luciano Martino. They collaborated frequently in their respective professions...	Mark Cogan
1972	Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave	Sergio Martino Sergio Martino Sergio Martino is an Italian film director and producer, notable for his contributions to the giallo genre.Martino is the brother of producer Luciano Martino. They collaborated frequently in their respective professions...	Walter
1972	The Man from the Deep River	Umberto Lenzi Umberto Lenzi Umberto Lenzi , is an Italian film director who was very active in low budget crime films, peplums, spaghetti westerns, war movies, cannibal films and giallo murder mysteries ....	John Bradley
1972	Un bianco vestito per Marialé	Romano Scavolini Romano Scavolini Romano Scavolini is an Italian film director.He has been directing since the 1960s. Most of his films are shot independently and with an experimental style. His best known film is Nightmares in a Damaged Brain, a gruesome horror film that was banned as a video nasty in the UK.-External links:*...	Massimo
1973	Si può essere più bastardi dell'ispettore Cliff?	Massimo Dallamano	Insp. Cliff
1974	Salvo D'Acquisto	Romolo Guerrieri Romolo Guerrieri Romolo Guerrieri is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1961 and 1992.He was born in Rome, Italy.-Selected filmography:* Detective Belli...		TV movie
1974	Spasmo	Umberto Lenzi Umberto Lenzi Umberto Lenzi , is an Italian film director who was very active in low budget crime films, peplums, spaghetti westerns, war movies, cannibal films and giallo murder mysteries ....	Fritz Bauman
1974	L'ossessa	Mario Gariazzo Mario Gariazzo Mario Gariazzo was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 21 films between 1969 and 1992. He also directed 18 films between 1962 and 1992.He was born in Biella, Italy and died in Rome, Italy....	Satan
1975	Il lupo dei mari	Giuseppe Vari	Death Larsen
1976	Inhibition	Paolo Poeti	Peter Smart
1976	Roma a mano armata	Umberto Lenzi Umberto Lenzi Umberto Lenzi , is an Italian film director who was very active in low budget crime films, peplums, spaghetti westerns, war movies, cannibal films and giallo murder mysteries ....	Antonio 'Tony' Parenzo
1976	Colt 38 Special Squad Colt 38 Special Squad Colt 38 Special Squad, also known as Those of the 38 Caliber is a 1976 poliziotteschi film...	Massimo Dallamano	Marsigliese (it. version) / Black Angel (eng. version)
1976	Emmanuelle in Bangkok	Joe D'Amato Joe D'Amato Joe D'Amato, was a prolific Italian filmmaker who directed roughly 200 films, usually at the same time acting as producer and cinematographer, and sometimes providing the script as well...	Prince Sanit
1977	Last Cannibal World	Ruggero Deodato Ruggero Deodato Ruggero Deodato is an Italian film director and screen writer, best known for directing violent and gory horror films. Deodato is infamous for his 1980 film Cannibal Holocaust.- Biography :...	Rolf
1977	Schock Shock (1977 film) Shock is an Italian horror film directed by Italian horror director Mario Bava. This was Bava's last film before he died of a heart attack in 1980...	Mario Bava Mario Bava Mario Bava was an Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer remembered as one of the greatest names from the "golden age" of Italian horror films.-Biography:Mario Bava was born in San Remo, Liguria, Italy...	Dr. Aldo Spidini
1977	Emanuelle Around the World Emanuelle around the world Emanuelle Around the World , also known as The Degradation of Emanuelle and Emanuelle Versus Violence to Women, is a 1977 sexploitation film by Italian director Joe D'Amato, starring Laura Gemser and George Eastman. The film was one of the most expensive films ever made in Italy at that time, not...	Joe D'Amato Joe D'Amato Joe D'Amato, was a prolific Italian filmmaker who directed roughly 200 films, usually at the same time acting as producer and cinematographer, and sometimes providing the script as well...	Dr. Malcolm Robertson
1978	Spy Kill	Romolo Guerrieri Romolo Guerrieri Romolo Guerrieri is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1961 and 1992.He was born in Rome, Italy.-Selected filmography:* Detective Belli...	The Silent
1979	L'umanoide	Aldo Lado Aldo Lado Aldo Lado is an Italian screenwriter and film director. He was born in Fiume, Italy .He wrote 21 films between 1968 and 2004. He also directed 16 films between 1971 and 1994.-Selected filmography:...	Lord Graal
1980	Eaten Alive! Eaten Alive! Mangiati vivi!, also known by its English title Eaten Alive!, is an Italian cannibal-rape film, directed by Umberto Lenzi, released in 1980. Alternative titles for the movie, include "The Emerald Jungle" and "Eaten Alive by Cannibals". It stars Robert Kerman, Janet Agren and Me Me Lai. In secondary...	Umberto Lenzi Umberto Lenzi Umberto Lenzi , is an Italian film director who was very active in low budget crime films, peplums, spaghetti westerns, war movies, cannibal films and giallo murder mysteries ....	Jonas Melvyn
1981	I figli... so' pezzi 'e core	Alfonso Brescia Alfonso Brescia Alfonso Brescia was an Italian film director of low budget films, sometimes credited as Al Bradley or Al Bradly. Film buffs mainly know him for the 4 low budget sci-fi films he hurriedly directed in 1977-78 to capitalize on the success of "Star Wars"...	Lorenzo Berisio
1982	Ciao nemico	Enzo Barboni Enzo Barboni Enzo Barboni , sometimes credited by his pseudonym E.B. Clucher, was an Italian film director, cinematographer and screenwriter...	Pvt. Russ Baxter
1983	I predatori di Atlantide	Ruggero Deodato Ruggero Deodato Ruggero Deodato is an Italian film director and screen writer, best known for directing violent and gory horror films. Deodato is infamous for his 1980 film Cannibal Holocaust.- Biography :...	Bill Cook
1984	Torna	Stelvio Massi Stelvio Massi Stelvio Massi was an Italian director known for his crime films, although he was not as well known as crime film specialists like Enzo G Castellari or Umberto Lenzi, but he made about thirteen films in the genre, and was considered a fairly decent director.He also worked with actors such as Eva...
1984	Buio nella valle	Giuseppe Fina		TV mini-series
1985	I cinque del Condor	Umberto Lenzi Umberto Lenzi Umberto Lenzi , is an Italian film director who was very active in low budget crime films, peplums, spaghetti westerns, war movies, cannibal films and giallo murder mysteries ....
1987	Appuntamento a Trieste	Bruno Mattei Bruno Mattei Bruno Mattei was an Italian film director, screenwriter and editor who gained a cult following for a wide variety of exploitation films that covered many genres, ranging from women in prison to zombie films...		TV mini-series
1987	Camping del terrore Camping del terrore Camping del Terrore is a 1987 slasher/horror film directed by Ruggero Deodato and filmed in Italy....	Ruggero Deodato Ruggero Deodato Ruggero Deodato is an Italian film director and screen writer, best known for directing violent and gory horror films. Deodato is infamous for his 1980 film Cannibal Holocaust.- Biography :...	Deputy Sheriff Ted

External links

• Interview http://rassimov.netfirms.com/IvanRassimov/IvanIV.htm