An Italian actor, born in Coppola, Veneto, Italy. His credits include Orlando e i Paladini di Francia (1956), A Fistful of Dynamite (1971), Sandokan the Great (1963), and Esther and the King (1960). Rik Battaglia appeared regularly in Western European films in the sixties and...Read more seventies. At the age of 17, he worked on a cargo ship and was discovered in a bar. Producer Carlo Ponti (husband of Sophia Loren) cast him in the movie River Girl (1955) opposite Sophia Loren. Rick Battaglia took drama lessons for two years and appeared in many historical, adventure, and horror films, in addition to Western European films. He died of heart failure in Corbula, Veneto, Italy, on March 27, 2015, at the age of 88.
An Italian actor, born in Coppola, Veneto, Italy. His credits include Orlando e i Paladini di Francia (1956), A Fistful of Dynamite (1971), Sandokan the Great (1963), and Esther...Read more and the King (1960). Rik Battaglia appeared regularly in Western European films in the sixties and seventies. At the age of 17, he worked on a cargo ship and was discovered in a bar. Producer Carlo Ponti (husband of Sophia Loren) cast him in the movie River Girl (1955) opposite Sophia Loren. Rick Battaglia took drama lessons for two years and appeared in many historical, adventure, and horror films, in addition to Western European films. He died of heart failure in Corbula, Veneto, Italy, on March 27, 2015, at the age of 88.