Riccardo Freda

Riccardo Freda (Alexandria, Egypt, February 24, 1909 – Rome, Italy, December 20, 1999) was an Italian film director.

Riccardo Freda was born in 1909 in Alexandria, Egypt to Italian parents. Freda attended school in Milan where he took art classes at the Centro Sperimantale. After school he took on work as a sculptor and art critic.

Freda first began making working in the film industry in 1937 and directed his first film Don Cesare di Bazan in 1942. Freda films ranged in various genres from sword-and-sandal, horror film, giallo and spy films.

Freda died on December 20, 1999 in Rome.

• Abandon All Hope (1937, directed by Gennaro Righelli)
• The Knight of San Marco (1939, directed by Gennaro Righelli)
• In the Country Fell a Star (1939, directed by Eduardo De Filippo)
• The Adventuress from the Floor Above (1941, directed by Raffaello Matarazzo)
• Don Cesare di Bazan (1942)
• The Whole City Sings (1945) (Italian:Tutta la città canta)
• I'll Sing No More (1945) (Italian:Non canto più)
• Black Eagle (1946) (Italian: Aquila nera)
• Les Misérables (1948) (as Robert Hampton – U.S. prints)
• Il cavaliere misterioso (1948) (Translation: The Mysterious Rider) a.k.a. The Mysterious Cavalier
• Guarany (1948)
• O Caçula do Barulho (1949)
• Count Ugolino (1949) (Italian: Il conte Ugolino) a.k.a. The Iron Swordsman
• Son of d'Artagnan (1950) (Italian: Il figlio di d'Artagnan)
• Il tradimento / Treason (1951) a.k.a. Double Cross
• Vedi Napoli e poi muori (1951) (Translation: See Naples and Die)
• La vendetta di Aquila Nera (1951) (Translation: Revenge of Black Eagle)
• La leggenda del piave (1952) (Translation: The Legend of the Piave River)
• Spartaco / Spartacus (1953) a.k.a. Sins of Rome (as Robert Hampton)
• Teodora, imperatrice di Bisanzio (1954) a.k.a. Theodora, Slave Empress
• Da qui all'eredità (it) (1955) (Translation: From Here to the Inheritance)
• Beatrice Cenci (1956)
• I vampiri / The Vampires (1957) a.k.a. The Devil's Commandment (as Robert Hampton).
• Agguato a Tangeri (1957) (Translation: Trapped to Tangiers) as Robert Hampton
• Nel Segno di Roma (1959, directed by Guido Brignone) (Translation: The Sign of Rome); a.k.a. Sign of the Gladiator (uncredited)
• Agi Murad il diavolo bianco / Agi Murad, the White Devil (1959) a.k.a. The White Warrior (as Robert Hampton – U.S. version)
• Caltiki – The Immortal Monster (1959) ( Italian: Caltiki – il mostro immortale) (as Robert Hamton) co-dir. by Mario Bava
• I giganti della Tessaglia (Gli Argonauti) (1960) a.k.a. The Giants of Thessaly
• I mongoli (1961, directed by André De Toth) a.k.a. The Mongols (uncredited)
• Maciste at the Court of the Great Khan (1961) (Italian: Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan) a.k.a. Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World
• Caccia all'uomo (1961) (Translation: Manhunt)
• Maciste in Hell (1962) (Italian: Maciste all'inferno) a.k.a. The Witch's Curse (as Robert Hampton)
• The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962) (Italian: L'orribile segreto del Dr. Hichcock / The Horrible Secret of Dr. Hichcock) a.k.a. Raptus (as Robert Hampton)
• Le sette spade del vendicatore (1962) (Translation: The Seven Swords of the Avenger) a.k.a. The Seventh Sword
• Oro per i Cesari (1963, directed by André De Toth) (Translation: Gold for the Caesars) (uncredited)
• The Ghost (1963) (Italian: Lo spettro) (as Robert Hampton)
• Il magnifico avventuriero (1963) (Translation: The Magnificent Adventurer) a.k.a. The Burning of Rome
• Giulietta e Romeo (it) (1964) (Translation: Juliet and Romeo)
• Les Deux orphelines (1965) (Translation: The Two Orphans)
• Coplan FX 18 casse tout (fr) (1965)
• Roger la Honte (1966)
• Coplan ouvre le feu à Mexico / Coplan Opens Fire on Mexico (1967) a.k.a. Mexican Slayride (as Robert Hampton – Italian version)
• La morte non conta i dollari (1967) (Translation: Death Doesn't Count the Dollars) a.k.a. Death at Owell Rock, a.k.a. No Killing Without Dollars (as George Lincoln)
• Double Face (1969; Italian: A doppa faccia) a.k.a. Liz and Helen (as Robert Hampton)
• La salamandra del deserto (1970) (Translation: The Desert Salamander)
• L'iguana dalla lingua di fuoco (1971) a.k.a. The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (as Willy Pareto)
• Tragic Ceremony (1972) (Italian: Estratto dagli archivi segreti della polizia di una capitale europea / Taken From the Secret Police Archives of a European Capital) a.k.a. Tragic Ceremony at Villa Alexander (as Robert Hampton)
• Superhuman (1979)
• Murder Obsession (1981) (Italian: Follia Omicida) a.k.a. Murder Syndrome, a.k.a. Fear, a.k.a. The Wailing (as Robert Hampton)