---
name: "Erno Crisa"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/erno-crisa"
fi1m_id: "erno-crisa"
imdb_id: "nm0187927"
tmdb_id: 37728
wikidata_id: "Q436632"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 March 1914"
died: "5 April 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T04:34:37.893760+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Erno Crisa

## Identity

Erno Crisa

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/erno-crisa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** erno-crisa
- **IMDb ID:** nm0187927
- **TMDB ID:** 37728
- **Wikidata ID:** Q436632
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erno_Crisa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q436632, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0187927/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37728

Actor. Born 10 March 1914 in Biserta, Tunisia. Died 5 April 1968.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 March 1914, Biserta, Tunisia
- **Died:** 5 April 1968
- **Also known as:** Ernesto Crisa, Tino Crisa, James Parker, Erno Grisa
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erno_Crisa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q436632, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0187927/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37728

## Biography

Erno Crisa (also credited as Ernesto Crisa, Tino Crisa, James Parker and Erno Grisa) was an Italian actor. Born in Bizerte, Tunisia, he appeared in more than 50 films between 1944 and 1968.

He is known for his role as Inspector Riccordi in *Purple Noon* (1960), as Don Nicola in the 'Teresa' segment of *The Gold of Naples* (1954), and as the Turkish ambassador in *Angelique and the Sultan* (1968). His final film was the spaghetti western *Sugar Colt* (1966).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Purple Noon* (1960), Fi1m 82, as Inspector Riccordi — [page](https://film.one/film/purple-noon.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Diabolikal Super-Kriminal* (2007), as (archive footage)
- *Angelique and the Sultan* (1968), as Ambassadeur turc
- *Sugar Colt* (1967), as Yonker
- *Pecos Cleans Up* (1967), as 'El Supremo'
- *Death Is Nimble, Death Is Quick* (1966), as Baker
- *Scaramouche* (1965), series, Actor
- *Erik the Viking* (1965), as Eyolf
- *Seven Rebel Gladiators* (1965), as Morakeb
- *Sexy Show* (1964), Actor
- *Brennus, Enemy of Rome* (1963), as Decio Vatinio
- *Goliath and the Sins of Babylon* (1963), as Morakeb
- *Duel in the Moonlight* (1963), Actor
- *Colossus of the Arena* (1962), as Oniris
- *Le due leggi* (1962), as Melchiorre
- *Plains of Battle* (1962), Actor
- *Caesar Against the Pirates* (1962), as Silla
- *Samson Against the Sheik* (1962), as Sheik
- *Taras Bulba* (1962), Actor
- *Questi fantasmi* (1962), as Alfredo
- *Passport for a Corpse* (1962), as Walter
- *Canzoni di ieri, canzoni di oggi, canzoni di domani* (1962), Actor
- *The Bacchantes* (1961), as Atteon
- *Cleopatra's Daughter* (1960), as Kefren - Tegi's Councellor
- *Purple Noon* (1960), as Inspector Riccordi — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/purple-noon.md)
- *The Cossacks* (1960), as Kasi
- *Carthage in Flames* (1960), as Asdrubale
- *I mafiosi* (1959), as Turi
- *Two Savages at Court* (1959), as Marino Contarini
- *The Black Archer* (1959), as Lodovico
- *Caterina Sforza, the lioness of Romagna* (1959), as Cesare Borgia
- *L'isola del tesoro* (1959), series, as O' Brien
- *Fire in the Flesh* (1958), as Larry Gordon
- *Don Juan* (1956), as Don Juan Tenorio
- *Lady Chatterley's Lover* (1955), as Oliver Mellors
- *La Tierra del Fuego se apaga* (1955), Actor
- *The Gold of Naples* (1954), as Don Nicola (segment "Teresa")
- *These Phantoms* (1954), as Alfredo
- *Reeds and Mud* (1954), as Jaime
- *Mata Hari's Daughter* (1954), as Principe Anak
- *Violenza sul lago* (1954), as Marco
- *Di qua, di là del Piave* (1954), Actor
- *Cavalcade of Song* (1953), as Il guappo
- *Jealousy* (1953), as Marchese di Roccaverdina
- *Sunday Heroes* (1952), as Stefan
- *Half a Century of Song* (1952), Actor
- *La colpa di una madre* (1952), as Alberto
- *The Affairs of Messalina* (1951), as Timo
- *The Last Sentence* (1951), as Roberto
- *The Counterfeiters* (1951), as Pietro
- *The White Line* (1950), as Stefano
- *Scandal* (1948), Actor
- *The Figurehead* (1948), as Le Guen
- *Christine se marie* (1946), Actor
- *The Last Judgment* (1945), Actor
- *St. Val's Mystery* (1945), as Dédé, the wanderer
- *Hoboes in Paradise* (1945), Actor
- *Coup de tête* (1944), as (uncredited)
- *Sideral Cruises* (1942), as Man on the Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Erno Crisa](https://film.one/media/person/5693298/gallery-6b1f9b9a4555.jpg) Erno Crisa — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Erno_Crisa.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![The actors Erno Crisa (inspector Riccordi) and Alain Delon (Tom Ripley) in a scene of Purple Noon by René Clément, film released in 1960.](https://film.one/media/person/5693298/gallery-93e6df2a952e.jpg) The actors Erno Crisa (inspector Riccordi) and Alain Delon (Tom Ripley) in a scene of Purple Noon by René Clément, film released in 1960. — キネマ旬報社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Kinema-Junpo-1960-June-early-2.jpg/1280px-Kinema-Junpo-1960-June-early-2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Erno Crisa](https://film.one/media/person/5693298/gallery-9c9c6c9c9cd7.jpg) Erno Crisa — Image via TMDB
- ![Erno Crisa](https://film.one/media/person/5693298/gallery-a6ee6020399e.jpg) Erno Crisa — Image via TMDB

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