Born in Rome, Silvano Tranquilli honed his craft at the Accademia Sharoff, Italy’s first school to teach the Stanislavski Method, before joining the theatrical troupes of Salvo Randone and Vittorio Gassman. His screen career began with a television debut in 1959, eventually encompassing more than a hundred TV productions; the series I ragazzi di padre Tobia brought him his greatest popular recogni…