Carlo Pisacane (February 2, 1889 – June 9, 1974) was an Italian actor who performed in over 70 films, including

spaghetti Western The spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's filmmaking style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ...

s like ''

Death Rides a Horse ''Death Rides a Horse'' () is a 1967 Italian spaghetti Western directed by Giulio Petroni, written by Luciano Vincenzoni and starring Lee Van Cleef and John Phillip Law. Plot Bill, a boy whose father was killed and mother and sister were gang-r ...

'' (1968) and parodies like '' For a Few Dollars Less'' (1966). He's best remembered for his appearances in comedic classics, such as ''

Big Deal on Madonna Street ''Big Deal on Madonna Street'' (; released as ''Persons Unknown'' in the UK) is a 1958 Italian comedy caper film directed by Mario Monicelli. Regarded as one of the masterpieces of Italian cinema, the film received an Academy Award nomination fo ...

'' and its sequel '' Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti'', where he played the elderly and gluttonous small-time crook Capannelle. He also is known for his role as the miserly Jewish merchant Abacuc in ''

L'Armata Brancaleone ''L'armata Brancaleone'' (known in English-speaking countries as ''For Love and Gold'' or ''The Incredible Army of Brancaleone'') is an Italian comedy film released on April 7, 1966, written by the duo Age & Scarpelli and directed by Mario Monicel ...

''.

Selected filmography

* '' La Tavola dei Poveri'' (1932) * ''

Paisà ''Paisan'' () is a 1946 Italian neorealist war drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini. In six independent episodes, it tells of the Liberation of Italy by the Allied forces during the late stage of World War II. The film premiered at the Ve ...

'' (1946) * '' Alarm Bells'' (1949) * '' Processo alla città'' (1952) * '' Un Ladro in Paradiso'' (1952) * '' ...e Napoli canta!'' (1953) * '' La bella mugnaia'' (1955) * ''

The Man Who Wagged His Tail ''The Man Who Wagged His Tail'' (, , also known as ''An Angel Over Brooklyn'' and ''An Angel Passed Over Brooklyn'') is a 1957 Spanish-Italian fantasy-comedy film directed by Ladislao Vajda. Plot Mr. Bozzi is the owner and lessor of many apar ...

'' (1957) * ''

'' (1958) * '' Men and Noblemen'' (1959) * ''

La sceriffa ''La sceriffa'' (''The Sheriff'') is a 1959 Italian Western comedy in black-and-white, directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero. It stars Italian comedy star Ugo Tognazzi. It was released on 16 August 1959. The film starred several comedians and spawne ...

'' (1959) * '' Il raccomandato di ferro'' (1959) * '' Prepotenti più di prima'' (1959) * '' Un ettaro di cielo'' (1959) * '' El Lazarillo de Tormes'' (1959) * '' Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti'' (1959) * '' Il vigile'' (1960) * '' Risate di gioia'' (1960) * '' I piaceri dello scapolo'' (1960) * '' Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today'' (1960) * '' Che gioia vivere'' (1961) * '' I briganti italiani'' (1961) * '' Toto and Peppino Divided in Berlin'' (1962) * ''

Il mio amico Benito ''Il mio amico Benito'' is a 1962 ''commedia all'italiana'' film directed by Giorgio Bianchi (director), Giorgio Bianchi. Plot Peppino Di Gennaro is a simple clerk who wants to make a career without success. After a friend gave him a photo take ...

'' (1962) * ''

Colossus of the Arena ''Colossus of the Arena'' (, also known as ''Death on the Arena'') is a 1962 Italian peplum film directed by Michele Lupo and starred by Mark Forest. Synopsis In the small kingdom of Mersabad, a man named Oniris leads a group of conspirators ...

'' (1962) * '' Samson Against the Sheik'' (1962) * '' Il giorno più corto'' (1962) * '' Tiger of the Seven Seas'' (1962) * ''

Gli onorevoli ''Gli onorevoli'' is a 1963 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. Simple plot The film is composed of several small stories that have to do with the votes of politicians in Italy in the sixties. A senior sharpshooter decides ...

'' (1963) * '' Le motorizzate'' (1963) * '' Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone'' (1965) * ''

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'' (1965) * ''

'' (1966) * '' For a Few Dollars Less'' (1966) * '' After the Fox'' (1966) * '' Le Saint prend l'affût'' (1966) * '' Treasure of San Gennaro'' (1966) * '' Operation St. Peter's'' (1967) * '' L'arcangelo'' (1969)

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* 1889 births 1974 deaths Italian male actors {{Italy-film-actor-stub