Furio Meniconi (22 February 1924 – 12 December 1981) was an Italian film and television actor.
Life and career
Meniconi was born in
Rome
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...
into a family active in the cinema industry in the technical cast, or engaged in the general organization.
Since the early 1950s he established himself as one of the most active character actors in the Italian genre cinema, especially in the
Peplum,
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 ...
and
pirate
Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and valuable goods, or taking hostages. Those who conduct acts of piracy are call ...
film genres.
He was sometimes credited as Men Fury.
Selected filmography
* ''
Son of d'Artagnan
''The Gay Swordsman'' () is a 1950 Italian historical film, historical adventure film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Carlo Ninchi, Gianna Maria Canale and Franca Marzi.
Synopsis
The son of d'Artagnan, the hero of ''The Three Musketeers'' ...
'' (1950)
* ''
Poppy
A poppy is a flowering plant in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae. Poppies are herbaceous plants, often grown for their colourful flowers. One species of poppy, '' Papaver somniferum'', is the source of the narcotic drug ...
'' (1952)
* ''
Sardinian Vendetta'' (1952) - Primo fratello Leoni
* ''Patos e Papoulas'' (1953) - Spacciatore di droga
* ''Riscatto'' (1953)
* ''
Attila
Attila ( or ; ), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in early 453. He was also the leader of an empire consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths, Alans, and Gepids, among others, in Central Europe, C ...
'' (1954) - Capo della tribu
* ''
Queen of Babylon'' (1954) - Bolgias
* ''La campana di San Giusto'' (1954)
* ''
The Sign of Venus'' (1955) - Proprietario della trattoria
* ''Vous pigez?'' (1955) - Giuseppe
* ''Orlando e i Paladini di Francia'' (1956)
* ''
Allow Me, Daddy!'' (1956) - Il secondo facchino
* ''
Pirate of the Half Moon'' (1957) - Carceriere
* ''
Adorabili e bugiarde'' (1958) - Gigetto
* ''
Captain Falcon'' (1958)
* ''
Goliath and the Barbarians
''Goliath and the Barbarians'' () is a 1959 Italian sword-and-sandal, peplum film loosely based on events of the Lombards, Lombard Lombards#Invasion and conquest of the Italian peninsula, invasion of Italy in AD 568. As with many Cinema of Italy ...
'' (1959) - Hulderich
* ''Due selvaggi a corte'' (1959)
* ''
Ben-Hur'' (1959) - Soldier (uncredited)
* ''
David and Goliath'' (1960) - Asrod, King of the Philistines
* ''
Carthage in Flames
''Carthage in Flames'' () is a 1960 Italian historical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Pierre Brasseur, José Suárez, Daniel Gélin and Anne Heywood. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were desi ...
'' (1960)
* ''
The Seven Revenges'' (1961) - Amok
* ''
The Tartars'' (1961) - Sigrun
* ''
The Giant of Metropolis'' (1961) - Egon - Father of Yota
* ''
Vulcan Son of Jupiter'' (1962) - Jupiter - God of Lightning
* ''
The Seven Tasks of Ali Baba'' (1962) - Mustapha
* ''
Musketeers of the Sea'' (1962) - Pirate Captain
* ''
The Avenger'' (1962) - Turno's Henchman (uncredited)
* ''
Gold for the Caesars'' (1963) - Dax - the Gaul
* ''
Cleopatra
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (; The name Cleopatra is pronounced , or sometimes in both British and American English, see and respectively. Her name was pronounced in the Greek dialect of Egypt (see Koine Greek phonology). She was ...
'' (1963) - Mithridates (uncredited)
* ''
Terror of the Steppes'' (1964) - Kublai
* ''
Hercules, Prisoner of Evil'' (1964) - Zereteli
* ''
Desert Raiders'' (1964) - El Krim
* ''
Hercules of the Desert'' (1964) - Manatha
* ''Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa'' (1964) - Pillione
* ''
Terror of the Steppes'' (1964)
* ''
The Revenge of Ivanhoe'' (1965) - Etimbaldo
* ''
The Agony and the Ecstasy'' (1965) - Peasant (uncredited)
* ''I predoni del Sahara'' (1965)
* ''
James Tont operazione D.U.E.'' (1966)
* ''Un gangster venuto da Brooklyn'' (1966)
* ''
For a Few Extra Dollars'' (1966) - Newman
* ''
Kill or Be Killed'' (1966) - Jonathan Griffith
* ''Snow Devils'' (1967) - Igrun
* ''
Wanted'' (1967) - Jeremiah Prescott, Blacksmith
* ''
Kill the Wicked!'' (1967) - Braddock
* ''
John the Bastard'' (1967) - Papa Buck
* ''
Gunman Sent by God'' (1968) - Norton
* ''
I'll Sell My Skin Dearly'' (1968) - Joe, Shane's Father (uncredited)
* ''
The Longest Hunt
''Spara, Gringo, spara'' (internationally released as ''The Longest Hunt'' and ''Shoot, Gringo... Shoot!'') is a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Bruno Corbucci.
It is the first western directed by Bruno Corbucci (brother of western ...
'' (1968) - Dickson
* ''
Gatling Gun
The Gatling gun is a rapid-firing multiple-barrel firearm invented in 1861 by Richard Jordan Gatling of North Carolina. It is an early machine gun and a forerunner of the modern electric motor-driven rotary cannon.
The Gatling gun's operatio ...
'' (1968) - Jeremiah Grant
* ''Kill Them All and Come Back Alone'' (1968) - Buddy
* ''
The Two Crusaders'' (1968) - 'Saladino'
* ''Time and Place for Killing'' (1968) - Rock Mulligan
* ''
Tarzana, the Wild Girl'' (1969) - Lars
* ''Isabella, duchessa dei diavoli'' (1969) - Hans the Hitmen's Leader
* ''Zum zum zum n° 2'' (1969) - Warden (uncredited)
* ''
Django the Bastard'' (1969) - Sheriff Reagan (uncredited)
* ''
And God Said to Cain'' (1970) - Mike
* ''
A Sword for Brando'' (1970) - Tall friar
* ''
Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin'' (1970) - Romero (uncredited)
* ''
Adiós, Sabata'' (1970) - Murdock (uncredited)
* ''Uccidi Django... uccidi per primo!!!'' (1971)
* ''
Bastard, Go and Kill'' (1971) - Don Felipe Antonio de Martinez
* ''
Long Live Robin Hood'' (1971) - Innkeeper
* ''Guns for Dollars'' (1971) - Glock (uncredited)
* ''Tara Pokì'' (1971) - Senor Pokì
* ''Armiamoci e partite!'' (1971) - French Soldier
* ''
They Call Him Cemetery'' (1971) - Saloon Patron (uncredited)
* ''
W Django!'' (1971) - Lo sceriffo
* ''His Name Was Holy Ghost'' (1972)
* ''
Man Called Amen'' (1972) - Sheriff (uncredited)
* ''Deadly Trackers'' (1972) - Tom - Carter's Foreman
* ''
Man of the East'' (1972) - Rancher on Train
* ''
100 Fäuste und ein Vaterunser
''100 Fäuste und ein Vaterunser'' ( ''100 Fists and a Prayer''; English: ''Alleluja & Sartana are Sons... Sons of God'') is an Italian-West German film directed by Mario Siciliano. It was released in 1972.
Cast
* Ron Ely
Ronald Pierce E ...
'' (1972) - Old man from Mountsville
* ''
The Grand Duel'' (1972) - Hangman
* ''
Those Dirty Dogs'' (1973) - Cantina Owner
* ''
Even Angels Eat Beans'' (1973) - Wrestling Coach (uncredited)
* ''
Man Called Invincible'' (1973) - Speedy Fingers
* ''Oremus, Alleluia e Così Sia'' (1973)
* ''
Italian Graffiti'' (1973)
* ''Il bacio di una morta'' (1974) - Old Accomplice of Manuel
* ''Di Tresette ce n'è uno, tutti gli altri son nessuno'' (1974) - Doctor (uncredited)
* ''
Ten Killers Came from Afar'' (1974) - (uncredited)
* ''
Salvo D'Acquisto
Salvo Rosario Antonio D'Acquisto (15 October 1920 – 23 September 1943) was a member of the Italian ''Carabinieri'' during the Second World War.
After Italy surrendered in September 1943 to the Allies of World War II, Allies of World War II ...
'' (1974) - Alvaro
* ''
Deep Red
''Deep Red'' (), also known as ''The Hatchet Murders'', is a 1975 Italian ''giallo'' film directed by Dario Argento and co-written by Argento and Bernardino Zapponi. It stars David Hemmings as a musician who investigates a series of murders perf ...
'' (1975) - Rodi
* ''
Go Gorilla Go'' (1975) - Old Man with Moustache (uncredited)
* ''
A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe'' (1975) - (uncredited)
* ''Hanno ucciso un altro bandito'' (1976) - (final film role)
References
External links
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1924 births
1981 deaths
20th-century Italian male actors
Italian male film actors
Italian male television actors
Male actors from Rome
Male Spaghetti Western actors