Giovanni "Nello" Pazzafini (15 May 1933 – 9 January 1996) was an Italian actor who appeared in a very large number of Peplum movies,

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 and Poliziotteschi.

Life and career

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, ...

from parents originally from

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, at young age Pazzafini was a footballer and in 1958 he attended the first school for stunt men opened in Italy. Initially an often uncredited stunt performer in

peplum film Sword-and-sandal, also known as peplum (: pepla), is a subgenre of largely Italian-made historical, mythological, or biblical epics mostly set in the Greco-Roman antiquity or the Middle Ages. These films attempted to emulate the big-budget Holl ...

s, starting from mid-1960s he gradually got bigger roles, specializing in

villain A villain (also known as a " black hat", "bad guy" or "baddy"; The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.126 "baddy (also baddie) noun (pl. -ies) ''informal'' a villain or criminal in a book, film, etc.". the feminine form is villai ...

characters.

Partial filmography

* '' The Trojan Horse'' (1961) * ''

The Triumph of Robin Hood ''The Triumph of Robin Hood'' () is a 1962 Italian adventure film directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Don Burnett, Gia Scala and Samson Burke.Kinnard & Crnkovich p.178 The film's sets were designed by the art director Giuseppe Ranieri. It was s ...

'' (1962) * '' Hercules and the Black Pirates'' (1964) * '' 3 Avengers'' (1964) * '' Wanted'' (1967) * '' 7 pistole per un massacro'' (1967) * ''

Run, Man, Run ''Run, Man, Run'' (, also known as ''Big Gundown 2'') is an Italian- French Zapata Western film. It is the second film of Sergio Sollima centred on the character of Cuchillo, again played by Tomas Milian, after the two-years earlier successful ...

'' (1968) * ''

Bootleggers A bootleg is the upper part (or shaft) of a boot. Bootleg, bootlegging or bootlegger(s) may also refer to: Common meanings * Rum-running, the illegal business of transporting and trading in alcoholic beverages * Moonshine, illicitly made an ...

'' (1969) * ''

They Call Him Cemetery ''They Call Me Cemetery'' (, also known as ''His Pistols Smoked... They Call Him Cemetery'' and ''A Bullet for a Stranger'') is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo and starring Gianni Garko. It was followed by '' H ...

'' (1971) * ''

Blood and Bullets ''Blood and Bullets'' (, also known as ''Knell, Bloody Avenger'') is a 1976 Italian poliziottesco film written and directed by Alfonso Brescia and starring Jack Palance, George Eastman and Jenny Tamburi. Plot Cast *Jack Palance as Duke *Ge ...

'' (1976) * ''

The Mafia Triangle ''The Mafia Triangle'' () is a 1981 Italian " poliziottesco" film written and directed by Alfonso Brescia and starring Mario Merola. It is an unofficial remake of Brescia's 1978 film ''Napoli … serenata calibro 9''. Plot Cast * Mario Merol ...

'' (1981) * '' Banana Joe'' (1982) * '' Double Trouble'' (1984)

References

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* 1933 births 1996 deaths Italian male film actors Male Spaghetti Western actors 20th-century Italian male actors {{film-actor-stub