Pietro Martellanza (30 September 1938 – 1 February 2010), best known as Peter Martell, was an Italian film actor who had numerous bigger roles in Spaghetti westerns. Sometimes he was credited as Pete Martell or Peter Martel.

Career

Born in

Bolzano Bolzano ( ; ; or ) is the capital city of South Tyrol (officially the province of Bolzano), Northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third largest in historical Tyrol. The ...

, he started his career in cinema as a stuntman. He was mainly active in the 1960s and 1970s, appearing in about 70 films. After a longer break he starred in some movies again from 2002 on. Martell was chosen as the leading actor in '' God Forgives... I Don't!'', but the day before the first shoot he broke his foot during a fight with his girlfriend and was replaced by

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, which started Hill's successful partnership with

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. Martell was set to play Trinity when ''

They Call Me Trinity ''They Call Me Trinity'' () is a 1970 spaghetti Western comedy film written and directed by Enzo Barboni (under the pseudonym of E.B. Clucher) and produced by Italo Zingarelli. The film stars the duo of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer as half-brot ...

'' (1970) was first announced, and

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Bambino. The two characters were later portrayed by Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, who were then a popular comic duo following the release of

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film ''God Forgives... I Don't!''.

Filmography

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* Italian male film actors 1938 births 2010 deaths Actors from Bolzano Male Spaghetti Western actors Male actors from Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol {{Italy-film-actor-stub