Roberto Mauri (8 February 1924 – 18 February 2018) was an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born Giuseppe Tagliavia in

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, Mauri began his career as a film actor in low-budget films, occasionally even playing main roles. He debuted as a director co-directing with Andrea Bianchi the crime film ''La legge del mitra'', in which he was also an actor. Mainly active between the 1960s and the first half of the 1970s, Mauri specialized in the

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genre, in which he was sometimes credited as Robert Johnson. He died in

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, Italy on 18 February 2018, at the age of 94.

Selected filmography

;Actor * '' Apparition'' (1943) * '' The Devil's Gondola'' (1946) * ''

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'' (1947) * '' They Were Three Hundred'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1953) * '' La pattuglia dell'Amba Alagi'' (1953) ;Director and screenwriter * '' Slaughter of the Vampires'' (1962) * '' Three Swords for Rome'' (1964) * '' The Invincible Brothers Maciste'' (1964) * '' Night of Violence'' (1965) * '' Vengeance Is My Forgiveness'' (1968) * '' Kong Island'' (1968) * '' Sartana in the Valley of Death'' (1970) * '' Wanted Sabata'' (1970) * '' He Was Called Holy Ghost'' (1971) * ''

Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman ''Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman'' () is a 1971 Capa e spada film directed by Roberto Mauri. Plot After the death of King Henry I of England, Henry I in 12th-century England, the throne is taken by Stephen Cunningham who claims to possess the myth ...

'' (1971) * '' Madeleine: Anatomy of a Nightmare'' (1974)

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* 1924 births 2018 deaths 20th-century Italian male actors Italian film directors Italian male film actors Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters People from Castelvetrano {{Italy-film-bio-stub