Nello Pazzafini Biography

Italian actor

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

Life and career

Born in Rome from parents originally from Ferrara, 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 films, starting from mid-1960s he gradually got bigger roles, specializing in villain characters.

Partial filmography

  • The Trojan Horse (1961)
  • The Triumph of Robin Hood (1962)
  • Hercules and the Black Pirates (1964)
  • 3 Avengers (1964)
  • Wanted (1967)
  • 7 pistole per un m*acro (1967)
  • Run, Man, Run (1968)
  • Bootleggers (1969)
  • They Call Him Cemetery (1971)
  • Blood and Bullets (1976)
  • The Mafia Triangle (1981)
  • Double Trouble (1984)

References

    External links

    • Nello Pazzafini at IMDb


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