Benito Stefanelli
Actor · died at 71
Profile
| Age at death | 71 |
|---|---|
| Birth date | September 2, 1928 |
| Birthplace | Rome |
| Died | December 18, 1999 |
| Profession | Actor, Film actor, Stunt performer, Athlete |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
In the rankings
Filmography / Projects
- A Season of Giants
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The Barbarians
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Ladyhawke
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White Fire (Vivre pour survivre)
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Ironmaster (La guerra del ferro - Ironmaster)
- The Pumaman
- The Payoff (La mazzetta)
- Squadra antifurto
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Violent Rome (Roma violenta)
- Battle of the Amazons (Le Amazzoni - Donne d'amore e di guerra)
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So Sweet, So Dead (Rivelazioni di un maniaco sessuale al capo della squadra mobile)
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W Django!
- Duck, You Sucker! (Giù la testa)
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Once Upon a Time in the West
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Gunman Sent by God (Il pistolero segnato da Dio)
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A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof (...e per tetto un cielo di stelle)
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Wanted
- The Hellbenders (I crudeli)
- Secret Agent Super Dragon (New York chiama Superdrago)
- For a Few Extra Dollars (Per pochi dollari ancora)
- The Upper Hand (Du rififi à Paname)
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The Big Gundown (La resa dei conti)
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Death is serving (La muerte cumple condena)
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo)
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Blood for a Silver Dollar (Un dollaro bucato)
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For a Few Dollars More (Per qualche dollaro in più)
- Revenge of the Musketeers (D'Artagnan contro i tre moschettieri)
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Castle of Blood (Danza macabra)
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La vendetta dei gladiatori
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A Fistful of Dollars (Per un pugno di dollari)
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Zorro and the Three Musketeers (Zorro e i tre moschettieri)
- A Queen for Caesar (Una regina per Cesare)
- The Slave (Il figlio di Spartacus)
- The Last of the Vikings (Le Dernier des Vikings)
- Messalina (Messalina, Venere imperatrice)
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Ulysses (Ulisse)
Benito Stefanelli — Biography
Rather than a marquee name, Benito Stefanelli is remembered chiefly as one of the recurring henchmen and stunt hands of Sergio Leone's westerns. Born in Rome on 2 September 1928, he appeared on screen in more than sixty productions between 1955 and 1991 while also working as a weapons instructor and, on many of the same westerns, as the stuntman who staged the fight choreography. He played a gang member in all three films of Leone's so-called Dollars trilogy — A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly — and also turned up in Once Upon a Time in the West; in Wanted he played the town drunk opposite Giuliano Gemma. Fluent in English, he is also said to have interpreted for Clint Eastwood on the set of A Fistful of Dollars.
His career was not confined to westerns: in the 1980s he took roles in historical-fantasy productions such as Ladyhawke, The Barbarians and A Season of Giants. He died in Rome on 18 December 1999.
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