Benito Stefanelli Explained

Birth Date:2 September 1928
Birth Place:Rome, Italy
Death Date:18 December 1999 (age 71)
Death Place:Rome, Italy
Occupation:Actor, Stuntman

Benito Stefanelli (2 September 1928 – 18 December 1999) was an Italian film actor, stuntman and weapons master who made over 60 appearances in film between 1955 and 1991.

Biography and career

Stefanelli is best known in world cinema for his roles as henchmen in several of Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western films, portraying gang members in the trilogy of films A Fistful of Dollars (1964),[1] For a Few Dollars More (1965),[2] and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966).[3] He played the town drunk in Wanted (1967) starring Giuliano Gemma and Serge Marquand.[4] In his career, Stefanelli appeared in countless other western films and he worked simultaneously as a stunt coordinator (particularly during the 1960s and early 1970s) on the films that he performed in including those of Sergio Leone. A fluent English speaker, he also reportedly served as Clint Eastwood's interpreter together with Bill Thompkins on the set of A Fistful of Dollars.[5] [6]

Selected filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Per un pugno di dollari (Film, 1964) . Gordiano . Lupi . 22 August 2018 . 10 March 2019 . Futuro Europa . it.
  2. Web site: Stasera in tv su Rai 3 alle 20,30 Per qualche dollaro in più di Sergio Leone, con Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef e Gian Maria Volonté . 11 August 2018 . 10 March 2019 . Taxidrivers.it . it.
  3. Web site: Stasera in tv: "Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo" su Rai 3 . Pietro . Ferraro . 18 August 2018 . 10 March 2019 . Cineblog . it . Triboo Media S.r.l..
  4. Web site: 'Wanted' Is a Spaghetti Western That Will Leave You Wanting . Christopher . Forsley . 28 May 2015 . 10 March 2019 . PopMatters.
  5. Book: Armour, Philip . 100 Greatest Western Movies of All Time: Including Five You've Never Heard Of . . 1 June 2011 . 66 . 9780762769377.
  6. Lucky man . Alex . Cox . Alex Cox . 7 August 2008 . 10 March 2019 . New Statesman.