Massimo Vanni

Massimo Vanni (born July 8, 1946 in Rome ) is an Italian actor .

Life

Vanni, the cousin of the director Enzo G. Castellari , began his career with his help and in one of his films as in almost all of his subsequent ones. As a stuntman, he also appeared in mostly smaller roles in many action films and other genre goods . Bruno Corbucci cast him in the long-running series about the unconventional policeman "Monezza" - marketed as a "super bull" in German-speaking countries - as his down-to-earth colleague.

Vanni was often hired as an armorer.

He shot several of his films under various pseudonyms such as Alex McBride , Patrick O'Neil , Max Vanders or Patrick O'Neil Jr.

Filmography (selection)

• 1970: Django and Sabata - like bloody vultures (C'è Sartana… vendi la pistola e comprati la bara!)
• 1974: A man strikes back (Il cittadino si ribella)
• 1975: We are the strongest (Noi non siamo angeli)
• 1975: Onion Jack cleans up (Cipolla Colt)
• 1976: Cop Hunter (Italia a mano armata)
• 1976: Keoma - The Song of Death (Keoma)
• 1976: Racket (Il grande racket)
• 1977: Dealer Connection - The Heroin Street (La via della droga)
• 1977: The Gangster Academy (La banda del trucido)
• 1980: Day of the Cobra (Il giorno del Cobra)
• 1981: The Last Jaws - The White Killer (L'ultimo squalo)
• 1982: The Riffs - We are violence (I guerrieri del Bronx)
• 1982: Metropolis 2000 (I nuovi barbari)
• 1988: Zombie III (Zombi 3)
• 1988: Evil is back (Oltre la morte)
• 1988: Heroin Force (Double target (Doppio bersaglio))
• 1997: Kidnapping - A father strikes back
• 2002: Gangs of New York

Web links

• Massimo Vanni in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vanni at mymovies (Italian)
2. ↑ http://www.martemagazine.it/news/appuntamenti/item/13350-festival_-cinici-infami-e-violenti  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.