Peter Martell
Peter Martell (born September 30, 1938 in Bozen ; † February 1, 2010 in Bozen; also: Pietro Martellanza, Pietro Martellanz and Peter Martellanz ) was an Italian film actor from South Tyrol .
Life
Martell grew up in Bolzano, left the city at the age of 17, but kept returning to his homeland. After a few years as a seaman, Martell came to Italy in the early 1960s, where he initially worked as an entertainer in discos and won a beauty contest.
Martell began his work in film as a stuntman . In the 1960s and 1970s he played many roles in international film productions, especially in spaghetti westerns . He was u. a. even for starring in God forgives ... Django never! , at the side of Bud Spencer , but broke his ankle during an argument with his girlfriend before shooting began, whereupon he was replaced by Terence Hill , for whom a decades-long successful collaboration with Bud Spencer developed from this film.
After Martell was quiet in the 1990s, he was back in front of the camera regularly from 2001 onwards.
Filmography (selection)
- 1963: Il Comandante - Director: Paolo Heusch
- 1964: Lust and Violence (Il mito) - Director: Adimaro Sala
- 1964: Crimine a due - directed by Romano Ferrara
- 1965: Orion-3000 - Space travel of horror (Il pianeta errante)
- 1966: Arizona Colt
- 1966: Jonny Madoc (Due once di piombo)
- 1966: Embers of the Sun (Dove si spara di più)
- 1967: Die Cobra (Il cobra) - Director: Mario Sequi
- 1967: Agent 3S3 puts everything on one card (Omicidio per appuntamento) - Director: Mino Guerrini
- 1967: Come rubare un quintale di diamanti in Russia - Director: Guido Malatesta
- 1967: Dos cruces en Danger Pass
- 1967: Lola Colt ... she spits in the devil's face (Lola Colt)
- 1967: One shot too many (Dos hombres van a morir)
- 1968: His Winchester whistles the song of death (I lunghi giorni dell'odio)
- 1968: The Bandits of Milan (Banditi a Milano)
- 1968: Lead court (Dio li crea… io li ammazzo!)
- 1968: The law of the merciless (Il lungo giorno del massacro)
- 1968: Django - the gun by the throat (Chiedi perdono a Dio… non a me)
- 1969: Radar Trap Command Company (Probabilità Zero) - Director: Maurizio Lucidi
- 1969: The blue-eyed bandit (Barbagia (La società del malessere))
- 1969: His bullets whistle the death song (Il pistolero dell'Ave Maria)
- 1969: The Witcheslayer of Blackmoor (Il trono di fuoco)
- 1970: Django - The Night of the Long Knives (Ciakmull)
- 1970: Dolanies Melody - Melody of Death (Deserto di fuoco)
- 1971: Era Sam Wallash… lo chiamavano “Così Sia”
- 1971: His name was Pot - but they called him Hallelujah (Il suo nome era Pot… ma… lo chiamavano Allegria)
- 1972: The Eye of Evil ( Casa d'appuntamento )
- 1972: La morte accarezza a mezzanotte - Director: Luciano Ercoli
- 1973: The Shock Castle - When the chastity belt rattles at night
- 1974: Don't itch, buddy 3rd part - Maloche, beer and bed
- 1974: Greetings from the Lederhose 2nd part: Two buddies on the mountain pasture
- 1974: La pazienza ha un limit… noi no!
- 1975: Settlement in San Francisco (Gli esecutori)
- 1976: Safari Express (Safari express)
- 1986: Momo
- 2002: Killer Barbys vs Dracula - Director: Jesus Franco
- 2004: Tears of Kali
- 2009: Melancholy of the Angels
literature
- Martin Hentschel: Don't worry! - The Buddy Films of the 1970s , Düsseldorf 2014, ISBN 978-1500798475
Web links
- Peter Martell in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Obituary ( Memento from August 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Martell has died, ( Memento from April 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) stol.it, February 3, 2010 (accessed on June 28, 2016).
- ^ The New South Tyrolean Daily Newspaper, February 6, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martell, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Martellanz, Peter; Martellanza, Pietro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film actor (South Tyrol) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bolzano , South Tyrol |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1, 2010 |
| Place of death | Bolzano , South Tyrol |