Pietro Torrisi

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Pietro Torrisi (born January 20, 1940 in Catania ) is an Italian stuntman and actor .

Life

Torrisi began as a bodybuilder and weightlifting in his hometown as a teenager and after moving to Rome in 1961 he took part in numerous championships. In 1963 he was elected Mister Italia (in the subsequent election to Mister Universum he was fourth) and began a long career as a stuntman and small actor. He was one of the gladiators in the short-lived series around "The Ten Gladiators", initially in other of the numerous sandal films produced by Cinecittà , later in spaghetti westerns and adventure films . He has appeared in over 100 films.

When a wave of barbarian films was being produced in the early 1980s, Torrisi was given several opportunities to lead roles under the pseudonym Peter McCoy , in which physical presence was more important than acting.

During his career he had several pseudonyms, including Gordon Steve and Peter Thorys .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Michel Giordano: Giganti buoni, 1998, p. 139
  2. http://www.mymovies.it/biografia/?a=73328
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