Pietro Torrisi
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)
- 1963: The revolt of the gladiators (I dieci gladiatori)
- 1964: Hercules against the tyrants of Babylon (Ercole contro i tiranni di Babilonia)
- 1967: The time of the vultures (Il tempo degli avvoltoi)
- 1968: Today I ... tomorrow you! (Oggi a me… domani a te!)
- 1969: Four of them came to kill (… E vennere in quattro per uccidere Sartana)
- 1969: Two idiots as gunslingers (Franco e Ciccio sul sentiero di guerra)
- 1970: The right and left hand of the devil (Lo chiamavano Trinità)
- 1970: A circus and a hallelujah (I vendicatori dell'Ave Maria)
- 1971: Three Amen for Satan (La vendetta è un piatto che si serve freddo)
- 1971: Hallelujah whistles the song of dying (Giù le mani… carogna!)
- 1972: 100 fists and one Our Father (Alleluja e Sartana, figli di… Dio)
- 1972: Una cavalla tutta nuda
- 1972: Lo chiamavano Verità
- 1972: It is called Sacramento (Sei jellato amico… hai incontrato Sacramento)
- 1972: Pizza, Father and Pistols (Posate le pistole, reverendo)
- 1972: Cursed, Damned and Alleluia (E poi lo chiamarono il magnifico)
- 1973: The Merciful One with Fast Fists (Sentivano… uno strano, eccitante, pericoloso puzzo di dollari)
- 1974: The girl from Via Condotti (La ragazza di Via Condotti)
- 1974: Four fists strike again (Carambola)
- 1974: Two like bad luck and brimstone (... altrimenti ci arrabbiamo!)
- 1975: Supermen against Amazons (Superuomini, superdonne, superbotte)
- 1975: Flatfoot clears up (Piedone a Hong Kong)
- 1976: Nobody is the greatest (Un Genio, due compari, un pollo)
- 1976: Fellini's Casanova (Il Casanova di Federico Fellini)
- 1978: They called him mosquito (Lo chiamavano bulldozer)
- 1982: The Bomber (Bomber)
- 1982: Gunan - King of the Barbarians (Gunan il guerriero)
- 1983: The barbarian sword (Sangraal, la spada di fuoco)
- 1983: The Throne of Fire (Il trono di fuoco)
- 1985: Tex and the secret of the grottoes of death (Tex e il Signore degli abissi)
- 2004: Germanikus
Web links
- Pietro Torrisi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michel Giordano: Giganti buoni, 1998, p. 139
- ↑ http://www.mymovies.it/biografia/?a=73328
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Torrisi, Pietro |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McCoy, Peter (pen name); Steve, Gordon (pseudonym); Thorys, Peter (pseudonym) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian stuntman and actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1940 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Catania |