Riccardo Pizzuti
Riccardo Pizzuti (born April 28, 1934 in Cetraro ) is an Italian actor and stuntman .
Life
From 1963, Pizzuti played minor roles in numerous Italian genre films, where he benefited from his training as a stuntman .
The gray-haired, mustached actor gained a certain degree of notoriety when he took on supporting roles in films with the duo Bud Spencer and Terence Hill in the 1970s and 1980s . In these "beating comedies" he almost always played the villain 's henchman and thug who initially provoked Spencer and Hill and then was hit particularly often and severely by their blows. Through his appearances, Pizzuti achieved cult status with Spencer Hill fans.
Today Pizzuti lives near Toulouse .
Films (selection)
- 1965: The Adventurers of Tortuga (L'avventuriero della Tortuga)
- 1965: For dollars into the afterlife (Deguejo)
- 1966: Django - Only the Colt was his friend (Django spara per primo)
- 1966: Tampeko - A dollar has two sides (Per pochi dollari ancora)
- 1967: Desperado - The mysterious avenger (Il magnifico texano)
- 1967: Wanted (Wanted)
- 1968: Four for one Ave Maria (I quattro dell'Ave Maria)
- 1968: El Zorro (El Zorro)
- 1969: Django - God forgive his Colt (Dio perdoni la mia pistola)
- 1969: Bloody lead (Il prezzo del potere)
- 1970: The right and left hand of the devil (Lo chiamavano Trinità)
- 1970: Play your game and kill, Joe (Un uomo chiamato Apocalisse Joe)
- 1971: A meal for Django (W Django!)
- 1971: Hallelujah ... Amigo (Si può fare ... amigo)
- 1972: Cursed, Damned and Alleluia (E poi lo chiamarono Il Magnifico)
- 1972: Four fists for a hallelujah (… continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità)
- 1972: Two heavenly dogs on the way to hell (Più forte, ragazzi!)
- 1973: Angels also eat beans (Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli)
- 1974: Even angels like it hot (Anche gli angeli tirano di destro)
- 1974: Supermen against Amazons (Superuomini, superdonne, superbotte)
- 1974: Two missionaries (Porgi l'altra guancia)
- 1975: Flat tire in Hong Kong (Piedone a Hong Kong)
- 1975: Hector, the knight without fear and blame (Il soldato di ventura)
- 1975: Wolfsblut intervenes (Zanna Bianca alla riscossa)
- 1976: Keoma - The Song of Death
- 1977: Two out of control (I due superpiedi quasi piatti)
- 1978: The big one with his extraterrestrial little one (Uno Sceriffo extraterrestre - poco extra e molto terrestre)
- 1978: They called him mosquito (Lo chiamavano bulldozer)
- 1978: Two cannot be stopped (Pari e dispari)
- 1980: Buddy hits Luke (Chissà perché… capitano tutte a me)
- 1981: Flat foot on the Nile (Piedone d'Egitto)
- 1981: A fist goes west (Occhio alla penna)
- 1981: Two aces trump (Chi trova un amico, trova un tesoro)
- 1983: Two strong guys (Go for it)
- 1985: Tex and the secret of the grottoes of death (Tex e il Signore degli abissi)
- 1991: When one speaks of the devil (Un piede in paradiso)
- 1995: Trinity and Babyface (Trinità & Bambino… e adesso tocca di noi)
- 2017: They called him Spencer
literature
- Christian Heger: The right and left hand of the parody: Bud Spencer, Terence Hill and their films . Schüren Verlag, Marburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89472-664-5 .
Web links
- Riccardo Pizzuti in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Commons : Riccardo Pizzuti - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ short biography on budterence.tk (Italian, accessed on 30 December 2013).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pizzuti, Riccardo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Piper, Rick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actor and stuntman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cetraro |