Daniele Vargas

Daniele Vargas, stage name of Daniele Pitani (20 April 1922 – 26 April 1981) was an Italian film actor.

Life and career Born in Imola, a small town in the district of Bologna, after attending high school with Pier Paolo Pasolini, Daniele Vargas enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine of Bologna University. After graduation in 1957 he moved to Rome to follow his passion for cinema.

He began to appear in small roles in costume films and sword-and-sandals at the end of the 1950s and rapidly became one of the most active character actors, specializing in villain roles and sometime in characters of Spanish language.

Selected filmography

Hercules Unchained (1959) - Amphiaraus Non perdiamo la testa (1959) - The Butler Le cameriere (1959) - Il baritono Marini Caltiki – The Immortal Monster (1959) - Bob The Pirate and the Slave Girl (1959) - Gamal The Giant of Marathon (1959) - Darius I, King of Persia La strada dei giganti (1960) Fury of the Pagans (1960) - Napur The Thief of Bagdad (1961) - Gamal Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita (1961) - Marchese Daniele A Difficult Life (1961) - Marquis Capperoni Sodom and Gomorrah (1962) - Segur March on Rome (1962) - "Sua Excelencia" The Invincible Masked Rider (1963) - Don Luis Torpedo Bay (1963) - Brauzzi Samson and the Sea Beast (1963) - Murad Il Successo (1963) - Il principale di Laura I mostri (1963) - Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli") Terror of the Steppes (1964) - Altan Khan La calda vita (1964) Panic Button (1964) Hercules Against Rome (1964) - Filippo Afro La vendetta di Spartacus (1964) - Lucius Transone Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon (1964) Ces dames s'en mêlent (1965) - Zacharoff Jungle Adventurer (1965) - Rajah Sindar Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus (1965) - Saud Up and Down (1965) - Il professor Maestrelli (segment "Questione di Principo") La Dama de Beirut (1965) Se non avessi più te (1965) - Hotel Manager in Barcelona Degueyo (1966) - Frank Seasons of Our Love (1966) - Count Della Pica A Man Could Get Killed (1966) - Osman Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang (1966) - Tol Lim The Spy Who Loved Flowers (1966) - Stan Harriman Web of Violence (1966) - Lo Vecchio After the Fox (1966) - Prosecuting Counsel Pleasant Nights (1966) - Fortebraccio da Montone Wanted (1967) - Gold - Mayor Per amore... per magia... (1967) Il lungo, il corto, il gatto (1967) - Ispettore americano Return of Django (1967) - Clay Ferguson Come rubare un quintale di diamanti in Russia (1967) - Zak Electra One (1967) - Electra 1 Golden Chameleon (1967) Assault on the State Treasure (1967) - Kaufman The Last Killer (1967) - John Barrett The Stranger Returns (1967) - Good Jim Vengeance Is My Forgiveness (1968) - Doctor Frank Decker Spirits of the Dead (1968) - University professor (segment "William Wilson") Madigan's Millions (1968) - Giovanni Casetti (italian version) Cemetery Without Crosses (1969) - Will Rogers Zorro in the Court of England (1970) - Sir Basil Ruthford Bridge Over the Elbe (1969) - Major Zorro, the Navarra Marquis (1969) - Col. Brizard Poppea's Hot Nights (1969) - Druso Eros e Thanatos (1969) The President of Borgorosso Football Club (1970) - Don Ragazzoni Four Gunmen of the Holy Trinity (1971) - Thompson Riuscirà il nostro eroe a ritrovare il più grande diamante del mondo? (1971) - Dolmann The Devil Has Seven Faces (1971) - James Marlowe Il terrore con gli occhi storti (1972) - José Il generale dorme in piedi (1972) - Ten. Col. Poli Zambo il dominatore della foresta (1972) - Perkins I Kiss the Hand (1973) - Don Santino Bileggi Those Dirty Dogs (1973) - Major, Fort Apache Commander The Arena (1974) - Timarchus Playing the Field (1974) - The President The Voyage (1974) - Don Liborio, Lawyer Silence the Witness (1974) - Il senatore Turrisi Ante Up (1974) - Avvocato La nipote (1974) - Luigi / Husband Eyeball (1975) - Robby Alvarado The Sensuous Nurse (1975) - Gustavo Scarpa Quella provincia maliziosa (1975) L'ingenua (1975) - Luigi Beton Oh, Serafina! (1976) - Assessore Buglio Sex with a Smile II (1976) - Avv. Augusto Zenaro (segment "La visita") Il signor Ministro li pretese tutti e subito (1977) - Luigi Romagnoli Three Tigers Against Three Tigers (1977) - Berchielli capo di scorza Being Twenty (1978) - Affatati Where Are You Going on Holiday? (1978) - Cavalier Ciccio Colombi (segment "Sì buana") ...And Give Us Our Daily Sex (1979) - Oculista (as Danielle Vargas) Una donna di notte (1979) - Publisher Saturday, Sunday and Friday (1979) - Il direttore (segment "Sabato") Io zombo, tu zombi, lei zomba (1979) Atsalut pader (1979) Il ladrone (1980) - Ruffo Il lupo e l'agnello (1980) - Colonello De Luca Spaghetti a mezzanotte (1981) - Ulderico Ski Mistress (1981) - Emir Hussein Prickly Pears (1981) Accadde a Parma (1988) - (final film role)