Nello Pazzafini

Giovanni "Nello" Pazzafini (15 May 1933 – 9 January 1996) was an Italian actor who appeared in a very large number of Peplum movies, Spaghetti Westerns and Poliziotteschi.

Life and career Born in Rome from parents originally from Ferrara, at a young age, Pazzafini was a footballer and in 1958, he attended the first school for stunt men opened in Italy. Initially an often uncredited stunt performer in peplum films, starting from mid-1960s, he gradually got bigger roles, specializing in villain characters.

Partial filmography The Trojan Horse (1961) The Triumph of Robin Hood (1962) Hercules and the Black Pirates (1964) 3 Avengers (1964) Wanted (1967) Seven Pistols for a Massacre (1967) Run, Man, Run (1968) Bootleggers (1969) They Call Him Cemetery (1971) The Magnificent Dare Devil (1973) Blood and Bullets (1976) The Mafia Triangle (1981) Banana Joe (1982) Double Trouble (1984) The Alcove (1985)