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Post by Stuntman Mike » 02/03/2024, 14:26

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Michele Branca in “Pronto ad uccidere” (1976)
Michele Branca is an actor and stuntman active in the Italian cinema scene between the early 60s and the late 70s. We have no information on his date of birth and whether he is still alive.

He’s sometimes credited under the name “Michael Brank”.

Elements useful for his identification are the scar on the right cheek, almost always clearly visible, and the slightly deviated nasal septum.

Filmography

1964
  1. Il trionfo dei dieci gladiatori .... Soldier (uncredited)
  2. Maciste nelle miniere del re Salomone .... Soldier (uncredited)

    1967
  3. Il tempo degli avvoltoi .... Mendoza henchman (uncredited)
  4. Pecos è qui: prega e muori! .... El Supremo henchman (uncredited)
  5. Un poker di pistole .... Masters henchman (uncredited)
  6. Una colt in pugno al diavolo .... Soldier (uncredited)

    1968
  7. Giurò... e li uccise ad uno ad uno... Piluk il timido .... Roy Mason (credited)

    1970
  8. Il magnifico Robin Hood .... One of Robin's men (uncredited)
  9. Quel maledetto giorno d'inverno... Django e Sartana all'ultimo sangue .... Miguel, Sanchez henchman (credited as “Michael Brank”)

    1971
  10. Giù la testa... hombre .... Donovan henchman (uncredited)
  11. Rimase uno solo e fu la morte per tutti! .... Alvarez henchman (credited)

    1972
  12. Il west ti va stretto, amico... è arrivato Alleluja .... Austrian soldier (uncredited)
  13. Jesse & Lester - Due fratelli in un posto chiamato Trinità .... Stagecoach bandit (uncredited)
  14. Poppea... una prostituta al servizio dell'impero .... Stable hand (uncredited)

    1973
  15. Sei bounty killers per una strage .... Hirishman henchman (uncredited)

    1975
  16. La tigre venuta dal fiume Kwai .... Mason henchman (uncredited)
  17. Prima ti suono e poi ti sparo .... Funeral attendee (credit ???)

    1976
  18. I padroni della città .... Manzari henchman (credit ???)
  19. Pronto ad uccidere .... Truck robber (uncredited)

    1979
  20. Porno erotico western .... Sheriff (uncredited)

Filmography to check
  • 1966 - Djurado (as Tucan henchman)
  • 1967 - Cjamango (as El Tigre henchman)
    1967 - Il figlio di Django (as Thompson henchman)
  • 1968 - Passa Sartana... è l'ombra della tua morte (as Randall henchman)
  • 1971 - Per una bara piena di dollari (as Hagen henchman)
  • 1971 - Tara Pokì
  • 1972 - Lo ammazzò come un cane... ma lui rideva ancora (as Jim, Ramson henchman)
  • 1973 - Kung Fu nel pazzo west (as Don henchman)
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Post by Stuntman Mike » 02/03/2024, 14:34

Il trionfo dei dieci gladiatori (1964) as Soldier, not credited (first one from the right)
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Post by Stuntman Mike » 02/03/2024, 14:35

Maciste nelle miniere del re Salomone (1964) as Soldier, not credited
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Post by Stuntman Mike » 02/03/2024, 14:44

Il tempo degli avvoltoi (1967) as Mendoza henchman, not credited
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Post by Stuntman Mike » 02/03/2024, 14:45

Un poker di pistole (1967) as Masters henchman, not credited
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Post by Stuntman Mike » 02/03/2024, 14:47

Giurò... e li uccise ad uno ad uno... Piluk il timido (1968) credited as Roy Mason
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Post by Stuntman Mike » 02/03/2024, 14:49

Quel maledetto giorno d'inverno... Django e Sartana all'ultimo sangue (1970) as Miguel, Sanchez henchman. Credited as “Michael Brank”.
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Post by Stuntman Mike » 02/03/2024, 14:51

Rimase uno solo e fu la morte per tutti! (1971) credited as Alvarez henchman
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Post by Stuntman Mike » 02/03/2024, 14:53

Poppea... una prostituta al servizio dell'impero (1972) as Stable hand, not credited.
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Post by Stuntman Mike » 02/03/2024, 14:54

Pronto ad uccidere (1976) as Truck robber, not credited.
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