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Maggio, Vincenzo

Post by PeplumParadise » 17/04/2020, 11:41

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Vincenzo Maggio in Lo chiamavano Bulldozer (1978)

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Vincenzo Maggio was a stuntman and actor active in Italian films from at least the early 50's to the early 90's.

Vincenzo was born on April 5th 1934 in Naples, Italy and died on November 11th 2003, aged 69. He was the son of actor Dante Maggio, the nephew of Enzo Maggio (the namesake who causes so much confusion) and was the brother of Domenico Maggio, another actor.[1]

Much confusion is caused by there being 2 actors who were credited regularly both as Enzo and Vincenzo Maggio, both of whom were active concurrently from the 50's until the 70's. This confusion results in all filmographies you find for either actor (except ours obviously) being incorrect and mixing up the credits for both actors.

Filmography

1951
  1. La città si difende .... Alberto Tosi (credited as "Enzo Maggio")

    1960
  2. Cartagine in fiamme .... Ship crew member (uncredited)

    1961
  3. Barabba .... Soldier at the crucifixion (uncredited)
  4. Costantino il grande .... Soldier (uncredited)
  5. Drakut il vendicatore .... Gypsy (uncredited)
  6. Goliath contro i giganti .... Ship crew member / Greek soldier (uncredited)
  7. La vendetta di Ursus .... Attacker (uncredited)
  8. Maciste nella terra dei ciclopi .... Guard (uncredited)

    1962
  9. La tigre dei sette mari .... Soldier (uncredited)
  10. Le sette folgori di Assur .... Soldier in opening battle (uncredited)
  11. Sfida nella città dell'oro .... Nightclub brawler (uncredited)
  12. Sodoma e Gomorra .... Hebrew (uncredited)

    1963
  13. D'Artagnan contro i 3 moschettieri .... Guard in tavern fight (uncredited)
  14. I dieci gladiatori .... Gladiator (uncredited)
  15. Il boia di Venezia .... Rebel (uncredited)
  16. Il leone di San Marco .... Pirate (uncredited)
  17. Vino, whisky e acqua salata .... Bar brawler (uncredited)
  18. Zorro e i tre moschettieri .... Associate of the musketeers (credited as "Enzo Maggio")

    1964
  19. Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa .... Soldier in tavern fight (uncredited)
  20. Ercole contro i figli del sole .... Temple guard (uncredited)
  21. Ercole contro Roma .... Soldier (re-used footage) (uncredited)
  22. Gli invincibili dieci gladiatori .... Gladiator (re-used footage) (uncredited)
  23. Gli invincibili tre .... Mannina (credited as "Tony Maggio")
  24. I due gladiatori .... Rebel agitator at the arena (uncredited)
  25. I tre centurioni .... Soldier with chicken (uncredited)
  26. Il Leone di Tebe .... Egyptian soldier / Egyptian guard in the caves (uncredited)
  27. Il trionfo dei dieci gladiatori .... Gladiator / Soldier (uncredited)
  28. L'ultimo gladiatore .... Soldier (re-used footage) (uncredited)
  29. La rivolta dei pretoriani .... Guard (uncredited)
  30. Sandokan alla riscossa .... Sandokan's informer] (uncredited)
  31. Sansone contro il corsaro nero .... Paquito (credited)

    1965
  32. Adiós gringo .... Brawler at the lynching (uncredited)
  33. Asso di picche - Operazione controspionaggio .... Oakes henchman (uncredited)
  34. Il gladiatore che sfidò l'impero .... Guard (uncredited)
  35. Il mistero dell'isola maledetta .... Pirate (uncredited)
  36. Il tesoro della foresta pietrificata .... Soldier holding Siglinde (uncredited)
  37. L'avventuriero della Tortuga .... Spanish soldier (uncredited)
  38. Superseven chiama Cairo .... Sales assistant in camera shop (credited)

    1966
  39. L'uomo che ride .... One of Cesare Borgia's soldiers (uncredited)
  40. Le spie amano i fiori .... Henchman in street fight (uncredited)
  41. Perry Grant agente di ferro .... Henchman at the dock (uncredited)
  42. Starblack .... Gunman in the streets (credited)
  43. Superargo contro Diabolikus .... Henchman (uncredited)
  44. Zorro il ribelle .... Luis henchman (uncredited)

    1967
  45. ...4 ..3 ..2 ..1 ...morte .... Car salesman henchman (uncredited)
  46. Delitto a Posillipo - Londra chiama Napoli .... Henchman (uncredited)
  47. Flashman .... Kid henchman (uncredited)
  48. I fantastici 3 $upermen .... Sarkis Henchman (credited as "Enzo Maggio")
  49. Kommissar X - Drei grüne Hunde / Strategic command chiama Jo Walker .... Khemal henchman (uncredited)

    1968
  50. Ammazzali tutti e torna solo .... Soldier (uncredited)

    1969
  51. 5 per l'inferno .... German soldier (uncredited)
  52. Dio perdoni la mia pistola .... One of Martin's men (uncredited)
  53. Ehi amico... c'è Sabata. Hai chiuso! .... Stengel henchman on MG (uncredited)

    1970
  54. Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di... .... Prisoner shot when forced to run / Soldier shot in the head (uncredited)
  55. La colomba non deve volare .... Sgt. Rosselli (credited as "Vincenzo Maggi")
  56. Ombre roventi .... Room service henchman (credited as "Enzo Maggio")

    1971
  57. Arriva Durango, paga o muori .... Avellana's Henchman (uncredited)
  58. È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta! .... Gunman hit by hammer (uncredited)
  59. Se t'incontro t'ammazzo .... Winthrop saloon gunman (uncredited)

    1972
  60. La vita, a volte, è molto dura, vero Provvidenza? .... James henchman (uncredited)
  61. Poppea... una prostituta al servizio dell'impero .... Gladiator (uncredited - re-used footage)
  62. Seminò morte... lo chiamavano il Castigo di Dio! .... Santo gang member (uncredited)
  63. Sotto a chi tocca! .... Guard (uncredited)
  64. Tutti fratelli nel west... per parte di padre .... Barn brawler (uncredited)

    1973
  65. Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli .... Policeman (uncredited)
  66. Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza? .... Dance hall employee (uncredited)
  67. I racconti di Viterbury .... Soldier (uncredited)
  68. Piedone lo sbirro .... Drug thug / Drug driver (uncredited)

    1974
  69. ...altrimenti ci arrabbiamo! .... Henchman in balloon fight (uncredited)
  70. Anche gli angeli tirano di destro .... Gangster in street fight (uncredited)
  71. Piedino il questurino .... Sailor in nightclub brawl / Warehouse thug (uncredited)
  72. Quelli che contano .... Henchman (uncredited)
  73. The Arena .... Gladiator (uncredited)

    1975
  74. Carambola, filotto... tutti in buca .... Barroom brawler (uncredited)
  75. Il sogno di Zorro .... Ruarte soldier (uncredited)
  76. Piedone a Hong Kong .... Accardo henchman (uncredited)

    1976
  77. Il grande racket .... Henchman / Henchman (uncredited)
  78. Il soldato di ventura .... French soldier (uncredited)
  79. Sangue di sbirro .... Mallory's henchman (uncredited)

    1977
  80. I due superpiedi quasi piatti .... Fred henchman in bowling alley (uncredited)
  81. La polizia è sconfitta .... Gianni (credited as "Enzo Maggio")

    1978
  82. Lo chiamavano Bulldozer .... Gambling den manager (credited)
  83. Napoli Spara .... Santoro's Henchman (credited)
  84. Pari e dispari .... Paragoulis Henchman (credited as "Enzo Maggio")
  85. Piedone l'africano .... Bus hooligan (uncredited)

    1979
  86. Uno sceriffo extraterrestre...poco extra e molto terrestre .... Airman (uncredited)

    1980
  87. Chissà perché... capitano tutte a me .... Police officer (credited)
  88. Piedone d'Egitto .... Johnny (uncredited)

    1981
  89. Chi trova un amico trova un tesoro .... Pirate (uncredited)

    1982
  90. Bomber .... Boxing referee (credited)
  91. Nerone e Poppea .... Gladiator (re-used footage) (uncredited)

    1983
  92. Anno 2020 - I gladiatori del futuro .... Saloon heavy (uncredited)

    1987
  93. Warrior Queen .... One of Goliath's men (uncredited)

    1988
  94. Big Man : La fanciulla che ride (TV movie) .... Vasco's thug (uncredited)
  95. Big Man : Polizza droga (TV movie) .... Thug (uncredited)
  96. The Last Temptation of Christ .... Soldier at the crucifixion (credited as Stuntman)

    1991
  97. Year of the Gun .... Red Brigade terrorist (credited as Stunts)

Additional credits
  • Trois filles dans le vent (1981) .... seen in footage taken from Se t'incontro t'ammazzo (re-used footage)

More Maggio!
There are still a few movies where Vincenzo is credited by various online sources, so if anybody has images of him in the films below you know what to do. Be aware that with any of these roles it is quite possible that it could be the older Enzo Maggio who appears. ANICA lists a number of titles for "Enzo Maggio" that look like they could probably be Vincenzo - I have included the more obvious-looking ones and left the rest.
  • I clowns (1970) ANICA as Clown Italiano. I have searched for him without any luck, but if he is hidden under clown make-up then he may be pretty impossible to find. There is also a credit for "Maggio" which someone may have mistaken to be Vincenzo, but almost certainly refers to Dante Maggio, who definitely does appear.
  • Il furto è l'anima del commercio?!... (1971) ANICA
  • Noi non siamo angeli (1975) IMDb as Shark henchman
  • El macho (1977) IMDb as Sam
  • Le grand escogriffe [Il genio] (1977) ANICA
  • La soldatessa alle grandi manovre (1978) IMDb
  • La storia spezzata (1990) TV mini-series, episodes 1 & 2. IMDb as "acrobti", maybe credited

Vincenzo has vanished!
Titles where Vincenzo is credited somewhere online, but neither he nor the older Enzo appear
  • Fai in fretta ad uccidermi... ho freddo! (1967) "Vincenzo" is credited, but I could not find either Vincenzo or Enzo.
  • Zorro (1975) Listed on IMDb as "Townsman". There is an actor who bears some resemblance to Vincenzo, but it is not him.

The Other One!
Films where "Vincenzo Maggio" is credited, or listed somewhere online, but it is actually the older Enzo who appears
  • I due vigili (1967)
  • I due deputati (1968) ANICA
  • Rimase uno solo e fu la morte per tutti (1971)
  • Gli altri racconti di Canterbury (1972)
  • Posate le pistole, reverendo (1972) ANICA
  • Trinità e Sartana figli di... (1972) ANICA
  • Di Tresette ce n'è uno, tutti gli altri son nessuno (1974) IMDb as Frank Faina
  • Primo amore (1978) ANICA
Notes and sources
1. This information comes from our user Centoventisei, who says it originates from the registry where it was discovered through research.
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Re: Vincenzo Maggio

Post by PeplumParadise » 17/04/2020, 11:52

La città si difende (1951) credited as Enzo Maggio, as Alberto Tosi.

I came across this role completely by accident while searching for Amedeo Trilli. Every online source credits this role to the older Enzo, except, oddly, IMDb, where it is the sole credit for "Enzo Maggio Jr.". Coming some 8 years before any other known roles, the young Vincenzo has a large and dramatic role here and it's surprising he didn't move into more roles of substance as a result. On the strength of this I think it's quite possible that some other 50's roles ascribed to the older Enzo could also turn out to be Vincenzo.
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Re: Vincenzo Maggio

Post by PeplumParadise » 17/04/2020, 11:55

Cartagine in fiamme (1960) as Ship crew member
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Barabba (1961) as Soldier at the crucifixion
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Post by PeplumParadise » 17/04/2020, 11:58

Costantino il grande (1961) as Soldier
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Post by PeplumParadise » 17/04/2020, 12:00

Goliath contro i giganti (1961) as Ship crew member and now added in a second role as a Greek soldier
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Post by PeplumParadise » 17/04/2020, 12:02

Maciste nella terra dei ciclopi (1961) as Guard
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Le sette folgori di Assur (1962) as Soldier in opening battle
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Post by PeplumParadise » 17/04/2020, 12:06

Sodoma e Gomorra (1962) as Hebrew
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D'Artagnan contro i 3 moschettieri (1963) as Guard in tavern fight
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