Scheggi, Piero

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Piero Scheggi in Poppea... una prostituta al servizio dell'impero (1972)

Piero Scheggi was a character actor, active in Italian films in the 1970's.

No biographical details are currently known.

Piero is one of those actors who I always assumed had a larger filmography, but he only has 8 credited roles, half of those under the pseudonym "Peter Landers" (which is the name he is listed under on IMDb). Seven of his credited roles, including several quite substantial parts, fall between the years 1971-73 and it appeared that his career was on the rise, but then he was not heard from for 5 years, reappearing for one final credited role in 1978, before vanishing completely.

Could there be some uncredited roles to be found? Time will tell...

Filmography

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1971

1. La mortadella .... Reporter (uncredited)
2. Scipione detto anche l'Africano .... Servant of Scipione (credited)
3. Scusi, ma lei le paga le tasse? .... Hippy (credited)
   
   1972
4. Canterbury proibito .... Pilgrim (credited)
5. Poppea... una prostituta al servizio dell'impero .... Savio (credited as "Peter Landers")
   
   1973
6. Elena sì... ma di Troia .... Savio (credited as "Peter Landers")
7. I racconti di Viterbury - Le più allegre storie del '300 .... Exorcist (credited as "Peter Landers")
8. Sentivano uno strano, eccitante, pericoloso puzzo di dollari .... Reverend Higgins (credited as "Peter Landers")
   
   1978
9. Corleone .... Stefano (credited as "Pietro Scheggi")

No Piero!

Titles where Piero is listed as being involved somewhere online.

• Hope and a Matchbox (2012) IMDb as producer, presumably credited as "Peter Landers" (not appearing). While maybe not absolutely impossible, it is certainly extremely improbable that a little-known Italian actor from the 70's would reappear 40-odd years later as a producer of a British short film using the same pseudonym. Peter Landers is a fairly common name in English, and this credit must almost certainly belong to someone else.

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La mortadella (1971) glimpsed just for a moment in his only clean-shaven role to date, as a Reporter

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Scipione detto anche l'africano (1971) credited, as Servant of Scipione

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Scusi, ma lei le paga le tasse? (1971) credited, as Hippy

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Canterbury proibito (1972) credited, as Pilgrim

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Poppea... una prostituta al servizio dell'impero (1972) credited as "Peter Landers", as Savio.

Piero has third billing here, playing the sidekick to top-billed Don Backy.

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Elena sì... ma di Troia (1973) credited as "Peter Landers", as Savio.

Here Piero reprises his role from the film above, again appearing alongside Don Backy - the producers presumably wishing to emulate the successful Hill and Spencer partnership, but unfortunately choosing the unloved erotic peplum comedy sub-genre as a platform (I use the terms "erotic" and "comedy" loosely, since, for the most part, these films were neither erotic, nor very amusing).

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I racconti di Viterbury - Le più allegre storie del '300 (1973) credited as "Peter Landers", as Exorcist

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Sentivano uno strano, eccitante, pericoloso puzzo di dollari (1973) credited as "Peter Landers", as Reverend Higgins

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Corleone (1978) credited as "Pietro Scheggi", as Stefano.

This role stands alone 5 years after his previous roles and is currently his last-known film appearance.