Valentin, Mirko

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Mirko Valentin in Il castello dei morti vivi (1964)

Mirko Valentin was a small-part actor, active in Italian films at least throughout the 1960's.

No biographical details are currently known.

Mirko's facial features - large nose, prominent teeth, hollow cheeks - combine to give him a rather unique look which was exploited to good effect in several horror films. I have previously found several undocumented roles for Mirko, with more uncredited background parts recently appearing via our peplum film topics. It therefore seems highly likely that there will be more roles to be found.

Filmography

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1961

1. I masnadieri .... Tavern customer (uncredited - uncertain identification)
2. Il conquistatore di Corinto .... Corinthian servant (uncredited)
   
   1962
3. Giulio Cesare contro i pirati .... Roman soldier (uncredited)
4. I motorizzati .... Man asking for 'La tomba di Nero' restaurant (uncredited)
5. Sodoma e Gomorra .... Sodomite guard (uncredited)
   
   1963
6. Il magnifico avventuriero .... Bacio Bandinelli (uncredited)
7. Il segno del coyote .... Gunsmith (uncredited)
8. Il segno di Zorro .... Mexican rioter (uncredited)
9. La vergine di Norimberga .... The General (maybe credited under a pseudonym)
10. Maciste, l'eroe più grande del mondo .... Guard of Morakeb (uncredited)
    
    1964
11. Che fine ha fatto Totò baby? .... Nurse (uncredited)
12. Ercole contro i tiranni di Babilonia .... Behar (credited)
13. I miserabili (TV mini-series) Ep. 4: "Fantina" .... Third tavern customer (credited)
14. Il castello dei morti vivi .... Sandro (credited)
15. Le belle famiglie .... Pharmacist (credited)
16. Maciste nell'inferno di Gengis Khan .... The Polish prisoner (credited)
17. Un mostro e mezzo .... Intern (credited)
    
    1965
18. Golia alla conquista di Bagdad .... Yassour's henchman (credited)
19. Il compagno Don Camillo .... The fake Russian (credited)
20. The Agony and the Ecstasy .... Soldier (uncredited)
    
    1966
21. James Tont operazione D.U.E. .... Lopez (credited)
22. Le stagioni del nostro amore .... Police sergeant (uncredited)
23. Mondo pazzo... gente matta! .... Tough guy (uncredited)
24. Un fiume di dollari .... Sancho (credited)
    
    1967
25. 10,000 dollari per un massacro .... Vasquez henchman (credited)
26. Gente d'onore .... Marcuzzo henchman (credited)
27. L'avventuriero .... Jacot (credited)
28. Ric e Gian alla conquista del west .... 'Cloud on a clear sky' (Nuvola col il cielo sereno) (credited)
29. Tre pistole contro Cesare .... Saloon troublemaker (uncredited)
    
    1968
30. Execution .... Warden (uncredited)
31. Galileo .... Monk against Galileo (uncredited)
32. Il circolo Pickwick (TV mini-series) Ep. 4 .... Humm (credited as "Mirco Valentinzing")
33. Uno di più all'inferno .... Servant in the Meredith house (credited)

Titles to check

• La ragazza in prestito (1964) ANICA

No Mirko!

Titles where Mirko is listed as appearing somewhere online, but cannot be found. There always has to be one!

• Colpo di stato (1967) / Il segreto dei soldati di argilla (1970) This film has 2 separate listings on IMDb, with different years and titles, both of which list Mirko, the first as Henchman. There is a credit in the Italian version for "Valentinsig Mirko", which one would assume should be him, but he does not appear.

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I masnadieri (1961) as Tavern customer.

A bit unclear, but that seems like Mirko at the back in the blue hat - i'll put it as an uncertain identification until a better print can be found. This would be his earliest known role so far.

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Giulio Cesare contro i pirati (1962) as Roman soldier

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Sodoma e Gomorra (1962) as Sodomite guard

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Il magnifico avventuriero (1963) as Bacio Bandinelli

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La vergine di Norimberga (1963) as The General.

He is presumably among the "English" pseudonyms listed in the Italian credits, but which one is anyone's guess - "Rex Vidor" possibly?

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Maciste, l'eroe più grande del mondo (1963) as Guard of Morakeb

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Ercole contro i tiranni di Babilonia (1964) credited, as Behar

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I miserabili (1964 TV mini-series) Episode 4: "Fantina", credited, as Third tavern customer

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Il castello dei morti vivi (1964) credited, as Sandro, the creepy servant of Count Drago (Christopher Lee).

This is probably the role for which Mirko is best remembered.