Alberico Donadeo

[Johan Melle]

Alberico Donadeo in Preparati la bara! (1967)

Another unknown actor who appeared in many, many westerns. He bears somewhat of a resemblance to Fortunato Arena is why he has been nicknamed the Arena lookalike.

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FILMOGRAPHY

1965

1. Adios Gringo (uncredited) .... Member of the lynch mob
2. Operazione poker (uncredited) .... Russian agent
   
   1966
3. Arizona Colt (uncredited) .... Man in saloon
4. Bill il taciturno (uncredited) .... Mexican bandit
5. Cifrato speciale (uncredited) .... Asylum patient
6. El Rojo (uncredited) .... Saloon patron
7. I due figli di Ringo (uncredited) .... Saloon patron
8. Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (uncredited) .... Man in crowd
9. Johnny Yuma (uncredited) .... Felton henchman
10. La Bibbia (uncredited) .... Sinful man
11. La resa dei conti (uncredited) .... Mexican soldier
12. Per mille dollari al giorno (uncredited) .... Courtroom observer
13. Per pochi dollari ancora (uncredited) .... Saloon reveler
14. Sugar Colt .... Saloon guest
15. Uccidi o muori .... Shop owner
16. Un fiume di dollari (uncredited) .... Milton cowboy
17. Uno sceriffo tutto d'oro (uncredited) .... El Paso citizen
    
    1967
18. 7 pistole per un massacro (uncredited) .... Man in the saloon
19. 7 winchester per un massacro (uncredited) .... Durango deputy
20. 10.000 dollari per un massacro (uncredited) .... Mendoza's foreman
21. Bandidos (uncredited) .... Townsman
22. Da uomo a uomo (uncredited) .... Mexican
23. Due rrringos nel Texas (uncredited) .... Confederate soldier at fortress
24. Il bello, il brutto, il cretino (uncredited) .... Union soldier in trench
25. Il figlio di Django (uncredited) .... Man in the crowd
26. Indomptable Angélique / L'indomabile Angelica (uncredited) .... Rower on the ship / Sailor
27. Killer Kid (uncredited) .... Vilar rebel fighter
28. Le due facce del dollaro (uncredited) .... Soldier
29. Non aspettare Django, spara (uncredited) .... Navarro henchman
30. Preparati la bara! (uncredited) .... Paco, one of Lucas' men
31. Tutto per tutto (uncredited) .... Mexican
32. Tutto Totò (TV series) - episode 6: "Totò ciak" (uncredited) .... Man in the saloon
33. Un dollaro tra i denti (uncredited) .... Aguilar henchman
34. Un poker di pistole (uncredited) .... Man in saloon
35. Wanted (uncredited) .... Mexican
    
    1968
36. Al di là della legge .... Silver-mine worker
37. Chiedi perdono a Dio non a me .... Man carrying corpse
38. Donne, botte e bersaglieri (uncredited) .... Spectator at race
39. Execution .... Soldier
40. I 2 deputati (uncredited) .... Man in audience at Ciccio's speach / Politician
41. Il mio corpo per un poker (uncredited) .... Pinkerton man
42. Joe... cercati un posto per morire! (uncredited) .... Chato bandit
43. Quel caldo maledetto giorno di fuoco .... Card player
44. Sentenza di morte .... Mexican
45. The Secret of Santa Vittoria .... Member of the Grand Council
46. Tre passi nel delirio - segment "Toby Dammit" (uncredited) .... Rabbi at the airport
47. Un buco in fronte .... Cantina bartender
48. Un minuto per pregare, un instante per morire (uncredited) .... Townsman
49. Una forca per un bastardo (uncredited) .... Saloon brawler
50. Uno dopo l'altro (uncredited) .... Citizen in street
51. Uno straniero a Paso Bravo (uncredited) .... Townsman
    
    1969
52. Barbagia (La società del malessere) (uncredited) .... Gonnario, member of Graziano's gang
53. Beatrice Cenci (uncredited) .... Man in church
54. Django il bastardo (uncredited) .... Spectator at dynamite duel
55. Fellini - Satyricon (uncredited) .... Soldier on ship
56. Gli specialisti (uncredited) .... Blackstone citizen
57. La collina degli stivali (uncredited) .... Man in the crowd
58. Quintana (uncredited) .... A prisoner
59. Satyricon (uncredited) .... Centurion
60. Sono Sartana, il vostro becchino (uncredited) .... Poker Falls citizen
61. Un esercito di 5 uomini (uncredited) .... Man in the crowd
62. Uno di più all'inferno .... Bank customer
63. Zenabel (uncredited) .... Man at the inn
    
    1970
64. Arizona si scatenò... e li fece fuori tutti (uncredited) .... Saloon patron
65. Buon funerale amigos... paga Sartana (uncredited) .... Casino gambler
66. C'è Sartana... vendi la pistola e comprati la bara! (uncredited) .... Man sleeping on street
67. Django sfida Sartana .... Townsman
68. E Dio disse a Caino... (uncredited) .... Convict doing hard labor in the mines
69. I vendicatori dell'Ave Maria (uncredited) .... Card player in saloon
70. Indio-Black: sai che ti dico? Sei un gran figlio di... (uncredited) .... Man in crowd
71. L'homme orchestre (uncredited) .... Member of the Sicilian family
72. Lo chiamavano Trinità... (uncredited) .... Mormon
73. Ninì Tirabusciò, la donna che inventò la mossa (uncredited) .... Worker on strike
74. Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale (uncredited) .... Plainclothes policeman
75. The Adventures of Gerard (uncredited) .... Bystander
    
    1971
76. Detenuto in attesa di giudizio (uncredited) .... Prisoner being transported to the prison
77. È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta! (uncredited) .... Townsman
78. Er Più - Storia d'amore e di coltello (uncredited) .... Man in the bar
79. Giù la testa (uncredited) .... Santerna soldier
80. Il mio nome è Mallory... M come morte (uncredited) .... Townsman
81. Il suo nome era Pot... ma... lo chiamavano Allegria ... Assistant sheriff
82. Io non vedo, tu non parli, lui non sente .... Curious man at the cemetary
83. L'istruttoria è chiusa: dimentichi (uncredited) .... Prisoner
84. La supertestimone (uncredited) .... Barba, convict
85. Maddalena (uncredited) .... Parishioner at the bus leaving
86. Uomo avvisato, mezzo ammazzato... parola di Spirito Santo .... Mexican soldier
    
    1972
87. Camorra (uncredited) .... Laughing man in crowd
88. Fellini's Roma (uncredited) .... Passerby
89. Hai sbagliato... dovevi uccidermi subito! (uncredited) .... Saloon patron
90. Il vero e il falso (uncredited) .... Passerby
91. Meo Patacca (uncredited) .... Jew in the ghetto
92. Trinità e Sartana figli di... (uncredited) .... (uncredited) .... El Tigre bandit
    
    1973
93. Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza? (uncredited) .... Retired bandit
94. Kid, il monello del West (uncredited) .... One of Wilson's men
95. Küçük kovboy (uncredited) .... Saloon rowdy
96. L'emigrante (uncredited) .... Party guest
97. La mano nera (uncredited) .... Man in police line-up
98. La rivolta delle gladiatrici (uncredited) .... Audience at gladiator fight
99. Li chiamavano i tre moschettieri... invece erano quattro (uncredited) .... Villager who applauds
100. No, il caso è felicemente risolto (uncredited) .... Man in police mugshot
101. Vogliamo i colonnelli (uncredited) .... Man at the electoral meeting
     
     1974
102. A pugni nudi (credited) .... Franz henchman
103. Che botte, ragazzi! (credited) .... Saloon guest
104. Moses the Lawgiver (TV mini-series) (uncredited) .... Egyptian consul
     
     1975
105. I sette del gruppo selvaggio (uncredited) .... Blacksmith
     
     1981
106. Il turno (uncredited) .... Man in the courtroom
     
     1982
107. Il conte Tacchia (uncredited) .... Man at ballet
108. Parole e sangue (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Shop customer
     
     1983
109. The Scarlet and the Black (TV) (uncredited) .... role?
     
     1985
110. Ladyhawke (uncredited) .... Man at the tavern
     
     1986
111. Il camorrista (uncredited) .... Prisoner
112. Scuola di ladri (uncredited) .... Delinquent at the wedding

FOTOROMANZI

1. Killing N. 10: "Scacco alla mala" (15 January 1967)
2. Killing N. 12: "Il racket del vizio" (15 February 1967)
3. Killing N. 13: "Per un pugno di sporchi smeraldi" (1 March 1967)
4. Killing N. 14: "Le maschere della morte" (15 March 1967)
5. Il re dell'F.B.I. N. 2: "L'inferno c'è per tutti" (April 1968)
6. Dossier Segreto N. 2: "L'inferno è il mio mondo" (May 1969) - credited as Alberto Donadeo

[Johan Melle]

I don't have too many films with this actor but here are some more pictures:

La bibbia (1966) - with a shaved head and face paint as a sinful man

Fellini - Satyricon (1969) - as a soldier aboard the ship

Zenabel (1969) - as a man at the inn

Camorra (1972) - not sure but I think it looks like him as a laughing man in crowd

La rivolta delle gladiatrice (1973) - as audience at the gladiator fight

Moses the Lawgiver (1974) (TV mini series) - looking very different without his beard as a Egyptian consul

The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV) - not so easy to see but it is him for certain

Ladyhawke (1985) - he appears briefly as a man at the tavern in this Hollywood production shot in Italy

[Johan Melle]

The Arena-lookalike too has appeared in fotoromanzi, including a few appearances in Killing.

Here in a great bad guy role in Killing N. 10: "Scacco alla mala" (published 15 January 1967)

He also appeared in other Killing numbers - always as a bad guy:

Killing N. 12: "Il racket del vizio" (15 February 1967) - together with John Benedy

Killing N. 13: "Per un pugno di sporchi smeraldi" (1 March 1967) - without his usual beard

Killing N. 14: "Le maschere della morte" (15 March 1967)

[Ghibarian]

should be him in Vogliamo i colonnelli (1973) .... Man at the electoral meeting

I think he appears with and without beard but I don't know if they are two different roles
Django sfida Sartana (1970) (uncredited)

L'emigrante (1973) .... Party guest

La supertestimone (1971) .... Barba, convict

Fellini's Roma (1972) (uncredited) .... Passerby

You can see him in a mug shot at the police station in No il caso è felicemente risolto (1973)

Il conte Tacchia (1982)

[Emiliano]

Due rrringos nel Texas (1967) (uncredited) .... Confederate Soldier at fortress

Meo Patacca (1972) (uncredited) .... Jew in the ghetto

[Johan Melle]

He can be seen as a rabbi at the airport in the segment "Toby Dammit" from Tre passi nel delirio (1968)

On IMDb, this role is attributed to Ettore Arena but of course that's yet another mistake!


He appears in the fotoromanzo Dossier segreto N. 2: "L'inferno è il mio mondo" (May 1969) where he is very probably credited

Here is the cast list

Unfortunately, it does not say who plays who but the only unidentified name is Alberto Donadeo so that should be our man. I'm 99% sure it's him but I cannot confirm it because I have not seen anything else where he is credited.

But there is an actor named Alberico Donadeo, who could very well be the same guy. He is credited in three films:

- Testa di rapa (1966)
- Fusil chargé (1972)
- A pugni nudi (1974)

Unfortunately, all these films are extremely rare and difficult to find so it will not be very easy to check...


In reply to TRS who posted:
"Someone add his name as Alberico Donadeo in the IMDb!"


Hmmm... well I don't know what to believe.

The French forum Western Maniac has a topic about him here: http://western-maniac.forum-pro.fr/t529 ... tore-arena

According to them, this man is Fortunato Arena's brother and his name is Ettore Arena (the same name as Fortunato's son). According to what is written, this information seems to come from a certain Jean-Pierre Pecqueriaux and was apparently confirmed by Alberto Dell'Acqua. The question is whether or not this is reliable information. Maybe, maybe not. I don't know...

TRS posted:
"Hmmmm, i don't know, but it's a interesting hypothesis!
Only, i asked all stuntmen, but nobody knew his name, but often i spoke too about Fortunato Arena, the they can recognize .. oh Ettore, Fortunato. And Goffredo Unger said that he had a son, but didn't spoke about a brother..."

[carlos]

Posted by Ghibarian:
Our man appears in A pugni nudi (1974), as you can see in this fotobusta:
image lost


Here a better pic:

So he could really be Alberico Donadeo.

[Johan Melle]

Good discovery! To me it seems more plausible that he is Alberico Donadeo. Has anyone tried to contact anyone in the French forum for more information?


TRS replied:
"For me is very sure that he is Alberico Donadeo! No, i don't tried it because my english is very bad! :-)
I bought the poster and there is the name Alberico Donadeo! No there is listed AlberiGo with G!!!"


Anyway, here is the presumed Alberico Donadeo as a crazy asylum patient in Cifrato speciale (1966):

TRS replied:
"I watched with Ghib A pugni nudi and now we can be very very very sure that he is Alberigo Donadeo (in the cast list he is named like Alberigo)!
Johan, i am sure you sent me one time immages from a FR in wich i meaned that one of the actors can be his brother/father. Now i saw on the net images from Odissea where is too an actor who looks like him, but older!

PS: i would say we can change the toppic name! :-)"


Ooooh! Well, that removes all doubt then! Finally we can say that he really is Alberico Donadeo, and that it's just nonsense that his name is Ettore Arena. Congratulations!

[Johan Melle]

Alberico can be seen briefly as a shop custumer in the TV mini series Parole e sangue (1982)

[carlos]

Clean shaven not-so-Arena-like

It's been a while since a role has been posted

a henchman in Johnny Yuma (1966)