Pizzuti, Riccardo

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Riccardo Pizzuti in I due superpiedi quasi piatti (1977)

Riccardo Pizzuti is a stuntman and actor active in Italian films from the start of the 60's and still working as recently as last year (2019).

Riccardo was born on April 28th 1934 in Rome, Italy. (IMDb and Wikipedia both say May, but he has corrected this via his Facebook page).

He worked regularly in peplum films for the first half of the 60's, mostly in background stunt roles. With the arrival of spaghetti westerns and poliziotteschi he became a ubiquitous presence scoring a number of larger, credited, featured stunt roles, notably in the films of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill, as the ringleader of gangs or instigator of barroom brawls.

Riccardo is an active presence on Facebook, where he regularly posts photos and news and where he currently has around 26,000 followers! You can visit his Facebook page here.

I have started his filmography only with roles found by myself, so there are plenty more to be added, particularly westerns and films from later in his career.

Filmography

1961

1. La guerra di Troia .... Soldier (uncredited)
2. La vendetta di Ursus .... Fighter (uncredited)
   
   1962
3. I tre nemici .... Thug on train (uncredited)
4. Il colpo segreto di D'Artagnan .... Officer (uncredited)
5. Una regina per Cesare .... Soldier (uncredited)
6. Zorro alla corte di Spagna .... Nobleman / One of Morales' guards (uncredited)
   
   1963
7. D'Artagnan contro i 3 moschettieri .... Soldier in tavern fight (uncredited)
8. Il boia di Venezia .... Fighter (uncredited)
9. Il duca nero .... Borgia soldier (uncredited)
10. Il leone di San Marco .... Fighter (uncredited)
11. Il terrore dei mantelli rossi .... One of Paolo's men (uncredited)
12. Zorro e i tre moschettieri .... Guard in the tavern (uncredited)
    
    1964
13. Gli invincibili dieci gladiatori .... Soldier (uncredited)
14. Gli invincibili tre .... Guard in tavern fight (uncredited)
15. Il colosso di Roma .... Gladiator (uncredited)
16. Il Leone di Tebe .... Guard at the cave entrance (uncredited)
17. Il trionfo dei dieci gladiatori .... Freedom fighter (uncredited)
18. L'incendio di Roma .... Guard (credited)
19. La rivolta dei pretoriani .... Guard (uncredited)
20. La rivolta dei sette .... role? (uncredited)
21. La vendetta dei gladiatori .... Wrestler (uncredited)
    
    1965
22. Hercules and the Princess of Troy (TV movie) .... Spectator on the beach (uncredited)
23. Il gladiatore che sfidò l'impero .... Rebel attacking the encampment (uncredited)
24. L'avventurero di Tortuga .... Pirate (credited)
25. Superseven chiama Cairo .... Thug (uncredited)
26. Un dollaro bucato .... Soldier (uncredited)
    
    1966
27. 1000 dollari sul nero .... Brawler (uncredited)
28. Arizona Colt .... Watch henchman (uncredited)
29. Django spara per primo .... Cluster henchman (uncredited)
30. L'indomabile Angelica .... Pirate (uncredited)
31. New York chiama Superdrago .... Henchman (uncredited)
32. Per pochi dollari ancora .... Corporal Wilson (credited as "Rick Piper")
33. Sugar Colt .... Saloon customer (uncredited)
    
    1967
34. 7 donne per i MacGregor .... Mexican in the shop (uncredited)
35. Il magnifico Texano .... Jimmy Stark (credited as "Richard Stark")
36. Sette donne per I MacGregor .... 2nd bandit (credited)
37. Vado, l'ammazzo e torno .... Paco (credited as "Rick Piper")
38. Wanted .... Mathias (credited)
    
    1968
39. Chiedi perdono a Dio... non a me .... Bounty hunter (uncredited)
40. E per tetto un cielo di stelle .... Poker player (uncredited)
41. El Zorro .... Don Julio (credited)
42. I nipoti di Zorro .... Lancer (uncredited)
43. I quattro dell'Ave Maria .... Drake henchman (uncredited)
44. Il pistolero segnato da Dio .... Coleman henchman (credited)
    
    1969
45. Dio perdoni la mia pistola .... Manuel Ramirez (credited?)
46. Gli specialisti .... Saloon brawler (uncredited)
47. Il prezzo del potere .... Deputy (uncredited)
48. La battaglia di El Alamein .... Italian soldier (uncredited)
49. La morte sull'alta collina .... Brawler (uncredited)
50. Quintana .... Mexican soldier (uncredited)
    
    1970
51. I vendicatori dell'Ave Maria .... Parker henchman (uncredited)
52. Le tigri di Mompracem .... Guard (uncredited)
53. Lo chiamavano Trinità... .... Jeff (credited)
54. Un uomo chiamato Apocalisse Joe .... Berg henchman (credited)
    
    1971
55. Continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità .... Chief of the Dallas gunmen (uncredited)
56. Il giorno del giudizio .... Jack (credited)
57. La figlia di Frankenstein .... Not found (credited)
58. Scipione detto anche l'africano .... Messenger (uncredited)
59. W Django .... Thompson (credited)
    
    1972
60. E poi lo chiamarono il magnifico .... Morton Clayton (credited)
61. Più forte ragazzi! .... Naso (credited?)
62. Si può fare... amigo .... Franciscus henchman (uncredited)
    
    1973
63. Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli .... Cobra (credited)
64. Le Amazzoni - Donne d'amore e di guerra .... Medonte (credited)
65. Troppo rischio per un uomo solo .... Brauner henchman (credited as Assistant director)
    
    1974
66. Anche gli angeli tirano di destro .... Tiger henchman (credited)
67. Porgi l'altra guancia .... Menendez henchman (uncredited)
68. Superuomini, superdonne, superbotte .... Philones (credited)
    
    1975
69. Piedone a Hong Kong .... Accardo henchman (uncredited)
70. Qui comincia l'avventura .... Gangster (uncredited)
71. Zanna bianca alla riscossa .... Nelson henchman (credited)
    
    1976
72. Il soldato di ventura .... Villeforte (uncredited)
73. Keoma .... Caldwell henchman (uncredited)
    
    1977
74. I due superpiedi quasi piatti .... Fred henchman (credited)
    
    1978
75. Lo chiamavano Bulldozer .... American soldier (credited)
76. Pari e dispari .... Mancino (credited)
    
    1979
77. Uno sceriffo extraterrestre... poco extra e molto terrestre .... Airman (uncredited)
    
    1980
78. Chissa perchè...capitano tutte a me .... Taglialegna (credited)
79. Piedone d'Egitto .... Salvatore Coppola (uncredited)
    
    1981
80. Chi trova un amico trova un tesoro .... Frisco Joe henchman (credited?)
81. Occhio alla penna .... Colorado Slim (credited)
    
    1982
82. Ciao nemico .... Dario Tognon (credited)
83. Il conte Tacchia .... Tomegaux (credited)
    
    1983
84. Nati con la camicia .... Dr. Spider (credited)
85. Rush .... Prisoner of the warlord (credited)
    
    1991
86. Un piede in paradiso .... Joe (credited)
    
    1995
87. Trinità e Bambino... e adesso tocca a noi! .... 2nd gunslinger (credited - role unconfirmed)

Additional credits

• Sie nannten ihn Spencer (2017) - Theatrically-released German documentary, as interviewee
• Piedone nyomában (2018) Hungarian documentary, as interviewee

Più Pizzuti!

Further titles where Riccardo may appear.

• I lunghi giorni della vendetta (1967) - IMDb as Cobb henchman
• Giarrettiera Colt (1968) - IMDb

No Riccardo!

Titles where Riccardo is credited somewhere online, but does not appear. There always has to be one!

• Joko invoca Dio... e muori (1968) - IMDb as Paco, Mendoza's henchman. I couldn't find Riccardo nor characters called Paco or Mendoza.

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La guerra di Troia (1961) as Soldier

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La vendetta di Ursus (1961) as Fighter

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I tre nemici (1962) as Thug on train

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Il colpo segreto di D'Artagnan (1962) as Officer

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Una regina per Cesare (1962) as Soldier

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Zorro alla corte di Spagna (1962) as Nobleman and now found in a second role as One of Morales' guards

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D'Artagnan contro i 3 moschettieri (1963) as Soldier in tavern fight

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Il boia di Venezia (1963) as Fighter

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Il duca nero (1963) as Borgia soldier