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
- La guerra di Troia (uncredited) .... Soldier
- La vendetta di Ursus (uncredited) .... Fighter
1962 - I tre nemici (uncredited) .... Thug on train
- Il colpo segreto di D'Artagnan (uncredited) .... Officer
- Una regina per Cesare (uncredited) .... Soldier
- Zorro alla corte di Spagna (uncredited) .... Nobleman / One of Morales' guards
1963 - D'Artagnan contro i 3 moschettieri (uncredited) .... Soldier in tavern fight
- Il boia di Venezia (uncredited) .... Fighter
- Il duca nero (uncredited) .... Borgia soldier
- Il leone di San Marco (uncredited) .... Fighter
- Il terrore dei mantelli rossi (uncredited) .... One of Paolo's men
- Zorro e i tre moschettieri (uncredited) .... Guard in the tavern
1964 - Gli invincibili dieci gladiatori (uncredited) .... Soldier
- Gli invincibili tre (uncredited) .... Guard in tavern fight
- Il colosso di Roma (uncredited) .... Gladiator
- Il Leone di Tebe (uncredited) .... Greek soldier
- Il trionfo dei dieci gladiatori (uncredited) .... Soldier
- L'incendio di Roma (credited) .... Guard
- La rivolta dei pretoriani (uncredited) .... Guard
- La rivolta dei sette (uncredited) .... role?
- La vendetta dei gladiatori (uncredited) .... Wrestler
1965 - Hercules and the Princess of Troy (TV movie) (uncredited) .... Spectator on the beach
- Il gladiatore che sfidò l'impero (uncredited) .... Rebel attacking the encampment
- L'avventurero di Tortuga (credited) .... Pirate
- Superseven chiama Cairo (uncredited) .... Thug
- Un dollaro bucato (uncredited) .... Soldier
1966 - 7 pistole per i MacGregor (uncredited) .... Mexican in the shop
- 1000 dollari sul nero (uncredited) .... Brawler
- Arizona Colt (uncredited) .... Watch henchman
- Django spara per primo (uncredited) .... Cluster henchman
- L'indomabile Angelica (uncredited) .... Pirate
- New York chiama Superdrago (uncredited) .... Henchman
- Per pochi dollari ancora (credited as Rick Piper) .... Corporal Wilson
- Sugar Colt (uncredited) .... Saloon customer
1967 - Il magnifico Texano (credited as Richard Stark) .... Jimmy Stark
- Sette donne per I MacGregor (credited) .... 2nd bandit
- Vado, l'ammazzo e torno (credited as Rick Piper) .... Paco
- Wanted (credited) .... Mathias
1968 - Chiedi perdono a Dio... non a me (uncredited) .... Bounty hunter
- E per tetto un cielo di stelle (uncredited) .... Poker player
- El Zorro (credited) .... Don Julio
- I nipoti di Zorro (uncredited) .... Lancer
- I quattro dell' ave maria (uncredited) .... Drake henchman
- Il pistolero segnato da Dio (credited) .... Coleman henchman
1969 - Dio perdoni la mia pistola (credited?) .... Manuel Ramirez
- Gli specialisti (uncredited) .... Saloon brawler
- Il prezzo del potere (uncredited) .... Deputy
- La battaglia di El Alamein (uncredited) .... Italian soldier
- Quintana (uncredited) .... Mexican soldier
1970 - I vendicatori dell'Ave Maria (uncredited) .... Parker henchman
- Le tigri di Mompracem ... (uncredited) .... Guard
- Lo chiamavano Trinità... (credited) .... Jeff
- Un uomo chiamato Apocalisse Joe (credited) .... Berg henchman
1971 - Continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità (uncredited) .... Chief of the Dallas gunmen
- Il giorno del giudizio (credited) .... Jack
- La figlia di Frankenstein (credited) .... Not found
- Scipione detto anche l'africano (uncredited) .... Messenger
- W Django (credited) .... Thompson
1972 - E poi lo chiamarono il magnifico (credited) .... Morton Clayton
- Più forte ragazzi! (credited?) .... Naso
- Si può fare... amigo (uncredited) .... Franciscus henchman
1973 - Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli (credited) .... Cobra
- Le Amazzoni - Donne d'amore e di guerra (credited) .... Medonte
- Troppo rischio per un uomo solo (credited as Assistant director) .... Brauner henchman
1974 - Anche gli angeli tirano di destro (credited) .... Tiger henchman
- Porgi l'altra guancia (uncredited) .... Menendez henchman
- Superuomini, superdonne, superbotte (credited) .... Philones
1975 - Piedone a Hong Kong (uncredited) .... Accardo henchman
- Zanna bianca alla riscossa (credited) .... Nelson henchman
1976 - Il soldato di ventura (uncredited) .... Villeforte
- Keoma (uncredited) .... Caldwell henchman
1977 - I due superpiedi quasi piatti (credited) .... Fred henchman
1978 - Lo chiamavano Bulldozer (credited) .... American soldier
- Pari e dispari (credited) .... Mancino
1979 - Uno sceriffo extraterrestre... poco extra e molto terrestre (uncredited) .... Airman
1980 - Chissa perchè...capitano tutte a me (credited) .... Taglialegna
- Piedone d'Egitto (uncredited) .... Salvatore Coppola
1981 - Chi trova un amico trova un tesoro (credited?) .... Frisco Joe henchman
- Occhio alla penna (credited) .... Colorado Slim
1982 - Ciao nemico (credited) .... Dario Tognon
- Il conte Tacchia (credited) .... Tomegaux
1983 - Nati con la camicia (credited) .... Dr. Spider
- Rush (credited) .... Prisoner of the warlord
1991 - Un piede in paradiso (credited) .... Joe
1995 - Trinità e Bambino... e adesso tocca a noi! (credited) .... 2nd gunslinger (role unconfirmed)
Più Pizzuti!
Further titles where Riccardo may appear.
- I lunghi giorni della vendetta (1967) IMDb as Cobb henchman
- Giarrettiera Colt (1968) IMDb
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.