Goffredo Unger, often credited as Fredy, Freddy or numerous other spelling variations of his christian and surnames, was a blue-eyed, usually bearded stuntman, actor, master of arms and assistant director active in Italian and European films between at least 1954 to 2004.
All sources seem agreed that he was born on June 6th 1933 in Oslo, Norway. IMDb says he came from a German circus family who were performing in Norway at the time of his birth. There is some confusion about his date of death with IMDb and English Wikipedia giving an unspecified date in May 2009 (aged 75), while Italian Wikipedia gives the more specific date of June 16th 2009 in Rome, aged 76 (still other sources give May 1st, June 6th and June 17th as possible dates of death). He is known to have had 2 sons, Mario and Genesio, both of whom worked at some point in the film industry.
He began his known acting career in Fellini's La strada (1954) after which there is currently a 5-year gap before his next known role. From the end of the 50's he worked steadily as a stuntman, small part actor and master of arms in peplums, eurospies, space operas and westerns and he also has more than 20 credits as an assistant director. He would often appear in small roles in films where he had production credits, though his on-screen appearances declined from the mid-80's.
I've uncovered a couple of undocumented appearances, so it's quite possible there may be more to be found, particularly from the 50's and early 60's.
Filmography
- La strada (uncredited) .... Man restraining Zampano
1959 - Agi Murad il diavolo bianco (credited as Goffredo Ungaro) .... Woronzow's guard
- Le notti di Lucrezia Borgia (uncredited) .... Guard slapped by Diana
1961 - La schiava di Roma (credited + Master of arms as Fredy Hunger) .... Does not appear
1962 - I moschettieri del mare (credited as Master of arms as Fredy Unger) .... Does not appear
- Odio mortale (credited as Assistant director as Fredy Hunger) .... Does not appear
- Solo contro Roma (credited as Federico Hunger) .... Does not appear
1963 - Brenno il nemico di Roma (credited) .... One of Brenno's captains
- Il crollo di Roma (credited as Master of arms as Fredy Unger) .... Does not appear
- Il figlio del circo (credited?) .... Bailor (role unconfirmed)
- Il magnifico avventuriero (credited as master of arms) .... Tavern brawler
- Sfida al re di Castiglia (credited as Fredy Ungher) .... Bertrand
1964 - Anthar l'invincibile (uncredited) .... Ganor's henchman
- Cadavere per signora (uncredited) .... Marine in bar fight
- Genoveffa di Brabante (uncredited) .... Nobleman
- I giganti di Roma (credited as Freddy Unger) .... Varo
- Maciste e la regina di Samar (credited) .... Mogol
- Sei donne per l'assassino (uncredited) .... The masked killer (uncertain identification)
1966 - A 077, sfida ai killers (credited as Freddy Unger) .... Mark
- Black Box Affair - Il mondo trema (uncredited) .... Russian
- I coltelli del vendicatore (uncredited) .... Hagen henchman
- I criminali della galassia (uncredited) .... Charles
- I diafanoidi vengono da Marte (credited as Freddy Unger) .... Freddy Duvall
- Il pianeta errante (credited as Freddy Unger) .... Captain Frank Perkinson
- La spia che viene dal mare (credited?) .... Albert
- Operazione Goldman (uncredited) .... Wicks
- Un fiume di dollari (credited as Master of arms) .... Union colonel
1967 - 7 pistole per un massacro (uncredited) .... Stagecoach driver
- Colpo maestro al servizio di Sua Maestà britannica (credited as Master of arms) .... Hitman
- Duello nel mondo (uncredited) .... Barroom brawler
- L'uomo del colpo perfetto (credited as Freddy Unger) .... Kurt
- La morte viene dal pianeta Aytin (credited as Freddy Unger) .... Captain Frank Pulasky
- Troppo per vivere... poco per morire (credited as Fred Unger) .... Agent
1968 - Black Jack (credited + Master of arms as Fredy Unger) ... Billy
- Corri uomo corri (uncredited) ... Arthur
- Joko invoca Dio... e muori (credited as Fredi Unger) .... Yuma
- Se vuoi vivere... spara! (uncredited) ... Marlow henchman
- Tutto sul rosso (credited as Master of arms as Fredy Hunger) .... Fred
- Uno di più all'inferno (uncredited) ... Ward henchman
- Uno dopo l'altro (uncredited) ... Burt
1969 - 36 ore all'inferno (credited as Fredy Unger) .... Sergeant Missouri
- La battaglia del deserto (credited as Freddy Unger) .... Spencer
- O Cangaceiro (credited as Assistant director) .... Geologist
1970 - Città violenta (uncredited) ... Hitman
- Hornets' Nest (credited as Freddie Unger) .... Merkel
- I Leopardi di Churchill (credited as Fredi Unger) .... Roland
- L'oro dei bravados (uncredited) ... Chapagua henchman
- Operazione terrore (uncredited) ... Doctor carrying out autopsy
1971 - Anda muchacho, spara! (credited) .... Chris
- Gli fumavano le Colt... lo chiamavano Camposanto (uncredited) ... Fred
- L'occhio del ragno (credited?) ... Driver
- Lo chiamavano King (credited as John Silver + Master of arms) .... Ben Benson
- Prega il morto e ammazza il vivo (credited as Master of arms) .... Skelton
- Testa t'ammazzo, croce... sei morto - Mi chiamano Alleluja (credited + Master of arms as Freddie Unger) .... Slim
1972 - Casa d'appuntamento (uncredited) ... Man repairing a van
- I due figli di Trinità (credited as Freddy Hungar) .... Father superior
- Il West ti va stretto, amico... è arrivato Alleluja (uncredited) ... role?
- Jesse & Lester - Due fratelli in un posto chiamato Trinità (credited as Master of arms as Freddy Unger) .... Doc
- La mano lunga del padrino (uncredited) .... Pedro, Henchman of Don Carmelo
- Terza ipotesi su un caso di perfetta strategia criminale (uncredited) ... Don Salvatore henchman
- Trinità e Sartana figli di... (credited as Master of arms) .... Does not appear
- Uomo avvisato mezzo ammazzato... Parola di Spirito Santo (credited as Fredy Unger) .... Captain Ortega
1973 - Dio, sei proprio un padreterno! (credited as Master of arms) .... Anunziata henchman
- E il terzo giorno arrivo il corvo (credited as Master of arms as Fredy Unger) .... Does not appear
- Fuori uno...sotto un altro, arriva il passatore (credited as Assistant director) .... Does not appear
- Il re della mala (uncredited) ... Man buying a newspaper
- L'altra faccia del padrino (credited) .... Don Vito henchman
- Lo chiamavano Tresette... giocava sempre col morto (credited as Assistant director) .... Sheriff Pat Gray
- Pugni, pirati e karatè (credited?) .... role?
- Storia di karatè, pugni e fagioli (uncredited) ... Freddy
1974 - Di Tresette ce n'è uno, tutti gli altri son nessuno (credited as Assistant director) .... Pirate
- Il ritorno di Zanna Bianca (credited as Master of arms) .... Barroom brawler
- La badessa di Castro (uncredited) .... Commanding officer
1975 - I quattro dell'Apocalisse (credited as Master of arms) .... Altaville bidder
- Il lupo dei mari (credited as Assistant director) .... Does not appear
- La polizia accusa: il servizio segreto uccide (uncredited) ... Getaway driver
- La polizia interviene: ordine di uccidere! (credited) .... Marshal Celesti
- Von Buttiglione diventa capo dei servizi segreti (credited as Assistant director) .... Does not appear
1976 - Cattivi pensieri (uncredited) ... Angry motorist
- Italia a mano armata (credited as Supervisor of acrobatic scenes) .... Bank robbery getaway driver
- Kidnap in Rome (uncredited) ... Charlie
- Napoli spara (credited as Assistant director) .... Does not appear
- Roma a mano armata (credited as Assistant director) .... Panicking man at the market
- The Swiss Conspiracy (credited as Stunt director as Fred Unger) .... Does not appear
- Una donna chiamata Apache (credited as Assistant director) .... Does not appear
1977 - Kakkientruppen (uncredited) ... See-saw sergeant
- La polizia è sconfitta (uncredited) ... Valli henchman
1979 - Concorde Affaire '79 (credited as Assistant director) .... Lochner
- L'umanoide (credited as Master of arms as Freddy Unger) .... Does not appear
1980 - Apocalypse domani (credited as Stunt co-ordinator) .... Mall guard
1981 - Comin' at Ya! (credited for Special effects as Fredy Unger) .... Not found
- I carabbimatti (credited as Assistant director) .... Does not appear
- Mia moglie torna a scuola (credited as Assistant director) .... Does not appear
- Pierino contro tutti (uncredited) ... Man knocked down by taxi
- Pierino medico della SAUB (uncredited) ... Film director
- Rosso sangue (uncredited) ... Machine shop janitor
1982 - Bakterion (credited as Assistant director) .... Angry man outside cinema
- Bekenntnisse des hochstaplers Felix Krull (TV mini-series, episode 2) (credited as Freddy Unger) .... Salvatore
1983 - 2019 - Dopo la caduta di New York (uncredited) ... Eurac
- Hercules (credited for Special effects) .... Does not appear
- Il giustiziere della strada (credited as Assistant director) .... Water truck driver
- Il tesoro delle 4 corone (credited as Special effects supervisor as Fredy Unger) .... Does not appear
- Thunder (credited + Assistant director) .... Thomas's friend
- Zero in condotta (credited as Assistant director) .... Does not appear
1984 - Rolf (credited as Assistant director as Fred Unger) .... Boa
- Shark: Rosso nell'oceano (credited as Assistant director as Fredy Unger) .... Fisherman shark attack victim
1985 - Demoni (uncredited) ... Jeep driver-father
- King Solomon's Mines (credited as Special effects technician as Fred Unger) .... Does not appear
1986 - Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (credited as Mechanical effects coordinator as Fred Unger) .... Does not appear
1987 - Hammerhead (uncredited) ... Man in beach bar (uncertain identification)
1988 - Man spricht deutsch (credited as Assistant director as Fred Unger) .... Does not appear
- Minaccia d'amore (credited as Master of arms) .... Does not appear
- Missione finale (credited for Special effects as Fredy Unger) ... Does not appear
- Un maledetto soldato (credited for Special effects as Fredy Ungher) .... Tortured helicopter pilot
1990 - La maschera del demonio (credited as Master of arms) .... Does not appear
1991 - Fantaghirò (TV mini-series) (credited as Master of arms) .... Does not appear
1992 - Fantaghirò 2 (TV mini-series) (credited as Master of arms) .... Does not appear
1993 - Fantaghirò 3 (TV mini-series) (credited as Master of arms) .... Does not appear
1994 - Fantaghirò 4 (TV mini-series) (credited as Master of arms) .... Does not appear
1995 - Desideria e l'anello del drago (TV mini-series) (credited as Master of arms) .... Does not appear
1996 - Fantaghirò 5 (TV mini-series) (credited as Master of arms) .... Does not appear
- Sorellina e il principe del sogno (TV mini-series) (credited as Master of arms) .... Does not appear
1997 - La principessa e il povero (TV mini-series) (credited as Master of arms) .... Does not appear
- M.D.C. - Maschera di cera (credited) .... Puppeteer
1998 - L'elefante bianco (TV mini-series) (credited as Master of arms) .... Does not appear
1999 - Caraibi (TV mini-series) (credited as Master of arms) .... Does not appear
2001 - Shaka Zulu: The Citadel (TV movie) (credited as Stunt co-ordinator and Special effects supervisor) .... Does not appear
2002 - Julius Caesar (credited as Stunt co-ordinator as Freddie Unger) .... Does not appear
2004 - Germanikus (credited for Special effects, 2nd unit direction, Stunt coordinator and Assistant director) .... Does not appear
No Unger!
Films where Goffredo is listed as appearing somewhere online, but cannot be found. There always has to be one!
- Le spie uccidono a Beirut (1965) IMDb as Baalbek tribe leader. Not found
- Diabolik (1968) IMDb as Diplomat and stunt double for John Phillip Law. Not found
- E poi lo chiamarono il magnifico (1972) IMDb as Saloon patron. Not found
- Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza? (1973) IMDb as Soldier. Not found, the actor identified as Goffredo by euro-bis is not him.