Amerigo Santarelli was born as Americo Santarelli on 21 September 1910 in Rome (IT), and died 8 October 1971 in Rome[1]. He was a great and very prolific generico, active from the 1940s until the early 1970s, especially in Peplum movies, but also in westerns.
[1] info from his great-nephew Mauro Santarelli.
FILMOGRAPHY
- Imputato alzatevi! (uncredited) .... Nightclub customer
1948 - Il cavaliere misterioso (uncredited) .... Guard
- L'ebreo errante (uncredited) .... Jew in concentration camp
- Sotto il sole di Roma (uncredited) .... Bystander on the street
- Tempesta su Parigi (uncredited) .... Brigand / Revolutionary
1949 - Antonio di Padova (uncredited) .... One of Ezzolino's guards
- Riso amaro (uncredited) .... role?
1950 - Benvenuto reverendo! (credited) .... One of the farmers
- È arrivato il cavaliere (uncredited) .... Bandit
- Margherita da Cortona (uncredited) .... One of the angry mob outside the church
1951 - Amor non ho! Però, però... (uncredited) .... One of Maurizio's henchmen
- Anna (uncredited) .... Hospital visitor
- Incantesimo tragico (uncredited) .... Man at the engagement ball
- La città si difende (uncredited) .... Hoodlum
- La vendetta del corsaro (uncredited) .... Pirate
- Lebbra bianca (uncredited) .... Man arguing outside the bar
- Quo Vadis (uncredited) .... Guard tying a Christian to the cross
- Sette ore di guai (uncredited) .... Countryman
- Totò e i re di Roma (uncredited) ....Uomo che vende a Totò un terno sulla ruota di Bari
- Una bruna indiavolata (uncredited) .... Man waiting to use the telephone
1952 - Ergastolo (uncredited) .... Prisoner
- Gli angeli del quartiere (uncredited) .... Thief
- Il bandolero stanco (credited) .... Townsman
- Il segreto delle tre punte (uncredited) .... Man who shoots Massimo
- Il tallone di Achille (uncredited) .... The maharajah
- La carrozza d'oro (uncredited) .... Audience member at stage comedy
- La muta di Portici (uncredited) .... Rebel handing out weapons
- La presidentessa (uncredited) .... Audience member in the theatre
- Lo sai che i papaveri... (uncredited) .... Bodyguard of Sr. Lamas
1954 - Amori di mezzo secolo - segment "Dopoguerra 1920" (uncredited) .... Superstitious soldier
- Giorni d'amore (uncredited) .... Oreste's friend
- I tre ladri (uncredited) .... Prison inmate
- Il maestro di Don Giovanni (uncredited) .... Spectator at the fight
- La principessa delle Canarie (uncredited) .... Canarian native
1955 - Gli innamorati (uncredited) .... Neighborhood man
- La bella di Roma (uncredited) .... Cornerman
- La donna più bella del mondo (uncredited) .... Luggage carrier at the train station
- La ladra (uncredited) .... Bar customer
- Totò e Carolina (uncredited) .... Tavern-keeper
1956 - Helen of Troy (uncredited) .... Ship's drummer
1957 - Belle ma povere (uncredited) .... Man who buys the porter's uniform
- Gli amanti del deserto (uncredited) .... Torturer
- I misteri di Parigi (uncredited) .... Man at tavern
- Il corsaro della mezza luna (uncredited) .... Pirate with eyepatch
- Kean: Genio e sregolatezza (uncredited) .... Man at the tavern
- Parola di ladro (uncredited) .... Man at the tavern
- Poveri ma belli (uncredited) .... Bartender at the beach bar
- Serenata per sedici bionde (uncredited) .... Hired hand to stop the music show
1958 - Afrodite, dea dell'amore (uncredited) .... Slave guardian
- Camping (uncredited) .... Villager
- Fortunella (uncredited) .... Wrestler
- I soliti ignoti (uncredited) .... Inmate at the parlor
- Il Conte di Matera (uncredited) .... Torturer
- Il pirata dello sparviero nero (uncredited) .... Wrestler
- Le dritte (uncredited) .... Detective
- Pia de' Tolomei (uncredited) .... role?
1959 - Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti (uncredited) .... Man in police station
- Ben-Hur (uncredited) .... Galley slave
- I cavalieri del diavolo (uncredited) .... Torturer
- La cento chilometri (uncredited) .... Race participant
- La notte del grande assalto (uncredited) .... Gypsy attacking the castle
1960 - Caravan petrol (uncredited) .... Nightclub customer
- Cartagine in fiamme (uncredited) .... Soldier
- Gli amori di Ercole (uncredited) .... Torturer
- Il corazziere (uncredited) .... Man on fascist march
- Il sepolcro dei re (credited) .... Grave robber
- Il terrore della maschera rosso (uncredited) .... Torturer
- It started in Naples (uncredited) .... Man at street carnival
- Morgan il pirata (uncredited) .... Pirate
- Noi duri (uncredited) .... Gangster
- Revak, lo schiavo di Cartagine (uncredited) .... Rebel
- Risate di gioia (uncredited) .... Actor in the peplum movie
- Robin Hood e i pirati (uncredited) .... Pirate
- Teseo contro il minotauro (uncredited) .... Torturer
1961 - Akiko (uncredited) .... Wrestling coach
- Barabbas (uncredited) .... Gladiator
- Costantino il grande (uncredited) .... Torturer / Soldier
- Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide (uncredited) .... Man in tavern
- Francis of Assisi (uncredited) .... Sultan's bodyguard
- Giuseppe venduto dai fratelli (uncredited) .... Torturer
- Gordon il pirata nero (uncredited) .... Pirate (uncertain identification)
- I fratelli Corsi (uncredited) .... One of Orlandi's men
- I magnifici tre (uncredited) .... Fight manager
- La vendetta di Ursus (uncredited) .... Freedom fighter
- Vanina Vanini (uncredited) .... Priest in procession
1962 - Boccaccio '70 - segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio" (uncredited) .... Worker
- Carmen di Trastevere (uncredited) .... Race spectator
- La città prigioniera (uncredited) .... Renegade soldier
- Maciste contro lo Sceicco (uncredited) .... Torturer
- Maciste, il gladiatore più forte del mondo (uncredited) .... Slave trader
- Marte, dio della guerra (uncredited) .... Torturer
- Mondo caldo di notte (uncredited) .... role?
- Odio mortale (uncredited) .... role?
- Vulcano, figlio di Giove (uncredited) .... role?
1963 - I dieci gladiatori (uncredited) .... Guard
- I mostri - segment "Presa dalla vita" (uncredited) .... Kidnapper
- Le ore dell'amore (uncredited) .... Man at football match
- Totò e Cleopatra (uncredited) .... Senator
- Ursus nella terra di fuoco (uncredited) .... Spectator at the contest of strength
- Zorro contro Maciste (uncredited) .... Tavern fighter
1964 - 00-2 agenti segretissimi (uncredited) .... American agent
- Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa (uncredited) .... Tavern keeper
- Ercole contro i tiranni di Babilonia (uncredited) .... Wrestler
- Ercole contro Roma (uncredited) .... Soldier (re-used footage)
- Genoveffa di Brabante (uncredited) .... Guard
- I due mafiosi (uncredited) .... Mafioso
- I predoni della steppa (uncredited) .... Guard at the city gate
- Il colosso di Roma (uncredited) .... Roman soldier
- Il dominatore del deserto (uncredited) .... Torturer
- Il ribelle di Castelmonte (uncredited) .... Torturer
- La rivolta dei pretoriani (uncredited) .... Guard
- Maciste nelle miniere del re Salomone (uncredited) .... Torturer
- Saul e David (uncredited) .... Spectator watching the slaughter of the priests
- The Visit (uncredited) .... Villager
- Totò contro il pirata nero (uncredited) .... Pirate
1965 - A 008 operazione sterminio (uncredited) .... Kemp's henchman
- I 2 parà (uncredited) .... American soldier
- Due marines e un generale (uncredited) .... Stage worker
- La sfida dei giganti (uncredited) .... Prison guard
- L'uomo che ride (uncredited) .... Guard
- Made in Italy (uncredited) .... Man leaving toilet in restaurant
- Oggi, domani, dopodomani - segment "La moglie bionda" (uncredited) .... Guard
- The Agony and the Ecstasy (uncredited) .... Man driving cart
- Veneri al sole (uncredited) .... Trainer of Andreucci
1966 - 7 monaci d'oro (uncredited) .... Truck driver
- After the Fox / Caccia alla volpe (uncredited) .... Prison guard
- Het gangstermeisje (credits?) .... Gangster
- I due sanculotti (uncredited) .... Recruit of the new revolutionary army
- La Bibbia (uncredited) .... Sinful man / Man at Tower of Babel
- Le inchieste del commissario Maigret (TV series) - episode: "Non si uccidono i poveri diavoli" (uncredited) .... Man in the park
- Le spie vengono dal semifreddo (uncredited) .... Henchman of Goldfoot
- Superargo contro Diabolikus (uncredited) .... Henchman
- Uno sceriffo tutto d'oro (uncredited) .... Vargas bandit
1967 - Bandidos (uncredited) .... Barkeeper
- Con lui cavalca la morte (uncredited) .... Cook
- Gente d'onore (uncredited) .... Mistaken man in restaurant
- I barbieri di Sicilia (uncredited) .... One of Milazzo's men
- I giorni dell'ira (uncredited) .... Roulette player
- Indomptable Angélique / L'indomabile Angelica (uncredited) .... Head-guard on the ship
- La più grande rapina del west (uncredited) .... Townsman
- Le streghe - segment "Una sera come le altre" (uncredited) .... Man at the stadium
- Operazione San Pietro (uncredited) .... Mechanic
1968 - ... e venne il tempo di uccidere (uncredited) .... Pedro, the cantina bartender
- Il circolo Pickwick (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Townsman
- Il dolce corpo di Deborah (uncredited) .... Audience at the boxing match
- Niente rose per OSS 117 (uncredited) .... Henchman at the concert
1969 - E dio disse a Caino (uncredited) .... Blacksmith
- Ehi amico... c'è Sabata, hai chiuso! (uncredited) .... Stengel sentry
- Fellini - Block notes di un regista (uncredited) .... Truck driver transformed into a Roman soldier
- Fellini Satyricon (uncredited) .... Man at the feast
- Franco, ciccio e il pirata Barbanera (uncredited) .... Headhunter's tribe chief
1970 - F.B.I. Francesco Bertolazzi Investigatore (TV series) - episode 6: "Getto della spugna" (credited) .... Trombolini
- I clowns (uncredited) .... Man outside the station
- Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di... (uncredited) .... Eagle Pass tavern patron
- Una nuvola di polvere... un grido di morte... arriva Sartana (uncredited) .... Prison guard
1971 - Detenuto in attesa di giudizio (uncredited) .... Inmate of the Sagunto prison
- Gli fumavano le colt... lo chiamavano Camposanto (credited) .... Barman
- I due della F.1 alla corsa più pazza, pazza del mondo (credited as Americo Santarelli) …. Gangster
- Il corsaro nero (uncredited) .... Pirate
- Il segno del comando (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Street spectator
- Scipione detto anche l'africano (uncredited) .... Senator
- Storie dell'anno Mille - Ep. 5 (uncredited) .... role?
- Testa t'ammazzo, croce... sei morto - Mi chiamano Alleluja (uncredited) .... Cookie, Fortune henchman and cook
- Uomo avvisato mezzo ammazzato... parola di Spirito Santo (credited) .... One of Spirito Santo's recruits
1972 - Roma (uncredited) .... Restaurant diner
1976 - Il trucido e lo sbirro (uncredited) .... Actor in film (re-used footage)
- Una vita violenta (1962) seen in a scene from La principessa delle Canarie in a cinema