Amerigo Santarelli

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 28/08/2018, 21:52

Amerigo Santarelli in Gli fumavano le colt... lo chiamavano Camposanto (1971)

Amerigo Santarelli is another great and very prolific generico, active from the 1940s until the early 1970s, especially in Peplum movies, but also in many westerns.

He was born as Americo Santarelli on 21 September 1910 in Rome (IT), and died 8 October 1971 in Rome (info from his great-nephew Mauro Santarelli).

FILMOGRAPHY

1948

Il cavaliere misterioso (uncredited) .... Guard

1951
Quo Vadis (uncredited) .... Guard tying a Christian to the cross
Totò e i re di Roma (uncredited) ....Uomo che vende a Totò un terno sulla ruota di Bari

1952
Gli angeli del quartiere (uncredited) .... Thief

1954
Amori di mezzo secolo (uncredited) .... Superstitious soldier (segment "Dopoguerra 1920")
Giorni d'amore (uncredited) .... Oreste's friend
Il maestro di Don Giovanni (uncredited) .... Spectator at the fight

1955
Gli innamorati (uncredited) .... Neighborhood man
Totò e Carolina (uncredited) .... Tavern-keeper

1956
Helen of Troy (uncredited) .... Ship's drummer

1957
Gli amanti del deserto (uncredited) .... Torturer
Il corsaro della mezza luna (uncredited) .... Pirate with eyepatch
Kean: Genio e sregolatezza (uncredited) .... Man at the tavern
Poveri ma belli (uncredited) .... Bartender at the beach bar

1958
Afrodite, dea dell'amore (uncredited) .... Slave guardian
I soliti ignoti (uncredited) .... Inmate at the parlor
Il pirata dello sparviero nero (uncredited) .... Wrestler

1959
Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti (uncredited) .... Man in police station
I cavalieri del diavolo (uncredited) .... Torturer

1960
Cartagine in fiamme (uncredited) .... Soldier
Gli amori di Ercole (uncredited) .... Torturer
Il terrore della maschera rosso (uncredited) .... Torturer
Noi duri (uncredited) .... Gangster
Teseo contro il minotauro (uncredited) .... Torturer

1961
Barabbas (uncredited) .... Gladiator
I magnifici tre (uncredited) .... Fight manager

1962
Boccaccio '70 (uncredited) .... Worker (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
Marte, dio della guerra (uncredited) .... Torturer

1963
Totò e Cleopatra (uncredited) .... Senator
Zorro contro Maciste (uncredited) .... Tavern fighter

1964
00-2 agenti segretissimi (uncredited) .... American agent
Genoveffa di Brabante (uncredited) .... Guard
I predoni della steppe (uncredited) .... Guard at the city gate
Il ribelle di Castelmonte (uncredited) .... Torturer
Maciste nelle miniere del re Salomone (uncredited) .... Torturer
Totò contro il pirata nero (uncredited) .... Pirate

1965
A 008 operazione sterminio (uncredited) .... Kemp's henchman
Due marines e un generale (uncredited) .... Stage worker
La sfida dei giganti (uncredited) .... Prison guard

1966
7 monaci d'oro (uncredited) .... Truck driver
La Bibbia (uncredited) .... Sinful man
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
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 (uncredited) .... Man at the stadium (segment "Una sera come le altre")
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 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
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) .... Prisoner mopping the floor
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
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

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 31/08/2018, 15:29

Amerigo have a very nice and very important role in the TV series F.B.I. - Francesco Bertolazzi Invesitagore episode 6: "Getto della spugna" (1970), as Trombolini, a corrupt ex-boxer

Another great role as man watching Silvana Mangano's strip at the stadium in Le streghe (1967).
Together with Veriano Ginesi, he begin to be so excited by seeing Silvana stripping,that he kiss Veriano !!!

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 31/08/2018, 15:41

More roles!

First in Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti (1959) - pic from eurobis

Soldier in Cartagine in fiamme (1960) - pic from Johan

Worker in Boccaccio '70 (1962) - segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio"

Totò contro il pirata nero (1964) - from eurobis

With Veriano Ginesi as a stage worker in Due marines e un generale (1965)

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 31/08/2018, 15:46

And again with Veriano, as henchman in Le spie vengono dal semifreddo (1966) - pic from eurobis

Superargo contro Diabolikus (1966) again henchman - pics from Johan

Pirate in Il corsaro nero (1971) - pic from Johan

Post by **carlos** » 31/08/2018, 15:52

He made a lot of westerns. Here are a few I have pics for:

Uomo avvisato mezzo ammazzato... parola di Spirito Santo (1971) credited as one of Spirito Santo's recruits

Testa t'ammazzo, croce... sei morto - Mi chiamano Alleluja (1971) uncredited as Cookie, Fortune henchman and cook

E dio disse a Caino (1969) uncredited as blacksmith

Ehi amico... c'è Sabata, hai chiuso! (1969) uncredited as a Stengel sentry

Bandidos (1967) uncredited as barkeeper

Post by **carlos** » 31/08/2018, 15:57

Una nuvola di polvere... un grido di morte... arriva Sartana (1970) prison guard

...e venne il tempo di uccidere (1968) uncredited as Pedro the cantina bartender

Con lui cavalca la morte (1967) hotel cook (uncredited)

I giorni dell'ira (1967) roulette player (uncredited)

Il ribelle di Castelmonte (1964) torturer (uncredited)

Zorro contro Maciste (1963) as a tavern fighter

Post by **vecchiaguardia** » 31/08/2018, 15:58

Great face! Here he is in I soliti ignoti (1958):

Post by **Johan Melle** » 31/08/2018, 16:40

As mentioned by Ciavazzaro, Amerigo Santarelli was particularly active in peplum films and (just like his friend Veriano Ginesi) he was very often used to play the role of the torturer. Here are three examples - all uncredited:

I cavalieri del diavolo (1959)

Gli amori di Ercole (1960)

Maciste nelle miniere del re Salomone (1964)

But he wasn't always the torturer. Here he's a senator in Totò e Cleopatra (1963)

And as a prison guard in La sfida dei giganti (1965)

Post by **Johan Melle** » 31/08/2018, 16:45

Typical henchman role for Amerigo in A 008 operazione sterminio (1965)

And here are two very brief and uncredited television roles.

First with Lina Alberti in the TV series Le inchieste del commissario Maigret - episode: "Non si uccidono i poveri diavoli" (1966)

And here very briefly as a street spectator in the famous Il segno del comando (1971)

And here in one of his final films as a prisoner mopping the floor in Detenuto in attesa di giudizio (1971)

Post by **Johan Melle** » 31/08/2018, 16:51

A nice early role for Amerigo in Giorni d'amore (1954)

Another early and very brief role as a soldier scared of a black cat in Amori di mezzo secolo (1954)

It's also important to note that Amerigo appeared in many, many fotoromanzi, but the most prestigious one is surely "Sei nata per me", published in Grand Hotel from N. 719 (2 April 1960) to N. 744 (24 September 1960).

Here, Amerigo appears in a wonderful role as a gangster (and, once again, together with Veriano Ginesi)