Actor
Mario Brega
Biography

Mario Brega (25 March 1923 – 23 July 1994) was an Italian character actor. His heavy build meant that he regularly portrayed a thug in his films, particularly earlier in his career in westerns. Later in his career, however, he featured in numerous Italian comedy films. Brega stood at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and well over 250 pounds (110 kg) at his heaviest but after the 1960s slimmed down significantly. Brega was born in Rome. He was a butcher before he drifted into acting, where his heavy phy ...

Known For
Acting
1991 -- Crack |
1987 -- Montecarlo Gran Casinò | Cesare
1986 -- Detective School Dropouts |
1986 -- Troppo forte | Sergio
1984 -- Amarsi un po'... | Padre di Marco
1984 -- Once Upon a Time in America | Mandy
1983 -- Christmas Holidays | Arturo Marchetti
1983 -- Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio | Alberigo (episodio "Il mago")
1982 -- Talcum Powder | Augusto
1982 -- Pierino the Pest to the Rescue | Giulio
1981 -- Una vacanza del cactus | Zio Michele
1981 -- Bianco, rosso e Verdone | Er Principe
1980 -- Fun Is Beautiful | Mario
1979 -- A Dangerous Toy | Slavic's Enforcer
1977 -- The Cat | Rosario Calascibetta, a killer
1977 -- Destruction Force | Questore Alberti
1976 -- The Last Round | Bobo Belmondo
1975 -- A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot | Coach Driver
1975 -- Two hearts, a Chapel | Il Macellaio
1975 -- Convoy Buddies |
1975 -- Seven Savage Men | Tornado
1975 -- How Beautiful Is Bernarda, All Black, All Hot | Mirafiore
1974 -- Charleston | Barman
1974 -- Basta con la guerra... facciamo l'amore | Garozzi
1973 -- My Name Is Nobody | Pedro
1973 -- Da Scaramouche or se vuoi l'assoluzione baciar devi sto... cordone! | Quattropalle
1972 -- Sotto a chi tocca! | Fregonese the Tyrant
1972 -- Decameron II | Ferondo
1972 -- The Lusty Wives of Canterbury |
1971 -- A Girl in Australia | cameriere italiano a Brisbane
1971 -- Why | Detenuto amico di Scalia (uncredited)
1971 -- Finders Killers | Grendel
1971 -- Cose di Cosa Nostra |
1970 -- Il divorzio | giornalaio
1969 -- El Puro | Tim
1969 -- Death Knocks Twice | Riccardo
1969 -- No Room to Die | Brandon's Partner
1968 -- The Great Silence | Martin
1968 -- The Girl Who Couldn't Say No | il mutilato
1968 -- Man Who Cried for Revenge | Dirty
1968 -- A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die | Kraut
1967 -- Halleluja for Django | Andreas / Yanaro
1967 -- Death Rides a Horse | One-Eye (Paco)
1967 -- No Diamonds for Ursula | Sansone
1967 -- Date for a Murder | Mario Galante
1966 -- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | Corporal Wallace
1966 -- The Ugly Ones | Miguel Cortinas
1966 -- An Angel for Satan | Carlo Lionesi
1965 -- For a Few Dollars More | Niño, Member of Indio's Gang
1964 -- Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West | Donaldson
1964 -- A Fistful of Dollars | Chico
1964 -- Two Gangsters in the Wild West | man with Rio
1964 -- Let's Talk About Women |
1963 -- The Monsters | Rocchetti (segment "La nobile Arte")
1963 -- The Hours of Love |
1963 -- The Strange Type | benzinaio
1962 -- March on Rome | Mitraglia
1962 -- I motorizzati | Edoardo
1962 -- Eighteen in the Sun | Gennarino
1961 -- Cronache del '22 | Panza
1961 -- Day by Day, Desperately | infermiere
1961 -- Gli scontenti |
1959 -- Il mondo dei miracoli | L'uomo con un occhio nero (uncredited)
1958 -- Man of Straw | Uomo che blocca Andrea davanti al tassista (uncredited)
1947 -- The Mascot of the Blue Devils |
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