Nello Pazzafini

Giovanni "Nello" Pazzafini (15 May 1933 – 9 January 1996) was an Italian actor who appeared in a very large number of Peplum movies, Spaghetti Westerns and Poliziotteschi.

Nello Pazzafini
Pazzafini in Elena sì... ma di Troia (1973)
Born	Giovanni Pazzafini 15 May 1933 (1933-05-15) Rome, Italy
Died	9 January 1996 (1996-01-10) (aged 62) Ostia, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1958–1992

Life and career

Born in Rome from parents originally from Ferrara, at a young age, Pazzafini was a footballer and in 1958, he attended the first school for stunt men opened in Italy.^[1] Initially an often uncredited stunt performer in peplum films, starting from mid-1960s, he gradually got bigger roles, specializing in villain characters.^[1]

Partial filmography

• The Trojan Horse (1961)
• The Triumph of Robin Hood (1962)
• Hercules and the Black Pirates (1964)
• 3 Avengers (1964)
• Wanted (1967)
• 7 pistole per un massacro (1967)
• Run, Man, Run (1968)
• Bootleggers (1969)
• They Call Him Cemetery (1971)
• Blood and Bullets (1976)
• The Mafia Triangle (1981)
• Banana Joe (1982)
• Double Trouble (1984)