Mario Brega
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
68
Gender
Male
Birthday
1923-03-25
Day of death
1994-07-23 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Rome, Lazio, Italy
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 physique ensured him a plethora of character roles. Debuting with director Dino Risi, he then played some minor roles in Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western movies: A Fistful of Dollars, as Chico; For a Few Dollars More, as Niño; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as Corporal Wallace; and also as a gangster in Once Upon a Time in America. He appeared in many other Spaghetti Westerns, including Death Rides a Horse, The Great Silence, and My Name is Nobody. Later in his career he had comical roles with director Carlo Verdone, such as in Un sacco bello and Talcum Powder. He died of heart attack in Rome in 1994. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mario Brega, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Montecarlo Gran Casinò
Once Upon a Time in America
For a Few Dollars More
A Fistful of Dollars
Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West
Fun Is Beautiful
Two Gangsters in the Wild West
Day by Day, Desperately
Eighteen in the Sun
Man Who Cried for Revenge
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Talcum Powder
Two hearts, a Chapel
The Last Round
A Dangerous Toy
Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio
The Monsters
Pierino the Pest to the Rescue
Cannabis
My Name Is Nobody
Finders Killers
Halleluja for Django
Pè sempe
The Great Silence
Bianco, rosso e Verdone
Decameron II
Amarsi un po'...
Cronache del '22
Sogni e bisogni
Detective School Dropouts
The Strange Type
The Cat
I motorizzati
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
Destruction Force
Let's Talk About Women
Death Rides a Horse
Il mondo dei miracoli
Why
Death Knocks Twice
Troppo forte
No Room to Die
Man of Straw
The Hours of Love
Basta con la guerra... facciamo l'amore
An Angel for Satan
Mafia Things
Una vacanza del cactus
Crack
No Diamonds for Ursula
Gli scontenti
Sotto a chi tocca!
El Puro
Date for a Murder
How Beautiful Is Bernarda, All Black, All Hot
March on Rome
The Ugly Ones
Christmas Holidays
The Lusty Wives of Canterbury
Il divorzio
A Girl in Australia
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
The Mascot of the Blue Devils
Charleston
Seven Savage Men
Convoy Buddies
Da Scaramouche or se vuoi l'assoluzione baciar devi sto... cordone!
