Mario Brega
Acting • Born 1923-03-25 – Died 1994-07-23
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.
Filmography
68 credits
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Movie • 1975
Coach Driver
Finders Killers
Movie • 1971
Grendel
Too Much
Movie • 1986
Sergio
The Great Silence
Movie • 1968
Martin
My Name Is Nobody
Movie • 1973
Pedro
The Mascot of the Blue Devils
Movie • 1947
Fun Is Beautiful
Movie • 1980
Mario Brega
Talcum Powder
Movie • 1982
Augusto
The Last Round
Movie • 1976
Bobo Belmondo
Death Rides a Horse
Movie • 1967
One-Eye (Paco)
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
Movie • 1968
Kraut
A Noose for Django
Movie • 1969
Brandon's Partner
The Ugly Ones
Movie • 1966
Miguel Cortinas
Amarsi un po'...
Movie • 1984
Padre di Marco
Man Who Cried for Revenge
Movie • 1968
Dirty
A Dangerous Toy
Movie • 1979
Slavic's Enforcer
Death Knocks Twice
Movie • 1969
Riccardo
Date for a Murder
Movie • 1967
Mario Galante
Halleluja for Django
Movie • 1967
Andreas / Yanaro
Montecarlo Gran Casinò
Movie • 1987
Cesare
Two hearts, a Chapel
Movie • 1975
Il Macellaio
El Puro
Movie • 1969
Tim
Seven Savage Men
Movie • 1975
Tornado
Il divorzio
Movie • 1970
giornalaio
Day by Day, Desperately
Movie • 1961
infermiere
Una vacanza del cactus
Movie • 1981
Zio Michele
Convoy Buddies
Movie • 1975
Detective School Dropouts
Movie • 1986
The Hours of Love
Movie • 1963
The Strange Type
Movie • 1963
benzinaio
Gli scontenti
Movie • 1961
No Diamonds for Ursula
Movie • 1967
Sansone
Mafia Things
Movie • 1971
Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West
Movie • 1964
Donaldson
How Beautiful Is Bernarda, All Black, All Hot
Movie • 1975
Mirafiore
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Movie • 1966
Corporal Wallace
Why
Movie • 1971
Detenuto amico di Scalia (uncredited)
Crack
Movie • 1991
Basta con la guerra... facciamo l'amore
Movie • 1974
Garozzi
Charleston
Movie • 1974
Barman
March on Rome
Movie • 1962
Mitraglia
Pierino the Pest to the Rescue
Movie • 1982
Giulio
Man of Straw
Movie • 1958
Uomo che blocca Andrea davanti al tassista (uncredited)
I motorizzati
Movie • 1962
Edoardo
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
Movie • 1968
il mutilato
Two Gangsters in the Wild West
Movie • 1964
man with Rio
Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio
Movie • 1983
Alberigo (episodio "Il mago")
Christmas Holidays
Movie • 1983
Arturo Marchetti
Bianco, rosso e Verdone
Movie • 1981
Er Principe
Decameron II
Movie • 1972
Ferondo
A Girl in Australia
Movie • 1971
cameriere italiano a Brisbane
Once Upon a Time in America
Movie • 1984
Mandy
Destruction Force
Movie • 1977
Questore Alberti
Sotto a chi tocca!
Movie • 1972
Fregonese the Tyrant
Eighteen in the Sun
Movie • 1962
Gennarino
Da Scaramouche or se vuoi l'assoluzione baciar devi sto... cordone!
Movie • 1973
Quattropalle
A Fistful of Dollars
Movie • 1964
Chico
For a Few Dollars More
Movie • 1965
Niño, Member of Indio's Gang
The Monsters
Movie • 1963
Rocchetti (segment "La nobile Arte")
The Cat
Movie • 1977
Rosario Calascibetta, a killer
An Angel for Satan
Movie • 1966
Carlo Lionesi
Let's Talk About Women
Movie • 1964
The Lusty Wives of Canterbury
Movie • 1972
Cronache del '22
Movie • 1961
Panza
Il mondo dei miracoli
Movie • 1959
L'uomo con un occhio nero (uncredited)
Cannabis
Movie • 1970
Pè sempe
Movie • 1982
Don Enrico Roncilio
Sogni e bisogni
TV • 1985