Benito Pacifico

Born: 1939-03-28 in Roma, Italy

Died: 2008-11-11

Known For: Acting

Biography

Round-faced, high-hairlined stuntman who started as a bit part actor in Italian Westerns. He was immediately noticed for his athletic ability and given large supporting roles and even a few starring roles in some low-budget Westerns, often opposite Gordon Mitchell. Even with the demise of the Spaghetti Western genre, Pacifico stayed on and made the transition from star to character actor and stunt coordinator. Bouncing around between all the major Italian studios, Pacifico is best known in his small roles as a "thug" or "henchman" in countless Italian crime and action films, usually alongside Giovanni Cianfriglia and Nello Pazzafini, who both made similar prolific stunt / character actor careers.

Filmography

2002

Gangs of New York ... (Stunts)

1996

Moses as Man 2
Palermo – Milan One Way as Hitman in the Square (uncredited)

1995

Cutthroat Island ... (Stunts)

1991

Year of the Gun as Alley Thug (uncredited)

1990

The Godfather Part III ... (Stunts)

1986

Detective School Dropouts ... (Stunts)

1982

Banana Joe as Torcillo's Henchman
Bomber as Thug (uncredited)
Crime on the Highway as Marcello Taruscio (uncredited)

1980

Flatfoot in Egypt as Carmine's Henchman (Uncredited)
Beast in Space as Fighter in Nightclub (uncredited)
Contraband as Perlante Bodyguard with SMG (uncredited)
Nightmare City as Zombie (uncredited)
Day of the Cobra as Warehouse Worker (uncredited)
Speed Driver

1979

A Dangerous Toy as Supermarket Officer (uncredited)

1978

Little Italy as Fake Priest (uncredited)

1977

The Beast in Heat as Partisan (uncredited)
Hitch Hike as Highway Patrolman #1
Weapons of Death as Santoro Henchman
The Heroin Busters as Genoese Assassin
The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist as Hitman
A Man Called Blade as Valler Henchman
Destruction Force as scagnozzo di Lanza

1976

The Big Racket as Factory Gunman (uncredited)
The Cop in Blue Jeans as Shelley's Henchman (uncredited)
Rome, Armed to the Teeth as Savelli Robber
Rome, the Other Face of Violence as Termini Station Robber #2 (uncredited)
Free Hand for a Tough Cop as Tomati Thug

1975

Syndicate Sadists as Paterno Thug in Saloon (uncredited)
Violent Rome as Augusto - Supermarket Robber (uncredited)

1973

High Crime as Cafiero Henchman (uncredited)
Colt in the Hand of the Devil as Warner henchman (uncredited)
Once Upon a Time in the Wild, Wild West as Joe