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)
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
- Day of the Cobra as Warehouse Worker (uncredited)
- Flatfoot in Egypt as Carmine's Henchman (Uncredited)
- Speed Driver
- Nightmare City as Zombie (uncredited)
- Beast in Space as Fighter in Nightclub (uncredited)
- Contraband as Perlante Bodyguard with SMG (uncredited)
1979
- A Dangerous Toy as Supermarket Officer (uncredited)
1978
- Little Italy as Fake Priest (uncredited)
1977
- The Beast in Heat as Partisan (uncredited)
- Destruction Force as scagnozzo di Lanza
- Hitch Hike as Highway Patrolman #1
- A Man Called Blade as Valler Henchman
- The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist as Hitman
- The Heroin Busters as Genoese Assassin
- Weapons of Death as Santoro Henchman
1976
- The Big Racket as Factory Gunman (uncredited)
- Free Hand for a Tough Cop as Tomati Thug
- 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)
1975
- Syndicate Sadists as Paterno Thug in Saloon (uncredited)
- Violent Rome as Augusto - Supermarket Robber (uncredited)
1973
- Colt in the Hand of the Devil as Warner henchman (uncredited)
- High Crime as Cafiero Henchman (uncredited)
- Once Upon a Time in the Wild, Wild West as Joe
1972
- Death Played the Flute as Outlaw
1971
- Savage Guns as Hernandes
- Coffin Full of Dollars as Ramirez
- Adios Compañeros as Buck O'Sullivan
- His Name Was Pot, but They Called Him Allegria as Steve
- Down with Your Hands... You Scum! as Manuel Sanchez
1970
- Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End as Stinky (as Dennis Colt)
- Dead Men Don't Make Shadows as Medina
- One Damned Day at Dawn... Django Meets Sartana! as Paco Sanchez (as Dennis Colt)
1969
- The Tough and the Mighty as Coffin Bearer (uncredited)
- Four Came to Kill Sartana as Silky
- The Electric Chair
- Sartana and His Shadow of Death as Babyface Randall
1968
- The Great Silence as Coachman