Mario Brega

Mario Brega

Personal Info

  • Name:

    Mario Brega

  • Birthday:

    1923-03-25

  • Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
  • Gender:

    Male

  • Know For:

    Acting

  • Popularity: 5.149
  • Also Known As

    Richard Stuyvesant

    M. Braga

    Florestano Brega

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.

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Top Movie Cast

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiottrue- Coach Driver

1975-12-16

6.3
Finders Killers
Finders Killerstrue- Grendel

1971-03-27

4.0
Troppo forte
Troppo fortetrue- Sergio

1986-01-30

6.5
The Great Silence
The Great Silencetrue- Martin

1968-11-22

7.4
My Name Is Nobody
My Name Is Nobodytrue- Pedro

1973-12-13

7.3
The Mascot of the Blue Devils
The Mascot of the Blue Devilstrue

1947-09-15

0.0
Talcum Powder
Talcum Powdertrue- Augusto

1982-01-22

6.8
Fun Is Beautiful
Fun Is Beautifultrue- Mario

1980-01-19

7.1
The Last Round
The Last Roundtrue- Bobo Belmondo

1976-12-30

6.2
Death Rides a Horse
Death Rides a Horsetrue- One-Eye (Paco)

1967-08-31

7.0
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Dietrue- Kraut

1968-02-08

6.1
No Room to Die
No Room to Dietrue- Brandon's Partner

1969-01-01

5.2
The Ugly Ones
The Ugly Onestrue- Miguel Cortinas

1966-11-04

5.8
Amarsi un po'...
Amarsi un po'...true- Padre di Marco

1984-10-05

6.3
Man Who Cried for Revenge
Man Who Cried for Revengetrue- Dirty

1968-07-28

3.8
A Dangerous Toy
A Dangerous Toytrue- Slavic's Enforcer

1979-02-21

6.9
Death Knocks Twice
Death Knocks Twicetrue- Riccardo

1969-11-25

4.3
Date for a Murder
Date for a Murdertrue- Mario Galante

1967-05-17

6.2
Halleluja for Django
Halleluja for Djangotrue- Andreas / Yanaro

1967-10-28

5.0
Montecarlo Gran Casinò
Montecarlo Gran Casinòtrue- Cesare

1987-12-23

5.5
Two hearts, a Chapel
Two hearts, a Chapeltrue- Il Macellaio

1975-10-02

5.4
El Puro
El Purotrue- Tim

1969-12-23

5.3
Il divorzio
Il divorziotrue- giornalaio

1970-04-20

6.5
Day by Day, Desperately
Day by Day, Desperatelytrue- infermiere

1961-11-23

8.0
Una vacanza del cactus
Una vacanza del cactustrue- Zio Michele

1981-08-16

3.8
Convoy Buddies
Convoy Buddiestrue

1975-07-20

5.7
Detective School Dropouts
Detective School Dropoutstrue

1986-08-07

7.4
The Hours of Love
The Hours of Lovetrue

1963-03-01

5.0
The Strange Type
The Strange Typetrue- benzinaio

1963-02-28

5.5
Gli scontenti
Gli scontentitrue

1961-03-11

6.0
No Diamonds for Ursula
No Diamonds for Ursulatrue- Sansone

1967-08-06

5.7
Cose di Cosa Nostra
Cose di Cosa Nostratrue

1971-01-08

5.5
Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West
Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far Westtrue- Donaldson

1964-11-19

4.9
How Beautiful Is Bernarda, All Black, All Hot
How Beautiful Is Bernarda, All Black, All Hottrue- Mirafiore

1975-01-12

3.0
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Good, the Bad and the Uglytrue- Corporal Wallace

1966-12-22

8.5
Why
Whytrue- Detenuto amico di Scalia (uncredited)

1971-10-27

7.2
Basta con la guerra... facciamo l'amore
Basta con la guerra... facciamo l'amoretrue- Garozzi

1974-04-24

2.8
Charleston
Charlestontrue- Barman

1974-09-10

4.8
March on Rome
March on Rometrue- Mitraglia

1962-12-20

7.4
Pierino the Pest to the Rescue
Pierino the Pest to the Rescuetrue- Giulio

1982-01-09

3.0
Man of Straw
Man of Strawtrue- Uomo che blocca Andrea davanti al tassista (uncredited)

1958-03-11

7.1
I motorizzati
I motorizzatitrue- Edoardo

1962-11-30

5.8
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
The Girl Who Couldn't Say Notrue- il mutilato

1968-09-26

0.0
Two Gangsters in the Wild West
Two Gangsters in the Wild Westtrue- man with Rio

1964-06-30

5.7
Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio
Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchiotrue- Alberigo (episodio "Il mago")

1983-11-30

5.8
Christmas Holidays
Christmas Holidaystrue- Arturo Marchetti

1983-12-22

6.2
Bianco, rosso e Verdone
Bianco, rosso e Verdonetrue- Er Principe

1981-02-20

7.3
Decameron II
Decameron IItrue- Ferondo

1972-03-17

3.0
A Girl in Australia
A Girl in Australiatrue- cameriere italiano a Brisbane

1971-12-22

6.7
Once Upon a Time in America
Once Upon a Time in Americatrue- Mandy

1984-05-23

8.4
Destruction Force
Destruction Forcetrue- Questore Alberti

1977-10-01

5.8
Sotto a chi tocca!
Sotto a chi tocca!true- Fregonese the Tyrant

1972-10-24

0.0
Eighteen in the Sun
Eighteen in the Suntrue- Gennarino

1962-08-11

5.2
Da Scaramouche or se vuoi l'assoluzione baciar devi sto... cordone!
Da Scaramouche or se vuoi l'assoluzione baciar devi sto... cordone!true- Quattropalle

1973-05-31

0.0
A Fistful of Dollars
A Fistful of Dollarstrue- Chico

1964-09-12

7.8
For a Few Dollars More
For a Few Dollars Moretrue- Niño, Member of Indio's Gang

1965-12-18

8.0
The Monsters
The Monsterstrue- Rocchetti (segment "La nobile Arte")

1963-10-30

7.4
The Cat
The Cattrue- Rosario Calascibetta, a killer

1977-12-16

6.3
An Angel for Satan
An Angel for Satantrue- Carlo Lionesi

1966-05-04

6.3
Let's Talk About Women
Let's Talk About Womentrue

1964-03-28

6.2
The Lusty Wives of Canterbury
The Lusty Wives of Canterburytrue

1972-01-01

2.0
Cronache del '22
Cronache del '22true- Panza

1961-11-23

0.0
Il mondo dei miracoli
Il mondo dei miracolitrue- L'uomo con un occhio nero (uncredited)

1959-06-25

0.0
Cannabis
Cannabistrue

1970-09-02

4.1

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