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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Acting (65 movies)
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
1975
Finders Killers
1971
Troppo forte
1986
The Great Silence
1968
My Name Is Nobody
1973
The Mascot of the Blue Devils
1947
Fun Is Beautiful
1980
Talcum Powder
1982
The Last Round
1976
Death Rides a Horse
1967
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
1968
No Room to Die
1969
The Ugly Ones
1966
Amarsi un po'...
1984
Man Who Cried for Revenge
1968
A Dangerous Toy
1979
Death Knocks Twice
1969
Date for a Murder
1967
Halleluja for Django
1967
Montecarlo Gran Casinò
1987
Two hearts, a Chapel
1975
El Puro
1969
Il divorzio
1970
Day by Day, Desperately
1961
Una vacanza del cactus
1981
Convoy Buddies
1975
Detective School Dropouts
1986
The Hours of Love
1963
The Strange Type
1963
Gli scontenti
1961
No Diamonds for Ursula
1967
Mafia Things
1971
Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West
1964
How Beautiful Is Bernarda, All Black, All Hot
1975
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966
Why
1971
Basta con la guerra... facciamo l'amore
1974
Charleston
1974
March on Rome
1962
Pierino the Pest to the Rescue
1982
Man of Straw
1958
I motorizzati
1962
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
1968
Two Gangsters in the Wild West
1964
Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio
1983
Christmas Holidays
1983
Bianco, rosso e Verdone
1981
Decameron II
1972
A Girl in Australia
1971
Once Upon a Time in America
1984
Destruction Force
1977
Sotto a chi tocca!
1972
Eighteen in the Sun
1962
Da Scaramouche or se vuoi l'assoluzione baciar devi sto... cordone!
1973
A Fistful of Dollars
1964
For a Few Dollars More
1965
The Monsters
1963
The Cat
1977
An Angel for Satan
1966
Let's Talk About Women
1964
The Lusty Wives of Canterbury
1972
Cronache del '22
1961
Il mondo dei miracoli
1959
Cannabis
1970
Pè sempe
1982
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