Benito Pacifico

Acting · Crew

Born March 28, 1939, Roma, Italy

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

• 2002Gangs of New York — Stunts
• Moses — Man 2
• 1996Palermo - Milan One Way — Hitman in the Square (uncredited)
• 1995Cutthroat Island — Stunts
• 1991Year of the Gun — Alley Thug (uncredited), Stunts
• 1990The Godfather Part III — Stunts
• 1986Detective School Dropouts — Stunts
• 1982Banana Joe — Torcillo's Henchman
• 1982Bomber — Thug (uncredited)
• 1982Crime on the Highway — Marcello Taruscio (uncredited), Stunts
• 1980Beast in Space — Fighter in Nightclub (uncredited)
• 1980Contraband — Perlante Bodyguard with SMG (uncredited)
• 1980Day of the Cobra — Warehouse Worker (uncredited)
• 1980Flatfoot in Egypt — Carmine's Henchman (Uncredited)
• 1980Nightmare City — Zombie (uncredited)
• 1980Speed Driver
• 1979A Dangerous Toy — Supermarket Officer (uncredited)
• 1978Little Italy — Fake Priest (uncredited)
• 1977A Man Called Blade — Valler Henchman
• 1977Destruction Force — scagnozzo di Lanza
• 1977Hitch Hike — Highway Patrolman #1
• 1977The Beast in Heat — Partisan (uncredited)
• 1977The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist — Hitman
• 1977The Heroin Busters — Genoese Assassin
• 1977Weapons of Death — Santoro Henchman
• 1976Free Hand for a Tough Cop — Tomati Thug
• 1976Rome, Armed to the Teeth — Savelli Robber, Stunts
• 1976Rome, the Other Face of Violence — Termini Station Robber #2 (uncredited), Stunts
• 1976The Big Racket — Factory Gunman (uncredited), Stunts
• 1976The Cop in Blue Jeans — Shelley's Henchman (uncredited)
• 1975Syndicate Sadists — Paterno Thug in Saloon (uncredited)
• 1975Violent Rome — Augusto - Supermarket Robber (uncredited), Stunts
• 1973Colt in the Hand of the Devil — Warner henchman (uncredited)
• 1973High Crime — Cafiero Henchman (uncredited)
• 1973Once Upon a Time in the Wild, Wild West — Joe
• 1972Death Played the Flute — Outlaw
• 1971Adios Compañeros — Buck O'Sullivan
• 1971Coffin Full of Dollars — Ramirez
• 1971Down with Your Hands... You Scum! — Manuel Sanchez
• 1971His Name Was Pot, but They Called Him Allegria — Steve
• 1971Savage Guns — Hernandes
• 1970Dead Men Don't Make Shadows — Medina
• 1970Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End — Stinky (as Dennis Colt), Stunt Coordinator
• 1970One Damned Day at Dawn... Django Meets Sartana! — Paco Sanchez (as Dennis Colt)
• 1969Four Came to Kill Sartana — Silky
• 1969Sartana and His Shadow of Death — Babyface Randall
• 1969The Electric Chair
• 1969The Tough and the Mighty — Coffin Bearer (uncredited)
• 1968The Great Silence — Coachman (uncredited), Stunts