Born to a family of other actors and stunt performers, Ottaviano Dell'Acqua started acting in Italian Spaghetti Western productions as a child. Due to his boyish looks and enthusiasm for taking risks, he found himself more and more in demand as both a stunt performer and character actor throughout the 1970's, often appearing alongside one or more of his siblings (Roberto, Alberto, and Arnoldo). In the 1980's he turned to stunt coordinating and has worked steadily on both major Hollywood productions, as well as smaller European films, ever since. He may be best remembered by horror fans as the man behind the worm-eyed zombie mask on the poster for Lucio Fulci's ZOMBIE (aka ZOMBI 2) though has possibly the most mainstream exposure in GANGS OF NEW YORK as one of Bill the Butcher's lead henchmen. His only leading roles have been under the name "Richard Raymond" for director Bruno Mattei, particularly in 1983's RATS: THE NIGHTS OF TERROR in which he is top-billed. Curiously the same year he appeared in numerous other post-apocalyptic films (RAGE and AFTER THE FALL OF NEW YORK) in which he isn't billed at all.

Filmography

• 2025Vamos a Matar - Storia e storie del western mediterraneo — Sé stesso
• 2024Django Undisputed — Frankye
• 2024Oltre il confine — Gun Wrangler
• 2024The Price of Nonna's Inheritance — Stunt Coordinator
• 2022Con chi viaggi — Stunt Coordinator
• 2022The Prince of Rome — Mastro Titta, Stunt Coordinator
• 2022Veneciafrenia — Stunt Coordinator
• 2021The Legend of the Christmas Witch: The Origins — Giovino
• 30 Coins — Anciano vías del Tren
• 2019A mano disarmata — Stunt Coordinator
• 2019Copperman — Stunt Coordinator
• 2019The Nest — Stunt Coordinator
• 2018Dogman's Rabies: Underdog — Spartaco
• 2018I'm Back — Stunt Coordinator
• 2017Demon Mind — Lucio Questi
• 2017John Wick: Chapter 2 — Gianna's Bodyguard (uncredited), Stunts
• 2015An Italian Name — Stunt Coordinator
• 2014Ogni maledetto Natale — Master at Arms
• 2012The Worst Christmas of My Life — Stunt Coordinator
• 2011Boris: The Film — Stunt Coordinator
• 2009Angels & Demons — Stunts
• 2009Questo piccolo grande amore — Master at Arms
• 2008Solitaire — Riccardo
• 2007A Beautiful Wife — Stunt Coordinator
• 2007Il Lupo — Stunt Coordinator
• 2007Saturn in Opposition — Master at Arms
• Crimes — Paco Leoni
• 2006La cura del gorilla — Stunt Coordinator
• 2004Snuff Trap — Man in cellar, Armorer, Stunt Coordinator
• 2003Il Latitante — Stunt Coordinator
• 2002A Perfect Love — Stunts
• 2002Father Hope — Stunt Coordinator
• 2002Gangs of New York — Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited)
• 2002Nati stanchi — Master at Arms
• 2001Vajont — Thanks
• 2000Alex the Ram — Biondo, Stunts
• 1999Amore a prima vista — Stunt Coordinator
• 1997Double Team — Mossad Agent
• 1997Panarea — Master at Arms
• 1995Segreto di Stato — Henchman at Fori Imperiali (uncredited)
• 1995Troubling Love — Stunt Coordinator
• 1994First Action Hero — Stunts
• 1991Buck at the Edge of Heaven — Natty
• 1991Miracle of Marcellino — Stunts
• 1990After Death — Scientist (uncredited)
• 1990Tomato
• 1989Leviathan — Stunts
• 1989Miami Cops — Curtis
• 1988Cop Game — Soldier
• 1988Dial: Help — Stunts
• 1988Phantom of Death — Stunts
• 1988Strike Commando 2
• 1988The Gamble — Stunt Coordinator
• 1988Zombie Flesh Eaters 2 — Roger (as Richard Raymond)
• 1987Double Target — Toro
• 1986Days of Hell — Russ
• 1986The Lone Runner — Emerick's Friend (uncredited)
• 1985Cut and Run — Vlado's Man
• 1985Demons — Cinemagoer (uncredited)
• 1985Firefighters — Stunts
• 1985Ladyhawke — Stunts
• 1985The Adventures of Hercules — Stunts
• 1985The Repenter
• 1984A Man Called Rage — Attacker / Soldier (uncredited)
• 1984Blastfighter — Matt
• 1984Rats: Night of Terror — Kurt
• 1984She — Stunts
• 1984Tuareg: Desert Warrior — Soldier (uncredited), Stunts
• 19832019: After the Fall of New York — Eurac Soldier (uncredited)
• 1983Escape from the Bronx — Security Guard Delta 1 (uncredited)
• 1983Hearts and Armour — Crippled Thief
• 1983Ironmaster — Vuud's Tribe
• 1983The Seven Magnificent Gladiators — Stunts
• 1982Bomber — Thug (uncredited)
• 1982I'll Break Your Face, Baby!
• 1982Il sommergibile più pazzo del mondo — Stunts
• The Original Trap — Stunts
• 1981Buddy Goes West — Slim Henchman (uncredited)
• 1981Escape from Galaxy 3 — Native Boy
• 1981Hotel Room — Stunts
• 1981Teste di quoio — Stunts
• 1981The Beyond — Zombie at Hospital (uncredited)
• 1981Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure — Pirate (uncredited)
• 1980Flatfoot in Egypt — Stunts
• 1980Nightmare City — Zombie Outside TV Station (uncredited)
• 1980The Rebel
• 1980Why Did You Pick On Me? — Cop
• 1979A Man on His Knees
• 1979Concorde Affair — John - Forsythe's Henchman
• 1979From Corleone to Brooklyn — Thug
• 1979The Humanoid — Technician
• 1979The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid — Soldier
• 1979Zombie Flesh Eaters — Worm-Eye Zombie (uncredited)
• 1978Flatfoot in Africa — Bus Hooligan (uncredited)
• 1978Starcrash — Stunts
• 1978They Called Him Bulldozer — Gerry
• 1977A Man Called Blade — Rioting Miner (uncredited)
• 1977California — Confederate Soldier
• 1977Crime Busters — Geronimo's Man
• 1977The Heroin Busters — Man in Fight, Stunts
• 1977Weapons of Death — Santoro Assassin
• 1976Fear in the City — Angiolino's Friend (uncredited), Stunts
• 1976Merciless Man — Caleb' s man
• 1976Rome, Armed to the Teeth — Gaetano, Stefano's Friend, Stunts
• 1976The Big Racket — Rudy's Enforcer (uncredited), Stunts
• 1976The Last Round — Attorney's Escoret (uncredited)
• 1976Violent Naples — Undercover Cop (uncredited)
• 1975Flatfoot in Hong Kong — Stunts
• 1975Season for Assassins — Stunts
• 1975Who's Afraid of Zorro — Brawler (uncredited)
• 1973Here We Go Again, Eh Providence? — Stunts
• 1972Life Is Tough, Eh Providence?
• 1972Man Called Amen — Bank Guard
• 1969Satyricon — (uncredited)
• 1968A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die

Appearances as themselves (6)

• 2024Pretendo l'inferno — Self
• 2017They Called Him Spencer — Self - Interviewee
• 2017Tracce di Bene — Self
• 2012Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s — Self
• 2008Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 — Self
• 2004Building a Better Zombi: Retrospective of Zombi 2 — Self