Nello Pazzafini

Giovanni "Nello" Pazzafini (15 May 1933 – 9 January 1996) was an Italian actor who appeared in a very large number of Peplum movies, Spaghetti Westerns and Poliziotteschi.

Life and career
Born in Rome from parents originally from Ferrara, at young age Pazzafini was a footballer and in 1958 he attended the first school for stunt men opened in Italy. Initially an often uncredited stunt performer in peplum films, starting from mid-1960s he gradually got bigger roles, specializing in villain characters.

Partial filmography

 * The Trojan Horse (1961)
 * The Triumph of Robin Hood (1962)
 * Hercules and the Black Pirates (1964)
 * 3 Avengers (1964)
 * Wanted (1967)
 * 7 pistole per un massacro (1967)
 * Run, Man, Run (1968)
 * Bootleggers (1969)
 * They Call Him Cemetery (1971)
 * Blood and Bullets (1976)
 * The Mafia Triangle (1981)
 * Double Trouble (1984)