Benito Pacifico

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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.

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2002
Gangs of New York
Movie Stunts
1996
Moses
TV show Man 2
1996
Palermo – Milan One Way
Movie Hitman in the Square (uncredited)
1995
Cutthroat Island
Movie Stunts
1991
Year of the Gun
Movie Alley Thug (uncredited)
1990
The Godfather Part III
Movie Stunts
1986
Detective School Dropouts
Movie Stunts
1982
Crime on the Highway
Movie Marcello Taruscio (uncredited)
1982
Bomber
Movie Thug (uncredited)
1982
Banana Joe
Movie Torcillo's Henchman
1980
Nightmare City
Movie Zombie (uncredited)
1980
Speed Driver
Movie
1980
Day of the Cobra
Movie Warehouse Worker (uncredited)
1980
Contraband
Movie Perlante Bodyguard with SMG (uncredited)
1980
Beast in Space
Movie Fighter in Nightclub (uncredited)
1980
Flatfoot in Egypt
Movie Carmine's Henchman (Uncredited)

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1979
A Dangerous Toy
Movie Supermarket Officer (uncredited)
1978
Little Italy
Movie Fake Priest (uncredited)
1977
A Man Called Blade
Movie Valler Henchman
1977
The Heroin Busters
Movie Genoese Assassin
1977
The Beast in Heat
Movie Partisan (uncredited)
1977
Hitch Hike
Movie Highway Patrolman #1
1977
Destruction Force
Movie scagnozzo di Lanza
1977
Weapons of Death
Movie Santoro Henchman
1977
The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist
Movie Hitman
1976
Rome, Armed to the Teeth
Movie Savelli Robber
1976
Free Hand for a Tough Cop
Movie Tomati Thug
1976
The Big Racket
Movie Factory Gunman (uncredited)
1976
Rome, the Other Face of Violence
Movie Termini Station Robber #2 (uncredited)
1976
The Cop in Blue Jeans
Movie Shelley's Henchman (uncredited)
1975
Syndicate Sadists
Movie Paterno Thug in Saloon (uncredited)
1975
Violent Rome
Movie Augusto - Supermarket Robber (uncredited)
1973
Once Upon a Time in the Wild, Wild West
Movie Joe
1973
High Crime
Movie Cafiero Henchman (uncredited)
1973
Colt in the Hand of the Devil
Movie Warner henchman (uncredited)
1972
Death Played the Flute
Movie Outlaw
1971
His Name Was Pot, but They Called Him Allegria
Movie Steve
1971
Savage Guns
Movie Hernandes
1971
Down with Your Hands... You Scum!
Movie Manuel Sanchez
1971
Adios Compañeros
Movie Buck O'Sullivan