Carlo De Mejo (17 January 1945 – 18 December 2015) was an Italian actor.

Life and career

Born in

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, De Mejo was the eldest son of jazz composer Oscar De Mejo and actress

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. After a few minor roles, he had his breakout with the role of a

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in Pier Paolo Pasolini's ''

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''. In 1970 he played Claude in

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and Victor Spinetti's Italian adaptation of the stage musical '' Hair''. In the following years, he became very active as a character actor in genre films, especially Lucio Fulci's cult horror films.

Selected filmography

* '' The Battle of Sinai'' (1968) - Ylan * ''L'oro di Londra'' (1968) - Frankie * ''Summit'' (1968) * ''

'' (1968) - Boy * ''La colomba non deve volare'' (1970) * ''Microscopic Liquid Subway to Oblivion'' (1970) - Billy * ''Equinozio'' (1971) * ''

The Dead Are Alive ''The Dead Are Alive'' ( it, L'etrusco uccide ancora / ''The Etruscan Kills Again'') is a 1972 giallo film by Italian director Armando Crispino, with music by Riz Ortolani, and starring Alex Cord, Samantha Eggar and John Marley. It was released i ...

'' (1972) - Igor Samarakis * ''

When Women Were Called Virgins ''When Women Were Called Virgins'' ( it, Quando le donne si chiamavano madonne) is a 1972 commedia sexy all'italiana written and directed by Aldo Grimaldi. It is part of a series of derivative erotic comedies set in the Middle Ages which were bas ...

'' (1972) - Gisippo * ''

The Outside Man ''The Outside Man'' (French: ''Un homme est mort'') is a 1972 French-Italian thriller set in Los Angeles, directed by Jacques Deray and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ann-Margret, Roy Scheider, and Angie Dickinson. Plot A contract on the lif ...

'' (1972) - Karl * ''Défense de savoir'' (1973) * '' Stateline Motel'' (1973) - Albert * '' The Net'' (1975) - Francesco Vanetti * ''La sposina'' (1976) - Massimo Raimondi * ''

The Cassandra Crossing ''The Cassandra Crossing'' is a 1976 disaster thriller film directed by George Pan Cosmatos and starring Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Ava Gardner, Martin Sheen, Burt Lancaster, Lee Strasberg and O. J. Simpson about a disease-infected Swedish ...

'' (1976) - Faux Patient (uncredited) * ''Un cuore semplice'' (1977) * ''Porco mondo'' (1978) - Massimo * '' Cindy's Love Games'' (1979) - Valerio * ''Eros Perversion'' (1979) - Orsino * '' Terror Express'' (1980) - Ernie * ''

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'' (1980) - Agent Young * ''

City of the Living Dead ''City of the Living Dead'' ( it, Paura nella città dei morti viventi, lit=Fear in the city of the living dead, also released as ''The Gates of Hell'') is a 1980 Italian supernatural horror film co-written and directed by Lucio Fulci. It stars ...

'' (1980) - Gerry * ''La locanda della maladolescenza'' (1980) - Andrea Poggi * '' The Other Hell'' (1981) - Father Valerio * ''

The House by the Cemetery ''The House by the Cemetery'' ( it, Quella villa accanto al cimitero) is a 1981 Italian horror film directed by Lucio Fulci. The film stars Catriona MacColl, Paolo Malco, Ania Pieroni, Giovanni Frezza, Silvia Collatina and Dagmar Lassander. It ...

'' (1981) - Mr. Wheatley * ''

Manhattan Baby ''Manhattan Baby'' is a 1982 Italian horror film directed by Lucio Fulci, and starring Christopher Connelly and Carlo De Mejo. The film begins in Egypt, where Susie, the daughter of archaeologist George Hacker, is given a mysterious talisman by ...

'' (1982) - Luke * ''

Emanuelle Escapes from Hell ''Women's Prison Massacre'' ( it, Blade Violent) is a 1983 film directed by Bruno Mattei and starring Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti (actor), Gabriele Tinti, Carlo De Mejo, Lorraine De Selle, and Franca Stoppi. Plot Emanuelle (Laura Gemser) is se ...

'' (1983) * ''Al limite, cioè, non glielo dico'' (1984) * ''À notre regrettable époux'' (1988) - Mercanton * ''I fobici'' (1999) - A Party Guest (segment "Frutto Proibito") * ''H.P. Lovecraft: Two Left Arms'' (2013) - Antonio Mezzanotte (final film role)

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* 1945 births 20th-century Italian male actors Italian male stage actors Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Male actors from Rome 2015 deaths {{Italy-actor-stub