Fortunato Arena (23 May 1922 – 7 March 1994) was an Italian stuntman and actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1954 to 1989.

Selected filmography

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Blood for a Silver Dollar ''Blood for a Silver Dollar'' ( it, Un dollaro bucato) is a 1965 Spaghetti Western film directed by Giorgio Ferroni, written by Giorgio Stegani and Ferroni, and starring Giuliano Gemma and Ida Galli. Plot synopsis Gary O'Hara, a Confederate Li ...

'' (1965) * ''

Conqueror of Atlantis ''Conqueror of Atlantis'' (''Il conquistatore di Atlantide'', UK title: ''Kingdom in the Sand'') is a 1965 Italian fantasy film adventure directed by Alfonso Brescia. Although the main character is called Herakles, this film was not part of the ...

'' (1965) * '' 008: Operation Exterminate'' (1965) * ''

Erik, the Viking ''Vengeance of the Vikings'' ( it, Erik il vichingo, link=no) is a 1965 film directed by Mario Caiano. Cast *Gordon Mitchell ... Sven / Byarni * Giuliano Gemma ... Erik *Eleonora Bianchi ... Gudrid (as Ely McWhite) *Elisa Montés ... Wa-ta-wa ...

'' (1965) * ''

Seven Dollars on the Red '' Sette dollari sul rosso '' (released in the United States as ''Seven Dollars on the Red'' or ''Seven Dollars to Kill'') is a 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Alberto Cardone. It stars Anthony Steffen as the main character. ...

'' (1966) * ''

Django Shoots First ''Django Shoots First'' ( it, Django spara per primo) is an Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Alberto De Martino. Plot Ringo, a bounty hunter, has killed the father of Glenn Garvin (Glenn Saxson) to collect a bounty. Glenn kills Ring ...

'' (1966) * ''

Killer's Carnival ''Killer's Carnival'' (french: Carnaval des barbouzes, german: Gern hab' ich die Frauen gekillt, it, Spie contro il mondo) is a 1966 crime film directed by Alberto Cardone and starring Stewart Granger. Plot A murderer takes refuge in a doctor ...

'' (1966) * '' The Great Silence'' (1968) * ''

Long Days of Hate ''Long Days of Hate'' (Italian: ''I lunghi giorni dell'odio'', also known as ''This Man Can't Die'') is a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western film co-written and directed by Gianfranco Baldanello. Plot summary Martin Benson is a Civil War veteran ...

'' (1968) * '' Day After Tomorrow'' (1968) * ''

Sartana the Gravedigger ''I am Sartana, Your Angel of Death'' ( it, Sono Sartana, il vostro becchino) is a 1969 Italian Western film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo and starring Gianni Garko as Sartana. The film is presented on some DVD reissues under its German title, ...

'' (1969) * ''

I quattro del pater noster ''In the Name of the Father'' ( it, I quattro del pater noster) is a 1969 Italian western comedy film directed by Ruggero Deodato and starring the popular Italian comedian Paolo Villaggio, Oreste Lionello, Lino Toffolo and Enrico Montesano ...

'' (1969) * '' I Am Sartana, Trade Your Guns for a Coffin'' (1970) * ''

Adiós, Sabata ''Adiós, Sabata'' ( it, Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di..., lit. "Indio Black, you know what I'm going to tell you... You're a big son of a...") is a 1970 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. It is t ...

'' (1970) * ''

The Last Traitor ''The Last Traitor'' ( it, Il tredicesimo è sempre Giuda, also known as ''Thirteenth Is a Judas'') is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Giuseppe Vari. Plot A wedding is set to take place in Sonora, Mexico sometime after the A ...

'' (1971) * ''

Trinity Is Still My Name ''Trinity Is Still My Name'' ( it, ...continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità, lit. "...they kept calling him Trinity") is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western comedy film directed by Enzo Barboni. Starring Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, it is a sequel ...

'' (1971) * ''

Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead ''Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead'' ( it, Prega il Morto e Ammazza il Vivo) is the original release title of the 1971 Italian dramatic Spaghetti Western film directed by Giuseppe Vari, and starring Klaus Kinski and Dante Maggio. With it ...

'' (1971) * '' Two Sons of Trinity'' (1972) * ''

Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why? ''Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?'' ( it, Terza ipotesi su un caso di perfetta strategia criminale) is a 1972 Italian thriller film directed by Giuseppe Vari and starring Lou Castel. The hardcore inserts were edited for some foreign markets. ...

'' (1972) * ''

Return of Shanghai Joe ''Return of Shanghai Joe'' ( it, Il ritorno di Shanghai Joe) is a 1975 Western film directed by Bitto Albertini and starring Klaus Kinski. Plot The medicine show man Bill Cannon gives refuge to the bandit Pedro Gomez, who is wounded by the men ...

'' (1975) * ''

A Special Cop in Action ''Special Cop in Action'' ( it, Italia a mano armata, lit=Italy at gunpoint) is a 1976 Italian ''poliziottesco'' film directed by Marino Girolami, here credited as Franco Martinelli. The film is the final chapter in the Girolami's Commissioner Bet ...

'' (1976) * ''

Confessions of a Lady Cop ''La poliziotta fa carriera'', internationally released as ''Confessions of a Lady Cop'', is a 1976 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Michele Massimo Tarantini. It is an unofficial sequel of Steno's ''La poliziotta'' in which sex and nudity ...

'' (1976)

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