Benito Stefanelli


Benito Stefanelli was an Italian film actor, stuntman and weapons master who made over 60 appearances in film between 1955 and 1991.
Stefanelli is best known in world cinema for his roles as henchmen in several of Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western films, portraying gang members in the trilogy of films A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. He played the town drunk in Wanted starring Giuliano Gemma and Serge Marquand.
In his career, Stefanelli appeared in countless other western films and he worked simultaneously as a stunt coordinator on the films that he performed in including those of Sergio Leone. A fluent English speaker, he also reportedly served as Clint Eastwood's interpreter together with Bill Thompkins on the set of A Fistful of Dollars.

Selected filmography