Actor
Luigi Pistilli
Born 19 July 1929 · Grosseto, Toscana, Italy — died 21 April 1996
Luigi Pistilli (1929–1996) was an Italian stage and screen actor, often cast as a villain or morally compromised figure. He became a familiar face in Italian genre cinema, appearing in Sergio Leone's westerns and in many gialli and crime thrillers of the 1960s and 1970s.
Key films
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Early Leone western role as a member of the outlaw gang, bringing him international visibility.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)On Cinespective
Played Padre Pablo Ramirez, Tuco's brother, in Leone's epic and his best-known part.
The Great Silence (1968)
Appeared in Sergio Corbucci's bleak, acclaimed snow-bound western.
A Bay of Blood (1971)
Key role in Mario Bava's influential giallo, a forerunner of the slasher film.
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
Lead role in Sergio Martino's giallo, showing his range beyond westerns.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 51
- 1957L'avaro · as BaccalàActor
- 1961Walter e i Suoi Cugini · as Invitato di SpallanzoniActor
- 1965For a Few Dollars More · as Groggy, Member of Indio's GangActor
- 1966The Good, the Bad and the Ugly · as Father Pablo RamirezActor
- 1966Texas, Adios · as HernandezActor
- 1966Dollars for a Fast Gun · as DandiActor
- 1967Death Rides a Horse · as WalcottActor
- 1967We Still Kill the Old Way · as Arturo MannoActor
- 1967La lunga sfida · as PaynesActor
- 1968The Great Silence · as Henry PollicutActor
- 1968The Libertine · as Otto FrankActor
- 1968The Sweet Body of Deborah · as PhilipActor
- 1968The Protagonists · as TassoniActor
- 1968Bandits in Rome · as ColangeliActor
- 1969Machine Gun McCain · as Duke MazzangaActor
- 1969Eagles Over London · as Maj. KreugerActor
- 1969The Lady of Monza · as Graf de FuentesActor
- 1969Night of the Serpent · as Colonel Hernandez/'The Snake'Actor
- 1969The Bandit · as RamarroActor
- 1970Cold Sweat · as Fausto GelardiActor
- 1970Dead of Summer · as Doctor VolterraActor
- 1971A Bay of Blood · as Alberto / AlbertActor
- 1971The Case of the Scorpion's Tail · as Inspector StavrosActor
- 1971The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire · as ex-Inspector John NortonActor
- 1971Summer Affair · as Chief of PoliceActor
- 1971Veruschka - Poetry of a Woman · as LuigiActor
- 1972Caliber 9 · as MercuriActor
- 1972Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key · as Oliviero RouvignyActor
- 1972Tragic Ceremony · as Lord AlexanderActor
- 1972A White Dress for Marialé · as PaoloActor
- 1972Ipotesi sulla scomparsa di un fisico atomico · as University assistantActor
- 1973One Way · as JavierActor
- 1973The Black Hand · as Don Nunzio PantaleoActor
- 1973Number One · as PoliziottoActor
- 1973The Cat from Brooklyn Wants to Be a Detective · as Tony MangialafogliaActor
- 1974Enter the Devil · as Father XenoActor
- 1974The Suspects · as Marcello Angiotti, Candice's loverActor
- 1974The Killers Are Our Guests · as Commissario Di StefanoActor
- 1974The Author's Crime · as Don LinoActor
- 1974Silence the Witness · as Il commissario De LucaActor
- 1975Peccato senza malizia · as Stefania's StepfatherActor
- 1975Cagliostro · as Cardinal de RohanActor
- 1975Two .38 Magnums for a City of Carrion · as Commissario PerriActor
- 1976Illustrious Corpses · as CusanActor
- 1976Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife · as CarloActor
- 1976The Nude Princess · as MarcoActor
- 1977Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison · as Gennaro GramsciActor
- 1978Doppia Indagine · as Sandro PinardiActor
- 1985Mother Ebe · as Roberto LavagninoActor
- 1987Tottering in the Dark · as GiovanniActor
- 1990Beyond Kilimanjaro, Across the River of Blood · as Joe CovielloActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.