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Maurizio Merli

Acting Born Feb 8, 1940 Rome, Lazio, Italy 24 credits

Biography

Maurizio Merli (8 February 1940 in Rome – 10 March 1989) was an Italian film actor. Merli got his first lead role in 1974 in the film White Fang to the Rescue due to his resemblance to the highly popular cult actor Franco Nero, who played the lead role in the first two films. Merli later became one of the most prominent actors of the poliziotteschi genre by starring in almost a dozen films. He died in 1989 of myocardial infarction after a tennismatch. (source Wikipedia)

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Known for

Film

The Leopard

as (uncredited)
Film

Priest of Love

as Angelo Ravagli

Full filmography

  • The Leopard (1963) as (uncredited)
  • Il giovane Garibaldi (1974) as Giuseppe Garibaldi
  • Priest of Love (1981) as Angelo Ravagli
  • Rome, Armed to the Teeth (1976) as Commissioner Leonardo Tanzi
  • The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist (1977) as Leonardo Tanzi
  • Violent Rome (1975) as Police Commissioner Betti
  • Sexy Sinners (1972) as Cecco - friend of Rinaldo
  • A Man Called Blade (1977) as Mannaja
  • Covert Action (1978) as John Florio
  • The Iron Commissioner (1978) as Commissario Mauro Mariani
  • Seagulls Fly Low (1978) as Albert Morgan
  • Highway Racer (1977) as Marco Palma
  • Violent Naples (1976) as Il commissario Betti
  • Magnum Cop (1978) as Walter 'Wally' Spada
  • Fear in the City (1976) as Police Commissioner Mario Murri
  • Blue Tango (1987) as Walter Mantegazza
  • From Corleone to Brooklyn (1979) as Commissario Giorgio Berni
  • Hunted City (1979) as Commissario Paolo Ferro
  • A Special Cop in Action (1976) as Commissioner Betti
  • White Fang to the Rescue (1975) as Burt Halloway
  • I grandi camaleonti (1964) as Charles
  • Two R-R-Ringos from Texas (1967) as Nordista
  • Le mille e una notte all'italiana (1972)
  • Vultures Over the City (1981) as Mark Spencieri