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Primo Carnera

Acting Born Oct 26, 1906 Sequals, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy 13 credits

Biography

Primo Carnera was born on October 26, 1906 in Sequals, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He was an actor, known for Hercules Unchained (1959), A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) and The Bigger They Are (1931). He was married to Giuseppina Kovacic. He died on June 29, 1967 in Sequals.

Date of Death 29 June 1967, Sequals, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy  (liver disease)

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Known for

Film

Hercules Unchained

as Anteo, the giant

Full filmography

  • Casanova's Big Night (1954) as Corfa
  • The Iron Crown (1941) as Klasa
  • Hercules Unchained (1959) as Anteo, the giant
  • Bombshell (1933) as Primo Carnera - in the Opening Montage (uncredited)
  • Senza cielo (1940) as Padovan
  • A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) as Python Macklin
  • Mr. Broadway (1933) as Primo Carnera
  • Two Hearts Against the Beast (1943) as Il gran capo dei cannibali
  • The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933) as Carnera
  • Vento di milioni (1940) as Caracalla Stone
  • La nascita di Salomè (1940) as Il lottatore
  • Traversata nera (1939) as Kees
  • Il tallone di Achille (1952) as himself