Claudio Scarchilli

Claudio Scarchilli

Born: February 10, 1924
Died: July 25, 1992
in Rome, Italy
Claudio Scarchilli (10 February 1924, Rome – 25 July 1992) was an Italian film actor who appeared in films throughout the 1960s. He acted in nearly twenty films within that decade.

He is best known in world cinema for his small roles in several of Sergio Leone's films, portraying Pedro, member of Tuco's gang, in the Spaghetti Western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in 1966, and Once Upon a Time in the West in 1968.

His brother Sandro Scarchilli was also an actor and also appeared in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in 1966.

He made his last appearance in 1970.

Movies for Claudio Scarchilli...

Vendetta at Dawn
Title: Vendetta at Dawn
Released: June 26, 1971
Type: Movie
George Benton returns from school to his brother Jonathan's farm as a doctor and marries his fiancé Lory, but happiness doesn't last long. The Fargas brothers provide a bloodbath at the ranch and are able to divert suspicion from themselves onto a gang of passing outlaws, but one of the family has survived the massacre and knows who the actual killers are.
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Compañeros
Title: Compañeros
Character: Mexican Officer
Released: December 18, 1970
Type: Movie
Arms dealer Yolaf Peterson aims to make a sale to guerilla Mongo, but the money is locked in a bank safe, the combination known only to Professor Xantos, a prisoner of the Americans. Yolaf agrees to free Xantos, accompanied by reluctant guerilla Basco, but a former business partner of Yolaf's- John 'The Wooden Hand', has other ideas.
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The Beast
Title: The Beast
Character: Juan's Foster Father (uncredited)
Released: September 12, 1970
Type: Movie
Foul, twitchy, and deranged sex maniac Johnny Laster comes up with a plan to abduct a lovely young heiress in order to obtain her considerable inheritance.
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The Unholy Four
Title: The Unholy Four
Character: Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Released: March 11, 1970
Type: Movie
A young man who has lost his memory, escapes from prison with three other convicts. The other men help him find back bits of his past, until they arrive at a village where two warring families recognize him. Apparently he has a reputation for being a fast gun, and he has been paid to kill a man - who says he is his father. His younger brother is jealous of the attention the prodigal son receives, and things come to a dramatic end.
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Viva Cangaceiro
Title: Viva Cangaceiro
Released: December 23, 1969
Type: Movie
Brazil, the 1920s. The sadistic colonel Minas massacres the hometown of a famous cangaceiro (a kind of revolutionary bandit). The only survivor is a young farmer called Espedito; he is nursed back to health by a hermit who thinks he has been sent by God and therefore baptizes him the Redeemer. Espedito/The Redeemer forms his own gang of cangaceiros but doesn’t really understand what he’s doing until he befriends the proverbial European intellectual, a Dutch Oil prospector, who introduces him to important people. Espedito is hired by the Dutchman and a corrupt local governor, but then the Dutchman changes sides …
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Taste of Death
Title: Taste of Death
Character: Robin - Scaife Gang Member
Released: September 14, 1968
Type: Movie
Scaife, the sadistic leader of a gang of cattle thieves, terrorizes the people of a Colorado mountain town. Bill Ransom, the retired sheriff, is the only one to stand up against Scaife and his men, among whom is Dan El, a former friend of his. Dan El is also the father of Tony, Bill's adopted son...
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Go For Broke
Title: Go For Broke
Character: Fulgencio
Released: March 27, 1968
Type: Movie
The Indian called Copper Face is suspected to have stolen a large quantity of gold from a bank.
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Bandidos
Title: Bandidos
Character: Vigonza Henchman (uncredited)
Released: October 15, 1967
Type: Movie
Renowned gunman Richard Martin is traveling on a train, held up by Billy Kane, a former student of Martin's. Kane spares Martin, but only after shooting his hands. Years later, Martin meets an escaped convict, wrongly convicted for the train robbery. Martin trains his new student and both men seek out Billy Kane.
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Dynamite Joe
Title: Dynamite Joe
Character: Jack Foster
Released: February 15, 1967
Type: Movie
In order to put an end to the numerous ambushes on the gold transports which are a real menace to the finances of the American government, the agent Joe Ford, called Dynamite Joe due to his liking for explosives, is entrusted with controlling the next transfer.
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The Hellbenders
Title: The Hellbenders
Character: Indian Chief
Released: February 2, 1967
Type: Movie
A Southern Colonel, his three sons, and a card shark embark on an odyssey through the Southwest carrying a coffin full of stolen money with which the Colonel plans to revive the Confederacy.
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Title: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Character: Tuco Henchman
Released: December 22, 1966
Type: Movie
While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
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La magnifica sfida
Title: La magnifica sfida
Released: September 10, 1965
Type: Movie
After years of absence, Kadir returns to his hometown Semares in the center of the Arabian desert. He finds out that the new ruler Atatur is a tyrant who leads wars merely to expand his territory. After saving the life of Atatur's general Kames in an ambush, Kadir receives the opportunity to rise to high ranks in Atatur's army. But Atatur is planning a cruel war of retribution against the desert tribes of King Hussein...
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Gunmen Of The Rio Grande
Title: Gunmen Of The Rio Grande
Released: November 19, 1964
Type: Movie
Wyatt Earp comes to a small town, Rio Bravo, to help the woman saloon owner against the town villain and to save a mine owner from robbery.
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Lost Treasure of the Incas
Title: Lost Treasure of the Incas
Character: Dance Hall Customer (uncredited)
Released: October 15, 1964
Type: Movie
A cowboy goes to help out his friend, who has been falsely accused of murder. The two find themselves in the rugged and mysterious Pallidi Mountains, where they come up against an outlaw gang that is searching for a buried Inca treasure, which is guarded by a lot Inca tribe.
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Hercules, Prisoner of Evil
Title: Hercules, Prisoner of Evil
Character: Lava
Released: July 31, 1964
Type: Movie
Hercules battles an evil sorceress who turns men into werewolves. The mythic duo returns in Prisoner of Evil, where a sorceress seduces Herc and transforms him into a mindless beast. Italian horror master Antonio Margheriti directed this installment of the Hercules legend, a blend of sword-and-sandal fantasy and horror.
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The Slave Merchants
Title: The Slave Merchants
Released: June 27, 1964
Type: Movie
The daughter of a noble man is sold into slavery, only to be later rescued by the film's hero. Repackaged from an original Sword-and-Sandal italian film.
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The Fall of Rome
Title: The Fall of Rome
Released: February 28, 1963
Type: Movie
After the death of Emperor Constantine in Rome, the persecutions of the Christians threaten the centurion Marco forced to become a gladiator.
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Vino, whisky e acqua salata
Title: Vino, whisky e acqua salata
Released: December 7, 1962
Type: Movie
An Italian submarine commander manages to sink an English warship and take its very British commander as prisoner. The film is based on the relationship which develops between the two characters.
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Colossus of the Arena
Title: Colossus of the Arena
Released: September 13, 1962
Type: Movie
A powerful man posing as a gladiator in Rome's fourth century discovers a plan to put the beautiful Queen in prison, which he thwarts by exposing a sinister duke as a traitor.
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The Golden Arrow
Title: The Golden Arrow
Character: Bandit
Released: September 7, 1962
Type: Movie
Genies help an Arabian bandit (Tab Hunter) locate a magic arrow he needs to claim heirship to the sultan's kingdom.
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Pontius Pilate
Title: Pontius Pilate
Character: Disma
Released: February 15, 1962
Type: Movie
The events that culminated with the Passion of Christ seen from the perspective of Pontius Pilate, the Procurator of Judea who unwillingly condemned Christ to death. Based on the biblical Gospel of John.