Daniele Vargas, stage name of Daniele Pitani (20 April 1922 – 7 January 1981) was an Italian film actor.
Daniele Vargas | |
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 Vargas with Ilona Staller in L'ingenua (1975) | |
| Born | 20 April 1922 |
| Died | 7 January 1981 (aged 58) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Film actor |
Life and career
Born in Imola, a small town in the district of Bologna, after attending high school with Pier Paolo Pasolini, Daniele Vargas enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine of Bologna University.[1][2] After graduation in 1957 he moved to Rome to follow his passion for cinema.[1]
He began to appear in small roles in costume films and sword-and-sandals at the end of the 1950s and rapidly became one of the most active character actors, specializing in villain roles and sometime in characters of Spanish language.[1]
Selected filmography
- Hercules Unchained (1959) - Amphiaraus
- Non perdiamo la testa (1959) - The Butler
- Le cameriere (1959) - Il baritono Marini
- Caltiki – The Immortal Monster (1959) - Bob
- The Pirate and the Slave Girl (1959) - Gamal
- The Giant of Marathon (1959) - Darius I, King of Persia
- La strada dei giganti (1960)
- Fury of the Pagans (1960) - Napur
- The Thief of Bagdad (1961) - Gamal
- Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita (1961) - Marchese Daniele
- A Difficult Life (1961) - Marquis Capperoni
- Sodom and Gomorrah (1962) - Segur
- March on Rome (1962) - "Sua Excelencia"
- The Invincible Masked Rider (1963) - Don Luis
- Torpedo Bay (1963) - Brauzzi
- Samson and the Sea Beast (1963) - Murad
- Il Successo (1963) - Il principale di Laura
- I mostri (1963) - Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli")
- Terror of the Steppes (1964) - Altan Khan
- La calda vita (1964)
- Panic Button (1964)
- Hercules Against Rome (1964) - Filippo Afro
- The Revenge of Spartacus (1964) - Lucius Transone
- Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon (1964)
- Ces dames s'en mêlent (1965) - Zacharoff
- Jungle Adventurer (1965) - Rajah Sindar
- Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus (1965) - Saud
- Up and Down (1965) - Il professor Maestrelli (segment "Questione di Principo")
- La Dama de Beirut (1965)
- Se non avessi più te (1965) - Hotel Manager in Barcelona
- Degueyo (1966) - Frank
- Seasons of Our Love (1966) - Count Della Pica
- A Man Could Get Killed (1966) - Osman
- Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang (1966) - Tol Lim
- The Spy Who Loved Flowers (1966) - Stan Harriman
- Web of Violence (1966) - Lo Vecchio
- After the Fox (1966) - Prosecuting Counsel
- Pleasant Nights (1966) - Fortebraccio da Montone
- Wanted (1967) - Gold - Mayor
- Per amore... per magia... (1967)
- The Long, the Short, the Cat (1967) - Ispettore americano
- Return of Django (1967) - Clay Ferguson
- Come rubare un quintale di diamanti in Russia (1967) - Zak
- Electra One (1967) - Electra 1
- Golden Chameleon (1967)
- Assault on the State Treasure (1967) - Kaufman
- The Last Killer (1967) - John Barrett
- The Stranger Returns (1967) - Good Jim
- Vengeance Is My Forgiveness (1968) - Doctor Frank Decker
- Spirits of the Dead (1968) - University professor (segment "William Wilson")
- Madigan's Millions (1968) - Giovanni Casetti (italian version)
- Cemetery Without Crosses (1969) - Will Rogers
- Zorro in the Court of England (1970) - Sir Basil Ruthford
- Bridge Over the Elbe (1969) - Major
- Zorro, the Navarra Marquis (1969) - Col. Brizard
- Poppea's Hot Nights (1969) - Druso
- Eros e Thanatos (1969)
- The President of Borgorosso Football Club (1970) - Don Ragazzoni
- Four Gunmen of the Holy Trinity (1971) - Thompson
- Riuscirà il nostro eroe a ritrovare il più grande diamante del mondo? (1971) - Dolmann
- The Devil Has Seven Faces (1971) - James Marlowe
- Il terrore con gli occhi storti (1972) - José
- Il generale dorme in piedi (1972) - Ten. Col. Poli
- Zambo il dominatore della foresta (1972) - Perkins
- I Kiss the Hand (1973) - Don Santino Bileggi
- Those Dirty Dogs (1973) - Major, Fort Apache Commander
- The Arena (1974) - Timarchus
- Playing the Field (1974) - The President
- The Voyage (1974) - Don Liborio, Lawyer
- Silence the Witness (1974) - Il senatore Turrisi
- Ante Up (1974) - Avvocato
- La nipote (1974) - Luigi / Husband
- Eyeball (1975) - Robby Alvarado
- The Sensuous Nurse (1975) - Gustavo Scarpa
- Quella provincia maliziosa (1975)
- L'ingenua (1975) - Luigi Beton
- Oh, Serafina! (1976) - Assessore Buglio
- Sex with a Smile II (1976) - Avv. Augusto Zenaro (segment "La visita")
- Il signor Ministro li pretese tutti e subito (1977) - Luigi Romagnoli
- Three Tigers Against Three Tigers (1977) - Berchielli capo di scorza
- Being Twenty (1978) - Affatati
- Where Are You Going on Holiday? (1978) - Cavalier Ciccio Colombi (segment "Sì buana")
- ...And Give Us Our Daily Sex (1979) - Oculista (as Danielle Vargas)
- Una donna di notte (1979) - Publisher
- Saturday, Sunday and Friday (1979) - Il direttore (segment "Sabato")
- Io zombo, tu zombi, lei zomba (1979)
- Atsalut pader (1979)
- Il ladrone (1980) - Ruffo
- Il lupo e l'agnello (1980) - Colonello De Luca
- Spaghetti a mezzanotte (1981) - Ulderico
- Ski Mistress (1981) - Emir Hussein
- Prickly Pears (1981)
- Accadde a Parma (1988) - (final film role)