Benito Stefanelli Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Benito Stefanelli (September 2, 1928 - December 1999) was an Italian film actor and stuntman who made over 60 appearances in film between 1955 and 1991.Stefanelli is best known in world cinema for his roles as henchmen in several of Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western films, portraying gang members in the trilogy of films A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More, (1965) and the The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in 1966. He also appeared in the Sergio Leone picture Once Upon a Time in the West in 1968.In his career Stefanelli appeared in countless other western films and particularly during the 1960s and early 1970s he worked simultaneously as a stunt coordinator on the films that he performed in including those of Sergio Leone. A fluent English speaker, he also reportedly served as Clint Eastwood's interpreter on the set of A Fistful of Dollars.
When he had to come up with an anglicized name for the spaghetti westerns, he chose "Benny Reeves." "Benny" was short for Benito and "Reeves" was a tribute to American actor Steve Reeves with whom he had worked on some of the sword and sandal/mythological muscle man movies.
Was stuntman and unofficial English translator on A Fistful of Dollars (1964) (A Fistful of Dollars). It was through him that star Clint Eastwood communicated with director Sergio Leone and the rest of the Italian cast.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Pit and the Pendulum
1991
Executioner
A Season of Giants
1990
TV Movie
French Lieutenant
Transformations
1988
Vapes
Phantom of Death
1988
Man in Restroom (uncredited)
Un maledetto soldato
1988
Andrew Teitelman (uncredited)
Cobra Verde
1987
Captain Pedro Vicente
The Barbarians
1987
Greyshaft (uncredited)
War Bus
1986
Debrard (uncredited)
Ladyhawke
1985
Bishop's Guard (uncredited)
Vivre pour survivre
1985
Barbossa (uncredited)
La guerra del ferro: Ironmaster
1983
Iksay
The Pumaman
1980
Rankin, Kobras' Lieutenant
La mazzetta
1978
Macho Killers
1977
Sheriff
Squadra antifurto
1976
Gorniani - attorney-at-law
Poliziotti violenti
1976
Rapist (uncredited)
The Cop in Blue Jeans
1976
Shelley's Henchman
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
1975
Mortimer
Violent City
1975
Grocery Store Robber (uncredited)
Zanna Bianca alla riscossa
1974
Jackson (as Benny Reeves)
Anche gli angeli tirano di destro
1974
Niccolo Cappocello (uncredited)
Le guerriere dal seno nudo
1973
Commander
My Name Is Nobody
1973
Porteley
Battle of the Amazons
1973
Erno
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
1972
Samuel Pickett un ex condannato
Rivelazioni di un maniaco sessuale al capo della squadra mobile
$300,000
