Daniele Vargas

Daniele Vargas
Vargas in The Long, the Short, the Cat (1967)
Born	(1922-04-20)20 April 1922 Bologna, Italy
Died	26 April 1981(1981-04-26) (aged 59) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Film actor

Daniele Vargas, stage name of Daniele Pitani (20 April 1922 – 26 April 1981) was an Italian 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
• La vendetta di 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)

References

1. Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gremese Editore, 2003.
2. Massimo Giraldi; Enrico Lancia; Fabio Melelli. 100 caratteristi del cinema italiano. Gremese Editore, 2006.

External links

• Daniele Vargas at IMDb