The spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's filmmaking style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most of these Westerns were produced and directed by Italians.
Enzo Fiermonte, sometimes credited as William Bird, was an Italian actor and boxer.
Mario Brega was an Italian character actor. His heavy build meant that he regularly portrayed a thug in his films, particularly earlier in his career in westerns. Later in his career, however, he featured in numerous Italian comedy films. Brega stood at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and well over 250 pounds (110 kg) at his heaviest but after the 1960s slimmed down significantly.
Paul Konrad Müller was a Swiss actor who appeared mostly in Italian films. His motion picture acting career in Europe spanned a period of 51 years.
George Hilton was a Uruguayan actor well known for his many Spaghetti Western performances. Sometimes credited as Jorge Hilton, he appeared in over 20 Euro-Westerns as well as several giallo and action films.
Giuliano Gemma was an Italian actor. He is best known internationally for his work in Spaghetti Westerns, particularly for his performances as the title character in Duccio Tessari's A Pistol for Ringo (1965), Captain Montgomery Brown/'Ringo' in Tessari's The Return of Ringo (1965), the title character in Michele Lupo's Arizona Colt (1966), Scott Mary in Tonino Valerii's Day of Anger (1967) and Michael "California" Random in Lupo's California (1977).
Enzo Barboni, sometimes credited by his pseudonym E.B. Clucher; the surname of his grandmother, was an Italian film director, cinematographer and screenwriter, best known for his slapstick comedies starring Terence Hill and Bud Spencer.
Glauco Onorato was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Trinity Is Still My Name is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western comedy film directed by Enzo Barboni. Starring the comedy team of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, it is a direct sequel to They Call Me Trinity (1970). It was shot extensively in Campo Imperatore, Abruzzo. It was the highest-grossing Italian film to that point in time. In 1995, a sequel was made, Sons of Trinity, as a continuation of the Trinity series.
Charleston is a 1974 Italian buddy comedy film written and directed by Enzo Barboni. The film is the sequel of Even Angels Eat Beans, with Ricky Bruch who replaced Bud Spencer as Giuliano Gemma's support.
Barbara Alberti is an Italian writer, journalist and screenwriter.
Crime Busters is a 1977 Italian action crime comedy film directed by Enzo Barboni and starring the comedy team of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer.
Veriano Ginesi was an Italian actor.
Terence Hill and Bud Spencer (1929–2016) are Italian actors who made numerous action-comedy and Spaghetti Western films together. They "garnered world acclaim and attracted millions to theater seats". While Hill's characters were agile and youthful, Spencer always played the "phlegmatic, grumpy strong-arm man with a blessed, naive child's laughter and a golden heart".
Steffen Zacharias was a German-born Greek American character actor known for his roles in films and television in America and Italy.
Riccardo Pizzuti is an Italian actor and stuntman. He is known for playing the role of gunfighter Morton Clayton in the 1972 film Man of the East. Pizzuti appeared in They Call Me Trinity, and its sequel Trinity Is Still My Name. He often appeared in films featuring the actors Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, usually cast as a villain. He has also been credited as Rick Piper and Peter Whiteman.
