Benito Stefanelli

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),{{cite web |url=https://www.futuro-europa.it/28254/cultura/per-un-pugno-di-dollari-film-1964.html |title=Per un pugno di dollari (Film, 1964) |first=Gordiano |last=Lupi |date=22 August 2018 |access-date=10 March 2019 |work=Futuro Europa |language=it}} For a Few Dollars More (1965),{{cite web |url=https://www.taxidrivers.it/106600/stasera-in-tv/stasera-tv-rai-3-alle-2030-qualche-dollaro-piu-sergio-leone-clint-eastwood-lee-van-cleef-gian-maria-volonte.html |title=Stasera in tv su Rai 3 alle 20,30 Per qualche dollaro in più di Sergio Leone, con Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef e Gian Maria Volonté |date=11 August 2018 |access-date=10 March 2019 |work=Taxidrivers.it |language=it}} and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966).{{cite web |url=http://www.cineblog.it/post/449230/stasera-in-tv-il-buono-il-brutto-il-cattivo-su-rai-3 |title=Stasera in tv: "Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo" su Rai 3 |first=Pietro |last=Ferraro |date=18 August 2018 |access-date=10 March 2019 |work=Cineblog |language=it |publisher=Triboo Media S.r.l.}} He played the town drunk in Wanted (1967) starring Giuliano Gemma and Serge Marquand.{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/193632-the-story-of-wanted-has-been-told-a-thousand-times-but-at-least-this-2495528666.html |title='Wanted' Is a Spaghetti Western That Will Leave You Wanting |first=Christopher |last=Forsley |date=28 May 2015 |access-date=10 March 2019 |work=PopMatters}}

In his career, Stefanelli appeared in countless other western films and he worked simultaneously as a stunt coordinator (particularly during the 1960s and early 1970s) 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 together with Bill Thompkins on the set of A Fistful of Dollars.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m0RsBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA66 |title=100 Greatest Western Movies of All Time: Including Five You've Never Heard Of |first=Philip |last=Armour |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |date=1 June 2011 |page=66 |isbn=9780762769377}}{{cite journal |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/film/2008/08/leone-eastwood-actor-director |title=Lucky man |first=Alex |last=Cox |author-link=Alex Cox |date=7 August 2008 |access-date=10 March 2019 |journal=New Statesman}}

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• Ulysses (1954) – Elatos (uncredited)
• Il terrore della maschera rossa (1960)
• Messalina (1960)
• La strada dei giganti (1960)
• La sceriffa (1960)
• L'ultimo dei vichinghi (1961) – Lorig, amico di Guntar (uncredited)
• Capitani di ventura (1961)
• The Trojan Horse (1961)
• Romolo e Remo (1961) – Soldato con Amulio
• The Slave (1962) – Nordic blond slave
• The Avenger (1962) – Nisius, Euryalus' Friend
• A Queen for Caesar (1962) – Commerciante #2 (uncredited)
• Revenge of the Musketeers (1963)
• Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963)
• {{ill|Rocambole (1963 film)|fr|3=Rocambole (film, 1963)|lt=Rocambole}} (1963) – Fritz
• L'ultima carica (1964)
• Grand Canyon Massacre (1964) – Gunman
• Castle of Blood (1964) – William
• A Fistful of Dollars (1964) – Rubio
• Per un dollaro a Tucson si muore (1964) – Charlie
• Revenge of The Gladiators (1964) – Ardenzio, gladiatore
• Blood for a Silver Dollar (1965) – James
• For a Few Dollars More (1965) – Luke 'Hughie' (Indio's Gang)
• Secret Agent Super Dragon (1966) - Kirk
• The Upper Hand (1966)
• 100.000 dollari per Lassiter (1966) – Donovan, Foreman
• Ypotron – Final Countdown (1966) – Il sicario Dwan
• For a Few Extra Dollars (1966) – Juko
• The Big Gundown (1966) – Jess, Widow's Ranchero
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) – Member of Angel Eyes' Gang #1
• The Hellbenders (1967) – Slim the Gambler
• Wanted (1967) – Billy Baker
• Gentleman Jo... uccidi (1967) – Larry
• Kill the Wicked! (1967)
• Day of Anger (1967) – Owen White, Killer
• Gunman Sent by God (1968)
• A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof (1968) – Rick (uncredited)
• Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) – Frank's Lieutenant (uncredited)
• Cemetery Without Crosses (1969) – Ben Caine (uncredited)
• The Price of Power (1969) – Sheriff Jefferson
• Night of the Serpent (1969) – Pancho
• Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello (1971) – Alfredo Di Lorenzo
• W Django! (1971) – Ibanez
• Trinity Is Still My Name (1971) – Stingary Smith
• Duck, You Sucker! (1971) – Soldier torturing Dr. Villega (deleted scene)
• So Sweet, So Dead (1972) – Lilly's Husband
• A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972) – Samuel Pickett un ex condannato
• Le Amazzoni – Donne d'amore e di guerra (1973) – Erno
• My Name Is Nobody (1973) – Porteley
• War Goddess (1973) – Commander
• Charleston (1974) – Niccolo Cappocello (uncredited)
• White Fang to the Rescue (1974) – Jackson
• Violent Rome (1975) – Grocery Store Robber (uncredited)
• A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe (1975) – Mortimer
• The Cop in Blue Jeans (1976) – Shelley's Henchman
• Crimebusters (1976) – Rapist (uncredited)
• Hit Squad (1976) – Gorniani, Attorney-at-Law
• El Macho (1977) – Sheriff
• The Payoff (1978) – Improta
• The Pumaman (1980) – Rankin, Kobras' Lieutenant
• La guerra del ferro – Ironmaster (1983) – Iskay
• White Fire (1985) – Barbossa (uncredited)
• Ladyhawke (1985) – Bishop's Guard (uncredited)
• Warbus (1986) – Debrard (uncredited)
• The Barbarians (1987) – Greyshaft (uncredited)
• Cobra Verde (1987) – Captain Pedro Vicente
• Un maledetto soldato (1988) – Andrew Teitelman (uncredited)
• Phantom of Death (1988) – Man in Restroom (uncredited)
• Transformations (1988) – Vapes
• The Pit and the Pendulum (1991) – Executioner (final film role)

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