Mario Brega

Mario Brega 25 March 1923 23 July 1994 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 193 m and well over 250 pounds 110 kg at his heaviest but after the 1960s slimmed down significantly Brega was born in Rome He was a butcher before he drifted into acting where his heavy physique ensured him a plethora of character roles Debuting with director Dino Risi he then played some minor roles in Sergio Leones Spaghetti Western movies A Fistful of Dollars as Chico For a Few Dollars More as Niño The Good the Bad and the Ugly as Corporal Wallace and also as a gangster in Once Upon a Time in America He appeared in many other Spaghetti Westerns including Death Rides a Horse The Great Silence and My Name is Nobody Later in his career he had comical roles with director Carlo Verdone such as in Un sacco bello and Talcum Powder He died of heart attack in Rome in 1994 Description above from the Wikipedia article Mario Brega licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia