

Pietro Martellanza
Acting
September 30, 1938
Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
February 1, 2010
Italian actor, born in 1938 in the Northern Italian city of Bolzano. The handsome and charismatic Martellanza (often billed as Peter Martell) starred in over 40 films beginning in the 1960s, with his biggest successes in westerns, playing both heroes and villains. It is widely reported that in 1970, Martell was hired as the star of Enzo Barboni’s comedy western Lo chiamavano Trinità (THEY CALL ME TRINITY) but after suffering an injury was replaced by Terence Hill, who rocketed to stardom in the film. Martell died in 2010, aged 72.
The Filmography


Melancholie der Engel

Tears of Kali

Killer Barbys vs. Dracula

Clattering Chastity Belts

Death Walks at Midnight

The French Sex Murders

Savage Guns

Forgotten Pistolero

Possibility Zero

The Long Day of the Massacre

God Made Them... I Kill Them

The Violent Four

Lola Colt

Date for a Murder

Two Crosses in Danger Pass

The Cobra

Fury of Johnny Kid
