Pietro Martellanza
Known for: Acting
Born: September 30, 1938
Died: February 1, 2010
Place of birth: Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
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.
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Filmography
39 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
4.7
Debris Documentar
2012
5.7
Masks
2011
3.9
Melancholie der Engel
2009
5.2
Tears of Kali
2004NR
On the Threshold to Another World
2003
4.1
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
200210.0
In Pursuit of Barbara
1991
7.0
Momo
1986
5.0
Street People
1976
5.1
Safari Express
1976
7.0
Patience Has a Limit, We Don't
1974
4.4
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 2: Zwei Kumpel auf der Alm
1974
4.1
The Minor's Wife ... Takes Her Pick 3
1974
3.5
Clattering Chastity Belts
1974
6.3
Death Walks at Midnight
1972
4.8
The French Sex Murders
1972
6.0
His Name Was Pot, but They Called Him Allegria
1971
4.8
Savage Guns
1971
3.5
Desert of Fire
1971
6.4
The Unholy Four
1970
5.0
The Bloody Judge
1970
6.1
Forgotten Pistolero
1969
6.4
The Tough and the Mighty
1969
6.4
Possibility Zero
1969
5.3
The Long Day of the Massacre
1968
6.3
May God Forgive You... But I Won't
1968
5.5
God Made Them... I Kill Them
1968
4.8
This Man Can't Die
1968
6.6
The Violent Four
1968
5.6
Ringo: The Lone Rider
1968
5.9
Lola Colt
1967
8.0
Mission Phantom
1967
6.8
Date for a Murder
1967
6.6
Two Crosses in Danger Pass
1967
7.5
The Cobra
1967
6.7
Fury of Johnny Kid
1967
6.8
My Name Is Pecos
1966
5.2
War Between the Planets
1966
5.9
Terror-Creatures from the Grave
1965