Maurizio Merli

Personal Info

Birthday

February 8, 1940

Day of Death

1989-03-10

(49 years old)

Place of Birth

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Maurizio Merli

Biography

Maurizio Merli (8 February 1940 in Rome – 10 March 1989) was an Italian film actor. Merli got his first lead role in 1974 in the film White Fang to the Rescue due to his resemblance to the highly popular cult actor Franco Nero, who played the lead role in the first two films. Merli later became one of the most prominent actors of the poliziotteschi genre by starring in almost a dozen films. He died in 1989 of myocardial infarction after a tennismatch. (source Wikipedia)

Known For

The Leopard

Priest of Love

A Man Called Blade

Highway Racer

Rome, Armed to the Teeth

The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist

From Corleone to Brooklyn

Hunted City

Filmography

1987
Blue Tango
as Walter Mantegazza
1983
Spy Connection
as Peter Wayne
1981
Priest of Love
as Angelo Ravagli
1980
The Rebel
as Nick Rossi
Vultures Over the City
as Mark Spencieri
1979
Hunted City
as Commissario Paolo Ferro
From Corleone to Brooklyn
as Commissario Giorgio Berni
1978
Convoy Busters
as Police Commissioner Olmi
The Iron Commissioner
as Commissario Mauro Mariani
Seagulls Fly Low
as Albert Morgan
Covert Action
as John Florio
Magnum Cop
as Walter 'Wally' Spada
1977
Highway Racer
as Marco Palma
A Man Called Blade
as Mannaja
The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist
as Leonardo Tanzi
1976
A Special Cop in Action
as Commissioner Betti
Rome, Armed to the Teeth
as Commissioner Leonardo Tanzi
Fear in the City
as Police Commissioner Mario Murri
Violent Naples
as Il commissario Betti
1975
Violent Rome
as Police Commissioner Betti
White Fang to the Rescue
as Burt Halloway
1974
Philadelphia Story
as George
Chains
as Alfio Capuano
1972
Sexy Sinners
as Cecco - friend of Rinaldo
1969
Raptus
as Giornalista Barni
1967
Two R-R-Ringos from Texas
as Nordista
1963
The Leopard
as (uncredited)