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Pietro Martellanza
Biography
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.
Top Filmography
7.0
Momo
1986 // MOVIE
6.3
Death Walks at Midnight
1972 // MOVIE
3.9
Melancholie der Engel
2009 // MOVIE
5.0
The Bloody Judge
1970 // MOVIE
6.5
The Violent Four
1968 // MOVIE
5.9
Terror-Creatures from the Grave
1965 // MOVIE
6.0
Forgotten Pistolero
1969 // MOVIE
4.7
The French Sex Murders
1972 // MOVIE
5.0
War Between the Planets
1966 // MOVIE
5.0
Tears of Kali
2004 // MOVIE
4.7
Street People
1976 // MOVIE
6.6
My Name Is Pecos
1966 // MOVIE
4.6
This Man Can't Die
1968 // MOVIE
6.2
The Unholy Four
1970 // MOVIE
6.2
May God Forgive You... But I Won't
1968 // MOVIE