Maurizio Merli was born on February 8, 1940 in Rome, Italy. He made a name for himself as an actor in crime films during the 1970s do to his strong resemblance to Italian actor Franco Nero. During his peak he starred in two Euro-westerns “White Fang to the Rescue” (1974) as Burt Halloway/ Benjamin 'Ben' Dover and in the classic “A Man Called Blade” (1977) as Mannaja/Blade. He also apparently appeared as a Union soldier in the Franco & Ciccio 1967 film “Two R-R-Ringos from Texas”. Merli had a great screen presence and it is a shame he found stardom after the decline of the Spaghetti Western genre as he would have been one of its icons. Sadly Merli passed away of a heart attack after a tennis match on March 10, 1989 in Rome. Maurizio is the father of Maurizio Matteo Merli. Today we remember him on what would have been his 70th birthday.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Remembering Maurizio Merli
Maurizio Merli was born on February 8, 1940 in Rome, Italy. He made a name for himself as an actor in crime films during the 1970s do to his strong resemblance to Italian actor Franco Nero. During his peak he starred in two Euro-westerns “White Fang to the Rescue” (1974) as Burt Halloway/ Benjamin 'Ben' Dover and in the classic “A Man Called Blade” (1977) as Mannaja/Blade. He also apparently appeared as a Union soldier in the Franco & Ciccio 1967 film “Two R-R-Ringos from Texas”. Merli had a great screen presence and it is a shame he found stardom after the decline of the Spaghetti Western genre as he would have been one of its icons. Sadly Merli passed away of a heart attack after a tennis match on March 10, 1989 in Rome. Maurizio is the father of Maurizio Matteo Merli. Today we remember him on what would have been his 70th birthday.
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