Roberto
Messina was born on January 2, 1934 in Casablanca, Morocco. He is the brother
of actor, stuntman Emilio Messina [1936-2007]. Roberto became a prolific
character actor known to the general public for having played under the
direction of Bruno Corbucci, as Mr. Tozzi in the first four films in the series
of “Maresciallo Nico Giraldi” alongside Tomas Milian, where he is voiced by
Sergio Fiorentini. Active for thirty years in the Italian film industry he was
a regular in the peplum, westerns and detective genres. Messina was often credited
in some of these films under the pseudonyms: Bob Messenger, Red Buchanan,
Robert Messenger, Messenger Roberto, Robert Messina. Roberto appeared in over
20 Euro-westerns from “The Magnificent Brutes of the West” (1964) to “The Crazy
Adventures of Len and Coby” in 1974.Roberto was also a stuntmen in several of these films and later became an master of arms and an assistant director. His last film appearance was as Collins in the 1992 film “Over the Line”.
Today we celebrate Roberto Messina’s 80th birthday.
I had the pleasure of meeting Roberto yesterday afternoon at his home. What a "Personable Man" and sincre actor, Husband & Father figure he is!!! I didn't realize how many roles he's played, stunts he's performed and appearences he's made during his Movie
ReplyDelete/Film History. He was such an interesting and kind person along with his, I didn't want to part with thier company. He is "Monumental" in my life of meeting people!!! Bruno D. Mollica' Venice, Florida USA