.Westerns...All'Italiana!

 

Antonio Danesi was born in Rome, Italy in 1926. He is the son of horse trainer, stuntman, actor Alfredo Danesi and the brother of actor Roberto Danesi who was often billed as Robert Dannish.

Antonio was one of the great supporting and character actors of the Spaghetti western genre. Working around horses since childhood his skills were used and put to work by producers and directors usually as a stagecoach driver, hearse, wagon driver or cowboy. He was an expert stuntman, and you can often see him as a saloon brawler.  

Seldom does he have any speaking parts but shows up as henchmen and soldiers. He appeared in at least 41credited Euro-westerns.

DANESI, Antonio (aka Tonino Danes) [1926, Rome, Lazio, Italy - 19??, Rome, Lazio, Italy] – stuntman, film actor, son of horse trainer, stuntman, actor Alfredo Danesi, brother of actor Roberto Danesi, cousin of Severio Danesi.

Bullets and the Flesh - 1964 [as Tonino Danes]

The Last Gun – 1964 (stagecoach driver)

Lost Treasure of the Aztecs – 1964 (stagecoach driver)

The Colt is My Law – 1965 (stagecoach driver)

7 Guns for the Macgregors – 1965 (brawler)

Death at Owell Rock – 1966 (stagecoach driver)

Ringo and His Golden Pistol – 1966 (wagon driver)

Seven Dollars to Kill – 1966 (stagecoach driver/cowboy)

Day of Anger – 1967 (stagecoach driver)

The Great Silence – 1967 (stagecoach driver)

Pray to God and Dig Your Grave – 1967 (Don Enrique henchman)

7 Pistols for a Massacre – 1967 (stagecoach driver)

Shotgun – 1967 (stagecoach driver)

The Stranger Returns – 1967 (Jess)

Bury Them Deep – 1968 (Gunn’s lieutenant)

Ciccio Forgives…I Don’t! – 1968 (hearse driver)

Drop Them or I’ll Shoot – 1968 (stagecoach driver)

Gun Shy Piluk – 1968 (stagecoach driver)

The Longest Hunt – 1968 (Doneghan wagon driver)

The Nephews of Zorro – 1968 (soldier)

A Pistol for 100 Coffins – 1968

The Silent Stranger– 1968 [stunts]

Viva Django! – 1968 (stagecoach driver)

El Puro – 1969 (stagecoach driver)

Hate is My God – 1969 (Field coachman)

Night of the Serpent – 1969 (Hernandez soldier)

Quintana – 1969 (soldier)

Ballad of Death Valley – 1970 (cantina troublemaker)

The Beast – 1970 (Charly)

Fistful of Lead – 1970 (Mantas henchman)

Sartana’s Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin – 1970 (Mantas’ henchman)

Black Killer – 1971 (Ryan O’Hara) [as Robert Danish]

Companeros – 1971 (Carson)

A Fistful of Death – 1971 (Carson)

His Name Was King – 1971 (soldier)

Trinity Is STILL My Name! – 1971 (stagecoach driver)

A Bounty Killer for Trinity – 1972 (Navajero henchman)

Man of the East – 1972 (stagecoach driver)

Blood River – 1973 (Webster cowboy)         

The Son of Zorro – 1973

Macho Killers – 1977 (stagecoach shotgun rider)