Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Aldo Buffi Landi

[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

Aldo Bufi Landi was born on April 7, 1923, in Naples, Campania, Italy. The son of journalist Amedeo Bufi, who died in 1930. Aldo lived in Naples with his mother before World War II and returned afterwards on September 8, 1943.

At twenty he appeared with the Humorous Theatre Company in "De Filippo" where he played Cupid. He then became a comedian telling jokes and debuting at Teatro Kursaal. Following the separation between Eduardo and Peppino, he stayed with it from 1945 to 1950 where he worked in Naples Millionaire in “Le voci di dentro”.

He then accepted a job offer from Peppino and remained from 1951 to 1953 with the other De Filippo. His reputation was now well established, and his talent was much appreciated, alongside all the other major players on the Neapolitan stage.

A good-looking actor, he began an interesting film career making his debut in 1947 on the set of the film “Malaspina”, directed by Armando Fizzarotti. After appearing as the lead actor in several films, distributed mainly in the cinemas of the south of Italy, he agreed to work in larger national productions often accepting, with great professionalism, smaller parts. He worked with Toto in “47 morto che parla” directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, in 1950, with Amedeo Nazzari in “Il brigante di Tacca del Lupo” by Pietro Germi, in 1952, with Vittorio Gassman in “Il mattatore” and with Alberto Sordi in “I magliari” (where he played the part of Rudolph Valentino), both in 1959.

Bufi Landi also appeared in several Rai TV dramas including ‘Luisa Sanfelice’ by Leonardo Cortese, (1966), ‘Storie della camorra’ (1978) for RAI 1, directed by Paul Gazzara, ‘I vecchi e i giovani’ (1972) for Rai 2, and ‘L'eredità della priora’ (1980) by Anton Giulio Majano.

Aldo was married to actress Clara Bindi [1927-2022] from 1948 until his death in Naples on February 2, 2016. He was 92.

During his film career Aldo appeared in three Euro westerns: “Zorro contro Maciste” (Samson and the Slave Queen) 1963 as Deikor; “La última aventura del Zorro” (Zorro the Conqueror) in 1968 as Colonel Cordoba, “Quintana” (Quintana: Dead or Alive) in 1969 as Don Juan de Leyra and billed as John Levery and “Zorro, la Maschera della vendetta” (Zorro the Dominator) in 1969 as Colonel Maurice de Córdoba.

BUFFI LANDI, Aldo (aka John Levery) [4/7/1923, Naples, Campania, Italy - 2/2/2016, Naples, Campania, Italy] – theater, film actor, married to actress Clara Bindi [1927-2022] (1948-2016).

Samson and the Slave Queen – 1963 (Deikor)

Quintana: Dead or Alive - 1969 (Don Juan de Leyra) [as John Levery]

Zorro the Dominator - 1969 (Colonel Maurice de Córdoba)