Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Piero Capanna

[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.]

Pietro ‘Piero’ Capanna was born in Rome, Italy on July 21, 1919.  He was the brother of stuntman and actor Otello Capanna and the uncle of actor, stunt coordinator, stuntman Omero Capanna. He was active in Italian films beginning with an appearance in “O.K. Nero” starring Walter Chiarri. He the appeared in a number of Peplum films. His last credited appearance was in an episode of the Italian TV show “I racconti del maresciallo”. Several of his appearances were not credited so the number of films he worked in must total over two dozen.

When the Spaghetti westerns replaced the Sword and Sandal films Piero continued to work appearing in five of them starting with  “Il sogno di Zorro” (The Dream of Zorro) in 1951 as Manuel, “Buffalo Bill, l'eroe del far west” (Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West) in 1964 as a henchman, “Un dollaro bucato” (Blood for a Silver Dollar) in 1965 again as a henchman, in “Per pochi dollari ancora” (Fort Yuma Gold) in 1966 as Joe where he was billed as Peter Cabot and in 1967’s “Wanted” once again as a henchman.

Pietro died in Rome on June 23, 2001, at the age of 82.

CAPANNA, Piero (aka Peter Cabot) (Pietro Capanna) [7/21/1919, Rome, Lazio, Italy – 6/23/2001, Rome, Lazio, Italy] – film, TV actor, brother of stuntman and actor Otello Capanna [1911-1983] and the uncle of actor, stunt coordinator, stuntman Omero Capanna [1942-2003].

The Dream of Zorro – 1951 (Manuel)

Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West – 1964 (Monroe henchman)

Blood for a Silver Dollar – 1965 (henchman)

Fort Yuma Gold – 1966 (Joe) [as Peter Cabot]

Wanted – 1967 (Diaz henchman)