Sunday, December 1, 2024
Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Armando Casamonica
[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.]
Armando Casmonica was an Italian character actor and the brother of actor Luciano Casamonica [1957- ]. Both were the nephews of Italian Mafia mob boss Vittorio Casamonica [1940-2015]. I’ve always wondered what influence Vittorio had on getting both into the film industry.
Anyway, Armando’s only film appearance was his only Spaghetti western “Tepepa” (Blood and Guns) in 1968 as a young man shot by General Cascorr (Orson Welles) after shouting “Viva Revolution!” in front of him while shining the shoes of another man.
What’s become of Armando is unknown as I can find no biographical information on him.
CASAMONICA, Armando [195?, Rome, Lazio, Italy - ] – film actor,
brother of actor Luciano Casamonica [1957-
], nephew of Mafia boss Vittorio Casamonica [1940-2015].
“Tepepa” (Blood and
Guns) – 1968 (young man shot by General Cascorro)
Spaghetti Western Locations for “The Forgotten Pistolero”
We continue our search for locations for “The Forgotten Pistolero”. Thomas stands over the body of the now dead General Carasco and tells Francisco his right-hand man to spread the word that the French who raided the hacienda.
This scene was filmed at the Talamanca de Jarma, Spain.
For a more
detailed view of this site and other Spaghetti Western locations please visit
my friend Yoshi Yasuda’s location site: http://y-yasuda.net/film-location.htm and Captain Douglas Film
Locations http://www.western-locations-spain.com/
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