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)

 

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