Monday, February 24, 2025

Little Known Spaghetti Western actors ~ Lee Arenberg

[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.]

Lee Arenberg was born in Palo Alto, California on July 18, 1962. He attended Santa Monica High School with future "brat pack" actors Sean Penn, Robert Downey Jr. and Emilio Estevez, Lee then attended UCLA as a theater major and is best known for his role as Pintel, one of Captain Barbossa's crew, in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise. He also had a recurring role as the dwarf Grumpy/Leroy in the television series ‘Once Upon a Time’.

Arenberg has appeared in more than 30 movies and also wrote, directed and starred in his own “Private” DVD featurette.  

He’s appeared in two Euro-westerns: “Bloody Fury” in 2022 as Cleef Johnson and a so far uncredited role in the not yet released “Last Train to Fortune” in 2024.

ARENBERG, Lee (Lee Todd Arenberg) [7/18/1962, Palo Alto, California, U.S.A. -     ] – theater, film, TV actor, married to journalist Lisa Anne Derrick [1945-    ] (1999-2006), Katie Meehan (2007-    ) father of Samuel Arenberg, co-founded The Actors Gang collective.

Bloody Fury – 2022 (Cleef Johnson)

Last Train to Fortune – 2024 

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