Fortunato Arena is the father of actor Ettore Arena and was one of the most seen Italian character actors and stuntmen of the Spaghetti Western era. The grizzled, and usually bearded, actor often appeared as a gang member, henchman, bandit, saloon patron, and brawler to Mexicans, soldiers, officers, sheriffs, and stagecoach drivers. Born circa 1925 he appeared in over 150 films and TV appearances starting in 1960 until his last credited TV appearance in 1989. I have him listed in over 80 Euro-westerns.
ARENA, Fortunato (aka Lucky Aras, Lucky Arena, Arena Fortunato, Ares Lucic) [1922, Italy - ] – TV actor, stuntman, father of actor, assistant director Ettore Arena.
Dynamite Jack – 1960
Blood for a Silver Dollar – 1965
The Man from Nowhere – 1965 (saloon patron)
Django Shoots First – 1966 (gunman)
El Rojo – 1966 (saloon patron)
A Fistful of Songs – 1966 (gangster)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – 1966 (Mexican)
The Hills Run Red – 1966 (peon)
Django Shoots First – 1966 (Kluster/Cluster henchman)
Navajo Joe – 1966 (townsman)
Ringo and His Golden Pistol – 1966 (henchman)
Seven Dollars to Kill – 1966 (prisoner)
The Sheriff With the Gold – 1966 (Vargas) [credited as Ares Lucky]
A Stranger in Town – 1966 (Mexican captain)
Sugar Colt – 1966 (man in saloon)
Two Sons of Ringo – 1966 (Pedro)
Up the MacGregors – 1966 (bandit)
Death Sentence – 1967
The Great Silence – 1967 (outlaw)
The Handsome, the Ugly and the Stupid – 1967 (Mexican)
If You Want to Live… Shoot! – 1967 (Alvarez/Alvera lookout)
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die – 1967
Shotgun – 1967
The Stranger Returns – 1967 (henchman)
This Man Can’t Die – 1967 (Jack)
Two Faces of the Dollar – 1967 (Mexican)
Viva Django – 1967 (Paco)
Wanted Johnny Texas – 1967 (O’Connor henchman)
Drop Them or I’ll Shoot – 1968 (townsman)
Execution – 1968 (soldier)
Go for Broke – 1968 (Mexican)
God May Forgive You, Not Me - 1968
Lynching – 1968
To Hell and Back – 1968
The Man Who Cried for Revenge – 1968 (Crazy Joe)
One After the Other – 1968 (Trent)
A Rope for a Bastard – 1968
Sartana – 1968 (Tampico henchman)
A Stranger in Paso Bravo – 1968 (townsman)
Tequila Joe – 1968
And God Said to Cain - 1969 (prisoner)
Boot Hill – 1969 (miner)
The 5-Man Army! – 1969 (Commandant of the execution squad)
God Will Forgive My Pistol – 1969 (stagecoach driver)
Hate is My God – 1969
In the Name of the Father – 1969
Qunitana – 1969 (prisoner)
Sabata – 1969 (bandit)
Sartana the Gravedigger – 1969
The Stranger’s Gundown – 1969 (Murdock henchman)
The Unholy Four -1969 (prison warden)
Zorro, Marquis of Navarra – 1969 (El Moko)
Adios, Sabata – 1970 (duel observer)
Arizona Returns – 1970 (townsman)
Brother Outlaw – 1970 (Jackson)
Django Defies Sartana – 1970 (bandit)
Durango is Coming Pay or Die – 1970 (poker player)
Fistful of Lead – 1970 (old man)
Have a Nice Funeral – 1970 (gambler)
Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead – 1970 (Sam/Carl) [credited as Ares Lucky]
They Call Me Trinity – 1970 (store clerk)
Blazing Guns – 1971 (Matadodos/May)
Blindman – 1971 (Mexican officer)
Bullet for a Stranger – 1971
Django…Adios! – 1971 (gambler)
Guns for Dollars – 1971 (Yucca Sheriff)
The Last Traitor – 1971 (Judge Stump)
A Man Called Django! -1971 (townsman)
The Return of Sabata – 1971 (saloon owner)
Tara Poki – 1971 (Alphonso)
Trinity is Still My Name – 1971 (Parker henchman)
Two Sons of Trinity – 1972 (Jack Gordon)
Gunmen and the Holy Ghost – 1972 (killer)
Jesse and Lester, Two Brothers in a Place Called Trinity – 1972 (outlaw)
Man of the East – 1972 (Danny Dillman)
The Return of Halleluia – 1972 (sheriff with fishes)
They Called Him Amen – 1972 (stagecoach driver)
Trinity & Sartana Those Son’s of Bitches – 1972 (sheriff)
Bad Kids of the West – 1973 (sheriff)
Court Martial – 1973 (farmer)
The Man Called Invincible – 1973 (Ilamo Orango/Mr. Orangutan)
The Crazy Bunch – 1974
The Return of Shanghai Joe – 1974 (Sheriff Wilson)
