Maurizio Merli
Maurizio Merli (8 February 1940 in Rome – 10 March 1989) was an Italian film actor. Merli got his first lead role in 1974 in the film White Fang to the Rescue due to his resemblance to the highly popular cult actor Franco Nero, who played the lead role in the first two films. Merli later became one of the most prominent actors of the poliziotteschi genre by starring in almost a dozen films. He died in 1989 of myocardial infarction after a tennismatch. (source Wikipedia)
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1940-02-08 · Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Died
- 1989-03-10
Known for
- The Leopard (1963) — (uncredited)
- Rome, Armed to the Teeth (1976) — Commissioner Leonardo Tanzi
- The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist (1977) — Leonardo Tanzi
- Violent Naples (1976) — Il commissario Betti
- A Man Called Blade (1977) — Mannaja
- Violent Rome (1975) — Police Commissioner Betti
- A Special Cop in Action (1976) — Commissioner Betti
- Highway Racer (1977) — Marco Palma
- White Fang to the Rescue (1975) — Burt Halloway
- Calling All Police Cars (1975) — Boom Operator
- Magnum Cop (1978) — Walter 'Wally' Spada
- Convoy Busters (1978) — Police Commissioner Olmi
- Two R-R-Ringos from Texas (1967) — Nordista
- From Corleone to Brooklyn (1979) — Commissario Giorgio Berni
- Fear in the City (1976) — Police Commissioner Mario Murri
- Priest of Love (1981) — Angelo Ravagli