- Born
- Died
- Birth nameFlorestano Brega
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Mario Brega was born on March 25, 1923 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor and producer, known for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and For a Few Dollars More (1965). He died on July 23, 1994 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Heavy and rude characters
- Appeared In Almost All Of Sergio Leone's Movies
- Beefy Italian character actor, a former butcher, who specialised in playing heavies in spaghetti westerns.
- He was a huge supporter of Soccer Team S.S. Lazio Calcio, the oldest multi-sport team of the city of Rome.
- A misspelling in the main credits of "An Angel for Satan" (1966) resulted in him being billed under the feminine name "Maria Brega".
- We literally shot "A Fistful of Dollars" without any money. We were in Spain. Many times we had to go to a restaurant and leave without paying the bill, or we would've not be able to eat.
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