Maurizio Merli

Maurizio Merli (8 February 1940 in Rome – 10 March 1989) was an Italian film actor.

Merli got his first starring 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 in the first two films.^[1] 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 tennis match.

Selected filmography

• Catene (1974)
• White Fang to the Rescue (1974)
• Violent Rome (1975)
• Rome Armed to the Teeth (1976)
• Violent Naples (1976)
• A Special Cop in Action (1976)
• Fear in the City (1976)
• The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (1977)
• Mannaja (1977)
• Highway Racer (1977)
• Seagulls Fly Low (1978)
• Fearless (1978)
• Covert Action (1978)
• Convoy Busters (1978)
• The Iron Commissioner (1978)
• From Corleone to Brooklyn (1979)
• Hunted City (1979)
• The Rebel (1980)
• Vultures over the City (1980)
• Priest of Love (1981)
• Spy Connection (1983)

References

1. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580992/bio

External links

• Maurizio Merli at the Internet Movie Database