Maurizio Merli
1940-02-08 (1940)Rome, Lazio, ItalyActing
Biography
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
The Leopard
MOVIE • 1963
Priest of Love
MOVIE • 1981
Raptus
MOVIE • 1969
Il giovane Garibaldi
TV • 1974
A Man Called Blade
MOVIE • 1977
The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist
MOVIE • 1977
Rome, Armed to the Teeth
MOVIE • 1976
Violent Naples
MOVIE • 1976
From Corleone to Brooklyn
MOVIE • 1979
Spy Connection
MOVIE • 1983
White Fang to the Rescue
MOVIE • 1975
Violent Rome
MOVIE • 1975
Highway Racer
MOVIE • 1977
Convoy Busters
MOVIE • 1978
Hunted City
MOVIE • 1979
Fear in the City
MOVIE • 1976
Magnum Cop
MOVIE • 1978
Vultures Over the City
MOVIE • 1981