ACTOR

Mario Brega

1923 - 1994

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Mario Brega (25 March 1923 – 23 July 1994) was an Italian character actor. His heavy build meant that he regularly portrayed a thug in his films, particularly earlier in his career in westerns. Later in his career, however, he featured in numerous Italian comedy films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mario Brega has received more than 568,425 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Mario Brega is the 1,700th most popular actor (up from 1,710th in 2019), the 2,210th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,115th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Italian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 570k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Mario Brega ranks 1,700 out of 13,578. Before him are Mikheil Gelovani, Izabella Scorupco, Eric Campbell, Bernard Farcy, Lea Thompson, and Tate Donovan. After him are Ralph Macchio, Sofiko Chiaureli, Vladimir Menshov, Jason Miller, Choi Min-sik, and Vic Morrow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Mario Brega ranks 137. Before him are Arthur Hiller, Joseph Heller, Estelle Getty, Lucía Hiriart, Erroll Garner, and Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs. After him are Tito Puente, Diana Douglas, Hans Riegel, Peter Lawford, Peter Vaughan, and Edward Mulhare. Among people deceased in 1994, Mario Brega ranks 113. Before him are Aleksandar Petrović, Kevin Carter, Vitas Gerulaitis, Walter Lantz, Antoine Pinay, and Mehmed Orhan. After him are Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Massimo Troisi, Heinz Rühmann, Enrique Líster, Woody Strode, and Giovanni Spadolini.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Mario Brega ranks 2,210 out of 5,161. Before him are Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain (1755), Amadeo Bordiga (1889), Guido Cantelli (1920), Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena (1634), Federico Gravina (1756), and Publius Decius Mus (-400). After him are Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark (1939), Francesco Feo (1691), Leandro Bassano (1557), Giuseppe Terragni (1904), Carlo Rainaldi (1611), and Octavia the Elder (-100).

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Among ACTORS In Italy

Among actors born in Italy, Mario Brega ranks 63. Before him are Valeria Golino (1965), Laura Betti (1927), Massimo Girotti (1918), Lina Cavalieri (1874), Gloria Guida (1955), and Mariangela Melato (1941). After him are Massimo Troisi (1953), Paolo Bonacelli (1937), Adriana Asti (1931), Folco Lulli (1912), Silvana Pampanini (1925), and Luciana Paluzzi (1937).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Corporal Wallace
While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
Dec 22nd 19668.464 / 10
A Fistful of Dollars
Chico
The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.
Sep 12th 19647.841 / 10
Once Upon a Time in America
Mandy
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
May 23rd 19848.419 / 10