Daniele Vargas


Daniele Vargas, stage name of Daniele Pitani was an Italian film actor.

Life and career

Born in Imola, a small town in the district of Bologna, after attending high school with Pier Paolo Pasolini, Daniele Vargas enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine of Bologna University. After graduation in 1957 he moved to Rome to follow his passion for cinema.
He began to appear in small roles in costume films and sword-and-sandals at the end of the 1950s and rapidly became one of the most active character actors, specializing in villain roles and sometime in characters of Spanish language.

Selected filmography

Hercules Unchained - AmphiarausNon perdiamo la testa - The ButlerLe cameriere - Il baritono MariniCaltiki – The Immortal Monster - BobThe Pirate and the Slave Girl - GamalThe Giant of Marathon - Darius I, King of PersiaLa strada dei giganti Fury of the Pagans - NapurThe Thief of Bagdad - GamalTotò, Peppino e... la dolce vita - Marchese DanieleA Difficult Life - Marquis CapperoniSodom and Gomorrah - SegurMarch on Rome - "Sua Excelencia"The Invincible Masked Rider - Don LuisTorpedo Bay - BrauzziSamson and the Sea Beast - MuradIl Successo - Il principale di LauraI mostri - Professor Pinzuto Terror of the Steppes - Altan KhanLa calda vita Panic Button Hercules Against Rome - Filippo AfroLa vendetta di Spartacus - Lucius TransoneHercules and the Tyrants of Babylon Ces dames s'en mêlent - ZacharoffJungle Adventurer - Rajah SindarGoliath at the Conquest of Damascus - SaudUp and Down - Il professor Maestrelli La Dama de Beirut Se non avessi più te - Hotel Manager in BarcelonaDegueyo - FrankSeasons of Our Love - Count Della PicaA Man Could Get Killed - OsmanKiss Kiss...Bang Bang - Tol LimThe Spy Who Loved Flowers - Stan HarrimanWeb of Violence - Lo VecchioAfter the Fox - Prosecuting CounselPleasant Nights - Fortebraccio da MontoneWanted - Gold - MayorPer amore... per magia... The Long, the Short, the Cat - Ispettore americanoReturn of Django - Clay FergusonCome rubare un quintale di diamanti in Russia - ZakElectra One - Electra 1Golden Chameleon Assault on the State Treasure - KaufmanThe Last Killer - John BarrettThe Stranger Returns - Good JimVengeance Is My Forgiveness - Doctor Frank DeckerSpirits of the Dead - University professor Madigan's Millions - Giovanni Casetti Cemetery Without Crosses - Will RogersZorro in the Court of England - Sir Basil RuthfordBridge Over the Elbe - MajorZorro, the Navarra Marquis - Col. BrizardPoppea's Hot Nights - DrusoEros e Thanatos