{"id":2695,"date":"2011-09-01T12:40:11","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T12:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewildeye.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2695"},"modified":"2011-09-01T12:40:11","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T12:40:11","slug":"john-benedy-aka-gianni-de-benedettis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thewildeye.co.uk\/blog\/performers-directors\/john-benedy-aka-gianni-de-benedettis\/","title":{"rendered":"John Benedy, aka Gianni De Benedettis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Benedy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just watched a curious little poliziesco from 1968 called Un corpo caldo per l’inferno<\/strong>.\u00a0 It’s not great, but not bad, and has an interesting cast, including a distinctive looking chap who I’ve seen in numerous films over the years, John Benedy.\u00a0 Normally, he sports a resplendant seventies moustache and, although he’s missing his ‘tache in this role, he’s still effective as a villain (he always played vilains, just about).\u00a0 After a bit of searching, it seems that Mr Benedy is something of a cult figure, a low key Luciano Rossi or Federico Boido.\u00a0 There’s a lot of info about him on the Thrilling Forum<\/a>, from which I’ve gathered most of the info below.<\/p>\n

John Benedy, aka Gianni De Benedettis
\nBorn 1938 in Mesagne, near Brindisi.<\/p>\n

Benedy was a regular performer in fumetti and fotoromanzi, including recurring roles in Killing and Sadistik (he was interviewed in Il Diabolikal Super-Kriminal<\/strong>, the documentary about Sadistik made in 2007, which I unfortunately haven’t seen).\u00a0 He moved into films in the early sixties, and his filmography according to IMDB is this:<\/p>\n

– Carcerato <\/strong>(1981)
\n– Patrick vive ancora <\/strong>(1980)
\n– La tua vita per mio figlio<\/strong> (1980)
\n– Strategia per una missione di morte<\/strong> (1979)
\n– Provincia violenta<\/strong> (1978)
\n– L’amante del demonio<\/strong> (1972)
\n– Uccidi Django … uccidi per primo<\/strong> (1971)
\n– I racconti di Padre Brown<\/strong>
\n– Il re dei ladri<\/strong> (1971) episodio TV
\n– Un corpo caldo per l’inferno<\/strong> (1968)
\n– Sette donne d’oro contro due 07<\/strong> (1966)<\/p>\n

There’s an actor profile for him in Killing N. 25 Actor, which reads as follows:<\/p>\n

Gianni De Benedettis, aka John Benedy, figures today among the cinematic artists with a bright future.\u00a0 His first great success was with an excellent performance in the film Rocco and his Brothers<\/strong>.\u00a0 After which directors and producers from around the world competed with each other with ever more attractive contacts. Gianni De Benedettis isn’t even thirty, and already is busier and more qualified than many actors of his generation. In a few years he has appeared in about twenty productions, most of which have been notable successes with the critics and the public.\u00a0 John Benedy doesn’t show a predilection for any particular type of films, and there isn’t any genre he won’t work in.\u00a0 Westerns, spy films, war films, love stories, as long as they have a good script he’ll take them on in order to hone his artistic skills.\u00a0 He has appeared in Il mercenario<\/strong> (possibly La congiura dei dieci), Agente speciale Berlino<\/strong>, Covo di spie a Casablanca<\/strong> (possibly aka Spionaggio a Casablanca) and Fuoco su Berlino<\/strong><\/p>\n

If this is true, then his filmography is missing numerous entries (including all the films mentioned in the article), although he shouldn’t be mistaken for the much older Gianni Di Benedetto.\u00a0 Could be time to play a little bit of spot the Benedy!<\/p>\n

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