Massimo Vanni
Date of birth: 1946-07-08
Place of birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Alex McBride, Patrick O'Neil, Max Vanders, Patrick O'Neil jr.
Biography
A cousin of director Enzo G. Castellari and nephew of director Marino Girolami, Massimo Vanni became involved in the Italian film industry at a young age both as a bit-part player and stuntman before slowly graduating to larger more dramatic roles toward the end of the decade. A skilled acrobat and fight choreographer, Vanni himself became known as the Italian Jackie Chan of the 1980's, usually getting a good fight scene in before meeting with an inevitable demise.
Movie Credits
The Wax Mask
1997-04-04
Paris, 1900: a couple are horribly murdered by a masked man with a metal claw who rips their hearts
We Are No Angels
1975-09-25
Two wannabes rig a fight with a large prize fighter to buy a car.
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
2008-03-06
This documentary examines the life and legacy of controversial Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci through
E guardo il mondo da un oblò
2007-01-26
After constant arguments with his parents and after being left by the girl who dumped him for an eng
I Am Santa Claus
2021-11-03
Ettore has spent the last five years in jail for a robbery. Once out of prison, he has nowhere to go
Day of the Cobra
1980-08-12
An American narcotics agent is murdered in Italy. The head of the department decides to hire Larry S
The Heroin Busters
1977-08-13
Drug use in the city of Rome is at an all-time high. Children score from dealers in front of their s
Solitaire
2008-12-08
A three-billion-lire hit. A bloody hold-up. A sole survivor. Hunted down by fate and ruthless gangst
Segreto di Stato
1995-03-24
A bomb blows up in Milan and five people die. After only three hours Ravida, the chief of the Secret
Emanuelle and Françoise
1975-05-17
Emanuelle is out to avenge her sister, who committed suicide after escaping from her sadistic lover
Rats: Night of Terror
1984-08-03
One hundred years after a nuclear war has devastated the planet, society has been reborn into two fa
Magnum Cop
1978-02-03
A low-rent private investigator and former cop is sent to Austria on a job, and while there sees a n
Street Law
1974-09-17
Carlo Antonelli, an engineer from Genoa, gets mugged and decides to take justice into his own hands.
The Last Hunter
1980-08-09
During the Vietnam war, an American soldier gets trapped beind enemy lines. A squad of his buddies s
Cop Game
1988-01-01
In the final days of the Vietnam War, someone is killing the officers of the elite Cobra Force. Two
Double Target
1987-06-11
After several American and British military personnel are killed in suicide attacks throughout south
Blastfighter
1984-07-14
An ex-cop, fresh out of prison, returns home to find it ruled by violent rednecks and must fight to
Strike Commando 2
1988-08-17
A commando rescues his squad leader from heroin smugglers in Burma.
Born to Fight
1989-07-17
Vietnam War veteran Sam Wood is a survivor of a vicious prison camp where he was brutally and painfu
Seven Beauties
1975-12-20
Pasqualino Frafuso, known in Naples as "Pasqualino Seven Beauties" is a petty thief who lives off of
The Face with Two Left Feet
1979-05-04
Gianni, a hotel cook, is frustratingly in love with the sexy blonde DJ at the nightclub "John's Fev
Desert of Fire
1997-01-01
A helicopter crashes in the Sahara Desert. The entire crew are killed - only a small infant miraculo
Roma criminale
2013-12-06
A Pure Formality
1994-05-15
Onoff is a famous writer, now a recluse. The Inspector is suspicious when Onoff is brought into the
Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo
1996-04-02
Alex, a high-school boy fond of rock and punk music, falls in love with Adelaide, who shares his fee
Ti stramo - Ho voglia di un'ultima notte da manuale prima di tre baci sopra il cielo
2008-11-28
Friedberg/Seltzer-like spoof about popular Italian teen romance movies of the aughts (such as Tre me
Little Italy
1978-10-10
Undercover cop Nico Giraldi travels to New York and Las Vegas to find a crooked cop who gave his squ
Light Blast
1985-08-13
A policeman saves San Francisco from a mad scientist holding it hostage with a laser gun.
Pretendo l'inferno
2024-03-11
Body and Soul
1997-07-22
Ljuba, a woman who has recently become a model, gets involved with a uranium thief.
Una grande voglia d'amore
1994-01-15
In a ski center of Apennines lives young Paolo Antonelli and the rich Daniela. Paolo feels constrain
The House by the Edge of the Lake
1979-09-28
A young university student returns to her family's country villa near a lake where years earlier her
Violent Rome
1975-08-13
A detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds wit
Lovers and Other Relatives
1974-06-06
Sandro dreams about a woman older than himself. He works as a lifeguard at the beach and at the same
Robowar
1988-01-01
A group of commandos heads into the jungles of Venezuela on a highly classified mission and encounte
Rome, the Other Face of Violence
1976-07-27
Four bandits commit a robbery in a villa. The maid calls the police and Commissioner Carli immediate
Belle da morire 2
2005-09-21
Louise, an up and coming model, will do anything it takes to become a top model. Along the way she f
Sinbad of the Seven Seas
1989-04-01
Sinbad returns from the sea to find his country subjected to the will of two unscrupulous sorcerers.
Crime at Porta Romana
1980-10-29
A police inspector is called to Milan to investigate a murder case since he grew up in the same ghet
Assassination on the Tiber
1979-10-12
A black-out occurs during the meeting of a gang of criminals. When the light is back one of them is
The Gorilla
1982-01-01
Ruby has been trained in martial arts by her father and now has a job safeguarding a wide range of p
The Swindle
1977-11-18
A rude Roman policeman Nico Giraldi and an English detective team up in search of a gang that has ca
My Sister and I
1987-12-19
Carlo is a responsible sibling who deals with his black-sheep sister Silvia in this situation comedy
The Loves and Times of Scaramouche
1976-01-23
The adventures of a cad in Napoleonic times.
Il ritorno del Monnezza
2005-04-15
Rocky Giraldi, son of police officer Nico, followed in his father's footsteps and is now an agent in
Vajont
2001-10-12
On October 9th, 1963, at 10:39 pm, 260 million cubic meters of rock fell down from Mount Toc to the
È arrivato mio fratello
1985-03-19
Crime at the Chinese Restaurant
1981-11-19
The officer Nico Giraldi investigates a homicide which has taken place in a Chinese restaurant in Ro
Five Moons Plaza
2003-05-09
Just the night before his retirement District Attorney Saracini is given a film showing the kidnappi
Gangs of New York
2002-12-14
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the
Weapons of Death
1977-02-22
When a crime boss sends out his thugs to terrorize an entire city, they do whatever they want, which
The Inglorious Bastards
1978-02-08
Set in Europe during WWII, a group of American soldiers on their way to military prison are beset up
High Crime
1973-08-12
An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. As he comes closer to t
Shocking Dark
1989-03-17
In a polluted future Venice researchers work to improve the situation. One day, unknown forces start
First Action Hero
1994-01-01
A maverick cop takes on the seedy criminal underbelly of Miami singlehanded.
Tuareg: Desert Warrior
1984-03-12
In a desolate section of the Sahara once ruled by the French, two thirsty men stumble into the camp
A Special Cop in Action
1976-11-27
A school bus with young children being kidnapped. Commissario Betti will solve the case. High action
The Lieutenant of the Carabinieri
1986-02-13
Carabinieri's lieutenant Duilio Cordelli is in charge of investigating fake banknotes traffic. He di
Nerone
1977-01-02
Parody of real life events of the Roman emperor Nero.
Bastardi
2008-01-04
The families Iuvara and Patene are bound by a common inherited hatred, which is further deepened whe
Hit Squad
1976-10-29
A gang of thieves are robbing luxury apartments in Rome, but after emptying the villa of the wealthy
Zombie Flesh Eaters 2
1988-06-01
When a terrorist's body, infected with a stolen chemical, is recovered by the US military, the corps
The New Barbarians
1983-06-10
Two mercenaries help wandering caravans fight off an evil and aimless band of white-clad bikers afte
1990: The Bronx Warriors
1982-08-22
In post-apocalyptic New York City a policeman infiltrates the Bronx which has become a battleground
After Death
1990-07-27
A woman goes back to the island where her parents were killed. They had been working on a cure for c
Escape from the Bronx
1983-08-15
A ragtag group of people have to fight extermination squads amid their ruined city.
Hector the Mighty
1972-01-06
A pimp named Horny Hector operates a brothel on property coveted by Cardinal Giove. The Cardinal com
Romanzo Criminale
2005-09-30
After serving prison time for a juvenile offense, Freddo gathers his old buddies Libano and Dandi an
Cry, Onion!
1975-08-25
Onion Jack has bought a piece of land on which to settle, but the property is still in possession of
Dragonland: L'Urlo di Chen terrorizza ancora l'occidente
2008-01-01
The first Italian documentary on the most extraordinary phenomenon of the 70s: the Kung-fu films!
The Borgia
2006-10-06
A portrait of the bloody dynasty that spawned a pope, Alexander VI, as well as the role model for Ma
Destruction Force
1977-03-18
A shoot out after a robbery ends with the death of the Chief of Police. Police detective Ghini goes
Highway Racer
1977-10-19
Maurizio Merli stars as a hot-shot police driver who has more guts than brains, often landing him in
Quelli del Maledetto Treno Blindato - Making of 'Inglorious Bastards'
2007-07-08
Behind the scenes of "Inglorious Basterds" by Quentin Tarantino.
The Last Shark
1981-04-02
When a 35-foot great white shark begins to wreak havoc on a seaside town, the mayor, not wanting to
L'uomo che disse no
2024-07-04
La quindicesima epistola
1998-01-01
Tracce di Bene
2017-10-26
The Repenter
1985-11-15
A judge on crusade to take down the Italian Mafia uses a gangster turned state's witness (a so-calle
Keoma
1976-11-25
Half-breed Keoma returns to his border hometown after service in the Civil War and finds it under th
Il burattinaio
Kidnapping – Ein Vater schlägt zurück
1998-04-20
Nel nome dell'odio
2025-05-09
The Big Racket
1976-08-12
Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles a criminal gang terrorizing a sleepy Italian town, e