RIP Sergio Smacchi

 

Highly respected stuntman and actor Sergio Smacchi died in Rome on February 22, 2026. Born in Rome on April 5, 1940, Smacchi appeared in well over 100 films as both an actor and stuntman and in many cases both in the same film. His first film was in 1964’s “Anthar l'invincibile” as an actor and performing stunts. He was part of the stunt group Il team di Musumeci Greco. Sergio would continue his career up until his final film in 2005 “Romanzo Criminale” where again he was both an actor and performed stunts.

Smacchi worked on 21 films with Terrence Hill and Bud Spencer as well as the 33 Spaghetti westerns listed below.

SMACCHI, Sergio

Born: 4/5/1940, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Died: 2/22/2026, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Sergio Smacchi's westerns - stuntman, actor:

Zorro the Rebel – 1966 (wedding guest)

Ballad of a Gunman – 1967 (saloon brawler)

Don’t Sing, Shoot! (TV) – 1967 [stunts]

Stranger Say Your Prayers – 1967 (man outside Jefferson Bank)

The Longest Hunt – 1968 (saloon patron) [stunts]

The Forgotten Pistolero – 1969 [stunts]

The Unholy Four – 1969 (gambler)

Fistful of Lead – 1970 (Mantas’ henchman) [stunts]

A Man Called Apocalypse Joe – 1970 (Berg henchman)

They Call Me Trinity – 1970 (Mescal henchman)

The Twilight Avengers – 1970 (saloon patron)

The Ballad of Ben and Charlie – 1971 [stunts]

Blazing Guns – 1971 (soldier) [stunts]

Guns for Dollars – 1971 (Krantz henchman) [stunts]

His Name was King – 1971 (smuggler) [stunts]

The Price of Death – 1971 (miner)

Trinity is STIL My Name – 1981 (Parker henchman)

Two Sons of Trinity – 1971 (Django)

Alleluia and Sartana, Sons of God – 1972 (brawler)

Jesse and Lester, Two Brothers in a Place Called Trinity – 1972 (saloon brawler)

On the Third Day Arrived the Crow – 1972 (Sloane brother)

The Return of Hallelujanh – 1972 (Drake henchman)

Stay Away from Trinity When He Comes to Eldorado – 1972

Trinity & Sartana Those Sons of Bitches – 1972 (‘El Tigre’/Tiger henchman)

Where the Bullets Fly – 1972 (General Cagoso/Colonel Hotshot henchman)

Karate, Fists and Beans – 1973 (Chinese eatery dinner) [stunts]

The Man Called Invincible – 1973 (monk) [stunts]

Challenge to White Fang - 1974 (Beauty Smith henchman)

The Crazy Bunch – 1974 (‘Pimple Nose’ Stryker)

White Fang and the Gold Diggers – 1974 (Garrick)

White Fang to the Rescue – 1974 (Benjamin ‘Ben’ Dover)

Buddy Goes West – 1981 (Colorado Slim henchman) [stunts]

Thunder Warrior – 1983