---
name: "Luigi Pistilli"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/luigi-pistilli"
fi1m_id: "luigi-pistilli"
imdb_id: "nm0685559"
tmdb_id: 5814
wikidata_id: "Q735221"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 July 1929"
died: "21 April 1996"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:22:58.178321+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Luigi Pistilli

## Identity

Luigi Pistilli

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/luigi-pistilli
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** luigi-pistilli
- **IMDb ID:** nm0685559
- **TMDB ID:** 5814
- **Wikidata ID:** Q735221
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Pistilli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735221, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0685559/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5814

Actor. Born 19 July 1929 in Grosseto, Toscana, Italy. Died 21 April 1996.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 July 1929, Grosseto, Toscana, Italy
- **Died:** 21 April 1996
- **Active:** 1965–1966
- **Also known as:** Gigi Pistilli, 루이지 피스틸리
- **Frequently works with:** [Alberto Grimaldi](https://film.one/person/alberto-grimaldi.md), [Clint Eastwood](https://film.one/person/clint-eastwood.md), [Lee Van Cleef](https://film.one/person/lee-van-cleef.md), [Luciano Vincenzoni](https://film.one/person/luciano-vincenzoni.md), [Sergio Leone](https://film.one/person/sergio-leone.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 88, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Pistilli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735221, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0685559/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5814

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Good, the Bad and the Ugly*](https://film.one/film/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly.md) (92)
- **Apple TV:** [*For a Few Dollars More*](https://film.one/film/for-a-few-dollars-more.md) (85)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Luigi Pistilli (19 July 1929 – 21 April 1996) was an Italian actor of stage, screen and television. He was born in Grosseto and studied acting at Milan's Piccolo Teatro, graduating in 1955. He maintained strong ties to the theatre throughout his career, appearing in productions directed by Giorgio Strehler and in plays by Bertolt Brecht.

Pistilli is known for his roles in Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns, including Groggy in *For a Few Dollars More* (1965) and Father Pablo Ramirez in *The Good, the Bad and the Ugly* (1966). He appeared in other westerns such as *Death Rides a Horse* (1967) and *The Great Silence* (1968), and in gialli including *A Bay of Blood* (1971) and *Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key* (1972). He also worked in television, notably in the series *La piovra*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Good, the Bad and the Ugly* (1966), Fi1m 92, as Father Pablo Ramirez — [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly.md)
- *For a Few Dollars More* (1965), Fi1m 85, as Groggy, Member of Indio's Gang — [page](https://film.one/film/for-a-few-dollars-more.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Una prova d'innocenza* (1991), as Amleto
- *Beyond Kilimanjaro, Across the River of Blood* (1990), as Joe Coviello
- *Tottering in the Dark* (1987), as Giovanni
- *Mother Ebe* (1985), as Roberto Lavagnino
- *Luigi Ganna detective* (1979), series, as Luigi Ganna
- *Doppia Indagine* (1978), as Sandro Pinardi
- *Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison* (1977), as Gennaro Gramsci
- *Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife* (1976), as Carlo
- *Illustrious Corpses* (1976), as Cusan
- *The Nude Princess* (1976), as Marco
- *Two .38 Magnums for a City of Carrion* (1975), as Commissario Perri
- *Peccato senza malizia* (1975), as Stefania's Stepfather
- *I racconti di Ernest Hemingway* (1975), series, Actor
- *Cagliostro* (1975), as Cardinal de Rohan
- *The Suspects* (1974), as Marcello Angiotti, Candice's lover
- *Enter the Devil* (1974), as Father Xeno
- *Silence the Witness* (1974), as Il commissario De Luca
- *Il giovane Garibaldi* (1974), series, as Cueno
- *The Killers Are Our Guests* (1974), as Commissario Di Stefano
- *The Author's Crime* (1974), as Don Lino
- *One Way* (1973), as Javier
- *Number One* (1973), as Poliziotto
- *The Black Hand* (1973), as Don Nunzio Pantaleo
- *The Cat from Brooklyn Wants to Be a Detective* (1973), as Tony Mangialafoglia
- *Tragic Ceremony* (1972), as Lord Alexander
- *A White Dress for Marialé* (1972), as Paolo
- *Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key* (1972), as Oliviero Rouvigny
- *Ipotesi sulla scomparsa di un fisico atomico* (1972), as University assistant
- *Caliber 9* (1972), as Mercuri
- *A Bay of Blood* (1971), as Alberto / Albert
- *The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire* (1971), as ex-Inspector John Norton
- *The Case of the Scorpion's Tail* (1971), as Inspector Stavros
- *Summer Affair* (1971), as Chief of Police
- *Veruschka - Poetry of a Woman* (1971), as Luigi
- *Cold Sweat* (1970), as Fausto Gelardi
- *Dead of Summer* (1970), as Doctor Volterra
- *Night of the Serpent* (1969), as Colonel Hernandez/'The Snake'
- *Eagles Over London* (1969), as Maj. Kreuger
- *Machine Gun McCain* (1969), as Duke Mazzanga
- *The Lady of Monza* (1969), as Graf de Fuentes
- *The Bandit* (1969), as Ramarro
- *The Libertine* (1968), as Otto Frank
- *The Great Silence* (1968), as Henry Pollicut
- *Bandits in Rome* (1968), as Colangeli
- *Tartarino sulle Alpi* (1968), series, as Manilof
- *The Protagonists* (1968), as Tassoni
- *The Sweet Body of Deborah* (1968), as Philip
- *La lunga sfida* (1967), as Paynes
- *Death Rides a Horse* (1967), as Walcott
- *We Still Kill the Old Way* (1967), as Arturo Manno
- *The Good, the Bad and the Ugly* (1966), as Father Pablo Ramirez — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly.md)
- *Texas, Adios* (1966), as Hernandez
- *Dollars for a Fast Gun* (1966), as Dandi
- *For a Few Dollars More* (1965), as Groggy, Member of Indio's Gang — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/for-a-few-dollars-more.md)
- *Le donne del Tenente Sheridan* (1965), series, as Sandy Sebastian
- *Walter e i Suoi Cugini* (1961), as Invitato di Spallanzoni
- *L'avaro* (1957), as Baccalà

## Gallery

- ![Luigi Pistilli](https://film.one/media/person/102200/gallery-62d8b5baa672.png) Luigi Pistilli — Sergio Martino (director) / Giancarlo Ferrando (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Luigi_Pistilli_1972_%28cropped%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Scena dal film Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave (1972)](https://film.one/media/person/102200/gallery-94b2ae3c4bdf.png) Scena dal film Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave (1972) — Sergio Martino (director) / Giancarlo Ferrando (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/IL_tuo_corpo_%C3%A8_una_stanza_vuota_001.png/1280px-IL_tuo_corpo_%C3%A8_una_stanza_vuota_001.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Scena dal film Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave (1972)](https://film.one/media/person/102200/gallery-1f24b3404732.png) Scena dal film Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave (1972) — Sergio Martino (director) / Giancarlo Ferrando (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/IL_tuo_corpo_%C3%A8_una_stanza_vuota_004.png/1280px-IL_tuo_corpo_%C3%A8_una_stanza_vuota_004.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Scena dal film Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave (1972)](https://film.one/media/person/102200/gallery-4ad83fdaa334.png) Scena dal film Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave (1972) — Sergio Martino (director) / Giancarlo Ferrando (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/IL_tuo_corpo_%C3%A8_una_stanza_vuota_006.png/1280px-IL_tuo_corpo_%C3%A8_una_stanza_vuota_006.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Scena dal film Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave (1972)](https://film.one/media/person/102200/gallery-d16de6ff69e0.png) Scena dal film Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave (1972) — Sergio Martino (director) / Giancarlo Ferrando (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/IL_tuo_corpo_%C3%A8_una_stanza_vuota_030.png/1280px-IL_tuo_corpo_%C3%A8_una_stanza_vuota_030.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Scena dal film Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave (1972)](https://film.one/media/person/102200/gallery-79e3effd2e85.png) Scena dal film Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave (1972) — Sergio Martino (director) / Giancarlo Ferrando (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/IL_tuo_corpo_%C3%A8_una_stanza_vuota_040.png/1280px-IL_tuo_corpo_%C3%A8_una_stanza_vuota_040.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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