Furio Meniconi

Furio Meniconi (22 February 1924 - 12 December 1981) was an Italian film and television actor.

Life and career

Meniconi was born in Rome into a family active in the cinema industry in the technical cast, or engaged in the general organization. Since the early 1950s he established himself as one of the most active character actors in the Italian genre cinema, especially in the Peplum, Spaghetti Western and pirate film genres. He was sometimes credited as Men Fury.

Selected filmography

• Queen of Babylon (1954)
• The Sign of Venus (1955)
• Captain Falcon (1958)
• David and Goliath (1960)
• The Seven Revenges (1961)
• The Tartars (1961)
• The Giant of Metropolis (1961)
• Vulcan Son of Jupiter (1962)
• Gold for the Caesars (1963)
• Hercules, Prisoner of Evil (1964)
• Desert Raiders (1964)
• Hercules of the Desert (1964)
• Terror of the Steppes (1964)
• The Revenge of Ivanhoe (1965)
• Kill or Be Killed (1966)
• For a Few Extra Dollars (1966)
• John the Bastard (1967)
• Kill the Wicked! (1967)
• Gatling Gun (1968)
• The Two Crusaders (1968)–
• And God Said to Cain (1970)
• A Sword for Brando (1970)
• W Django! (1971)
• Bastard, Go and Kill (1971)
• Man Called Amen (1972)
• Italian Graffiti (1973)