Personal Info
Birth date
1922-05-23 (103 Years)
Day of death
1994-03-07
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy
Also known as
Ares Lucky
Arena Fortunata
Lucky Arena
Lucky Aras
Fortunato Arena
Biography
Fortunato Arena (23 May 1922 – 7 March 1994) was an Italian stuntman and actor who appeared in more than one hundred films from 1954 to 1989.
Filmography
Return of the Saint
7
Overview:
Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
8.465
Overview:
While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.Trinity Is Still My Name
7.4
Overview:
The two brothers Trinity and Bambino are exchanged by two federal agents and take advantage of the situation to steal a huge booty hidden in a monastery by a gang of outlaws.Crime Busters
6.978
Overview:
An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store.Poppea's Hot Nights
2.8
Overview:
Poppea's Hot Nights (Italian: Le calde notti di Poppea) is a 1969 Italian comedy film set in Ancient Rome. It was written and directed by Guido Malatesta and stars Olga Schoberová (credited as Olinka Berova) and Brad Harris in the main roles.The Great Silence
7.462
Overview:
A mute gunslinger fights in the defense of a group of outlaws and a vengeful young widow, against a group of ruthless bounty hunters.The Teasers
4.8
Overview:
Loredana is a schoolgirl who takes advantage of her fellow students and teachers by using her innocent schoolgirl beauty. After she loses her virginity to an older man she soon realizes there are more important things to life than teasing men.Django the Bastard
5.671
Overview:
A Confederate soldier returns from the dead to take revenge on three officers who betrayed his unit in battle.Two Brothers in Trinity
6.8
Overview:
Charming, blithely amoral devil-may-care rogue Jesse Smith and peaceful, devout straight-arrow Mormon Lester O'Hara are estranged half brothers who are reunited after receiving a sizable inheritance from their deceased mother. The wildly contrasting mismatched duo get into all sorts of trouble while trying to claim said inheritance. Written by WoodyandersNaughty Nun
5.063
Overview:
To spite her father, a young woman enters a convent. However, the woman's old boyfriend shows up and tries to win her back.Blindman
5.743
Overview:
A blind, but deadly, gunman, is hired to escort fifty mail order brides to their miner husbands. His business partners double cross him, selling the women to bandit Domingo. Blindman heads into Mexico in pursuit.The Most Beautiful Wife
6.868
Overview:
A 16-year-old Sicilian becomes the target of a mafia hit man after refusing to go through with her prearranged marriage.The 5-Man Army
6.7
Overview:
At the behest of local revolutionaries, a mercenary enlists four specialists in various combat styles to help him rob a Mexican Army train carrying $500,000 in gold.They Call Him Cemetery
6
Overview:
John and George McIntire are a couple of naive brothers who travel to a lawless western town to see their father. The bumbling siblings get themselves into big trouble after they beat up a member of a gang of extortionists. Fortunately, a mysterious roving gunfighter decides to help the guys out of their jam.They Called Him Bulldozer
6.803
Overview:
The "Bulldozer", a former football star, is now working as a fisherman. As a group of street-people arranges a football match against the local Armybase, he is asked to be their trainer. His boat was damaged by a submarine and he currently has no work, so he agrees.The Con Artists
7.043
Overview:
Belle Duke, in order to get revenge on her former lover Philip Bang, organize his jail break. But instead of Philip is the Italian Felice Brianza, AKAS Felix, to escape. Now Felix is obliged to help Philip to escape. He will succeeded and from that moment on the two will join to defraud Belle. The swindle plot become more complicate when Felix falls in love for Philip's daughter.Man of the East
6.6
Overview:
By his dying father's last wish Joe is sent to the Wild West to become a real guy. The dreamy young man despises guns and fights likes poems and prefers bicycles to horses. Now his three teachers footpads all of them shall teach him otherwise. This doesn't work until Joe has to defend himself against gunman Morton who's jealous of Joe's love to rancher Ohlsen's beautiful daughter.Trinity and Sartana Are Coming
4.2
Overview:
Sartana and Trinity set out on a grudging relationship hell bent for gold and comic brawls.Confessions of a Lady Cop
6
Overview:
Gianna Amicucci works in the house of the head of her hometown police force and enters the academy with a kickback from him. She is a beautiful woman (she generously sheds clothes during the film) and has to overcome her male colleagues prejudices, but she gains their respect through a series of brilliant operations.Even Angels Eat Beans
6.382
Overview:
Two mismatched buddies are mistaken for mob enforcers in Depression-era America.Summer Affair
5.6
Overview:
A very young Ornella Muti plays a rich girl who falls for an older hippie boy. Her parents don't approve and try to stop her from seeing him so they run away to a villa (Her parents') by the sea. Later they are shipwrecked on a deserted island. The plot focuses on the efforts of the police to figure out where the girl is, which is set against the developing relationship between the two young people.The Salamander
5.5
Overview:
An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left behind at each murder scene is a drawing of a salamander. The policeman begins to suspect these murders are linked to a plot to seize control of the government.Madigan's Millions
3.7
Overview:
When a deported gangster dies in Italy, the U.S. Treasury Department is very interested in the one million dollars Madigan owed the government, but managed to take to Italy with him. They send Agent Jason Phister over to Italy to nose out the million. His criteria for the job is that no one would ever guess he's an agent of the United States government.The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist
6.7
Overview:
A vengeful criminal targets the inspector who put him away, but the inspector survives and fakes his death. Ignoring orders to flee, he sets out to bring the fugitive back to justice.The Thief of Baghdad
4.8
Overview:
When Karim impersonates a prince Osman, he steals the heart of Amina the Sultans daughter. The real prince intends to get Amina back by giving her a love potion. But his plan backfires and Amina becomes deathly ill. Karim must make it through 7 doors to retrieve the only thing that can save his love-a mystical blue rose. A timeless, enchanting story!Counselor at Crime
5.6
Overview:
When the godson of San Francisco's crime lord asks permission to leave "the business," Don Antonio agrees, but reluctantly. Such behavior by either one is a violation of the code, and a bloody mob war breaks out. It is only through the strong support of his family connections in Sicily that Don Antonio is able to survive the mêlée and come out on top. Aghast at the situation he has caused, the godson becomes his leader's "consigliere," or Counselor at Crime.Hercules, Samson & Ulysses
4.6
Overview:
Two strongmen set out to hunt down a murderous sea monster. Their ship is wrecked and they end up in the Holy Land where Hercules is assumed to be Samson who is a wanted man. The two team up to survive.The Bloodstained Shadow
6.3
Overview:
A schoolgirl was murdered seven years ago, and the case was never solved; now, the murderer seems to be back.S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert
3.8
Overview:
Lavinia Kean, a brilliant American espionage agent, combats the wiles of international criminal and blackmailer Cesare Magnasco.Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
4.4
Overview:
There's trouble in Frankie Diomede's criminal empire in Genoa. A French gangster has moved into his territory, so he flies home to take care of business. He promptly has himself arrested so that he'll have the perfect alibi when the bodies start piling up. But it turns out his enemies have enough juice to keep him in prison, his associates start dying and the attempts on his life start. Cue Tony Breda, a wannabe wiseguy, who has a plan to spring Frankie from jail.Acting
1989The House of Lost Souls as Ghost
1984Due strani papà as Uomo al tavolo da poker
1982Gunan, King of the Barbarians as Mevian (as Lucky Aras)
1982Young, Beautiful... Probably Rich as edicolante
1982The Odd Squad as Santoni
1981The Salamander as General Pantaleone
1980S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert as Paesano
1978They Called Him Bulldozer as Osvaldo's Thug #2 (uncredited)
1978Return of the Saint (1 Episode) as Peasant
1978The Bloodstained Shadow as Unknown
1978Tanto va la gatta al lardo... as il macellaio
1977Il... Belpaese as Ristoratore
1977Brothers Till We Die as Unknown
1977A Man Called Magnum as Bank Robber
1977Crime Busters as Bouncer at Bowling
1977The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist as Large Jail Hoodlum
1976The Last Round as Rico Henchman (uncredited)
1976A Special Cop in Action as Morel
1976Crimebusters as Unknown
1976The Con Artists as scagnozzo di Philip
1976Confessions of a Lady Cop as uomo che cade nella fontana
1975The Teasers as poliziotto
1975Two hearts, a Chapel as Vigile urbano
1975Return of Shanghai Joe as Unknown
1974Salvo D'Acquisto as Unknown
1974Charleston as Venditore di castagne
1973Patroclooo!... e il soldato Camillone, grande grosso e frescone as Vincenzo, padre di Tamara
1973Mean Frank and Crazy Tony as Prison Warden (uncredited)
1973Counselor at Crime as Uomo di Garofalo
1973Even Angels Eat Beans as Police Officer
1973Put Your Devil Into My Hell as Buoncostume Mayor
1973It Was I as Inmate (uncredited)
1973Holy God, Here Comes the Passatore! as servitore di villa Casadei
1973...e continuavano a mettere lo diavolo ne lo inferno as Podestà
1972Man of the East as Danny Dillman
1972Meo Patacca as er bujaccaro
1972Girolimoni, the Monster of Rome as Unknown
1972The Return of Halleluja as Sheriff with Fishes
1972The Union as Operaio
1972Man Called Amen as Stagecoach Driver
1972Two Sons of Trinity as Jack Gordon
1972Trinity and Sartana Are Coming as Sheriff
1972Blood Story as Sam
1972Two Brothers in Trinity as Unlawful Mine Operator
1972Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why? as Don Salvatore Aniello
1972Without Family as prof. Pampardella
1972His Name Was Holy Ghost as Colonel Matatodos
1972Naughty Nun as (uncredited)
1971Blindman as Mexican Officer
1971Trinity Is Still My Name as Parker Henchman
1971They Call Him Cemetery as Ambusher (uncredited)
1971Let's Arm Ourselves and Go! as Unknown
1971Three Giants of the Roman Empire as soldato con Caio Appio
1971Riuscirà il nostro eroe a ritrovare il più grande diamante del mondo? as Brett
1971Summer Affair as Truck Driver
1971They Call Me Hallelujah as Yucca Sheriff
1971The Last Traitor as Judge Stump
1971Nights and Loves of Don Juan as One of Aiscia's Wardens (uncredited)
1971Brother Outlaw as Jackson
1971Mafia Things as Unknown
1970Django Challenges Sartana as Bandit (Uncredited)
1970The Most Beautiful Wife as Unknown
1970The Unholy Four as Asylum Warden (uncredited)
1969Zorro, the Navarra Marquis as El Moko
1969Franco and Ciccio... Robber and Cop as Unknown
1969Django the Bastard as Murdok Henchman
1969The 5-Man Army as Execution Squad Commander (uncredited)
1969Franco, Ciccio and the Pirate Blackbeard as Timoniere
1969Quintana: Dead or Alive as Prison Warden (uncredited)
1969Hate Is My God as Sheriff Henchman
1969In the Name of the Father as uomo di scorta alla diligenza
1969Poppea's Hot Nights as Unknown
1968The Great Silence as Outlaw
1968Cry of Death as Unknown
1968One After Another as Trent
1968Man Who Cried for Revenge as Crazy Joe
1968Man Only Cries for Love as Gangster in the movie (uncredited)
1968Madigan's Millions as Partoni
1968Tequila Joe as Unknown
1968Shotgun as Bandit brought to Sheriff (uncredited)
1968If You Want to Live... Shoot! as Lookout
1968How We Stole the Atomic Bomb as Unknown
1967The Stranger Returns as Unknown
1967Wanted Johnny Texas as O'Connor's Gunman (uncredited)
1967A Stranger in Town as Captain Cordoba
1966Sheriff With the Gold as Vargas
1966The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as 1st Sombrero Onlooker at Tuco's 1st Hanging (uncredited)
1966$1,000 on the Black as Townsman
1966Two Sons of Ringo as Unknown
1966Django Shoots First as Unknown
1966Johnny Yuma as Poker player
1966Where Are You Taking That Woman as Taxi driver (Rome segment) (uncredited)
1966Killers Are Challenged as Brawler
1965Snow Job as Unknown
1965008: Operation Exterminate as Kemp's Henchman
1965The Conqueror of Atlantis as Golden Ghost Man
1964Attack and Retreat as Malingering Soldier
1964Revolt of the Praetorians as Guard (uncredited)
1964Temple of the White Elephant as membro della setta
1964The Terror of the Steppes as Soldato di Sandar Khan
1963Hercules, Samson & Ulysses as Unknown
1963The Conquest of Mycenae as Gladiator Instructor
1962Colossus of the Arena as Gladiator (uncredited)
1961Dynamite Jack as Unknown
1961The Thief of Baghdad as Prison Guards' Captain
1960The Giants of Thessaly as Argonaut (uncredited)
1960Carthage in Flames as Soldier on Hiram's Ship