[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]
Augusto Brenna was an Italian fotoromanzi and film actor. Searching Ancestry.com I come up with a Augusto Prieto Brenna born on May 7, 1896 in Como, Lombardy, Italy. All the Brenna’s come from Como. This would but our actor in his late 60s during his Spaghetti western career which fits the profile. He was also sometimes credited as August Bren. I cannot find a date of death but speculate it was probably in the late 1970s.
Brenna’s first accredited film that I can find reference to was in 1962’s “Il tiranno di Siracusa” (Damon and Pythias) where he plays a Roman in an angry mob. He’d go on to appear in some 50 films ending in in an appearance in 1975’s “Fantozzi” as a client in a clinic.
Augusto appeared in six Spaghetti westerns usually in background scenes such as: a saloon patron in 1963’s “Zorro contro Maciste” (Samson and the Slave Queen); a jury member in 1964’s “Desafío en Río Bravo” (Gunmen of the Rio Grande); a bank customer in 1966’s “Django spara per primo” (Django Shoots First); a saloon patron in 1966’s “Johnny Yuma); a guest at a fashion show in 1967’s “Il magnifico Texano” (The Magnificent Texan) and as a butler in 1969’s “Zorro marchese di Navarra” (Zorro, the Navarra Marquis).
BRENNA, Augusto (aka August Bren) (Augusto
Prieto Brenna) [5/7/1896, Como, Lombardy, Italy – 19??, Italy] –
fotoromanzi, film actor.
Samson and the Slave Queen – 1963 (saloon patron)
Gunmen of the Rio Grande – 1964 (jury member)
Django Shoots First -1966 (bank customer)
Johnny Yuma – 1966 (saloon patron)
The Magnificent Texan – 1967 (guest at fashion show)
Zorro, the Navarra Marquis – 1969 (Don Ignacio's butler)
