Biographie

2 mars 1909 · Naples, Campanie, Italie

3 mars 1992 · Rome, Lazio, Italie (non divulguée)

Brother of actors Icadio Maggio, Enzo Maggio, Beniamino Maggio, Pupella Maggio, Rosalia Maggio and Margherita Maggio.

Father of actor Enzo Maggio [1950- ].

"For a Few Dollars More" (1965) offered the role he is perhaps best remembered for, as the carpenter and cell mate of Indio, the film's villain.

Born into an acting family, he was the son of actor Domenico Maggio [1879-1943] and actress Antoinette Gravante [1880-1940]; ended up in reform school and before becoming an actor, worked in many trades including an ice cream man, and as a carpenter making props for the theater company of his father, where he made his stage debut telling short jokes. (Westernsallitaliana.blogspot.com).