Salvatore Baccaro(1932-1984)

Character actor Salvatore Baccaro was born on May 6, 1932 in Roccamandolfi, Italy. Baccaro worked as a flower vendor outside of a film studio in Rome, Italy prior to embarking on an acting career in the early 1970's. With his rough face, hulking physique, and intimidating screen presence, Salvatore was frequently cast as menacing thugs, wretched prisoners, or grotesque subhuman monsters. Baccaro was especially memorable as Ook the Neanderthal man in Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (1974) and the titular savage fiend in The Beast in Heat (1977). Salvatore died from Acromegaly at age 51 on March 13, 1984 in Novara, Italy.