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Ricardo Palacios was one of the faces many of us first learned the name of. He appeared as the bartender in For a Few Dollars More that visually tells Col. Mortimer where Guy Calloway might be. He went on to appear in 30 Euro-westerns playing Mexican bandits, soldiers, townsmen and bartenders. I met him in Madrid in 2003 when Aldo Sambrell introduced him to me while we were eating lunch. Ricardo was sitting alone at a small table reading a book. He was very nice and enjoyed being recognized and known by a Gringo. Although many of his roles were small he was always a welcome sight to see when he appeared on screen. He would have been 75 on March 2nd. Thanks for all the great adventures Ricardo and RIP. You will never be forgotten by the fans of the Spaghetti western genre. | Ricardo Palacios was one of the faces many of us first learned the name of. He appeared as the bartender in For a Few Dollars More that visually tells Col. Mortimer where Guy Calloway might be. He went on to appear in 30 Euro-westerns playing Mexican bandits, soldiers, townsmen and bartenders. I met him in Madrid in 2003 when Aldo Sambrell introduced him to me while we were eating lunch. Ricardo was sitting alone at a small table reading a book. He was very nice and enjoyed being recognized and known by a Gringo. Although many of his roles were small he was always a welcome sight to see when he appeared on screen. He would have been 75 on March 2nd. Thanks for all the great adventures Ricardo and RIP. You will never be forgotten by the fans of the Spaghetti western genre. | ||
Revision as of 13:48, 4 March 2015
KÜLOWThis page is our personal hall of fame. A reminder to us all that even though considered a B-genre, Spaghetti Westerns were full of great characters, played by great people. Many have passed away, and while we are young growing up re-watching all these classics, many more will probably leave us. May they be remembered. What follows, is a work-in-progress, a growing list of legends who have passed away...
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Antonio Monselesan was better known as actor Tony Norton, born on August 2, 1941 in Libya to Italian parents. Despite his more than 40 film roles, his passion was the sport of boxing. Once fighting for the Italian middleweight title. In Alicante, where he lived for 20 years, he became known as "Don Antonio". Since 2005 he lived in Lucca in Tuscany, where he was still active as a boxing coach for the boxing club "Pugilistica Lucchese" until shortly before his death.
German country western singer Ralf Paulsen died in Berlin on February 26th after a long illness. Ralf biggest hit was a cover version of the theme song to the TV western series Bonanza in 1962. Ralf sang ‘Vile Gold und keine Freund’ in the 1964 Euro-western Massacre at Marble City (1964).
American actor Leonard Nimoy died today February 27th at his Bel Aire, California home of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 83. He had been diagnosed with the disease a year ago and attributed it to his smoking which he quit over 30 years-ago. Nimoy was best known as the Star Trek character Mr. Spock but appeared in many western, mostly on TV dating back to the 1950s. His lone Euro-western was in 1971’s Catlow as bounty hunter Orville Miller.
Composer Charles Kalman, son of operatic composer Emmerich Kalman died on Sunday February 22, 2014 in Munich, Germany. He was 85. Whose Charles Kalman you say? He wrote only one song for the Euro-western genre but it was a huge hit. A Man Must Fight which was used by Francesco DeMasi in Seven Dollars on the Red (1966) starring Anthony Steffen. The vocal was sung by Peter Tevis and appeared in Ruthless Colt of the Gringo (1966).
Czechoslovakian actor Jan Pohan whose real name was Kurt Ferdinand Jüstl passed away on February 13th in Prague. He was 84. Pohan started acting after service in the Army in the 1950s and appeared in such Euro-westerns as Leomonade Joe and Massacre at Marble City both in 1964 and was a Czech voice dubber for such actors as Wolfgang Lukschy in Fistful of Dollars, and William Berger in Keoma among several others.
Ricardo Palacios was one of the faces many of us first learned the name of. He appeared as the bartender in For a Few Dollars More that visually tells Col. Mortimer where Guy Calloway might be. He went on to appear in 30 Euro-westerns playing Mexican bandits, soldiers, townsmen and bartenders. I met him in Madrid in 2003 when Aldo Sambrell introduced him to me while we were eating lunch. Ricardo was sitting alone at a small table reading a book. He was very nice and enjoyed being recognized and known by a Gringo. Although many of his roles were small he was always a welcome sight to see when he appeared on screen. He would have been 75 on March 2nd. Thanks for all the great adventures Ricardo and RIP. You will never be forgotten by the fans of the Spaghetti western genre.
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