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American cinematographer Gerald Hirschfeld died February 13th. He was 95. Born on April 25, 1921, in New York City, Hirschfeld was self-taught in his craft — mostly by watching movies. He filmed such classics as “Young Frankenstein”, “Two-Minute Warning”, “Fail-Safe” and several other films including one Euro-western, 1970’s “Doc” starring Stacy Keach and Faye Dunaway. | American cinematographer Gerald Hirschfeld died February 13th. He was 95. Born on April 25, 1921, in New York City, Hirschfeld was self-taught in his craft — mostly by watching movies. He filmed such classics as “Young Frankenstein”, “Two-Minute Warning”, “Fail-Safe” and several other films including one Euro-western, 1970’s “Doc” starring Stacy Keach and Faye Dunaway. | ||
Revision as of 14:07, 12 March 2017
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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Production designer and art director Vladimir Tadej has died at the age of 92. Vlad worked on most of the Winnetou films as a production designer and art director. He also was a screen writer on 1957’s “Cowboy Jimmy” and appeared as himself in the 2004 television documentary ‘Auf den Spuren Winnetous’.
Italian supporting and character actor Romano Giomini died on March 2, 2017. He was 80. Born in Italy in 1936 Giomini appeared in over two dozen films from 1961-1967. He was a film and television editor after his film career ended. Giomini appeared in several films billed as Gordon Steve. Romano appeared in action films such as sword and sandal and crime and western films. Romano appeared in three Euro-westerns: “Stranger in Scramento” and “A Fistful of Knuckles” (both 1965) and $5.00 for Ringo” in 1966.
German theater, film, TV actor Martin Lüttge died in Plon, Germany on February 22, 2017, He was 73. Born on July 7, 1943 in Hamburg, Germany, Lüttge is best remembered for his role as Commissioner Flemming on the German TV series ‘Tatort’ in the 1990s. He began his career as a theatrical actor and then replaced Götz George in the role of Commissioner on the Tatort TV series. He appeared in one Euro-western “The Blue Hotel” in 1973 as Johnny Scully.
American film and TV actor Bill Paxton died from complications after heart surgery on February 25th. He was 61. Born William Paxton in Fort Worth, Texas on May 17, 1955 he moved to Los Angeles, California at age 18, where he found work in the film industry as a set dresser for Roger Corman's New World Pictures. He made his film debut in the Corman film “Crazy Mama” (1975), directed by Jonathan Demme. Moving to New York, Paxton studied acting under Stella Adler at New York University. After landing a small role in Stripes (1981), he found steady work in low-budget films and television. He also directed, wrote and produced award-winning short films including Fish Heads (1980), which aired on Saturday Night Live (1975). He’s best remembered for his roles as Morgan Earp in 1993’s “Tombstone”, “Apollo 13” (1995) and “True Lies” (1994). Bill appeared as Randall McCoy in the TV miniseries "Hatfields & McCoys" which was filmed in Romania.
Italian actress Brunella Bovo died in a Rome hospital on February 21st. She was 86 years-old. Born in Padova, Veneto, Italy on March 8, 1930 she’s best remembered for her role in “The White Shiek” (1952) as Wanda Giardino Cavalli and starring Alberto Sardi. Her lone Euro-western appearance was as Nora Danders in 1965’s “Colorado Charlie” where she used the alias Barbara Hudson. Bovo is the sister of actress Mariolina Bovo.
Veteran British born Canadian actor Chris Wiggins died in Elora, Ontario, Canada on February 19th. He was 86. Chris started out as a banker in his home country of England before he began his acting career in Canada, where he moved in 1952. Wiggins is probably best recognized for his role as Jack Marshak, the benevolent, resourceful expert on the occult in the syndicated television horror show Friday the 13th: The Series, which ran from 1987 to 1990. Another well-known role was Johann Robinson (Father) on Swiss Family Robinson. In addition to his television and film work. Wiggins appeare in two Euro-westerns “Welcome to Blood City” (1977) as Gellor and the TV mini-series “By Way of the Stars” 1992-1993 as Captain Harris.
Italian director, assistant director and actor Antonio Casale died February 4th. He was 84 years-old. Casale was best known as an Italian character and supporting actor, who appeared in eight Italian spaghetti westerns-between 1965 and 1976, sometimes credited as Anthony Vernon. Casale is probably most famous throughout the world for his brief appearance in the role of the dying Bill Carson in “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”. He also appeared as the bounty hunter Hoak in the opening scene of “The Grand Duel” and in the role of one of the passengers on the coach that humiliates the protagonist Juan naively considering him only as an insignificant peon in “Duck You Sucker”. When the Euro-westerns were finished his face was often seen in police and crime films.
Italian director and screenwriter Pasquale Squitieri died today February 18th in Rome. He was 78. He began his film career in 1969 with “lo e Dio”, produced by Vittorio De Sica, and under the pseudonym William Redford which he also used in two spaghetti western films: “Django Defies Sartana” and “Vengeance Trail”. His career ended very early when Squitieri dedicated his life to current issues and reality in Italian society: Contacts between the Mafia and politics, drugs, terrorism, the "white deaths" and immigration. But his fame is mainly due to his historical and political films, some of which have earned him much criticism. This is the case of " Li chiamarono... briganti!", In 1999 he withdrew immediately from the industry under mysterious circumstances.
Veteran producer and screenwriter Bruce Lansbury died in La Quinta, California on February 13, 2017. He was 87. Born William Bruce M. Lansbury on January 12, 1930 in London, England, he was the son of Irish-born stage actress Moyna Macgill and Edgar Lansbury, a politician and timber merchant. His grandfather was George Lansbury, a former Labor Party leader in England and a member of Parliament. His sister was actress Angela Lansbury and he had a twin brother Edgar. Bruce served as VP of creative affairs for Paramount Television starting in the late 1960s, supervising such series as ‘The Brady Bunch’, ‘Happy Days’, ‘The Odd Couple’, ‘Love, American Style’, and ‘Petrocelli’. He joined CBS' ‘The Wild Wild West’ before its second season and assumed control of the futuristic Western in the summer of 1966 when the show's creator, Michael Garrison, died from injuries suffered in a fall in his home. Lansbury went on to produce 69 episodes of Wild Wild West before it was canceled in 1969 amid an outcry over violence on television. Bruce was a screenwriter on six episodes of the 1990-1991 ‘Zorro’ TV series, filmed in Spain and starring Duncan Regehr.
American cinematographer Gerald Hirschfeld died February 13th. He was 95. Born on April 25, 1921, in New York City, Hirschfeld was self-taught in his craft — mostly by watching movies. He filmed such classics as “Young Frankenstein”, “Two-Minute Warning”, “Fail-Safe” and several other films including one Euro-western, 1970’s “Doc” starring Stacy Keach and Faye Dunaway.
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