Cemetery with crosses - legends lost but remembered

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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...

sorted by their last names:

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z|}

FRESH GRAVES

  • PIAT, Jean - 9/23/1924, Lannoy, Nord, France - 9/16/2018, Paris, Île-de-France, France

French theater, film and voice actor Jean Piat died in Paris, France on September 16, 2018. He was 93. Piat was born in Lannoy, Nord, France on September 23, 1924. He enlisted in the Comédie-Française on September 1, 1947, and became a member on January 1, 1953. He left the Comédie-Française on December 31, 1972, and became an honorary member the following day. He was an officer in the Légion d'honneur and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and a grand officer in the Ordre national du Mérite. He was married to actress Françoise Engel (who died in 2005), and was a professor in the dramatic arts of the Simon Course. Piat was the French voice of Spike Goodfellow in the 2007 animated Euro-western; Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure.


  • SUTTON, Dudley - 4/6/1933, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, U.K. - 9/15/2018, Clapham Common, London, England, U.K.

British actor Dudley Sutton died September 15, 2018 at the Royal Trinity Hospice in Clapham Common, London, England. He was 85. Sutton became known after playing a gay biker in “The Leather Boys” (1964), a role which showed his potential for eccentric screen personae. He married American actress Marjorie Steele in 1961and they had one child (Peter) together, but divorced in 1965; she subsequently married, as his fourth wife, the writer Constantine Fitzgibbon). On stage, he played the title role in the first production of Joe Orton's Entertaining “Mr Sloane” (1964). From 25 May 1966 he appeared in “Tango”, a play by Slawomir Mrozek at the Aldwych Theatre alongside Patience Collier, Peter Jeffrey, Mike Pratt, and Ursula Mohan under director Trevor Nunn. Dudley played the Spectre in the 1971 Euro-western “A Town Called Hell”


  • DONAT, Peter - 11/20/1928, Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada - 9/10/2018 Point Reyes Station, California, U.S.A..

Peter Donat, a Canadian-born character actor who played a wide variety of classical and contemporary roles in theater, film and television, died on September 10, 2018 at his home in Point Reyes Station, Calif. He was 90. Mr. Donat was best known in recent years for his recurring role as Agent Fox Mulder’s father in six episodes of “The X Files.” Pierre Collingwood Donat was born on January 20, 1928, in Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada, preferred theatrical work. He performed frequently with respected companies like the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and the Stratford Festival in Canada. Over the years he played Cyrano de Bergerac, Prospero, Shylock, King Lear and Hadrian VII. Donat appeared as Mr. Johnson in the Euro-western TV series “Adventures in Rainbow Country” (1969).


  • REYNOLDS, Burt (Burton Leon Reynolds Jr.) - 2/11/1936, Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A. - 9/6/2018, Jupiter, Florida, U.S.A.

Burt Reynolds, the ex-jock from Florida, starred in 'Deliverance' and 'Boogie Nights' but preferred making such populist, fun fare as 'Smokey and the Bandit,' 'The Cannonball Run' and 'Starting Over’ died Thursday morning September 6, 2018 at Jupiter Medical Center in Florida. Reynolds, who received an Oscar nomination when he portrayed porn director Jack Horner in Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights (1997) and was the No. 1 box-office attraction for a five-year stretch starting in the late 1970s, always with a wink, Reynolds shined in many action films (often doing his own stunts). Born in Lansing, Michigan on February 11, 1936 he appeared in three Euro-westerns: “Navajo Joe” (1966), “100 Rifles” (1969) and the TV film “Johnson County War” (2002).


  • JOBIN, Peter - 2/1/1944, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 9/8/2018, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Actor, screenwriter Peter Jobin died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on August 8, 2018. He was 74. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on February 1, 1944. Peter acted on stages in London, on Broadway and in Canada. He was a founding artist of Toronto Free Theatre. Jobin appeared in over 25 film and TV projects and co-wrote, wrote, and produced another 22. Peter was a wit extraordinaire and a very intelligent guy. Jobin wrote three screenplays for the Euro-western TV series ‘The Campbells’ in 1990.


  • PICKWOAD, Michael - 7/11/1945, Windsor, Berkshire, England, U.K. - 8/27/2018, London, England, U.K.

British production designer Michael Pick died in London on August 27, 2018. Pickwoad was the visionary behind the look of Doctor Who TV series for the last seven years, has was 73 Pickwoad was the son of actor William Mervyn – who appeared in the 1966 Doctor Who story The War Machines and the theatre designer Anne Margaret Payne Cooke. He began his career in the 1970’s as an Art Director before going on to be a Production Designer in the ‘80s – one of his earliest film projects was 1987’s cult classic Withnail & I, starring Paul McGann. In 2010 Pickwoad became only the second person to become the second person to helm Doctor Who‘s art department since the series returned in 2005, replacing Edward Thomas.Michael was the production designer on the Euro-western Doctor Who episode ‘A Town Called Mercy’ filmed in Almeria, Spain’s Fort Bravo in 2012.


  • WESTGATE, Murray - 4/16/2018, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada - 8/27/2018, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Canadian actor Murray Westgate, familiar to an early generation of TV viewers as Esso’s ‘Happy Motoring’ pitchman on Hockey Night In Canada, has died. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada on April 16, 1918, Westgate celebrated his 100th birthday at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. Well into his 90s, he was receiving visits from friends in the broadcast world and NHL alumni. Westgate was a radio operator in the Canadian Navy during dangerous convoy duty in the Second World War. After the war, he moved to Vancouver to work in local theatre. Murray appeared in several films and television series including the role of Joe Bourke in the 1969 Euro-western TV series “Adventures in Raibow Country. Murray died August 27, 2018.


  • RUSSELL, Barbara (Barbara E. Russell) - 6/16/1933, Black Lick, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. - 8/25/2018, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Pittsburgh actress/comedian Barbara Russell died Saturday August 25, 208. Russell was known to Pittsburghers as half of the popular comedy team of Brockett and Barbara, with the late Don Brockett, but children nationwide knew her from “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” including the first episode, when she appeared as the eccentric Mrs. Russellite, collector of lampshades. She appeared in later episodes as herself and the voice of Mrs. Hilda Dingleborder, among other characters, and for many years she performed programs for elementary school and pre-K Pittsburghers. Russell was born on June 16, 1933 in Black Lick, Pennsylvania and appeared in one episode of the Euro-western TV series ‘Bordertown’ in 1990 as Mrs. McPherson.


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