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=== FRESH GRAVES ===
=== FRESH GRAVES ===


*'''MARSH, Terence''' - 11/4/1931, London, England, U.K. - 1/9/2018, Pacific Palisades, California, U.S.A.
*'''BLUNDEN, Bill (Thomas William Blunden)''' 1935, Pancas, London, England, U.K. - 1/13/2018, Malmesbury, Wilshire, England, U.K.
 
Across a more than 50-year career, the UK-born Terence Marsh worked on a host of award-winning films with directors including David Lean, Sydney Pollack, John Huston, Carol Reed, Fred Zinnemann and Frank Darabont. He won two Oscars for his work as an art director on David Lean’s romantic epic Doctor Zhivago and Carol Reed’s 1968 musical Oliver!, and was nominated for three Baftas. Marsh was born in London, England on November 4, 1931 and died in Pacific Palisades, California on January 9, 2018. He was a draughtsman on 1961’s Euro-western: “The Singer Not the Song”.
 
 
*'''RHODES, Dynnelly''' - 12/4/1937, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - 1/8/2018, Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
 
Canadian actor Donnelly Rhodes died January 8, 2018 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. He was 80. He was best remembered for his roles in “Sidestreet” and “Da Vinci’s Inquest,” but western fans will remember him as Joe Slade in 1966’s “Gunfight at Abilene” starring Bobby Darin and Leslie Nielsen. Rhodes appeared in one episode of the the 1989 Euro-western TV series ‘Bordertown’ as John Quincy McGraw.
 
 
*'''SENECIC, Zeljko''' - 1/18/1933, Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia - 1/2/2018, Zagreb, Croatia
 
Zeljko Senečić a prominent Croatian film and theater director, stage designer, painter, interior designer and screenwriter died in Zagreb, Croatia on January 2, 2018. He was born in Zagreb on January 18, 1933 and studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. He graduated in the class of Professor Marijana Detoni in 1956, and by 1960 he was an associate of the master workshop Krste Hegedušić. The stage design at the Academy of Fine Arts ended in 1960. Zeljko was art director on 1973’s “The Hellhounds of Alaska”.


Award winning British film editor Bill Blunden died on January 3, 2018 in Malmesbury, Wilshire, England. He was 83. Bill was born Thomas William Blunden in Pancas, London, England in 1935. He is the father of film editor Chris Blunden and grandfather of film editor William Blunden. Blunden won an Emmy Award for his work on ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ (1979). He was also nominated for an Emmy in 1993 for ‘To Dance with the White Dog’.
Blunden was the film editor of 1968’s “Shalako” starring Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot.
   
   
*'''Di CLEMENTE, Giovanni (Antonio Di Clemente)''' - 1948, Rome, Lazio, Italy - 1/2/2018, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Italian producer Giovanni Di Clemente died in a Rome hospital on January 2, 2018. The winner of the David di Donatello for "We hope it's a girl".  Among his most famous films "I picari", "Parenti serpenti" and "Pacco doppio pacco e contropaccotto".
Born Antonio Di Clemente in Rome in 1948 he received a special David di Donatello award for all of his productions in 1996. Di Clemente was a production secretary on the 1972 Euro-western: “Beyond the Frontiers of Hate” starring Jeff Cameron.


*'''CAPPONI, Pier Paolo (aka Norman Clark)''' - 6/9/1938, Subiaco, Rome, Lazio, Italy - 2/15/2018, Torri in Sabina, Rieti, Latium, Italy


*'''HEATON, Tom (Thomas Heaton)''' - 1940, Bronx, New York, U.S.A. - 12/?/2017 Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada
Italian actor, screenwriter Pier Paolo Capponi died February 15, 2018 in Torri in Sabina, Rieti, Latium, Italy. He was 79. Born in Subiaco, Rome, Lazio, Italy on June 9, 1938 he attended a theater school after his studies and later was chosen by director Vittorio De Seta for an important role in “Un uomo a metà”. His film career was divided equally between auteur films and genre films, in which he was sometimes credited as Norman Clark. He was seen regularly on the big screen in the 1960s and 1970s. After 1977 Capponi centered his appearances on TV-series and on stage. He appeared in one Euro-western as Joe Kline in 1968’s “My Name is Pecos” starring Robert Woods.


American Actor Tom Heaton has died in Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada. He was 77. An actor, singer/songwriter and artist, Tom was born in 1940 and raised in the Bronx, NY when it was still a rural community. He appeared in 155 films and TV appearances from 1967 to 2009. Tom appeared in two Euro-westerns the TV series “Bordertown” (1989, 1990) and “Johnson County War” (2002).


*'''SENCHINA, Ludmila (Lyudmila Petrovna Senchina)''' - 12/13/1950, Kudryavtsy, Nikolaevskaya oblast, Ukrainskaya U.S.S.R. - 1/25/2018, Saint Petersburg, Russia


*'''HARTWIG. Wolf C.''' - 9/8/1921, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - 12/18/2017, Paris, Île-de-France, France
Russian singer, actress Ludmila Senchina died in St. Petersburg, Russia on January 25, 2018. She was considered one of the most striking and distinctive singers on the Soviet and Russian stage. She appeared in one Euro-western as Julie Prudomme in 1977’s “Armed and Very Dangerous”.


German producer Wolf C. Hartwig, best known for Sam Peckinpah’s 1977 blockbuster “Cross of Iron,” died in Paris on December 18, 2017 at the age of 98. Born on September 8, 1921 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Hartwig was a controversial figure within the Teutonic film biz given his role as the mogul behind a series of sexploitation movies. Hartwig’s career as a producer began in 1953 with a controversial WWII documentary and, while the style and subject-matter of his projects would change markedly over the next three decades, controversy remained at the core of most of his work. He truly believed there was no such thing as bad publicity. In the early ’60s Hartwig saw profit in the Near and Far East, where he would use European funding to bankroll international co-productions with projects shot in Asian countries. These films where often Westerns or based on popular pre-war pulp-fiction characters. In 1977 Hartwig produced his first big-budget blockbuster, Sam Peckinpah’s only war film, “Cross of Iron,” starring James Coburn, Maximilian Schell and James Mason. The picture was the most expensive German post-war film up to that point. And, although U.S. admissions were hampered by the concurrent release of “Star Wars,” the film took in Germany’s largest box-office returns since 1965’s “The Sound of Music.” Hartwig’s produced three Euro-westerns: “Black Eagle of Santa Fe” (1963), “Massacre at Marble City” (1964) and “Black Eagle of Santa Fe” (1965).


*'''THESTRUP, Ole (Ole Svane Thestrup)''' - 3/12/1948, Nibe, Denmark - 2/2/2018, Tuse Næs, Denmark


*'''OSINAGA, Pedro (Pedrito Osinaga)''' - 12/15/1936, Pamplona, Navarre, Spain - 12/29/2017, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Danish actor Ole Thestrup, who lived on the peninsula Tuse Næs in the Isefjord north of Holbæk, died on February 2, 2018 in Tuse Naes Denmark. Born in Nibe, Denmark on March 2, 1948 he is especially known for his roles in the children's and youth films Rubber Tarzan and Busters World.  Later he took on the roles in the movies Flashing Lights and the Green Butchers as well as the TV series Borgen. His lone Euro-western appearance was in the 2005 TV series Det Vildeste Westen as a lasso instructor.


Theater and film actor Pedro Osinaga died in Madrid, Spain on December 29th. He was 81. Osinaga was born Pedrito Osinaga in Pamplon, Navarre, Spain on December 15, 1936. He was one of Spain’s most popular stage actors, as proven by the jury of the XV Pepe Isbert Theater Award that was granted to him in June 2011. The actor confessed in 1988 that his professional career was possible only because he left his position with the regional soccer team of Pamplona where he played to go to Madrid to make a career as an interpreter. Osinaga appeared in only one Euro-western: “Murieta” (1965) as Claudio ‘Cucaracha’.


*'''ABADES, Reyes (Reyes Abades Tejedor)''' - 7/25/1949, Castilblanco, Badajoz Extremadura, Spain - 2/1/2018, Madrid, Madrid, Spain


*'''HUNTER, Thomas (Thomas O’Driscoll Hunter)''' - 12/19/1932, Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A. - 12/27/2017, Rowayton, Connecticut, U.S.A.
In Spain, special effects in the movies were made by Reyes Abades.  Yes, there have been other specialists in this special field, and now there are new generations who know how to work with new materials. But for decades, the Extremadura Reyes Abades, who has died today February 1, 2018 in Madrid, Spain at the age of 68, led his field. Born Reyes Abades Tejedor in Castilblanco, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain on July 25, 1949,  he won 9 Goya’s and has been nominated for 2more  this year. In addition to his work in the Spanish cinema, he was also the most requested when a film crew arrived in Spain. Abades worked on four Euro-westerns: ‘The New Zorro’ TV series 1990-1993, “The Return of El Coyote” (1998), “Lucky Luke and the Daltons” and “Renegade” both 2004 


Thomas O’Driscoll Hunter died peacefully in his home in Rowayton, Connecticut, on Dec. 27, 2017. He was 85. Born in Savannah, Georgia, on December 19, 1932, he led a creative and adventurous life. He graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in art and proudly served as a captain in the United States Marine Corps. In the late ’50s, he embarked on an exciting career as an actor, which led to a 10-year residence in Italy and a number of starring roles in “Spaghetti westerns” and other movies shot around the world. In Rome, he formed his own theater company and co-wrote the screenplays for the films “The Human Factor” and “The Final Countdown.” Upon returning to the United States, he wrote and directed plays, ran theater workshops and published a novel, “Softly Walks the Beast,” and an autobiography, “Memoirs of a Spaghetti Cowboy: Oddball Tales of Luck and Derring-Do.” Hunter appeared in three Euro-westerns: “The Hills Run Red” (1966), “Death Walks in Laredo” (1967) and the TV film “Carlos” (197).




*'''BOLOGNINI, Manolo''' - 10/26/1925, Pistoia, Tuscany Italy - 12/23/2017, Rome, Lazio, Italy
*'''LEWIS, Howard Lew''' - 8/21/1941, London, England, U.K. - 1/20/2018, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.


Italian producer Manolo Bolgnini died of an apparent heart attack at his home Via Cassia in Rome, Italy today December 23rd. He was 92. Born in Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy on October 26, 1925, he was the brother of director Mauro Bolognini and the the producer of such films as “The Gospel According to Matthew”, “Django”, “Viva, Django”, “Texas, Adios”, “Boot Hill”, “The Forgotten Pistolero”, “Little Rita in the West”, “Keoma” and “California”.  
The actor Howard Lew Lewis, best known for his roles in Maid Marian and her Merry Men and Brush Strokes, has died in Edinburgh, Scotland on January 20, 2018. at the age of 76. Born in London on August 21, 1941, he played Rabies in all four series of children's comedy Maid Marian and her Merry Men, written by Tony Robinson beginning in 1989. Lewis was the voice of Obelix in the 1994 animated Euro-western “Asterix in America”.





Revision as of 13:53, 20 February 2018

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

  • BLUNDEN, Bill (Thomas William Blunden) 1935, Pancas, London, England, U.K. - 1/13/2018, Malmesbury, Wilshire, England, U.K.

Award winning British film editor Bill Blunden died on January 3, 2018 in Malmesbury, Wilshire, England. He was 83. Bill was born Thomas William Blunden in Pancas, London, England in 1935. He is the father of film editor Chris Blunden and grandfather of film editor William Blunden. Blunden won an Emmy Award for his work on ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ (1979). He was also nominated for an Emmy in 1993 for ‘To Dance with the White Dog’. Blunden was the film editor of 1968’s “Shalako” starring Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot.


  • CAPPONI, Pier Paolo (aka Norman Clark) - 6/9/1938, Subiaco, Rome, Lazio, Italy - 2/15/2018, Torri in Sabina, Rieti, Latium, Italy

Italian actor, screenwriter Pier Paolo Capponi died February 15, 2018 in Torri in Sabina, Rieti, Latium, Italy. He was 79. Born in Subiaco, Rome, Lazio, Italy on June 9, 1938 he attended a theater school after his studies and later was chosen by director Vittorio De Seta for an important role in “Un uomo a metà”. His film career was divided equally between auteur films and genre films, in which he was sometimes credited as Norman Clark. He was seen regularly on the big screen in the 1960s and 1970s. After 1977 Capponi centered his appearances on TV-series and on stage. He appeared in one Euro-western as Joe Kline in 1968’s “My Name is Pecos” starring Robert Woods.


  • SENCHINA, Ludmila (Lyudmila Petrovna Senchina) - 12/13/1950, Kudryavtsy, Nikolaevskaya oblast, Ukrainskaya U.S.S.R. - 1/25/2018, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Russian singer, actress Ludmila Senchina died in St. Petersburg, Russia on January 25, 2018. She was considered one of the most striking and distinctive singers on the Soviet and Russian stage. She appeared in one Euro-western as Julie Prudomme in 1977’s “Armed and Very Dangerous”.


  • THESTRUP, Ole (Ole Svane Thestrup) - 3/12/1948, Nibe, Denmark - 2/2/2018, Tuse Næs, Denmark

Danish actor Ole Thestrup, who lived on the peninsula Tuse Næs in the Isefjord north of Holbæk, died on February 2, 2018 in Tuse Naes Denmark. Born in Nibe, Denmark on March 2, 1948 he is especially known for his roles in the children's and youth films Rubber Tarzan and Busters World. Later he took on the roles in the movies Flashing Lights and the Green Butchers as well as the TV series Borgen. His lone Euro-western appearance was in the 2005 TV series Det Vildeste Westen as a lasso instructor.


  • ABADES, Reyes (Reyes Abades Tejedor) - 7/25/1949, Castilblanco, Badajoz Extremadura, Spain - 2/1/2018, Madrid, Madrid, Spain

In Spain, special effects in the movies were made by Reyes Abades. Yes, there have been other specialists in this special field, and now there are new generations who know how to work with new materials. But for decades, the Extremadura Reyes Abades, who has died today February 1, 2018 in Madrid, Spain at the age of 68, led his field. Born Reyes Abades Tejedor in Castilblanco, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain on July 25, 1949, he won 9 Goya’s and has been nominated for 2more this year. In addition to his work in the Spanish cinema, he was also the most requested when a film crew arrived in Spain. Abades worked on four Euro-westerns: ‘The New Zorro’ TV series 1990-1993, “The Return of El Coyote” (1998), “Lucky Luke and the Daltons” and “Renegade” both 2004


  • LEWIS, Howard Lew - 8/21/1941, London, England, U.K. - 1/20/2018, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.

The actor Howard Lew Lewis, best known for his roles in Maid Marian and her Merry Men and Brush Strokes, has died in Edinburgh, Scotland on January 20, 2018. at the age of 76. Born in London on August 21, 1941, he played Rabies in all four series of children's comedy Maid Marian and her Merry Men, written by Tony Robinson beginning in 1989. Lewis was the voice of Obelix in the 1994 animated Euro-western “Asterix in America”.


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