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Czech actor and filmmaker Juraj Herz died on April 8, at the age of 83. He became famous after making one of the most important Czechoslovak films, “The Cremator”, in 1968. Herz was born on September 4, 1934 in Kežmarok Czechoslovakia. He studied at a secondary school in Bratislava and at university in Prague, where he stayed and worked at the Semafor Theatre and at the film studios in Barrandov. In 1987 he emigrated to Germany. Herz has made several great films that have become cult movies, like Petrolejové lampy (Oil Lamps, 1971), The Cremator, Ferat Vampire (1981), and Sweet Amusements of Past Summer (1969). His last big movie was Habermann’s Mill (2010). Herz appeared as a poker player in the 1964 Czech western “Lemonade Joe.”  
Czech actor and filmmaker Juraj Herz died on April 8, at the age of 83. He became famous after making one of the most important Czechoslovak films, “The Cremator”, in 1968. Herz was born on September 4, 1934 in Kežmarok Czechoslovakia. He studied at a secondary school in Bratislava and at university in Prague, where he stayed and worked at the Semafor Theatre and at the film studios in Barrandov. In 1987 he emigrated to Germany. Herz has made several great films that have become cult movies, like Petrolejové lampy (Oil Lamps, 1971), The Cremator, Ferat Vampire (1981), and Sweet Amusements of Past Summer (1969). His last big movie was Habermann’s Mill (2010). Herz appeared as a poker player in the 1964 Czech western “Lemonade Joe.”  
*'''HIGELIN, Jacques''' - 10/18/1940, Brou-sur-Chantereine, Seine-et-Marne, France - 4/6/2018, Paris, Île-de-France, France
French author, composer, performer, actor, writer and poet Jacques Higelin died in Paris on April 6, 2018. He was 77. His long, almost endless concerts - sometimes more than seven hours at the Cirque d'hiver, in Paris! - were also his trademark. Higelin was born on October 18, 1940 in Brou-sur-Chantereine (Seine-et-Marne) into a modest family. His father was a railwayman. Little Jacques expressed very early the wish to become a singer. At the age of 14, he did not hesitate to present himself at an audition of the cabaret Les Trois Baudets . Then he did his military service in Algeria, then at war, during which he wrote the Letters of Love of a twenty-year-old soldier, published by Grasset in 1987. It was at the cinema that Jacques Higelin, a former student of the Simon course, began his career in 1959. He played in Henri Fabiani's Le bonheur est pour demain . In the early 1960s, he toured with directors Yves Robert ( Bébert and l'Omnibus ) and Roger Leenhardt (A girl in the mountains). But it is music that paces the life of the young actor. "I heard my grandmother sing in the garden. She had a delicious voice. After work, my father went to the piano and accompanied us. [...] I fell asleep to the sound of my dad's harmonica", he says in I do not live my life, I dream (Fayard). A father to whom he dedicates "Parc Montsouris", a superb piano refrain. Jacques appeared as a street singer in 1977’s “Another Man, Another Chance”.





Revision as of 13:35, 6 May 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...

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FRESH GRAVES

  • VERZIERA, Marcello - 1/22/1935, Rome, Lazio, Italy - 5/3/2018, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Word from the Carlo Pedersoli family, that on May 3, 2018 boxer, stuntman and actor Marcello Verziera had died in Rome. He was 83. Verziera was a middleweight boxer before starting his career in films. His first film was in 1968’s “If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death” as a Tampico henchman. His first appearance in the Spencer / Hill universe came in 1970 “They Call Me Trinity”, where he played one of the three bandits Bud shoots during his first appearance in the film. Verziera's roles with Bud and Terence were always rather small, but very numerous. A total of 20 times he appeared Bud and Terence, the last time in 1988 in the series “Big Man”. Other westerns include: “Trinity is STILL My Name” (1971), “It Can be Done Amigo” (1972), “Life Is Tough, Eh Providence?” (1972), “Man of the East” (1972), “The Crazy Adventures of Len and Coby” (1974), “Macho Killers” (1977), “Buddy Goes West” (1981), “Arizona Road” (1990).


  • VÖLZ, Wolfgang (Wolfgang Otto Isaak Treppengeländer) - 8/16/1930, Free City of Danzig - 5/2/2018, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

German actor and voice dubber Wolfgang Völz died in Berlin, Germany on May 2, 2018. The voice of "Käpt'n Blaubär" was 87 years old. Völz was born August 16, 1930 in Gdansk. In the 1950s, he starred opposite stars such as Hans Albers and Gert Fröbe in several movies. He also celebrated great successes in the TV series " Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre." There he was seen in 78 episodes as the chauffeur Johann, who together with his boss, a noble crime novelist and hobby detective, solved all sorts of criminal cases in the “better society”. Völz appeared as Randolfo Fierro in the 1966 German Mexican Revolutionary TV film “Mexikanische Revolution” and was the voice of Joe Dalton in “Lucky Luke – Ballad of the Dalton” (1971), and “Lucky Luke’s Great Adventure” 1983”, while voicing the Mayor in “Lucky Luke – Daisy Town” (1971) and Jolly Jumper in the Terence Hill “Lucky Luke” 1990 TV series. Wolfgang was the German film voice of Luigi Pistilli in 1965’s “For a Few Dollars More”, Piero Lulli in 1967’s “The Fury of Johnny Kid”, Dino Strano in 1967’ “The Dirty Outlaws”, Enzo Fiermonte in 1969’s “Boot Hill”, Salvatore Billi in 1971’s “Vengeance Trail”, Richard Bsehart in “1972’s “Chato’s Land”, Fernando Sancho in 1973’s “Son of Zoro” Ernest Borgnine in “Renegade” (2004).


  • CUCCHIARA, Tony (Salvatore Cucchiara) - 10/30/1977, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy - 5/3/2018, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Italian entertainer, singer, playwright, actor Tony Cucchiara died in Rome, Italy on May 3, 2018. He was 80. Cucchiara was married to singer Nelly Fioramonti (Maria Grazia Fioramonti) [1939-1973] and together they formed a folk duo in the 1960s. She died in 1973 during childbirth of their second child. Tony was a writer for several RAI TV shows and also a playwright. His daughter is singer, actress Annalisa Cucchiara. Tony was a performer in the 1966 Euro-western musical “A Fistful of Songs”.


  • KRAMER, Frank (Gianfranco Parolini) - 3/20/1925, Rome, Lazio, Italy - 4/26/2018, Rome, Lazio, Italy]

Enzo G. Castellari posted on Facebook this evening that Gianfranco Parolini better known to us film fans as Frank Kramer died today. Born in Rome, Italy on March 20, 1925, the Italian producer, film director, writer and overall film maker was, much like Enzo Castellari, a man of action. He was probably best known for his “Sabata” trilogy (1969-1971) and “If You Meet Sartana... Pray for Your Death” (1968). One of the last of the great Italian western and action directors is gone.


  • NEVILLE, Charles - 12/28/1938, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A - 4/26/2018, Huntington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Neville Brothers saxophonist Charles Neville died Thursday April 26, 2018 of pancreatic cancer in Huntington, Massachusetts, where he had lived for many years. He was 79. Charles Neville was the second oldest of the four brothers who, for three decades, formed the core of the Neville Brothers, one of the most important and influential bands to emerge from New Orleans. For many years, the Neville Brothers were the closing act on the final Sunday of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Born on December 28, 1938 in New Orleans, Charles grew up on Valence Street and in the Calliope housing development. In the 1950s, he toured with bands that backed such rhythm & blues stars as Johnny Ace, Jimmy Reed and B.B. King. He enlisted in the Navy in 1956 and was stationed in Memphis. He also led his own jazz combos, which performed at Snug Harbor whenever he was in town. After the Neville Brothers called it quits in 2012, he continued to tour as a member of Aaron Neville’s solo band. He was onstage when Aaron made his French Quarter Festival debut in 2017. Charles performed with Dr. John's band during last year's Jazz Fest. Charles as part of the Neville Brothers wrote and performed the song “Let That Hammer Fall” in 1993’s Euro-western “Posse” starring Mario Van Peebles.


  • BITENC, Demeter - 7/21/1922, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes - 4/22/2018, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Demeter Bitenc, one of the best known Slovenian film actors, has died aged 95. His first film was the first Slovenian feature film “Na svoji zemlji” (On Our Own Land). He appeared in more than 230 theatre and film roles in his seventy-year career, web portal RTV Slovenija reported. Born on July 21, 1922 in Ljubljana, he spent his childhood and youth in Gorenjska. He graduated from the Trade Academy in Ljubljana, but already during his studies he was impressed by theater, film and acting. During the war, he attended private lessons with the theater actor and director Slavko Jan, and in 1943 he made an audition for admission to the ensemble of the Ljubljana. He first received a short film experience in his first feature film by France Stiglitz. “On His Land” in 1948, he made his first real film debut in 1959 with a role of a German officer in the film “Good Old Piano”. In the next decade, he recorded nearly 40 co-production films shot by foreign producers in the then Yugoslavia. He often appeared in the uniforms of German soldiers. Bitenc appeared in six Euro-westerns: Apache Gold (1963) as Dick Stone, “Legend of a Gunfighter” (1964), “Bandits of the Rio Grande” (1965) as Elgaut, “Duel at Sundown” (1965) as Mack, “Starblack” (1966) as Burt and “Ballad of a Gunman” (1967) as Bradley.


  • MEDIAVILLA, Pepe (José Fernández Mediavilla) - 5/1/1940, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - 4/19/2018, Spain

The Spanish dubbing actor Pepe Mediavilla has died at 77 years of age. Mediavilla was the Spanish voice of Morgan Freeman, the magician Gandalf (played by Ian McKellen), Dr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), among others. Born in Barcelona on May 1, 1940, he was considered one of the great voice actors and began his career in 1964 after his studies in La Voz de España and in 1967 he voiced Jim Brown in Twelve of the Gibbet. A career that he completed over more than fifty years as a doubler in more than 2,800 films. Pepe was the Spanish voice of several different actors in over 20 Euro-westerns. He’s probably best remembered as the Spanish voice of Bud Spencer in “Boot Hill”, “Ace High” and “The 5-Man Army”. He was also the voice of James Whitmore in “Chato’s Land”, Eduardo Fajardo in “Companeros” and Claude Akins in “A Man Called Sledge”.


  • HERZ, Juraj - 9/4/1934, Kežmarok, Czechoslovakia - 4/8/2018, Prague, Czech Republic

Czech actor and filmmaker Juraj Herz died on April 8, at the age of 83. He became famous after making one of the most important Czechoslovak films, “The Cremator”, in 1968. Herz was born on September 4, 1934 in Kežmarok Czechoslovakia. He studied at a secondary school in Bratislava and at university in Prague, where he stayed and worked at the Semafor Theatre and at the film studios in Barrandov. In 1987 he emigrated to Germany. Herz has made several great films that have become cult movies, like Petrolejové lampy (Oil Lamps, 1971), The Cremator, Ferat Vampire (1981), and Sweet Amusements of Past Summer (1969). His last big movie was Habermann’s Mill (2010). Herz appeared as a poker player in the 1964 Czech western “Lemonade Joe.”


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