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*'''SONNESCHEIN, Klaus''' - 6/13/1935, Berlin, Berlin, Germany - 4/19/2019, Berlin, Berlin, Germany | |||
German film, theater and voice actor Klaus Sonnenschein died April 19, 2019 in Berlin, Germany, he was 83. Born in Berlin on June 13, 1935, Klaus was the German voice of Hollywood stars like Morgan Freeman, John Goodman, Captain Kirk - William Shatner, Bob Hoskins, Gene Hackman, Danny Glover and Denny DeVito . In his long career as a voice actor, he came up with over 1,294 speaking roles. The Harry Potter fans also know his voice as the voice of Ciarán Hinds playing the role of Aberforth Dumbledore in the movie Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (movie 2).Of course, Klaus Sonnenschein was also a welcome actor in front of the camera. For example, he starred in films and TV series such as Tatort, Ich heirate eine Familie, Hotel Paradies, Direktion City oder Der Trotzkopf mit. From 1972 to 1997 he appeared on stage at the Theater Berliner Tribune. He was happily married to actress Edith Hancke for over 40 years until her death in 2015. Sonnenschein was the German voice of Victor Bayo in 1965’s “Return of Ringo”; Claudio Ruffini in 1966’s “Thompson 1880”; the barkeeper in “Gentleman Killer and Aldo Cecconi in “$10,000 for a Massacre” both 1967; Federico Chentren’s in “Black Jack”; Voyo Goric in “The Man With the Long Gun”; Benito Stefanelli in “Once Upon a Time in the West” and Aldo Sambrell in “Réquiem for a Gringo” all 1968; John Scanlon in “Doc”, Bruno Corazzari in “Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming”; Gilberto Galimberti in “A Man Called Apocalypse Joe”; Marco Zuanelli in “Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin” all 1970; John Alderson in “The Deserter”; Cris Huerta in “His Name was Holy Ghost”; William Watson in “The Hunting Party”; John Frederick in “Yankee” all 1971; Osiride Pevarello in “Jesse and Lester, Two Brothers in a Place Called Trinity” 1972; Nicolae Iordache in the TV film “Lockruf des Goldes” 1975; Dave Thomas in 1990’s “Lucky Luke”; Richard Jordan in 1993’s “Posse”; Paul Sorvino in 2008’ “Doc West” and “Trigger Fast”. | |||
*'''BACS, Ferenc''' - 6/19/1936, Sibic.Nagyszeben, Romania - 4/16/2019, Budapest, Hungary | *'''BACS, Ferenc''' - 6/19/1936, Sibic.Nagyszeben, Romania - 4/16/2019, Budapest, Hungary | ||
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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...
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German film, theater and voice actor Klaus Sonnenschein died April 19, 2019 in Berlin, Germany, he was 83. Born in Berlin on June 13, 1935, Klaus was the German voice of Hollywood stars like Morgan Freeman, John Goodman, Captain Kirk - William Shatner, Bob Hoskins, Gene Hackman, Danny Glover and Denny DeVito . In his long career as a voice actor, he came up with over 1,294 speaking roles. The Harry Potter fans also know his voice as the voice of Ciarán Hinds playing the role of Aberforth Dumbledore in the movie Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (movie 2).Of course, Klaus Sonnenschein was also a welcome actor in front of the camera. For example, he starred in films and TV series such as Tatort, Ich heirate eine Familie, Hotel Paradies, Direktion City oder Der Trotzkopf mit. From 1972 to 1997 he appeared on stage at the Theater Berliner Tribune. He was happily married to actress Edith Hancke for over 40 years until her death in 2015. Sonnenschein was the German voice of Victor Bayo in 1965’s “Return of Ringo”; Claudio Ruffini in 1966’s “Thompson 1880”; the barkeeper in “Gentleman Killer and Aldo Cecconi in “$10,000 for a Massacre” both 1967; Federico Chentren’s in “Black Jack”; Voyo Goric in “The Man With the Long Gun”; Benito Stefanelli in “Once Upon a Time in the West” and Aldo Sambrell in “Réquiem for a Gringo” all 1968; John Scanlon in “Doc”, Bruno Corazzari in “Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming”; Gilberto Galimberti in “A Man Called Apocalypse Joe”; Marco Zuanelli in “Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin” all 1970; John Alderson in “The Deserter”; Cris Huerta in “His Name was Holy Ghost”; William Watson in “The Hunting Party”; John Frederick in “Yankee” all 1971; Osiride Pevarello in “Jesse and Lester, Two Brothers in a Place Called Trinity” 1972; Nicolae Iordache in the TV film “Lockruf des Goldes” 1975; Dave Thomas in 1990’s “Lucky Luke”; Richard Jordan in 1993’s “Posse”; Paul Sorvino in 2008’ “Doc West” and “Trigger Fast”.
Ferenc Bács, aka Francisco Bács was born on June 19, 1936, in Sibiu, Romania, and died on April 16, 2019, he was a Hungarian actor, winner of the Jaszai Grand Prize. Ferenc graduated in 1960 from the Hungarian-language courses of the “Szentgyorgyi István” Theater Institute in Targu Mures and was, then employed an actor at the National Theater in Târgu Mures. He went to Hungary in 1977, where he played one season on stage theatres in Miskolc and Győr respectively, then at the Budapest Comedy Theater from 1979 to 1987. Ferenc taught at the Academy of Dramatic Art and Film in Budapest. He has worked as a theatre actor and has performed many roles in cinema and television. Bács appeared in one Euro-western: “The Prophet, the Gold and the Transylvanians” (1978).
Roberta Haynes, who starred opposite Gary Cooper in the South Pacific-set 1953 movie Return to Paradise, has died. She was 91. Haynes died in Delray Beach, Florida on April 4, 2019. Born Roberta Schack on August 19, 1927, in Wichita Falls, Texas, she and her family moved to Los Angeles when she was a child. She appeared on Broadway in 1950 in The Madwoman of Chaillot with John Carradine and then with Lee J. Cobb in The Fighter (1952), which took place in Mexico. In 1957, she starred on live television with Roger Moore in a Matinee Theatre adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest and played a South Seas princess in the movie adventure Hell Ship Mutiny. Haynes guest-starred on TV shows including Climax!, Lawman, Johnny Staccato, The F.B.I. and Falcon Crest and appeared in such other films as Point Blank (1967), The Adventurers (1970), Pete 'n' Tillie (1972) and Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989). She worked at the Cinecitta film studio in Rome in the mid-1960s and as a vice president for television at 20th Century Fox in the '70s, and she went on to produce several telefilms. Haynes also was writing screenplays and pitching projects up until her death, Roberta played Polly in 1970’s “Valdez is Coming”.
Veteran Spanish theater, film and television actress Paloma Cela died in La Paz Hospital in Madrid, Spain on Saturday March 30, 2019, She turned 76 on March 4th of this year. Born María Luisa Cela Molinero, she began her career as a model of leading figures such as Balenciaga or Asunción Bastida, before making the leap to film with Ozores in films such as “Operación Secretaria” (1966) and “Operación cabaretera” (1967) ), both with José Luis López Vázquez and Gracita Morales. Her relationship with the Madrid director would be extensive and would lead her to participate in other titles such as “Operation Mata Hari” (1968) or “Objective: bi-ki-ni” (1969). Cela also acted along with other directors like Giulio Petroni “Terepa ... Viva la revolución”, (1969), Basilio Martín Patino “Del amor y otros soledades”, (1969), Robert Parrish “A Town Called Hell, (1971) and more recently, Santiago Segura “Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella”, (2001).
Shane Rimmer the voice of Thunderbirds’ Scott Tracy died at his home in England on March 29, 2019. He was 89. The Canadian-born actor emigrated to the UK in the late 1950s and performed as a cabaret singer before landing his role in Thunderbirds. Rimmer appeared in over 100 films including the hits Dr Strangelove, The Spy Who Loved Me, Star Wars, Gandhi, Out of Africa and Batman Begins. He is probably best known for playing Scott Tracy, the daring and suave pilot of Thunderbird 1, from 1964-66. Rimmer appeared as Seth Harper in the 1966 Euro-western TV series ‘Dr. Who: The Gunfighters’ episode.
German voice actor Michael Brennicke died in Munich, Bavaria, Germany on March 25, 2019. He was 68. The son of actor and director Helmut Brennicke and the actress Rosemarie Lang and brother of the radio presenter Thomas Brennicke Brennicke was born in Munich on October 5, 1949.. He was the German dubbing voice of such actors as Chevy Chase, Dustin Hoffman and Adriano Celentano. German film and TV audiences were familiar with his bass voice on ZDF broadcasts. He was also the voice of Kabel 1. Brennicke was the advertising voice for Jack Daniels whiskey. In 2009, Michael received the synchronous listener award The Silhouette in the Best Dialogue Book category for a series alongside Carina Krause for Battlestar Galactica. He is the father of an adopted daughter, actress Nadeshda (born in 1973). Michael was the German voice of actor Antonio Cantafora in 1971’s “Black Killer”.
RIP Scott Walker. Songwriter and producer Scott Walker, the powerful pop singer turned avant-garde adventurist who influenced singers like David Bowie and Thom Yorke, has died at age 76. Walker died Friday March 22, 2019 in London, England. Born Noel Scott Engel in Hamilton, Ohio on January 9, 1943, rose to fame in the Walker Brothers with John Maus and Gary Leeds. The group, whose acclaim rivaled the Beatles in Britain, released several hits, including “Make It Easy On Yourself” and “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore.” Walker continued his career as a solo artist with the release of four albums, Scott, Scott 2, Scott 3 and Scott 4, before the Walker Brothers reformed for one final release. The musician has released numerous works in recent years, including the solo album Bish Bosch in 2012, Soused, a collaboration with sunn o))) in 2014, and the score for last year’s Natalie Portman-starrer Vox Lux. Walker will remember best by Euro-western fans for singing “A Rope and a Colt” the title song for Robert Hossein’s 1969 “Cemetery Without Crosses”, one of the best songs of the genre.
Larry Cohen, the avant-garde writer and director who made his mark in the horror and blaxploitation genres with such innovative cult classics as “It's Alive”, “God Told Me To”, “Black Caesar and Hell Up in Harlem”, died at his Beverly Hills home on March 23, 2019. He was 77. Lawrence G. Cohen was born on July 15, 1941, in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. The family moved to the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, and he would hustle movie ticket money by offering to carry groceries for tips. Cohen graduated from City College of New York in 1963 with a degree in film studies. After landing a job at NBC as a page, he gave himself a crash course in the art of producing teleplays, and by his early 20s, he was writing television scripts. Cohen broke into TV in 1958 with an adaptation of Ed McBain's crime novel The Eighty Seventh Precinct for Kraft Television Theatre. Over the next decade, he would pen episodes for ‘Zane Grey Theatre’, ‘Surfside 6’, ‘Checkmate’, ‘The Fugitive’ and ‘The Defenders’. He created ‘Branded’, which ran for two seasons (1965-66) and starred the 6-foot-6 Connors as a disgraced officer unjustly drummed out of the cavalry for cowardice. "My intellectual concept of the show is that it's like a Shakespearean tragedy," Cohen said in a 1965 interview for TV Guide. "You must have a great man to experience true tragedy. That's why I like Chuck Connors so much in this part. He's so big — he's the tallest underdog in the west." He followed that with ‘The Invaders’, though is only lasted two seasons (1967-68), ‘The Invaders’ gained cult status and paved the way for shows such as ‘The X-Files’. Cohen's first feature screenplay was for the sequel “Return of the Magnificent Seven” (1966), and that was followed by scripts for “Daddy's Gone A-Hunting” (1969), “Scream Baby Scream” (1969) and “El Condor” (1970).
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