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

  • 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


  • REZNIKOV, Anatoliy (Leopold Anatoliy Reznikov) - 12/20/1940, Bialystok, Podlaskie, Poland - 1/31/2018, Germany

Polish director and animator Anatoly Reznikov died in Germany on January 31, 2018. He was 78. Leopold Anatoly Reznikov was born on December 20, 1940 in Bialystok, Poland. The future director spent his childhood and youth in Tbilisi. In 1961 he began work at the Central Documentary Film Studio in Moscow, where he was fascinated by animation. After Reznikov passed special courses, he began to take the first steps in making animated cartoons. He directed the 1981 Russian animated western film short “Raz kovboy, dva kovboy”.


  • 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”.


  • CAMPORI, Anna - 9/22/1917, Trastevere, Rome, Lazio, Italy - 1/19/2018, Trastevere, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Italian stage, film and TV actress Anna Campori died at her home in Trastevere, Rome, Lazio, Italy. She was 100 years old. Married to actor Pietro De Vico Pietro De Vico [1911-1999] since 1937, she joined his theatrical group and became the lead actress. After her time in the theater she appeared in over 70 films and television series gaining celebrity status as the grandmother Giovanna, la nonna del Corsaro Nero in the 1960s. Anna appeared in only one Euro-western as Irene Jefferson in the 1967 film “Rick and John, Conquerors of the West”.


  • LOWELL, Jan (Jane K. Englund) - 8/23/1926, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. – 1/16/2018, Boynton Beach, Florida, U.S.A.

American actress, screenwriter Jan Lowell died in Boynton Beach, Florida on January 16, 2018. She was 92. Jan was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 23, 1926, she became an actress and married and actor, writer Robert Lowell. Now husband and wife they formed the writing team J.R. Lowell and they were responsible for writing the English language version of the script for “A Fistful of Dollars.”


  • WILSON, Hugh (Hugh Hamilton Wilson Jr.) - 8/21/1943, Miami, Florida, U.S.A. - 1/14/2018, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.

Hugh Wilson, Emmy-winning writer-producer and ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ TV series creator who also directed several features including The First Wives Club and the original Police Academy died January 14 in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was 74. Born in Miami, Florida on August 21, 1943 Wilson also directed, wrote the screenplay and acted in the U.S.A./Spanish Euro-western comedy “Rustlers’ Rhapsody’ (1985).


  • MARSH, Terence - 11/4/1931, London, England, U.K. - 1/9/2018, Pacific Palisades, California, U.S.A.

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.


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