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

  • GIULIANI, Luigi - 7/18/1940, San Giuliano Terme, Tuscany, Italy - 12/21/2018, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Italian actor and model Lugi Giuliani died in Rome, Italy on December 21st. He was 78. Born on July 18, 1940 in San Giuliano Terme, Tuscany, Italy, he appeared in fourteen films from 1961 to 1966 sometimes under the aliases of Jim Reed and Louis McJulian. He’s bet remember for his appearance with Sophia Loren in “Boccaccio ‘70”, After his film career ended he was employed by Giorgio Armani as a model and spokesperson. He appeared in two Euro-westerns: “The Golden Sheriff” (1966) (Arizona Roy) using the alias Luis McJulian and “The Ruthless Colt of the Gringo” 1966 (Sol Lester) using the alias Jim Reed.


  • PALNER, Henning - 7/18/1932, Helsingør, Denmark - 12/20/2018, Mindebog, Denmark

Danish theater, film, radio, TV actor Henning Palner died in Mindebog on December 20, 2018. He was 86. Palner participated in film successes such as "Komtessen" in 1961, "Vil du se min smukke navle" in 1978 and "Solkongen" in 2005. Also the television series "Huset på Christianshavn", "Gøngehøvdingen" and "Bryggeren". Most of his acting career revolved around the theater which began in 1956 when he was admitted to Royal Danish Theater School. Palner's distinct deep voice was by many in audiobooks. Where he has spoken in over 200 titles, as well as having toured the country with talks about his life on the boards. Palner was at one time married to actresses Yvonne Ingdal and Beatrice Palner. He appeared as Oscar Wilde in the 1965 television western ‘Wilde west’.

  • CISNEROS, Max (Maximo Cisneros) - 6/8/1927, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A. - 8/28/2018, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.

Max Cisneros passed away surrounded by his loving family on Tuesday August 28, 2018. Born Maximo Cisneros on June 8, 1927 he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild of America (SAG), and had speaking parts in such movies, “Convoy” starring Kris Kristofferson and Ali McGraw, “Thomasina and Bushrod”, “Captain Vargas”, “The Take” and The Legend of the Lone Ranger”. He also worked as a location scout for the movies “My Name is Nobody”, David Bowie’s “The Man Who Fell to Earth” and Once Upon a Time in the West.


  • MASTERSON, Peter - 6/1/1934, Houston, Texas, U.S.A. - 12/18/2018, Kinderhook, New York, U.S.A.

American actor, director Peter Masterson died at his home in Kinderhook, N.Y., after a fall on December 18, 2018. The 84-year-old had been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 2004. Born in Houston, Texas on June 1, 1934, his acting credits included "That Championship Season," "The Poison Tree," "The Great White Hope," and "The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald" Broadway plays as well as a starring role as Walter Eberhart in "The Stepford Wives" and a supporting role in "The Exorcist" movies. He was best known for co-writing and co-directing "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" Broadway musical, for which he was nominated for two Tony Awards, and for directing "The Trip to Bountiful" film, adapted from his cousin Horton Foote's play. That movie earned actress Geraldine Page a Best Actress Academy Award. Masterson directed the 1989 Euro-western “Blood Red” starring Eric Roberts, Giancarlo Giannini, Dennis Hopper.


  • KOSTELKA, Lubomír - 3/31/1927, Přerov, Czechoslovakia - 11/28/2018, Prague, Czechoslovakia

Veteran Czech theater, film and TV actor Lubomír Kostelka died of a heart attack in a Prague hospital on November 28, 2018. He was 91. Kostelka was born in Přerov, Czechoslovakia on March 31, 1927, He was one of the most popular Czech actors of the 20th century, although he was seen mostly in minor and TV roles. Kostelka had only one major role, that one in Pavel Juráček's “Případ pro začínajícího kata” (1969) and he was very proud of it. For children, however, for many years he was mainly known as grandfather Lubin in ‘The Magic Kindergarten’, and his role in the TV series ‘Ranc U Zelené sedmy’ (1998-2005) was also significant. Kostelka appeared in two Euro-westerns: “Massacre at Marble City” (1964) as the bartender and “The Claim at Deaf Creek” (1972) as Bill Rogers).


  • BERTOLUCCI, Bernardo - 3/16/1941, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - 11/26/2018, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Bernardo Bertolucci, whose epic “The Last Emperor” won nine Oscars and who influenced generations of filmmakers with other groundbreaking works such as “The Conformist” and “Last Tango in Paris,” in which he explored politics and sexuality through personal storytelling and audacious camera work, has died. He was 77. Bertolucci died at his home in Rome at 7 a.m. November 26, 2018. He had been suffering from cancer. Born March 16, 1941, into a wealthy family in the northern Italian city of Parma, Bertolucci was a prodigious talent from a young age. The son of well-known poet and writer Attilio Bertolucci, he himself won an award for poetry at age 21, then decided to become a filmmaker. He was co-writer of the main story for “Once Upon a Time in the West” which celebrates its 50th Anniversary in December.


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