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The actor Craig Hill was born as Craig Hill Fowler on March 5 or 6, 1921. He began his acting career in 1950 with small roles in Hollywood movies such as Joseph L. Manckiewizc All about Eve. In 1952 he was a supporting actor in the John Ford war movie What Price Glory alongside James Cagney and Robert Wagner. He appeared as P.T. Moore in all 111 episodes of the successful TV series Whirlybirds (aired between February 1957 and January 1960) about two friends owning a helicopter company. Robert Altman directed 19 episodes of the series.  
The actor Craig Hill was born as Craig Hill Fowler in Los Angeles, on March 5 (or 6), 1921. He began his acting career in 1950 with small roles in Hollywood movies such as Joseph L. Manckiewizc All about Eve. In 1952 he was a supporting actor in the John Ford war movie What Price Glory alongside James Cagney and Robert Wagner. He appeared as P.T. Moore in all 111 episodes of the successful TV series Whirlybirds (aired between February 1957 and January 1960) about two friends owning a helicopter company. Robert Altman directed 19 episodes of the series.  


'''''# Spain and Italy'''''
'''''# Spain and Italy'''''

Revision as of 11:15, 24 April 2014

CRAIG HILL (1921 - 2014)

# Whirlybirds

The actor Craig Hill was born as Craig Hill Fowler in Los Angeles, on March 5 (or 6), 1921. He began his acting career in 1950 with small roles in Hollywood movies such as Joseph L. Manckiewizc All about Eve. In 1952 he was a supporting actor in the John Ford war movie What Price Glory alongside James Cagney and Robert Wagner. He appeared as P.T. Moore in all 111 episodes of the successful TV series Whirlybirds (aired between February 1957 and January 1960) about two friends owning a helicopter company. Robert Altman directed 19 episodes of the series.

# Spain and Italy

In the early sixties, Hill moved to Spain. In 1965 he was cast, by director Rafael Romero Marchent, to appear in the paella western Ocaso de un Pistolero|Hands of a Gunfighter. His breakthrough as a spaghetti western actor came with his starring role in the co-production Per il gusto di uccidere|A Taste for killing (1966, Tonino Valerii) as the enigmatic Lanky Fellow, an illiterate bounty hunter who doesn't chase outlaws, but follows money transports, knowing that outlaws soon or later will show up. Neither Hill nor director Valerii were first choice. Valerri had replaced Spanish director Ricardo Blasco (who had fallen out with the producers) in the directional chair, and the Italian distribution Company Titanus had chosen a young American actor who vaguely looked like Sean Connery to play the bounty hunter. The actor of their preference turned to be a drug addict and when Hill was proposed by the Spanish co-producers, the Italians agreed because Whirlybirds had been a success in Italy under the title Avventure in elicottero.

# A spaghetti western regular

Hill became a genre regular who appeared 16 spaghetti westerns; some of the more popular titles are sette Pistole per un Massacro (1966, Mario Caiano), Quindici forche per un assassino (1967, Nunzio Malasomma), All'ultimo sangue (1968, Paolo Moffa), Lo Voglio Morto (1968, Paolo Bianchini), according to many his best movie, and Giorno del giudizio, Il|Drummer of Vengeance (alongside Ty Hardin). In the eighties and nineties he also appeared in thrillers, comedies and dramas, and also continued to make guest appearances in TV series.

# Marriage and last acting job

In 1990 he married Spanish fashion model and actress Teresa Gimpera. The couple lived in Barcelona.

His last acting job was a small role in the Spanish-German (English language) movie Food of love, an adaptation, by Spanish director Ventura Pons, of David Leavitt's novel The Page Turner.

# Death

Craig Hill died at the age of 88, from natural causes, on April 21, 2014.

R.I.P. CRAIG HILL
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