Tony Kendall (actor)
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| Born | Luciano Stella 22 August 1936 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 28 November 2009 (aged 73) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1957–2008 |
Tony Kendall (22 August 1936 – 28 November 2009) was an Italian model turned film actor with over 50 film credits that reflect the trends of popular European cinema in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
Biography
Born as Luciano Stella, Kendall was formerly a model for Italian
Fumetti, comics done in photographs.[1]
He changed his name to Tony Kendall at the suggestion of
sword and sandal
craze of films popular in the early 1960s.
Kendall is most famous for his various teamings with
sauerkraut western films "inspired" by the successful German Karl May Winnetou series with Harris as a Lex Barker clone and Kendall as a Native American "Chief Black Eagle" in The Pirates of the Mississippi (1963) and Black Eagle of Santa Fe
(1965).
With the international success of the
The Three Fantastic Supermen (1967) the first in a long series that had stunt work performed by a young Jackie Chan
(“The Three Fantastic Supermen in the Orient”).
Kendall has prominently appeared in other varieties of European cinema in the 1960s and 1970s such as
Corleone
, 1978). Aside from an appearance in Alex l'ariete (2000), Kendall's last film role was in On the Dark Continent in 1993.
Partial filmography
- Femmine tre volte (1957)
- The Whip and the Body (1963) - Christian Menliff
- The Pirates of the Mississippi (1963) - Schwarzer Adler
- Brennus, Enemy of Rome (1963) - Quinto Fabio
- The Hyena of London (1964) - Henry
- The Masked Man Against the Pirates (1964) - Captain Ruiz
- Black Eagle of Santa Fe (1965) - Chief Black Eagle
- Serenade for Two Spies (1965) - Pepino
- Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill (1966) - Jo Louis Walker / 'Kommissar X'
- Kommissar X – Drei gelbe Katzen (1966) - Jo Walker / Kommissar X
- Kommissar X – In den Klauen des goldenen Drachen (1966) - Jo Walker / Kommissar X
- The Three Fantastic Supermen (1967) - Tony
- Kommissar X – Drei grüne Hunde(1967) - Jo Walker / Kommissar X
- I criminali della metropoli (1967) - Sergente Perier
- Kommissar X - Drei blaue Panther (1968) - Jo Walker / Kommissar X
- Machine Gun McCain (1969) - Pete Zacari
- Kommissar X – Drei goldene Schlangen (1969) - Jo Walker / Kommissar X
- Hate Is My God (1969) - Il Nero / Carl
- Komm, süßer Tod (1969) - Nino
- Django Defies Sartana (1970) - Django
- Fighters from Ave Maria (1970) - John
- Crepa padrone, crepa tranquillo (1970)
- Brother Outlaw (1971) - Dakota
- In the Eye of the Hurricane (1971) - Miguel
- Gunman of One Hundred Crosses (1971) - Santana / Sartana / Django
- Tiger Gang (1971) - Jo Louis Walker / 'Kommissar X'
- Cerco de terror (1972) - Andrew
- Blood Story (1972) - Abraham French
- The Big Bust Out (1972) - Jeff
- The Loreley's Grasp (1973) - Sigurd, the Hunter
- La ragazza fuoristrada (1973) - Carlo
- Li chiamavano i tre moschettieri... invece erano quattro (1973) - D'Artagnan
- Return of the Blind Dead (1973) - Jack Marlowe
- La dernière bourrée à Paris (1973) - Victor
- I giochi proibiti dell'Aretino Pietro (1973) - Bitto Ranieri (segment "The Trick") / Fra' Luce (segment "The Miracle")
- La notte dell'ultimo giorno (1973) - Beppe Banti
- Bruna, formosa, cerca superdotato (1973) - Giovanni Pizzolla
- The Loreley's Grasp (1975) - Pietro Rossini
- Oil! (1977) - Tony
- Yeti (1977) - Cliff Chandler
- Zanna Bianca e il grande Kid (1977) - Franky James
- Corleone(1978) - Salvatore Sperlazzo
- Cop or Hood (1979) - Rey
- Le Guignolo (1980) - Fredo
- Delitto sull'autostrada (1982) - Mr. Tarquini
- Attila flagello di Dio (1982) - Serpicio
- Death Stone (1987) - Miguel Gomez
- Thrilling Love (1989) - Alberto Stuart
- The Rubber Wall (1991) - Colonnello Aeronautica
- Nel continente nero (1993) - Ernesto
- Alex l'ariete (2000) - Comandante
- Voce del verbo amore (2007) - Ettore
Death
Tony Kendall died in a hospital in Trigoria, Rome, Italy on 28 November 2009, aged 73, from an undisclosed illness.
References
- ^ Blake, Matt, The Europspy Guide, Luminary Press (2004)
External links
- Tony Kendall at IMDb
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