William Berger (actor)

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William Berger
Berger in 1967
Born
Wilhelm Thomas Berger

June 20, 1928
Innsbruck, Austria
DiedOctober 2, 1993(1993-10-02) (aged 65)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Other namesBill Berger
Wilhelm Berger
OccupationActor
Children6, including Debra and Katya Berger

William Berger, also known as Bill Berger and Wilhelm Berger, born Wilhelm Thomas Berger (June 20, 1928 – October 2, 1993) was an American actor, mostly associated with Euro and spaghetti Westerns.

Biography

Career

Faccia a faccia
(1967)

A former roommate of

Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! (1968), If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death (1968), Sabata (1969), and Keoma (1975). He also starred in the horror films Five Dolls for an August Moon, My Dear Killer, Monster Shark, and The Murder Clinic
.

Berger was heavily into drug experimentation, which frequent co-star Brett Halsey said sometimes interfered with filming, recounting one incident where they were shooting a scene on horseback and without warning Berger leant forwards and slid off his horse.[1] In the early 1970s, Berger spent some time in an Italian prison, having been wrongly accused of possession of hashish and cocaine, but resumed his acting career after his release. His later fare included Super Fly T.N.T. (1973), Oil! (1977), Hercules (1983), and The King's Whore (1990). His 1985 memoirs, Half Way Home, recount his life to that point.

Berger collaborated with his good friend, famed Spanish horror film director

Jesus Franco, appearing in seven of his films: The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff, Night of the Killers, Faceless, Golden Temple Amazons, Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun,[2] Dirty Game in Casablanca,[3]
and A Captain of 15 Years.

Personal life

Berger was married five times and was father to five children (and adopted a sixth).

He had three children with his first wife Marjorie Berger: daughters Carin Berger (born in 1952) and actress

diabetic, she died in prison from lack of insulin.[1]
Charged with illegal drug possession, Berger stayed in jail until he was released in March 1971.

His third marriage was to singer and actress

Christopher Columbus and Tuareg – The Desert Warrior
.

After his divorce from Kochansky, he married his fourth wife, Dörte Völz. With her, he had a son named Alexander Völz.

His fifth and last marriage was to Linda Berger.

William Berger died on October 2, 1993, in Los Angeles, California, of

Jesus Franco
was particularly upset by his passing, speaking of his grief in various interviews. Franco mentioned in a DVD interview (an extra feature on the DVD The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff) that Berger died from some type of brittle bone disease.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0-9633756-1-2
    .
  2. Scribd Inc. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help
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  3. ^ Sáinz, Salvador. "Juego sucio en Casablanca (1985)". Diario de Cine (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  4. ISBN 9781469144290
    .

External links
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