Spaghetti Western Trivia – A 4th Man With No Name” film?

 

Variety

1/11/1967 

Does Clint Eastwoof’s partnership with Robert Eaton in the new Big Sur banner augur chances in the Eastwood-Leone tandem? Eaton planed in for brief, exploratory talks with PEA’s Alberto Grimaldi who produced the last two starring Eastwood under Leone’s direction.

     Stanley Baker will play lead in Italo “No Place for Angels” before entering the cast of “Texas Kid Needs a Grandpa.”

[A month after “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” debuted Eastwood & Grimaldi met to talk a third film

At the same time Eastwood formed Big Spur Films (later Malpaso) to make his first US film in years

Another credit for Stanley Baker, “Texas Kid Needs a Grandpa” (most likely in Spain) “No Place for Angels” was made as “La Ragazza con la Pistola” and then Baker did :Where's Jack”.]

Submitted by Michael Ferguson

Little Known Spaghetti Western actors ~ Giuliano Dell’Ovo

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Giuliano Dell'Ovo was an Italian actor and stuntman active in Italian films from the late 1950's through until the early 1970's. The only biographical detail known about him is that he died in 1998.

He had 2 distinctly different looks which he alternated, basically shaved-head and with hair, which has been the cause of some difficulty in identifying him. For a long time, he was confused with both Spartaco Nale, with whom his shaved-head look bears a close resemblance and with C.S.C. actor Romano Giomini, a confusion seemingly caused by them both being unknown and credited in the “Ten Gladiator” movies.

Dell’Ovo appeared in six Spaghetti westerns: “Il segno di Zorro” (The Sign of Zorro) 1962 as a rebel, “O tutto o niente” (A Man Called Amen), as a Buseba henchman also [stunt coordinator and master of arms], “7 dollari sul rosso” (Seven Dollars to Kill) in 1966 as a rider, in 1970’s “Ehi amico... c'è Sabata, hai chiuso!” (Sabata) as Bill, a bank guard “Il venditore di morte” (The Price of Death) in 1971 as Deputy Kurt, and in “Campa carogna… la taglia cresce” (Those Dirty Dogs) in 1972 (as a soldier)

Dell’OVO, Giuliano (aka Giuliano Dower, Julian Dower) [19??, Italy – 1998, Italy] – production manager, stuntman, film actor.

The Sign of Zorro – 1962 (rebel)

7 dollari sul rosso – 1966 (rider)

A Man Called Amen – 1968 (Buseba henchman) [stunt coordinator, master of arms]

Sabata – 1969 (bank guard)

The Price of Death - 1971 (Deputy Kurt)

Those Dirty Dogs – 1972 (soldier)

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the release of “The Genius”

 

Today marks the 50^th anniversary of the premier of “Un genio, due compari, un pollo” (The Genius) directed by Damiano Damiani and Sergio Leone. It starred Terence Hill, Miou-Miou, Robert Charlebois and Patrick McGoohan. The film is a sequel to “My Name is Nobody” as Hill reprises his role as the same character who starred with Henry Fonda three years earlier in 1972. It tells the story of Joe Thanks (Terence Hill), a clever crook and con man, convinces his two sidekicks, the half-breed Locomotive Bill (Robert Charlebois) and his friend Lucy (Miou-Miou), to help organize a fraud against Major Cabot (Patrick McGoohan), for getting three hundred thousand U.S. dollars, meant as payment to the local Indian tribe. The plan, somewhat tortuous, provides first of all, gaining entrance to the fort where the payment is kept, Bill will be dressed and disguised as a colonel. The twist is the Major has decided to rip off the Indians by keeping the payment in exchange for good grazing land, and an alleged gold mine. The money is loaded on a coach which gives Joe Thanks the opportunity to steal it. Despite some complications, Joe succeeds with his usual skill, and the money finally rests in his hands, but he has also conned his friends as was his intention all along to give the money to the Indians. They are all resigned to the outcome and the conclusion. For their efforts, Locomotive Bill decides to start a new life with Lucy and to live with the Indians.

The film was 9^th highest grossing Spaghetti Western in Italy with box office receipts of 2,684,413 lira.

 

Un genio, due compari, un pollo - Italian title

Un génie, deux associés, une cloche - French title

Nobody is der Größte - German title

Nobody er den storste - Danish title

Jeg hedder stadig Nobody - Danish title

Nobody on nerokkain - Finnish title

Enas exypnos, dyo synetairoi ki ena koroido - Greek title

O exypnakias - Greek title

Senki, a legnaguobb - Hungarian title

Egy zseni, két haver, egy balek - Hungarian title

Mitt naven en dorsatt nobody - Norwegian title

Chamavam-lhe Génio - Portuguese title

Nobody in indijanci - Slovenia title

Un genio, dos compadres, un pollo - Spanish title

El genio - Spanish title

Ett geni, två polare och en höna - Swedish title

Mitt namn är fortfarande Nobody - Swedish title

Ingen ar som Nobody - Swedish title

Et Geni, tua polare och ben hona - ? title

A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe - English title

A Genius, Two Friends and an Idiot - English title

Nobody’s the Greatest - English title

Nobody’s Perfect - English title

Trinity is Back Again - English title

The Genius - English title

 

A 1975 Italian, French, West German film co-production [Rafran Cinematografica

     (Rome), AMLF (Paris), Rialto Film Preben-Philipsen (Berlin)]

Producers: Fulvio Morsella, Claudio Mancini, PrebenPhilipsen

Director: Damiano Damiani, Sergio Leone

Story: Ernesto Gastaldi, Fulvio Morsella

Screenplay: Damiano Damiani, Fulvio Morsella, Ernesto Gastaldi

Cinematography: Giuseppe Ruzzolini [Technicolor, CinemaScope]

Music: Ennio Morricone

     Song: “Glory, Glory, Glory” sung by Catherine Howe

Running time: 126 minutes

 

Cast:

Joe Thanks/Nobody - Terence Hill (Mario Girotti)

Lucy/Lilla - Miou-Miou (Sylvette Herry)

Locomotive/Steamengine Bill/Paul Lambert - Robert Charlebois

Major Cabot/Harris - Patrick McGoohan

Doc Foster - Klaus Kinski (Nikolaus Nakaszynski)

Colonel Pembroke - Jean Martin

Colonel Pembroke’s daughter - Miriam Mahler

Sergeant Milton - Raimund Harmstorf

Sergeant - Deogratias Huerta

Mortimer - Bento Stefanelli

Jerry/Jacky/Jelly Roll - Piero Vida (Pietro Vida)

Jeremy - Roy Bosier (Roy Bosshard)

Don Felipe – Frederick Ledebur (Count Ledebur-Wicheln)

Sheriff - Renato Baldini

Krutscher - Mario Brega

Mary Gomez - Bonny Miles (Lina Franchi)

Thomas Trader - Mario Valgoi

Captain - Rik Battaglia (Caterino Battaglia)

Mortimer henchmen - Pietro Torrisi, Armando Bottin

Town idiot - Gérard Boucaron

Brothel man - Elio Angelucci (Aurelio Angelucci)

Brothel prostitute – Carla Cassola

Brothel patrons – Aristide Caporale, Giuseppe Transocchi, Franco Ricci (Salvatore

     Sebastiano), Alfredo Venturi, Tommaso Palladino

La rufiana - Clara Colosimo

Husband - Fernando Cerulli

Poker player - Karl Braun 

Stagecoach driver – Furio Meniconi

Dinner guest – Irina Wassilchikoff

Jail guard - Vittorio Fanfoni

With: Valerio Ruggeri, Edmondo Thiegi

Stunts Vitoriano Terrón (Victoriano Terrón Peñaranda), Pietro Torrisi, Brandy (Ildebrando Rossetti)

Voices of the Spaghetti Western – “Full House for the Devil”

As we know most of the Euro-westerns were co-productions from Italy, Spain, Germany and France which incorporated British and American actors to gain a worldwide audience. The films were shot silent and then dubbed into the various languages where they were sold for distribution. That means Italian, Spanish, German, French and English voice actors were hired to dub the films. Even actors from the countries where the film was to be shown were often dubbed by voice actors for various reasons such as the actors were already busy making another film, they wanted to be paid additional salaries for dubbing their voices, the actor’s voice didn’t fit the character they were playing, accidents to the actors and in some cases even death before the film could be dubbed.

I’ll list a Euro-western and the (I) Italian, (S) Spanish, (G) German and (F) French, (E) English voices that I can find and once in a while a bio on a specific voice actor as in Europe these actors are as well-known as the actors they voiced.

Today we’ll cover “Full House for the Devil”

[(I) Italian, (S) Spanish, (G) German, (F) French, (E) English]

Johnny King – George Hilton (I) Sergio Graziani, (S) Ricardo Solans, (G) Thomas Danneberg

Meredith – Paolo Gozlino (I) ?, (S) Antonio Fernández Sánchez, (G) Jürgen Kluckert

Liz – Claudie Lang (I) ?, (S) Glòria Roig, (G) ?

Ernest Ward - Gérard Herter (I) ?, (S) José Maria Santos, (G) Jürgen Thormann

George Ward – Paul Muller (I) Gianfranco Bellini, (S) Antonio Gómez de Vicente, (G) Lothar

     Blumhagen

Gary – Carlo Gaddi (I) ?, (S) José Antonio Rodríguez, (G) ?,

Antonio Fernández Sánchez (19?? - 2007)

Antonio Fernández Sánchez was considered one of the best character and supporting actors in Spanish radio and dubbing.

Gifted with a superb deep voice, Fernández Sánchez began and developed his career in radio in Barcelona and later came to Madrid, where he settled permanently. His voice became one of the classic and essential voices in Spanish dubbing, both in films and television series.

He was the voice of "Deep Throat" in the X-Files series. Sánchez was also a television actor.

Special Birthdays

Julius Stettner (actor) would have been 160 today but died in 1938.

Kim Ômae (actor) would have been 90 today but died in 2011.

Dan Bădărău (actor) is 65 today.

 

Jake Gyllenhaal (actor) is 45 today.

RIP Thomas Wolff

 

German actor Thomas Wolff died in Birkenwerder, Brandenburg, Germany on October 2^nd. He was 74. Wolff was the son of actor Gerry Wolff [1920-2005] who appeared in several DEFA Indian films. Thomas was a notable German voice actor and dubber, known for voicing major film stars like Hugh Jackman “Wolverine”, Woody Harrelson, and Tom Hanks in German-dubbed versions, plus roles in “Sonic the Hedgehog” and cartoons. Wolf appeared as Luis Cortinez in DEFA’s 1978 western “Severino”. He was the German dubbing voice of  Benito Pacifico in 1970s “Django and Sartana are Coming”, the Cookie character in “Thunder Warrior III” in 1988, Roscoe Brown in 1989’s “Powwow Highway”, Iggy Pop in 1995’s “Dead Man”, and an Indian in 2005’s “Don't Come Knocking”.

Little Known Spaghetti Western actors ~ Carlo Delle Piane

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120 films and television appearances. He also directed the 1997 film “I Love You, Maria” in which he appeared along with Laura Lattuada and Mariano Carlini.

Carlo Delle Piane was born in Rome, Italy on February 2, 1936. He made his debut at the age of twelve in Duilio “Coletti's Heart”. He then starred in the stereotypical role of an arrogant but basically kind-hearted boy in many films until the mid-fifties. The turning point of his career was the encounter with Pupi Avati, with whom Delle Piane experienced more significant and varied roles, going from comic surreal performances to melancholic and even dramatic shades. He would go on to appear in over one hundred and twenty films between 1948 and 2018.

In 1984, Carlo won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor for his performance in “A School Outing”. For his role in “Christmas Present” he won the Volpi Cup at the 43rd Venice International Film Festival.

Delle Piane’s on Spaghetti western appearance was as the town crier in 1971’s “Le juge Roy Bean” (Judge Roy Bean) starring Robert Hossein.

DELLE PIANE, Carlo (aka Carlo Delle Paine, Carlo delle Pianne) [2/2/1936, Rome, Lazio, Italy – 8/23/2019, Rome, Lazio, Italy] – director, film, TV actor, married to singer Anna Crispino [1972-    ] (2013-2019)

Judge Roy Bean – 1971 (town crier)