American actor, stuntman Raleigh Garndenhire died in
Santa Fe, New Mexico on December 20, 2025, he was 82. Raleigh was a stuntman
and actor during the 1970s and early1980s. Most of his films were westerns such
as “Butch and Sundance: The Early Days” as Anderson in 1979, “Adiós Amigo” in
1975. Gardenhire appeared as a member of the Wild Bunch and performed stunts in
1973’s “My Name is Nobody”. [Thanks to Michael Ferguson for sending me
Raleigh’s obit.]
[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]
Sergio Doria was an Italian character actor who was born in Pola, Italy on June 15, 1933. He appeared in thirty-six films and television appearances between 1968 and 1986. Doria died in Rome of lung cancer on September 7, 2005,, at the age of 72.
I can find no biographical information on him.
Sergio Doria appeared in four Spaghetti westerns: “Con lui cavalca la morte” (Death Rides Along” as a Talbot henchman, “Requiescant” (Kill and Pray) as a gambler and “Ognuno per sé” (The Ruthless Four) as Fred Brady all in 1967 and “El bandido Malpelo” (The Bandit Malpelo) as El Timbio in 1971.
DORIA, Sergio (aka Serge Doran) (Sergio
Endrigo) [6/15/1933, Pola, Istria,
Italy – 9/7/2005, Rome, Lazio, Italy (lung cancer)] – composer, singer, film,
TV actor, married to songwriter Maria Giulia Bartolocci [1942-1994] (1963-1994)
father of production secretary Claudia Endrigo [1965- ].
Death Rides Along – 1967 (Talbot
henchman)
Kill and Pray – 1967 (gambler)
The Ruthless Four - 1967 (Fred Brady)
The Bandit Malpelo – 1971 (El Timbio)
Spaghetti Western Director ~ Mario Guaita-Ausonia
Mario Guaita-Ausonia was an Italian actor and film director known for his contributions to the silent film era, particularly his iconic portrayal of the title role in the 1913 historical epic “Spartaco ovvero il gladiatore della Tracia” (Spartacus), where his athletic physique and powerful presence made him a standout figure in the emerging Italian strongman genre.
Born on November 21, 1882, in Modena, Italy, Guaita capitalized on his background as a celebrated wrestler to transition into cinema during the 1910s, starring in adventure and mythological films that emphasized physical strength and heroic exploits. His performance in Spartacus received praise for its combination of muscular prowess and acting intensity, establishing him as a leading man in the "forzuto" films that drew on classical themes and spectacular staging.
In the late 1910s and 1920s, he expanded his role in the industry by directing and writing several of his own productions, including “L'atleta fantasma” (1919) and “La cintura delle Amazzoni” (1920), blending action with dramatic elements. Following the decline of Italy's silent film industry, he relocated to France, where he continued to produce and direct films before retiring after operating a small cinema in Marseille. He died there on December 20, 1956, at the age of 75.
Mario Guaita-Ausonia co-directed one Euro-western, “La donna carnefice nel paese dell'oro” with Luigi Fiorio in 1925.
GUAITA-AUSONIA, Mario (aka Mario Ausonia) (Mario
Guaita) [11/21/1881, Milan,
Lombardy, Italy – 12/20/1956, Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France] –
director, writer, married to writer Emilia Amoroso [188?-19??], married writer
Renée Felicie Deliot [1991-1960] (19??-1956).
La donna carnefice
nel paese dell'oro – 1925 (co)
Spaghetti Western Screenwriter ~ Pierre Corty
Pierre Lévy-Corti was a French producer, production manager and screenwriter. Born in Nancy, Lorraine, France on October 8, 1910 Corty produced thirteen films between 1946 and 1958, worked as a production manager on seven films between 1946 and 1954 and wrote screenplays for seventeen films between 1959 and 1975. He was awarded a Knight of the Order of Academic Palms for "services rendered to popular education" in 1963.
Pierre Emile Levy-Corticchiato as Pierre Corty co-wrote the screenplay for one Spaghetti Western, “Buffalo Bill l’eroe del far west” (Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West) with Louis Agotay, Luciano Martino, Nino Stresa and Ernesto Gastaldi in 1964.
CORTY, Pierre (aka Pierre Conti,
Pierre Corti, Pierre Lévy-Corti) (Pierre
Emile Levy-Corticchiato) [10/8/1910,
Nancy, Lorraine, France – 8/22/1975, Harfleur, Normandy, France] – producer,
production manager, writer.
Buffalo Bill, Hero
of the Far West – 1964 (co)
Spaghetti Western Animator ~ Carlos-Alfonso López
Carlos-Alfonso López was born in Madrid, Spain on July 20, 1930. He was self-taught, at the end of the 1950s he began working in the animation studio of José Luis Moro and later became Bruguera's illustrator. In the 1960s he emigrated to Canada, and although the experience did not go well, as the studio where he landed would close after three months, his work caught the attention of William Hanna, the founder of Hanna-Barbera, for whose company he worked for five years as a professional animator.
Hanna-Barbera outsourced the animation of its series in the 1970s, so Carlos Alfonso returned to Madrid to found the Filman studio together with Juan Ramón Pina. At a time when other Spanish studios were more focused on advertising and film, Filman was responsible for the layout and animation of episodes of ‘The Flintstones’, ‘Tom and Jerry’, ‘Yogi Bear’, ‘Crazy Cars’ and ‘Buford and the Galloping Ghost’. He also participated in the film “Mágica Aventura” (1973) by Cruz Delgado. At its peak, Filman had more than 50 employees, but orders dwindled in the 1980s due to outsourcing to other Asian studios.
Carlos Alfonso left Filman in 1987 and set up his own traditional animation studio, Alfonso Productions, which was working on series from the British production company Cosgrove Hall – owned by Thames Television – such as ‘Count Dúckula’ (1988-1993), ‘Victor and Hugo’ (1991-1992), ‘Avenger Penguins’ (1993-1994) and ‘Fantomcat’ (1995-1996). This study remained open until 2002.
Carlos Alfonso's work in Spanish animation has been recognized in 2016 as a "tribute to the professional" by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The same organization confirmed his death on March 4, 2020, at the age of 89.
Carlos-Alfonso López was an animator on one Euro-western animated film, “Les Dalton en cavale” (Luke and the Escape from Grumble Gulch) in 1982 and the television series, ‘Lucky Luke’ in 1983-1984
LOPEZ,
Carlos-Alfonso (Carlo- Alfonso López)
[7/20/1930, Madrid, Madrid, Spain – 3/4/2020] – producer, animator, founded
Filman Studio [1971-1987], founded Alfonso Productions [1987-2002, Madrid,
Madrid, Spain].
Luke and the Escape
from Grumble Gulch – 1982 (co) [animator]
Lucky Luke (TV) –
1983-1984 [animator]
Red Sun
(1971)
Director: Terence Young
Starring: Charles Bronson, Alain Delon, Toshiro Mifuen,
Ursula Andress
Country: U.S.A.
Label: Arrow Video
Limited Edition, 4K UltraHD BluRay, Blu-ray
Video: 4K (2160p) UHD in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
Language: English (mono)
Subtitles: English SDH
Running time: 114 minutes
Extras: audio commentary by C. Courtney Joyner and Henry
Parke; "A Global Western" a new appreciation by scholar Jose Arroyo;
"The Ghosts of the Samurai" new visual essay by Daisuke Miyao;
"The Man with the Gold Tooth" new appreciation of Alain Delon by Mark
Gallagher; "Pour le Cinéma" archival behind-the scenes look at the
film; "Un Journal du Cinéma" archival TV interview with Terence Young
and Toshiro Mifune; theatrical trailer; Image gallery
Collectors’ booklet with texts by Paul Talbot and Moya
Luckett
Reversible sleeve (original art on one, newly
commissioned art by Robert Sammelin on the other side)
ASIN: B0GYFLVS1M (4K)
ASIN: B0GYFYJTM6 (Blu-ray)
Available: July 14, 2026
Theo Frenkel (director) would have been 155 today bur died in 1956.
Fritz Kampers (actor) would have been 135 today but
died in 1950.
John Frederick (actor) would have been 110 today
but died in 2012.
Julio Porter (writer) would have been 110 today but
died in 1979.
Matthew Fox (actor) is 60 today.
Italian actor, stuntman, stunt
coordinator, master of arms Giovanni Ukmar died in Rome on July 10th
he had just turned 86 two weeks earlier. Giovanni was born in Pisa, Tuscany n
June 26, 1940. He and his five brothers: Franco, Giancarlo, Sergio, Bruno and
Clemente were some of the best and most active stuntmen and supporting actors
in Italian films in the 1960s and 1970s. Giovanni alone appeared in around 140
films between 1959 and 2000. If an Ukmar was seen or credited in a film most
likely one or more were also present. Ukmar was married and has three children.
Giovani Ukmar appeared in 45 Spaghetti westerns: “The Colt is My Law” as an O'Brien
henchman in 1965, “Fort Yuma Gold” as a saloon patron and stunts, “Johnny Yuma”
as a brawler and stunts, “Seven Dollars to Kill” as a saloon bouncer, “Two Sons
of Ringo” as a henchman and “Zorro the Rebel” as a brawler and stunts all in
1966, “Beyond the Law” as a shootout victim and stunts, “The Great Silence” as
an outlaw and stunts and “Last of the Badmen” as a Mendoza henchman all in
1967, “Ciccio Forgives…I Don’t!” as a brawler, “God Made Them, I Kill Them” as
a member of the welcoming committee, “The Longest Hunt” as a brawler and “No
Graves on Boot Hill” as a Fletcher henchman and stunts all in 1968, “Boot Hill”
as a miner, “Death on High Mountain” as a brawler, “The 5-Man Army” as a Mexican
soldier, “The Forgotten Pistolero” as a Francisco henchman and stunts, “God
Will Forgive My Pistol” as a Clayton henchman, “Night of the Serpent” as a Hernandez
soldier, “No Room to Die” as a Fargo henchman and stunts, and “The Stranger’s Gundown”
as a Murdock henchman all in 1969, “Arizona Returns” as a saloon patron, “Have
a Nice Funeral My Friend” as a casino brawler and stunts, “Shango” as a
Martinez soldier all in 1970, “Kill Django… Kill First” as a saloon brawler,
“Paid in Blood” as a Shannon henchman, “Trinity Is STILL My Name!” as a Parker
henchman and stunts and “Two Sons of Trinity” as a Chan henchman all in 1971,
“The Ballad of Ben and Charlie” as a brawler, “Beyond the Frontiers of Hate” as
a brawler, “Alleluia and Sartana, Sons of God” as a McGregor henchman and
stunts, “God is My Colt .45” as a Collins’ henchman, “Now They Call Him
Sacramento” as a saloon patron and stunts, “They Call Me Providence” as a
James’ henchman, “They Still Call Me Amen” as a saloon brawler, and “Trinity
& Sartana Those Sons of Bitches” as a McGregor henchman all in 1972,
“Hallelujah to Vera Cruz” as a Don Felipe henchman and stunts, “The Man Called
Invincible” as a party guard, “The Three Musketeers of the West” as a gangster
all in 1973, “Return of Shanghai Joe” as a peasant and “White Fang and the Gold
Diggers” as a Taft henchman both in 1974 and “Keoma” as a Caldwell henchman,
“White Fang and the Hunter” as a Ferguson henchman and “Zorro” as a dungeon
guard all in 1975, “A Man Called Blade” as a Valler henchman in 1977 and coming out in 2027 "
[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]
Óscar Cortina is/was a Spanish stuntman, coordinator and film actor who was active in Spanish cinema from at least 1960 to 1986. He was born in Madrid on May 19, 1924, and was educated at Colegio de los Padres Escolapios . The IMDb lists fifteen films he appeared in, but he was in many, many more. I have 20 Spaghetti western credits alone that he appeared and there are probably several more where he is uncredited and has not been identified in. Most likely he's passed on by now.
This biographical information was found by Michael Ferguson at cines.com but is incomplete.
Óscar Cortina appeared in 20 Spaghetti westerns: “Murieta!” as a townsman in 1964, “Per mille dollari al Giorno” (Renegade Gunfighter) as a saloon patron, “7 pistole per i MacGregor” (7 Guns for the MacGregors) as a bank employee, Mexican gunman both in 1965, “La resa dei conti” (The Big Gundown) as one of the widow’s ranch hands, “Ringo, il volto della vendetta” (Ringo the Face of Revenge as a Paco gang member and “Sugar Colt” as a Colonel Haverbrook henchman all in 1966, “Dio non paga il sabato” (Kill the Wicked) as a Braddock henchman, “Il tempo degli avvoltoi” (Last of the Badmen) as a Don Jaime Morelos/Mendoza henchman and “Dos cruces en Danger Pass” (Two Crosses at Danger Pass) as a Moran henchman all in 1967, “I quattro dell’Ave Maria” (Ace High) as a bank employee, “I morti non si contano” (Dead Men Don’t Count) as Jack Logan, “Killer Adios” as a fake Ringold henchman, “Requiem per un Gringo” (Duel in the Eclipse) as a Carranza henchman, “La salvaje venganza del Gringo” (One by One) as a brawler and “El sabor del odio” (A Pistol for 100 Coffins) as a Corbett henchman all in 1968, “Vivi preferibilmente, morti” (Sundance Cassidy and Butch the Kid) as a robber in 1969, “Mátalo!” as a bandit in 1970, “Anda muchacho, spara!” (Dead Men Ride) as a Redfield henchman and “Un dólar para Sartana” (Raise Your Hands, Dead Man, You're Under Arrest) as a Grayson henchman both in 1971.
CORTINA, Óscar (Óscar A. Cortina) [5/10/1924, Madrid, Madrid, Spain - deceased] – stuntman, stunt coordinator, film actor.
Murieta – 1964 (townsman)
Renegade Gunfighter – 1965 (saloon patron)
7 Guns for the MacGregors – 1965 (bank employee, Mexican
gunman)
The Big Gundown – 1966 (widow ranch hand)
Ringo the Face of Revenge – 1966 (Paco gang member)
Sugar Colt – 1966 (Colonel Haverbrook henchman)
Kill the Wicked – 1967 (Braddock henchman)
Last of the Badmen – 1967 (Don Jaime Morelos/Mendoza
henchman)
Two Crosses at Danger Pass – 1967 (Moran henchman)
Ace High – 1968 (bank employee)
Dead Men Don't Count – 1968 (Jack Logan)
Killer, Adios – 1968 (fake Ringold gunman)
Blood and Guns – 1968 (soldier)
Duel in the Eclipse – 1968 (Carranza henchman)
One by One – 1968 (brawler)
A Pistol for 100 Coffins – 1968 (Corbett henchman)
Sundance Cassidy and Butch the Kid – 1969 (robber)
Matalo – 1970 (bandit)
Dead Men Ride – 1971 (Redfield henchman)
Raise Your Hands, Dead Man, You're Under Arrest – 1971
(Grayson henchman)
