Giacomo Rossi Stuart was born on August 25, 1925 in Tordi, Italy. As a young man he was quite an athlete taking up boxing, horse back riding and fencing, In the early '50s he left Italy and trained at the Actor's Studio in New York City. Returning to Italy he appeared in his first film “Il mantello rosso” (1955). He would go on to appear in over 100 film and television series using the aliases Jack Stewart, G.R. Stuart and Jack Stuart. Rossi Stuart specialized in adventure and action films among which were 13 westerns including “Gunfight at Red Sands” and “Massacre at the Grand Canyon” both 1963, “Deguello” (1966), “The 5-Man Army!” (1969) , “The Ballad of Ben and Charlie” (1971) and “Zorro” 1974 with Alain Delon. His dashing good looks and his ability to speak English made him a regular in the crime films that followed the western genre. Giacomo is the father of Kim Rossi Stuart. Giacomo died on October 20, 1994 in Rome. Today we celebrate what would have been his 85th birthday.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Remembering Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Giacomo Rossi Stuart was born on August 25, 1925 in Tordi, Italy. As a young man he was quite an athlete taking up boxing, horse back riding and fencing, In the early '50s he left Italy and trained at the Actor's Studio in New York City. Returning to Italy he appeared in his first film “Il mantello rosso” (1955). He would go on to appear in over 100 film and television series using the aliases Jack Stewart, G.R. Stuart and Jack Stuart. Rossi Stuart specialized in adventure and action films among which were 13 westerns including “Gunfight at Red Sands” and “Massacre at the Grand Canyon” both 1963, “Deguello” (1966), “The 5-Man Army!” (1969) , “The Ballad of Ben and Charlie” (1971) and “Zorro” 1974 with Alain Delon. His dashing good looks and his ability to speak English made him a regular in the crime films that followed the western genre. Giacomo is the father of Kim Rossi Stuart. Giacomo died on October 20, 1994 in Rome. Today we celebrate what would have been his 85th birthday.
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He had Scottish ancestry along with his Italian roots.
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