Dragomir
Bojanić was born in Kragujevic, Serbia, Yugoslavia June 13, 1933. After the
Second World War, he lost both of his parents and was orphaned. Gidra’s mother Novka,
died of tuberculosis, when the actor was nine years old, while his father
Jeannot who was an officer in the Serbian army was shot and killed. The loss of
his family failed to break his spirit, and he graduated from high school and
while working in a meat processing plant, and a produce packing plant, later
jokingly calling this his educational institution and conservatory. After
graduation, he worked a year in the Red Star cannery, but a love of art and a
change of scenery was stronger than anything else in his life.
He
joined an amateur theater group, Sveta Mladenovic and appeared in the
Kragujevačko National Theatre. He continued to save what money he could and
enrolled in acting class taught by the famous Raše Plaovića at the Academy of
Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Belgrade. During the first year of his
studies he appeared at the National Theatre. At this point, the he was one of
the most promising young artists in the history of the Yugoslav theater. In 1955
he started his film career in a supporting role in the film directed by Žike
Mitrovića “Ešalon doktora M”, followed by a rich cinematic opus. He continued
in supporting roles, and played a significant role in more than thirty domestic
films. Along with a respectable career in Yugoslavia, his name became well known
beyond. Specifically, under the pseudonym Anthony Gidra he appeared in more
than ten Westerns and action films in Italy during the 1960s. His greatest fame
came in the role of Zika Pavlovic in the ten part movie “Crazy” which was
filmed from 1978-1992. Ghidra became one of the unsung heroes of the
Euro-western. He appeared in six Euro-westerns, starring in five and was the
perfect silent older gunfighter in these films.
During
his film studies he met actress Ljiljana Kontić [1931-2005] whom he married in
1966. The couple had a daughter Jelene in 1970. About his family Dragomir once
said, “I never thought I could be so hooked. When I was young, I could not even
imagine that one day I would be so attached to my family.” - said the artist.
The couple had their difficulties and separated twice but always came back
together. As a true Montenegrin, Ljalja was the pillar of the home, and at the
expense of her career she decided to focus more on the preservation of domestic
peace and stayed home to raise Jelene.
Dragomir
died on November 11, 1993 of liver cancer. Ljiljana died twelve years later in
2005 and the two are buried side by side in the New Cemetery in Belgrade,
Serbia.
BOJANIC, Dragomir
(aka Dragan Bojanic, Gidra, Gidra Bojanic, Drgomir Bojanic-Gidra, Anthony
Ghidra, Antonio Ghidra, Anthony Ghidra, Anthony Gidra, Dragomir Bojanic Gidra, Antony Guidra) (Dragomir
Bojanic) [6/13/1933, Kragujevic, Serbia, Yugoslavia - 11/11/1993,
Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia (liver cancer)] – stage, TV actor, married to
actress Ljiljana Kontić [1931-2005] (1966-1993), father of Jelene Bojanić
[1970- ].
Frontier Hellcat - 1964
(Joe)
Ballad of a Gunman - 1967
(Rocco/Blackie) [as Anthony Ghidra]
Django, the Last Killer -
1967 (Raza/Rezza/Rocco/Django) [as Anthony Ghidra]
A Hole in the Forehead -
1968 (Billy/John Blood) [as Anthony Ghidra]
God May Forgive You, Not Me
- 1968 (Dick Smart) [as Anthony Ghidra]
Tequila Joe - 1968 (Sheriff
‘Tequila Joe’ Donnell) [as Anthony Ghidra]
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