Federico
Boido was born in Novi Ligure, Alessandria, Piedmont,
Italy on January 8, 1940.
Boido was credited under several aliases during his career including Rick
Boido, Rico Boido, Rick Bold, Rich Boyd, Ryck Boyd, and Ryk Boyd. Most of us
know him as Rick Boyd. He began his film career in Rome in 1957 where he was an
uncredited stuntman during the Sword and Sandal boom. His acting career began
with an appearance in 1964’s “Lost Treasure of the Aztecs”. He used the name of
Rick Boyd when he appeared in “A Fistful of Dollars” where many of the Italian
actor’s real names were Americanized and Federico Boido became Rick Boyd. Rick
would go on to appear in over 60 films and TV appearances. He appeared in over
40 Euro-westerns and was one of the premier Italian villains of the genre. Rick
was also worked as a journalist, writer, screenwriter, scriptwriter,
theater director, painter and miniaturist. After he
retired from the film business he began to write poetry. In 2011 wrote the book
“The Truth about the Death of Mussolini (views from a child)”.
Rick’s facial
features were looked upon as being cast as a villain by directors and he was
more than happy to oblige them. This led to 30 years of filmmaking where he
rose in the ranks of henchman and gang members to one of the leading villains
of the Euro-western and crime genre of films. Rick will always be remembered
for his magnificent death scenes and his obnoxious and sadistic character
portrayals.
Rick recently passed away in Ostia a suburb of Rome, Italy on October 7, 2014.
BOIDO,
Federico (aka Rick Boido, Rico Boido, Rick Bold, Rich Boyd, Rick Boyd, Ryck
Boyd, Ryk Boyd) [1/8/1938, Novi Ligure, Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy –
10/7/2014, Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy] – screenwriter, poet, TV actor, stuntman,
awarded the ‘La Patarina d’Oro’ [1980].
Lost Treasure of the Aztecs
– 1964
Djurado - 1966
(Tucan/Duncah henchman)
Hallelujah for Django -
1966 (Jarrett henchman) [as Rick Boyd]
Ace High - 1967 (Foster)
[as Rick Boyd]
The Bang Bang Kid - 1967
(Six-Finger Sykes) [as Rick Boyd]
Cjamango - 1967 (El Tigre
henchman) [as Rick Boyd]
Django Kills Silently -
1967 (‘The Nervous One’) [as Rik Boyd]
Face to Face - 1967
(Sheriff of Purgatory City) [as Rick Boyd]
Payment in Blood – 1967
(Fred Calhoun) [as Ryk Boyd]
Run, Man, Run – 1967 (Steve
Wilkins) [as Rick Boyd]
The Ruthless Four – 1967
(Hal Brady) [as Rick Boyd]
And for a Roof a Sky Full
of Stars - 1968 (Roger Pratt) [as Rick Boyd]
I Want Him Dead - 1968
(Steve) [as Rick Boyd]
Once Upon a Time in the
West – 1968 (man at way station)
Sartana the Gravedigger –
1969 (Bill Cochran)
Adios, Sabata - 1970
(Geroll) [as Rick Boyd]
Ballad of Death Valley -
1970 (Slim Craig/Slim Douglas) [as Rick Boyd]
Chapaqua’s Gold - 1970
(Billy George Black)
Django Defies Sartana -
1970 (Singer henchman) [as Rick Boyd]
Fistful of Lead - 1970 (Joe
Fossit) [as Rick Boyd]
Have a Nice Funeral - 1970
(Jim Piggot) [as Rick Boyd]
Roy Colt and Winchester
Jack – 1970 (Boida)
Blazing Guns - 1971 (Vern
Crow/Crohn) [as Rick Boid]
Bullet for a Stranger -
1971 (ambusher)
Drummer of Vengeance - 1971
(Deputy Burt) [as Rick Boyd]
Guns for Dollars - 1971
(Frank/Duke Slocum) [as Rick Boyd]
His Name was King - 1971
(Sam Benson) [as Rick Boyd]
His Name was Pot... They
Called Him Allegria - 1971 [as Rick Boyd]
Holy Water Joe - 1971
(gunman) [as Rick Boyd]
Joe Dakota - 1971 (Chuck)
[as Rick Boyd]
Return of Sabata – 1971
(McIntock henchman)
Vendetta at Dawn – 1971
(Peter Fargas)
Everything for a Friend -
1972 [as Rick Boyd]
Jesse and Lester, Two
Brothers in a Place Called Trinity - 1972 (Blondie) [as Rick Boyd]
They Call Him Veritas –
1972 [as Rico Boido]
Another Try, Eh Providence?
- 1973 (bandit) [as Rick Boyd]
Hallelujah to Vera Cruz –
1973 (Caquete) [as Rick Boyd]
Shanghai Joe – 1973 (Slim)
[as Rick Boyd]
The Return of Shanghai Joe
– 1974
Apache Woman - 1976 (Gary)
[as Rick Boyd]
Rick Boyd died in his sleep from cardiac arrest on October 7, 2014, in Rome, Italy. He was 76 years old. Today, he would have been 85 years old.
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