Part two of a five part series on the designers and
artists who were involved with the Man With No Name ad campaign for the
American release of "A Fistful of Dollars", "For a Few Dollars
More" and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". The biographies for
each man were researched and written up by Canadian Film Researcher Mike
Ferguson.
By Mike Ferguson
Born Bernard Fuchs on October 29, 1932 in O'Fallon,
Illinois, United States. He lost three fingers on his right hand in an
industrial accident the summer after he graduated from high school. Went to the
Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He painted in various media and
styles. Started out illustrating car advertisements for New Center Studios in
Detroit. In the late 1950s, Fuchs moved to Westport, Connecticut. At the age of
30 he was named “Artist of the Year” by the Artists Guild of New York. He was
the youngest person to be honored in the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame.
Fuchs did many of the 60's celebrity portrait covers for TV Guide and later was
commissioned for a series of 1998 U.S. postage stamps. Worked with fellow
Westport based illustrator David Blossom, Fred Otnes, Mitchell Hooks & Ted
CoConis on the "The Man with No Name" campaign (sources conflict on
who did what). Fuchs drew the "This belonged to the Man with No Name"
teaser posters. He died at 76, on September 17, 2009 of Esophageal cancer, in
Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. He was survived by his high school
sweetheart Anna Lee Hesse, and their children: Cynthia, Derek, and Ellise.
Fuchs can be viewed on YOUTUBE talking about his career in a piece by Tim
Johnson & Ramona Bruland.
No comments:
Post a Comment