[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.]
Walter Batistelli was an Italian child film actor born sometime in the 1960s. Unlike most child actors Walter later worked behind the scenes as a set designer and in special effects. His film career consisted of three films from 1973-1975. Two of those films were Spaghetti westerns “Kid il monello del west” (Bad Kids of the West) in 1973 directed by Tonino Ricci starring Andrea Ballestri and “L'ostaggio” (Young Guns Go West) in 1975 directed by Luigi Valanzano starring Claudio Aponte and Aldo Ballanti. Walter played ‘The Left-Handed Kid’. He was slated to appear in another Spaghetti western “Zorro the Kid” in 1978 but the film was never made.
The last mention of him was in 1982 where he worked on special effects on “1990: I guerrieri del Bronx” (1990: The Bronx Warriors) directed by Enzo Castellari and starring Mark Gregory and as set designer on “ Sangraal, la spada di fuoco” (The Sword of the Barbarians) directed by Michele Massimo Tarantini which starred Pietro Torissi, Yvonne Fraschetti and Mario Novelli.
BATTISTELLI, Walter [Italian] – SFX, film actor.
Bad Kids of the West – 1973
Young Guns Go West – 1975 (The Left-Handed Kid)
Zorro the Kid – 1978 [Film was never made.]
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