Voices of the Spaghetti Western “7 Guns for the MacGregors”

As we know most of the Euro-westerns were co-productions from Italy, Spain, Germany and France which incorporated British and American actors to gain a worldwide audience. The films were shot silent and then dubbed into the various languages where they were sold for distribution. That means Italian, Spanish, German, French and English voice actors were hired to dub the films. Even actors from the countries where the film was to be shown were often dubbed by voice actors for various reasons such as the actors were already busy making another film, they wanted to be paid additional salaries for dubbing their voices, the actor’s voice didn’t fit the character they were playing, accidents to the actors and in some cases even death before the film could be dubbed.

I’ll list a Euro-western and the (I) Italian, (S) Spanish, (G) German and (F) French, (E) English voices that I can find and once in a while a bio on a specific voice actor as in Europe these actors are as well-known as the actors they voiced.

Today we’ll cover “7 Guns for the MacGregors”

[(I) Italian, (S) Spanish, (G) German, (F) French, (E) English]

Gregor MacGregor – Robert Woods (I) Pino Locchi, (S) Jose Martinez Blanco, (G) Klaus Kindler

Miguel – Fernando Sancho (I) Luigi Pavese, (S) Salvador Arias, (G) Henning Schlüter

Rosita Carson – Agata Flori (I) Melina Martello, (S) Lola Cervantes (G) Marianne Lutz

Samtillana - Leo Anchóriz (I) Nando Gazzolo, (S) Jose Guardiola, (G) Gerd Martienzen

David MacGregor – Manuel Zarzo (I) Sergio Graziani, (S) Manuel Zarzo, (G) Gert Günther Hoffmann

Peter MacGregor - Nazzareno Zamperla (I) Cesare Barbetti, (S) ?, (G) Claus Jurichs

Kenneth MacGregor – Paolo Magalotti (I) Renato Turi, (S) Manuel Torremocha, (G) Michael Cramer

Mark MacGregor – Julio Pérez Tabernero (I) ?, (S) Julio Pérez Tabernero, (G) ?,

Johnny MacGregor – Saturno Cerra (I) Gianfranco Bellini, (S) Fernando Nogueras, (G) ?,

Dick MacGregor - Alberto Dell'Acqua (I) Massimo Turci, (S) Eugenio Domingo, (G) Claus Wilcke,

Perla – Perla Cristal (I) Flaminia Jandolo, (S) Maite Santamarina, (G) ?

Henning Schlüter  (1927-2000)

Henning Behrend Schlüter was born on March 1, 1927, in Hamburg, Germany. Schlüter first studied philosophy, psychology and German studies from 1946 to 1949 and completed acting training at the same time. In 1949 he became a member of the ensemble of the Deutsches Theater in East Berlin, where he remained under contract until 1952. He also played under Bert Brecht in his Berliner Ensemble at the same time. In 1952 Schlüter moved to Hamburg to the Kammerspiele there. Further theatre stations followed in Bochum, Berlin (West) and again in Hamburg.

Since 1960, Schlüter has also regularly played roles in film and television. In the process, the character actor with the imposing stature and voice also achieved international fame. Schlüter starred in Italian, French, American and English productions under internationally renowned directors such as Visconti, Christian-Jaque, Roman Polański and Billy Wilder and alongside famous fellow actors such as Elizabeth Taylor and Henry Fonda, James Cagney and Ben Kingsley. In German productions, he played with a wide range, in comedies such as “Willi wird das Kind schaukeln” alongside Heinz Erhardt, in literary adaptations such as Schlöndorff's Oscar-winning adaptation of Günter Grass's “Tin Drum”, the multi-parters “Tadellöser & Wolff” and “Ein Kapitel für sich” with Walter Kempowski and the film adaptation of the novel “The Elixirs of the Devil” with E. T. A. Hoffmann. In 1976, he played the naïve company owner Thomas Schunck in the episode ‘Kein schöner Sonntag’ of the television series Derrick.

In addition, Schlüter lent his voice to numerous radio plays and dubbed versions. He became known to young audiences through his leading role as Captain Buddelmann in the radio play series ‘Flitze Feuerzahn’. He can be heard in various EUROPA productions, including the series ‘Pitje Puck’, ‘TKKG’ and ‘Die drei ???’.

In 1966, the amateur photographer also published the illustrated book Ladies, Lords and Liederjane.

Henning Schlüter died in Hamburg on July 20, 2000, at the age of 73.