RIP Lucian Iancu

 

Romanian actor, director Lucian Iancu died in Bucharest, Romania on November 20^th. He was  84. Born in Constanţa, Romania on February 3, 1940. He graduated from the Theatre and Cinema Institute in Bucharest in 1940. He became one of Romania’s leading actors and the General Director of the Dramatic Theatre of Constanţa. Iancu performed roles in plays by Sophocles, Euripides, Rostand, Brecht, Ionescu, Sartre, Shakespeare, Moliere, Chekhov and many others. He’s appeared in over 20 films and has been awarded various prizes and recognition for his contributions to the dramatic arts. Iancu appeared in three Euro-westerns: “Apaches” in 1973 as Chico, “The Prophet, the Gold and the Transylvanians” in 1977 as Will Clanton and “The Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians” in 1981as a McCallum henchman.