Jesus Tordesillas (actor) would have been 130 today but died in 1973.
Antonin Baryel (aka Antonin) (actor) would have
been 1020 today but died in 1980.
Fedele Gentile (actor) would have been 115 today
but died in 1993.
Angel Arteaga (actor) would have been 95 but died
in 1984.
John Beck (actor) is 80 today.
Marcella Michelangeli (actress) is 80 today.
Tamas Fellegi was a mainstay in the world of Spaghetti
westerns. He was born in Budapest, Hungary and fled in 1956 after the Soviet
takeover and came to Italy along with his friend. Janos ‘John’ Bartha. Both
entered the Italian film industry and under the name Tom Felleghy excelled in
playing numerous military officers, lawyers, doctors, and other officials in
Italian films of the 1960s and 1970s. Felleghy began his career in Hungarian
theater, primarily as a director. He was married to Liane Ger from 1959-1990
when she died. He was the father of two children. For years his whereabouts
were unknown and only last week we found out he had died in Bracciano a suburb
of Rome on September 13, 2005. Tom had appeared in over 230 films and TV series
among which were 34 Euro-westerns.
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Veteran British actress Sylvia Syms died in a London
nursing home on January 27, 2023. She had just turned 89 on January 6. Born Sylvia
May Laura Syms in London. She starred in classic British films including “Ice
Cold in Alex” and “Victim,” Other notable films in a career that stretched over
seven decades included 1974's Cold War drama “The Tamarind Seed,” with Julie
Andrews and Omar Sharif and appeared as the Queen Mother Elizabeth — mother of
Helen Mirren’s Queen Elizabeth II — in Stephen Frears’ Academy Award-winning
2006 film “The Queen.” The following year, she was made an Officer of the Order
of the British Empire by the real queen at Buckingham Palace. Syms appeared in
one Euro-western: 1969’s “The Desperados!” as Laura Galt.
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 gven and anything that you can add would be appreciated.
Julia Caba Alba was born in Madrid, Spain on July 31, 1902. She was a Spanish actress who appeared in more than a hundred films and television series during her career as a noted character actress. Julia is the daughter of actors Pascual Caba and Irene Alba, niece of actress Leocadia Alba [1865-1952], aunt of actresses Irene Gutiérrez Caba [1929-1995] and Julia Gutiérrez Caba [1934- ], actor Emilio Gutiérrez Caba [1942- ]. Julia began her acting career in the theater and made her debut on stage at the age of twelve in "La Duquesa." She made her film debut in 1942’s “Boda en el infierno” in an uncredited role. Julia died in Madrid on November 14, 1988. She was 86 years old.
ALBA, Julia Caba [7/31/1902, Marid,
Madrid, Spain – 11/14/1988, Madrid, Madrid, Spain] – theater, film actress,
sister of actress Irene Caba Alba [1905-1957], married to Manuel San Román Alonso
[1908-2000] (1935-1988)
Las travesuras de Morucha – 1962 (Filberta)
“Pancho Villa Reitet”
(Villa Rides)
(1968)
Director: Buzz Kulik
Starring: Yul Brynner, Robert Mitchum, Charles Bronson
Country: Germany
Label: Capelight / Alive
Discs: 1
Blu-ray
Aspect ratio: 16:9, 2.35:1
Languages: PCM 2.0 German, English
Running time 122 minutes
Extras: German trailer
ASIN: B0BKHZFYB7
Release date: January 27, 2023
“Hombre – heute gehts um deinen kopf”
(Fistful of Death)
(1971)
Director: Demofilo Fidani
Starring: Hunt Powers, Klaus Kinski, Jeff Cameron
Label: True Grit / Cargo Records
Blu-ray/DVD combo
Limited edition: 500 copies
Video: 2K transfer from original film material
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: Video: 1.78:1 and 1.33:1
Languages: German, Italian
Subtitles: German
Running times: 89 minutes, 85 minutes
Extras: 2 cover options, German trailer with text, German
trailer with voiceover, English trailer, gallery; German "Lola Colt"
trailer, booklet text by Martin Hentschel: Mini poster
ASIN: B0B7QP8SVX
Release date: January 27, 2023
“Killer Adios
(1968)
Director: Primo Zeglio
Starring: Peter Lee Lawrence, Rosalba Neri, Armando Calvo
Label: Mediacs / Leonine
BluRay/DVD combo Mediabook
Region: B
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Audio: German, Italian
Video: 2.35:1 1080p
Region: B
96min, uncut
Extras: lobby cards and pictures galleries; trailer, booklet,
three covers limited to 333 copies each
ASIN: B0BLR1W6LQ
Release date: January 27, 2023
German actor and voice dubber Wolfgang Draeger died in
Hamburg, Germany on January 23, 2023. He was 95. Born Wolfgang Herbert Kurt Draeger in Berlin, Germany on
January 9, 1928, he started his career in radio and then became a familiar voice
to German film fans. As an actor, Draeger appeared in the ZDF series “The
Legacy of the Guldenburgs”. He was the voice of Woody Allen and James Cagney
and the voice of the cartoon character Inspector Gadget. Draeger was married to
fellow actress Rosemarie Eick [1927–1989]. From this marriage came their son
Stefan [1953–2018] and daughter Nicole [1956- ]. After they divorced, he
married the model Marianne Klawitter, from whose union the children Kerstin [1966-
] and Alexander called "Sascha" [1967- ].
Wolfgang Draeger’s Euro-western voice credits
The Last Gun – 1964 [German voice of Ugo Fangareggi]
Oklahoma John – 1964 [German voice of Georg Herzig]
Fistful of Dollars – 1965 [German voice of Fernando
Sánchez Polack]
The Tramplers – 1965 [German voice of Franco Balducci]
My Name is Pecos – 1966 [German voice of Gino
Barbacane]
The Dirty Outlaws - 1967 [German voice of Giuseppe
Castellano]
Killer Caliber .32 [German voice of Alberto
Dell’Acqua]
Pecos Cleans Up – 1967 [German voice of Piero Vida]
Professionals for a Massacre – 1967 [German voice of
Milo Quesada]
The Ruthless Four – 1967 [German voice of Klaus
Kinski]
7 Pistols for a Massacre – 1967 [German voice of Eduardo
Fajardo]
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – 1968 [German voice of
Jim turner]
And God Said to Cain – 1970 [German voice of Antonio
Cantafora]
Catlow – 1971 [German voice of Angel del Pozo]
The Grissom Gang – 1971 [German voice of Scott Wilson]
Halleluja für Camposanto – 1971 German voice of Gildo
Di Marco]
Halleluja für Spirito Santo – 1971 [German voice of Ettore
Arena, Federico Boido]
Vengeance Trail – 1971 [German voice of ?]
Yuma – 1971 [German voice of Robert Phillips]
Ben and Charlie – 1972 [German voice of Vittorio
Congia]
Bad Kids of the West – 1973 [German voice of Gaetano
Scala]
Burning Daylight (TV) – 1975 [German voice of ?]
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 gven and anything that you can add would be appreciated.
Alan Craig is another actor with a limited career of seven credited films on IMDb. I can find no other biographical information on him.
ALAN, Craig [American] – film, TV actor.
The Alaska Kid – 1991 (Olaf)
