O. W. Fischer (actor) would have been 110 today but died in 2004.
Toshirô Mifune (actor) would have been 105 today
but died in 1997.
Georges Guéret (actor) would have been 100 today
but died in 2018.
Larry Stewart (actor) would have been 95 today but
died in 1997.
Roland Demongeot (actor,
singer) is 70 today.
Veteran French director Yves Boisset died in Levallois-Perret,
Île-de-France, France on March 31st he was 86. Boisset began his
career as an assistant director. After working with such directors as Hossein,
Ciampi, Melville and Clement, he began directing short films until the late
1960s when he made his feature film debut. Boisset frequently contributed to
the scripts he shot and is known for his fast-paced action-adventures and his
social and political thrillers. His 1972 film” L'Attentat” entered into the 8th
Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize. His films
have been known for their controversial releases, and he for his left-wing
political views. He sued Arnold Schwarzenegger and 20th Century Fox over The
Running Man, which he believed had plagiarized his film Le prix du danger and
won the lawsuit. In 2011, he published an autobiography, La vie est un choix
(Life is a choice). Boisset was an assistant director on the 1966 Spaghetti
western “Death at Owell Rock” directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Mark
Damon and directed the 1995 TV Euro-western film “Red River” starring Christophe
Malavoy.
[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.]
Ciprian Florian was born in Bucharest, Romania. A professional stunt man with 16 years’ experience in television and film. He has a background in martial arts including taekwondo, jiu jitsu and judo. In 2014 he moved to South Africa to work as assistant fight coordinator, on the award-winning series ‘Black Sails’ for two seasons. Cip continues to work as a stunt man and fight coordinator in South Africa and abroad.
Florian has appeared in three Euro-westerns. He doubled Edward Akrout, Ronan Summers in “Dead in Tombstone” in 2012, performed stunts in “The Timber” in 2013 and “The Keeping Room” in 2014.
CIPRIAN, Florian (aka Florian Ciprian Filip, Ciprian
Florian) (Filip Ciprian Florian) [1/23/1984, Buftea, Romania
- ] – producer, director, writer, stuntman,
film, TV actor, married to Akona Florian (2016- ).
Dead in Tombstone – 2012 [doubled Edward Akrout, Ronan
Summers] [as Florian
Ciprian
Filip]
The Timberr – 2013 [stunts]
The Keeping Room – 2014 [stunts as Ciprian Florian]
This interior court scene from Jose Luis Merino’s 1979
Spaghetti western “7 cabalgan hacia la Muerte” (7 Ride to Death) starring was
filmed at the Zorreras Cortot, Pinos Puente, Granada, Spain.
Here’s the same location as seen in 2022.
Captain Miki 8
This comic book series is a chronological and complete reprint of the first series of Captain Miki. The page numbering of the albums that make up each series is consecutive to allow the collection in a volume.
The series was published in 2000 with issue one released on
July 5, 2000 and ending with issue #55 sometime later. It was published in
Milan, Italy by Europa Editoriale, Edizioni IF under the direction of editor
Elvio Fantini. Each issue contained 32 black and white pages with color covers.
American actor Denis Arndt died in Ashland, Oregon on
March 25, 2025. He was 85. He grew up near Seattle and was drawn to the theater
as an adolescent at the prompting of a charismatic drama teacher. He served as
a helicopter pilot in the United States Army during the Vietnam War, earning
both a Purple Heart and a Commendation Medal. Following his military service,
he flew helicopters in Alaska before earning a degree at the University of
Washington, using the G.I. Bill. It was there that his passion for theater took
flight. While managing an apartment house, he became friendly with a director
and drifted back into the theater. Arndt’s career took him to regional theaters
across the country, from the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles to Arena Stage in
Washington, D.C. He performed at The Public Theater in New York, where he
played Northumberland in “Richard II.” He is survived by his wife, their three
adult children, four adult children from a previous marriage, and many grandchildren
and great-grandchildren. Arndt appeared in one Euro-western “Bandidas” in 2006
as Ashe.
