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[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.] Milano Caiano was an Italian character actor. His only film credit and only Spaghetti western role was in 1974’s “Che botte ragazzi!” (The Return of Shanghai Joe) directed by Mario Caiano which leads me to believe he was a relative of the director. CAIANO, Milano [Italian] – film actor. The Return of Shanghai Joe - 1974 ..read more

  Wirral Globe By Jamie Bowman July 17, 2024 Director Alex Cox, from Bebington, found fame in the 1980s with Repo Man, starring Harry Dean Stanton and Emilio Estevez and Sid and Nancy, featuring Gary Oldman. The former Wirral Grammar School pupil then went on to make a series of independent films as well as becoming the much-loved presenter of BBC Two's cult movie series, Moviedrome, from 1988-1994. Now approaching his 70th birthday, Cox, who lives in Oregon, is looking to partly fund a new project via Kickstarter and is asking fans for their help. Cox said: "I'm hoping I can ask you t ..read more

Frank Silvera (actor) would have been 110 today but died in 1970 ..read more

  Spanish model and actress Teresa Gimpera died in Barcelona, Spain on July 23rd she was 87. Born on September 21, 1936, in Igualada, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. In 1965 she debuted as an actress in the film ' Fata Morgana', by Vicente Aranda, and during the 1960s and 1970s she participated in other films filmed in Spain, France and Italy. She was married to American actor Craig Hill [1926-2014] from 1990-2014. In 1984, she began a career as a businesswoman and founded the Gimpera Models School in Barcelona, while only occasionally returning to acting. The Catalan government awar ..read more

  Italian stuntman, stunt coordinator, actor and member of the Dell’Acqua circus family died in Rome on July 22. He had just turned 85 two weeks ago. Born in Campobasso, Molise, Italy on April 8, 1938 he started his entertainment career as a circus acrobat and then entered films as a stuntman and then character actor. He was the non-identical twin brother of Alberto and older brother to Roberto, Fernanda and Ottaviano. Having worked in the circus as a youngster along with his brothers, Arnaldo began his film career in the early 60's with appearances in a few peplums. He then worked ste ..read more

  Bruno Riccardo Di Luia was born in Rome on April 4, 1943. He was an Italian actor, stuntman and former rugby union player in Serie A in CUS Rom Di Luia he a militant of Avanguardia Nazionale; his older brother, Serafino Di Luia, was one of the founders of the movement with Stefano Delle Chiaie. Bruno’s Roman, grim gaze and the flattened nose of a boxer, he appeared in more than fifty films he played in supporting and leading roles, but more than anything else that of a henchman or gang member especially in the films of Tomas Milian and in several crime films. However, he had the opport ..read more

Nerio Bernardi (actor) would have been 125 today but died in 1971. Lou Seitz (actress) would have been 125 today but died in 1985. Suzanne Christy (actress) would have been 120 today but died in 1974. Massimo Franciosa (writer) would have been 100 today but died in 1998 ..read more

[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.] Eugenio ‘Gino’ Cagna was born in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. He was a member of the cover band of Crosby, Stills & Nash called Old Tennis Shoes which were composed of Cagna on guitar, Bruno Zanotto, Mike, Alberto Rossotto and Mike Bongiorno, which performed at the Black Sun in San Pietro Val Lemina. He later co-founded Klinmak floor scrubbers. Today Gino lives ..read more

In 1968’s “Once Upon a Time in the West” Jill and her hired driver Sam stop at a wayside station on the way to the Sweetwater Ranch. The ranch was built by Carlo Simi and his crew in Monument Valley. Today little is left of the location except for some remains of the hitching posts and foundation blocks. The cement blocks were the same type as I saw when I visited Spain and the Leone location of Flagstone, Arizona. This location is not on any of the tourist trails and only a few of the guides know where it is located. The road seen in the photo is actually a dry wash ..read more