[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.] Nicolau Breyner was born João Nicolau de Melo Breyner Moreira Lopes on July 30, 1940, in Serpa, Portugal. He spent over 55 years in his career as an actor, producer, director and one of the most popular figures of national fiction. He is the cousin of the writer Sophia de Mello Breyner Andersen [1919-2004] After his childhood in Serpa, he came to Lisbon with h ..read more

“Django - Unbarmherzig wie die Sonne” (Death Sentence) (1968)   Director: Mario Lanfranchi Starring: Robin Clarke, Richard Conte, Enrico Maria Salerno, Adolf Celi   Country: Germany Label: Explosive Media New 2K master Resolution: 1080p Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Languages: German, English Subtitles: German, English Running time: 99 minutes Extras: audio commentary with Mario Lanfranchi; interview featurette with the director; trailer; gallery ASIN: ‎B0CTC1JQ1V Available: April 25, 2024 ..read more

Starosta má starosti – Czechoslovakian title [The Mayor is Worried – English translated title]   A 1989 Czechoslovakian television production [Ceskoslovenská Televize (Prague)] Producer: ? Director: Jitka Němcová Story: Luboš Johanis Teleplay: Luboš Johanis Photography: Jan Matiášek Music: Jaroslav Uhlíř Running time: 31 minutes   Cast: Sheriff - Josef Laufer Shirley - Miroslava Pleštilová Louis Jones - Ondřej Havelka Judge - Svatopluk Beneš Frank Finley - Karel Greif Billy Denis - Josef Bek Daisy - Gabriela Osvaldová James O’Brien - Karel Šíp Tom Brady - Jaroslav Uhlíř With: Václav ..read more

Stjepan Hrgović (actor) would have been 80 today but died in 2021. Martin Koolhoven is 55 today ..read more

  British actress Margaret Lee died on April 24th according to an announcement by her son producer Roberto Malerba. Born Margaret Gwendolyn Box in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England on August 4, 1943, she was a popular leading lady in Italian films in the 1960s and 1970s. She is the mother of production manager/producer Roberto Malerba [1964- ] (from her marriage to Gino Malerba) and production manager/producer Damian Anderson [1973- ]. She was educated at the Italia Conti Theatre School in London, graduating in 1960. She moved to Rome shortly afterwards to pursue a career in films ..read more

Gruesome Magazine By Tony Timpone March 21, 2024 Two genres collide (bloodily!) in A Town Called Purgatory, the new film from the team behind the award-winning 2017 festival fave The Night Watchmen, and Gruesome just landed this exclusive clip. A horror western, A Town Called Purgatory will make its U.S. premiere this Saturday at New Jersey’s Garden State Film Festival with cast and crew attending. “When COVID-19 had shut down the world in 2020, it was the right time to develop a script,” recalls A Town Called Purgatory’swriter, producer, and star Dan De Luca, who wore the same production hats ..read more

  Agostino de Simone was an Italian supporting and character actor. He was born in Fisciano, Salerno, Italy on August 13, 1923. He only appeared in a dozen films from 1966 to 1982. Other than that no biographical details are currently known other than he died in Rome on March 6, 2001 at the age of 77. Agostino appeared in four of the five Spaghetti westerns listed below. The fifth film was never made. de SIMONE, Agostino [8/13/1923, Fisciano, Salerno, Italy – 3/6/2001, Rome, Lazio, Italy] – film actor. Kill Johnny Ringo – 1966 (Al) Wanted Johnny Texas – 1967 (Major Weston) A Gunman Calle ..read more

Vittorio Güttner (actor) would have been 155 today but died in 1935. Sydney Bromley (actor) would have been 115 today but died in 1987. Yuriy Chernov (actor) is 75 today. Djimon Hounsou (actor) is 60 today ..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.] Eugène Bréon was a French silent film actor who appeared in only one film as far as I can determine and that was a Joe Hamman western in the role of one of the suitors of the heroin Berthe Dagmar in 1912’s “Le révolver matrimonial” (Marriage with a Revolver). Most likely Bréon was a stage actor. No biographical information about him can be found. BREON, Eugène ..read more

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 ..read more