Raf Baldassarre
Raf Baldassarre | |
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Born | Raffaele Baldassarre 17 January 1932 Giurdignano, Italy |
Died | 11 January 1995 Rome, Italy | (aged 62)
Other names | Ralph Baldwin Ralph Baldwyn |
Years active | 1958-1985 |
Raf Baldassarre (17 January 1932 - 11 January 1995) was an Italian film actor.
Life and career
Born Raffaele Baldassarre in Giurdignano, Province of Lecce, he started his career in the late 1950s, being cast in many peplum and adventure films, alternating between stereotypical roles of the young villain and the loyal friend of the protagonist.[1] Following a fashion of the time for American-sounding stage names, in the second half of the 1960s he was credited "Ralph Baldwyn" or "Ralph Baldwin" in several spaghetti westerns.[1] Baldassarre was active until mid-eighties, usually cast in supporting roles, and he occasionally also worked as a producer.[1][2]
Selected filmography
- Erik the Conqueror (1961)
- Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile (1961)
- Gladiator of Rome (1962)
- Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules (1962)
- The Executioner of Venice (1963)
- A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
- Our Man in Jamaica (1965)
- The Relentless Four (1965)
- Our Men in Bagdad (1966)
- The Mercenary (1968)
- Between God, the Devil and a Winchester (1968)
- Dead Men Don't Count (1968)
- Pistol for a Hundred Coffins (1968)
- The Great Silence (1968)
- Garringo (1969)
- Arizona Colt Returns (1970)
- Blindman (1971)
- Drummer of Vengeance (1971)
- Web of the Spider (1971)
- And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave (1971)
- 1931: Once Upon a Time in New York (1972)
- They Believed He Was No Saint (1972)
- Eyeball (1975)
- La moglie in bianco... l'amante al pepe (1980)
- Fantasma d'amore (1981)
- Hercules (1983)
- The Adventures of Hercules (1985)
References
- ^ a b c Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. pp. 40–41. ISBN 8884402131.
- ^ "Raf Baldassarre: un attore di serie A". Glama. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2014.