Skip to content

The Wild Eye

Keeping a wild eye on European Cinema of the past and present

  • Home
  • About

Category: Americans in Cinecitta

This category is dedicated to all the American actoprs who plied their trade in Cinecitta

Richard McNamara in Totò nella luna, with Ugo Tognazzi and Jim Dolen
August 15, 2015

Richard McNamara

Richard McNamara was another of the Americans – like John Kitzmiller – who came to Italy as an American soldier during World War 2 and stayed there, working in the burgeoning film industry

An artificially aged Janine Hendy in Hercules Against the Moon Men
September 15, 2014

Janine Hendy

Janine Hendy was one of the more prominent black actresses to work in Italian cinema during the early 1960s. Perhaps her best known roles were in the two Taur films directed by Antonio Leonviola in 1963, Taur, il re della forza bruta and more particularly Thor and the Amazon Women, in which she played the antagonist to the titular hero Joe Robinson.

Bill Vanders
June 11, 2012

Who was… Bill Vanders

Bill Vanders was one of the most prolific of the American actors who worked in Rome during the golden age of Italian exploitation cinema, yet almost nothing is known about him.

Performers image
April 20, 2012

Who was… Frank Colson

Here’s another in our list of American actors who ended up making films in Italy. Now, I’m guessing you’ve never heard of Frank Colson?

March 30, 2012

Peter Dane

I’ve noticed the name Peter Dane crop up in a couple of Italian films that I’ve watched now, so it seems like a good opportunity to revive my ‘Americans in Cinecitta’ posts.

May 26, 2011

Daniel Jones

Another in our on off guide to black actors in Italian cinema, this time it’s the turn of: Daniel Jones.

November 25, 2010

John Kitzmiller

John Kitzmiller was one of the most prominent Afro-American actors to work in Italy during the post war period.  Born in Michigan in 1913,…

Posts navigation

1 2 … 4 Next

Categories

  • British cinema
  • French cinema
  • Italian Cinema
  • Spanish cinema
  • The WildEye Books
  • 2024 (1)
  • 2021 (1)
  • 2019 (6)
  • 2018 (11)
  • 2017 (50)
  • 2016 (37)
  • 2015 (40)
  • 2014 (23)
  • 2013 (21)
  • 2012 (61)
  • 2011 (97)
  • 2010 (103)
  • 2009 (152)
  • 2008 (280)
  • 2007 (8)

Blogroll

  • Cinematografo Italian language database of all Italian Films
  • European Trash Cinema Craig Ledbetter’s excellent magazine ETC has now made it online…
  • Giallo Fever Superb website about giallos and other Italian films
  • M.E.C.D. Database A great database with information about Spansih cinema (and other films shot in Spain)
  • Spaghetti Western Web Board The original and the best…
Copyright The Wild Eye. All rights reserved. | Powered by Writers Blogily Theme