June 6, 2008 Alessandro Barrera aka Dakar, Dakkar Peruvian Born 1920, Lima Died 14, September 2004. Rome A former wrestler, Peruvian Dakkar is one of the more familiar black…
June 5, 2008 R.I.P. Mel Ferrer Yet another R.I.P., I’m afraid. Mel Ferrer died on June 2nd, aged 91. There’s a lengthy obituary in the Guardian, quote: There was much…
May 2, 2008 Harry Baird Born 12th May, 1931. Georgetown, British Guyana Died 13th February, 2005. London, UK There’s a pretty decent little biography of Harry Baird on the…
April 25, 2008 Zeudi Araya Date of Birth: 10 February 1951, Asmara, Eritrea, Ethiopia Wikipedia has a pretty good bio for Ms Araya: Zeudi Araya was the daughter of…
April 16, 2008 Urs Althaus Urs Althaus’s acting career belongs to a slightly different vintage to most of the performers featured in this thread: he really only started appearing…
April 9, 2008 Judith Chapman Fun link posted on the Spaghetti Western Web Board… an interview with Judith Chapman (aka Judy Chapman), Patty Shepard’s sister who featured in Up…
April 4, 2008 Black Actors in Italy: Alibe Bit of a cheat, this one, as ‘Alibe’ actually appeared in Spanish rather than Italian films. However, Treasure Island was an Italian co-production, so…