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Tony Kendall
Actor

Tony Kendall

22 Aug 1936Born
28 Nov 2009Died
73Age at death
58Credits

Biography

Tony Kendall (22 August 1936 – 28 November 2009) was an Italian model turned film actor with over 50 film credits that reflect the trends of popular European cinema in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.

Born as Luciano Stella, Kendall was formerly a model for Italian Fumetti, comics done in photographs.

He changed his name to Tony Kendall at the suggestion of Vittorio De Sica in the fashion of many Italian actors whose films were shown in countries outside of Italy in the days when European films proliferated.

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Stella made his film debut in Femmine Tre Volte in 1959 but didn't make another appearance until he used his new name of Tony Kendall in Brennus, Enemy of Rome (1963) one of the sword and sandal craze of films popular in the early 1960s.

Kendall is most famous for his various teamings with Brad Harris, with the two predating Terence Hill and Bud Spencer as a popular and prolific action team. In the derivative world of the European cinema of the 1960s, Kendall and Harris first teamed up in two sauerkraut western films "inspired" by the successful German Karl May Winnetou series with Harris as a Lex Barker clone and Kendall as a Native American "Chief Black Eagle" in The Pirates of the Mississippi (1963) and Black Eagle of Santa Fe (1965).

With the international success of the James Bond films and the German Jerry Cotton series, Kendall became best known for his role as private detective Joe Walker in the seven films of the Eurospy Kommissar X series where he played opposite Brad Harris in the role of New York Police Captain Tom Rowland. The popularity of Batman (TV series) led to Harris and Kendall appearing in The Three Fantastic Supermen (1967) the first in a long series that had stunt work performed by a young Jackie Chan (“The Three Fantastic Supermen in the Orient”).

Kendall has prominently appeared in other varieties of European cinema in the 1960s and 1970s such as Giallo horror (The Whip and the Body, 1963), spaghetti westerns (as Django in Django Against Sartana, 1970, and Gunman of 100 Crosses, 1971), crime movies such as Machine Gun McCain (1969), and adventure films such as Oil! (1977). He also appeared in European versions of women in prison (The Big Bust Out, 1972), zombie horror (Return of the Blind Dead, 1973), and films inspired by The Godfather (Corleone, 1978). Aside from an appearance in Alex l'ariete (2000), Kendall's last film role was in On the Dark Continent in 1993.

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Known for

Filmography

  1. TBASnow WhiteFilm
  2. 2012Die X-Männer schlagen zurückFilm: Jo Louis Walker / Kommissar X
  3. 2010Il giorno della ShoahFilm: nazista
  4. 2007Voce del verbo amoreFilm: Ettore
  5. 2000Alex the RamFilm: Comandante
  6. 1993On the Dark ContinentFilm: Ernesto
  7. 1991The Invisible WallFilm: Colonnello Aeronautica
  8. 1989Thrilling LoveFilm: Alberto Stuart
  9. 1987Death StoneFilm: Miguel Gomez
  10. 1987KamikazeFilm
  11. 1985Hunting for the Art ThiefSeries: colonnello Raimondi (7 episodes)
  12. 1982Attila Scourge of GodFilm: Serpicio
  13. 1982Crime on the HighwayFilm: Mr. Tarquini
  14. 1980Le GuignoloFilm: Fredo
  15. 1979Cop or HoodFilm: Inspector Rey
  16. 1978White Fang and the KidFilm: Franky James
  17. 1978CorleoneFilm: Salvatore Sperlazzo
  18. 1978Closed CircuitFilm: Roberto Vinci
  19. 1977Yeti: The Giant of the 20th CenturyFilm: Cliff Chandler
  20. 1977OilFilm: Tony
  21. 1975Bruna, Shapely, Seeks GiftedFilm: Giovanni Pizzolla
  22. 1975La Missione del MandrilloFilm: Pietro Rossini
  23. 1973Tales of EroticaFilm: Bitto Ranieri (segment "The Trick") / Fra' Luce (segment "The Miracle")
  24. 1973La Dernière Bourrée à ParisFilm: Victor
  25. 1973Li chiamavano i tre moschettieri... invece erano quattroFilm: D'Artagnan
  26. 1973The Off-Road GirlFilm: Carlo
  27. 1973The Loreley's GraspFilm: Sigurd
  28. 1973Attack of the Blind DeadFilm: Jack Marlowe
  29. 1973The Night of the Last DayFilm: Beppe Banti
  30. 1972The Crucified Girls of San RamonFilm: Jeff
  31. 1972Blood StoryFilm: Abraham French
  32. 1972Siege of TerrorFilm: Andrew
  33. 1971The Tiger GangFilm: Kommissar X
  34. 1971Gunman of One Hundred CrossesFilm: Sartana / Django
  35. 1971In the Eye of the HurricaneFilm: Michel
  36. 1971Brother OutlawFilm: Dakota Thompson
  37. 1970Fighters from Ave MariaFilm: John
  38. 1970Django Challenges SartanaFilm: Django
  39. 1969Love BirdsFilm: Nino
  40. 1969Hate Is My GodFilm: Il Nero/Carl
  41. 1969Island of Lost GirlsFilm: Kommissar X
  42. 1969Machine Gun McCainFilm: Pete Zacari
  43. 1968Kill, Panther, Kill!Film: Jo Louis Walker / 'Kommissar X'
  44. 1967Kill Me GentlyFilm: Kommissar X
  45. 1967The Three Fantastic SupermenFilm: Tony
  46. 1967The Criminals of the MetropolisFilm: sergente Perier
  47. 1966So Darling, So DeadlyFilm: Kommissar X
  48. 1966Death Is Nimble, Death Is QuickFilm: Kommissar X
  49. 1966Kiss Kiss, Kill KillFilm: Kommissar X
  50. 1965Serenade for Two SpiesFilm: Pepino
  51. 1965Black Eagle of Santa FeFilm: Chief Black Eagle
  52. 1964L'uomo mascherato contro il corsaro neroFilm: Captain Ruiz
  53. 1964The Masked Man Against the PiratesFilm: Captain Ruiz
  54. 1964Hyena of LondonFilm: Henry
  55. 1963Brennus, Enemy of RomeFilm: Quinto Fabio
  56. 1963The Pirates of the MississippiFilm: Schwarzer Adler
  57. 1963The Whip and the BodyFilm: Cristiano Menliff
  58. 1957Female Three TimesFilm

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