Thomas Hunter (actor)
| Thomas Hunter (actor) | |
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| Born |
December 19, 1932 Savannah, Georgia |
| Occupation | Actor |
Thomas Hunter (born December 19, 1932) is an American actor known for work in Spaghetti Westerns and as a Hollywood screenwriter. He is also the founder of the New England Repertory Company.[1]
Biography
Born in the Georgia city of Savannah, Hunter served in the United States Marine Corps[2] and graduated from the University of Virginia. He studied acting with Sanford Meisner and Uta Hagen.[3]
He entered film in a small role in Blake Edwards' What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966). After completing the film, a chance meeting with Dino De Laurentiis led him be invited to star as the lead in The Hills Run Red leading him to a career in European cinema with guest appearances in American television series. His disassatifaction with European cinema led him to found the New England Repertory Company.
Hunter has published two books: "Softly Walks the Beast," an end-of-the-world story that takes place in the not-too-distant future and centers on a dwindling community of smart and resourceful people on a college campus, struggling against the horrible and seemingly unstoppable after-effects of a nuclear war. "Softly Walks the Beast" was first published in 1982 and a second edition was published in 2014. In 2015, Hunter published "Memoirs of a Spaghetti Cowboy: Tales of Oddball Luck and Derring-Do," which chronicles his life and details his adventures starring in numerous "spaghetti westerns" and other foreign productions while living in Rome, Italy.
Selected filmography
Screenwriter
- The 'Human' Factor (1975)
- The Final Countdown (1980)
Actor
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? | American GI #3 | Blake Edwards |
| 1966 | The Hills Run Red | Jerry Brewster / Jim Houston | Carlo Lizzani |
| 1966 | Death Walks in Laredo | Whitey Selby | Enzo Peri |
| 1967 | Liebesnächte in der Taiga | Frank Heller | Harald Philipp |
| 1968 | Anzio | Pvt Andy | Edward Dmytryk |
| 1968 | The Magnificent Tony Carrera | Tony Carrera | José Antonio de la Loma |
| 1969 | Battle of the Commandos | Capt. Kevin Burke | Umberto Lenzi |
| 1969 | Revenge | Richard Marlowe | Pino Tosini |
| 1971 | The Vampire Happening | Jens Larsen | Freddie Francis |
| 1971 | Madness - Gli occhi della luna | Cesare Rau | |
| 1971 | X312 - Flight to Hell | Tom Nilson | Jesús Franco |
| 1971 | Il sorriso del ragno | Massimo Castellani | |
| 1971 | Carlos | Pedro | Hans W. Geißendörfer |
| 1971 | Equinozio | Maurizio Ponzi | |
| 1974 | Wer stirbt schon gerne unter Palmen | Werner Becker | Alfred Vohrer |
| 1975 | The 'Human' Factor | Taylor | Edward Dmytryk |
| 1976 | The Cassandra Crossing | Captain Scott | George P. Cosmatos |
| 1976 | Cross Shot | Turrini | Stelvio Massi |
| 1984 | The Act | The John | Sig Shore |
Notes
- ↑ http://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/quest-of-the-hunter/article_8b0fe56b-747a-52fb-b760-b850ba84ce12.html
- ↑ Grainger, Julian Thomas Hunter Interview Spaghetti Cinema
- ↑ http://www.thesunchronicle.com/tom-hunter-has-a-new-rep/article_f772c909-1373-5407-9095-eae08d3eda9a.html