Thomas Hunter (actor)
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Born |
Thomas O'Driscoll Hunter December 19, 1932 Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
Died |
December 27, 2017 85) Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S. | (aged
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1966–1984 |
Thomas O'Driscoll Hunter (December 19, 1932 – December 27, 2017) was an American actor known for work in Spaghetti Westerns and as a Hollywood screenwriter.[1] He was also the founder of the New England Repertory Company.[2]
Biography
Born in Savannah, Georgia, Hunter served in the United States Marine Corps[3] and graduated from the University of Virginia. He studied acting with Sanford Meisner and Uta Hagen.[4]
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 to 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 dissatisfaction 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.
Filmography
Screenwriter
- The 'Human' Factor (1975)
- The Final Countdown (1980)
Actor
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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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 | Internatslehrer Jens Larsen | Freddie Francis | |
1971 | Madness - Gli occhi della luna | Cesare Rau | ||
1971 | X312 - Flug zur Hölle | Tom Nilson | Jesús Franco | |
1971 | Il sorriso del ragno | Massimo Castellani | ||
1971 | Carlos | Pedro | Hans W. Geißendörfer | TV Movie |
1971 | Equinozio | Maurizio Ponzi | ||
1973 | Night Flight from Moscow | Henri Verneuil | ||
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 | |
1983 | The Act | The John | Sig Shore | (final film role) |
Notes
- ↑ "Thomas O'Driscoll Hunter". The Sun Chronicle. 28 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
- ↑ 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