Giovanni Lombardo Radice
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Giovanni Lombardo Radice (born 23 September 1954) is an Italian film actor, better know to audiences as John Morghen. Born in Rome, Lombardo Radice is mostly famous the gruesome death scenes his characters fall victim to in films such as Cannibal Ferox.
[edit] Selected filmography
- The Omen (2006)
- Deliria (also known as Stagefright, 1987)
- Cannibal Ferox (1981)
- The House on the Edge of the Park (1980)
- Apocalypse domani (also known as Cannibal Apocalypse, 1980)
- City of the Living Dead(1980)
[edit] Trivia
- In an interview on the old Living-Dead.com horror site, Giovanni Lombardo Radice stated that he wished he had never portrayed Mike Logan in 'Cannibal Ferox'.
- He has fond memories of Lucio Fulci and is described as 'wonderful' by Antonella Fulci - Lucio's daughter.
- Giovanni Lombardo Radice is labeled the 'Nastiest Man In The World' - Mostly due to his horrorific death sequences in a number of Italian exploitation films.
- Lombardo Radice was credited on the IMDB as doing a soft-core porn, but later stated in an interview with Ryan Adams of the old Living-Dead.com that he indeed did not perform in any such movie.
- He created his stage name John Morghen by taking the anglicized form of his first name (Giovanni becomes John) and using his grandmother's maiden name as his last name (Morghen). His family practically disowned him when they discovered he was using his noble family name to create incredibly horrible and violent films.
