Thomas Hunter (actor)

Thomas Hunter (actor)
Born (1932-12-19) December 19, 1932
Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 1966-1984

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

Tom Hunter in "Carlos," shot in Israel for German television and co-starring Geraldine Chaplin.

Screenwriter

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 - Flug zur Hölle 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

  1. ↑ http://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/quest-of-the-hunter/article_8b0fe56b-747a-52fb-b760-b850ba84ce12.html
  2. ↑ Grainger, Julian Thomas Hunter Interview Spaghetti Cinema
  3. ↑ http://www.thesunchronicle.com/tom-hunter-has-a-new-rep/article_f772c909-1373-5407-9095-eae08d3eda9a.html
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