George Eastman (actor) explained

George Eastman
Birth Name:Luigi Montefiori
Birth Date:16 August 1942
Birth Place:Genoa, Kingdom of Italy
Occupation:Actor
Height:6′ 9″
Yearsactive:1966–present

George Eastman (born Luigi Montefiori; August 16, 1942) is an Italian actor and screenwriter well known for his frequent collaborations with notorious director Joe D'Amato. He is most famous for his role as the insane, cannibalistic serial killer Klaus Wortmann in the gory 1980 horror film Antropophagus (aka The Grim Reaper). He also played a similar role in its 1981 follow-up, Absurd. Both films were directed by D'Amato and written by Eastman.

Career

Eastman was born in Genoa, Italy, and studied at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome and at the Drama School held of Alessandro Fersen.[1] He took his Americanized alias "George Eastman" when he was cast as a "heavy" in many Spaghetti Westerns made in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1972 he played the villain in The Call of the Wild which starred Charlton Heston and was directed by Ken Annakin.

Eastman later became a regular performer in many movies directed by Joe D'Amato, for whom he also wrote many screenplays. Their first work together was Cormack of the Mounties (aka Giubbe rosse) in 1975.[2]

He was a very familiar face in Italian B-cinema in the early 1980s, being generally cast as a villain, thanks to his towering 6'9" height, and his dark and menacing looks. He co-starred in many Italian science fiction films such as Bronx Warriors, The New Barbarians, Endgame, Ironmaster, 2020 Texas Gladiators and After the Fall of New York. His most famous movie is the gory horror film Anthropophagous, directed by Joe D'Amato in 1980, in which he played the monster. He also starred in D'Amato's Erotic Nights of the Living Dead, Porno Holocaust and Absurd (aka Anthropophagous 2).

Two of his greatest major villain roles were in Rabid Dogs (aka Kidnapped, 1974) and Blastfighter (1984). He appeared in Paramount's 1985 biblical film King David playing Goliath in David's childhood flashback scene. In 1986, he performed as Stefano in the movie Regalo di Natale, directed by Pupi Avati. He also wrote and directed the science fiction film Metamorphosis/ DNA Formula Letale[3] (produced by Joe D'Amato) in 1990, after which he quit acting to concentrate on his screenwriting. He is now a well regarded author in Italian television and only acts occasionally. (In 2003, he returned to acting in La rivincita di Natale, a film directed by Pupi Avati.)

Partial filmography

TitleYearCredited asRoleNotes
width=65 Actorwidth=65 Screenwriterwidth=65 Story author
Django Shoots First1966Jesse Kluster[4]
My Name Is Pecos1966Member of Kline's group[5]
Django Kills Softly1967Bill[6]
Ramon/Chico[7]
Poker with PistolsLucas[8]
Django, Prepare a Coffin1968Lucas[9] [10]
Bootleggers1969McGowan "The Irish"
Fellini SatyriconThe Minotaur[11]
Bastard, Go and Kill1971
Ben and Charlie1972Charlie[12]
Black Burton[13]
Baba Yaga1973Charlie
ScalawagDon Aragon[14]
A forza di sberle1974
Cormack of the Mounties1975[15]
Blood and Bullets1976Dan Caputo, "Knell"
Keoma[16]
Canne mozze1977
Sesso nero1980Voyakis
AntropophagusNikos Karamanlis Also producer[17] [18]
Porno Holocaust1981Professor Lemoine[19] [20]
1983[21] [22]
IronmasterVood
One[23] [24]
2019, After the Fall of New YorkBig Ape
Blastfighter1984Tom[25] [26]
Delirium1987Alex[27] [28]
Jacko
Il deserto del fuoco1997Television film[29]
Rabid Dogs1974Trentadue / Thirty-two
2020 Texas Gladiators1983[30]
Emanuelle's RevengeCarlo[31] [32]
Crane[33]
Emanuelle Around the World
Master StrokeWestern actor[34]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. 8884401712. 2002.
  2. Book: Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. 8884401712. 2002.
  3. Palmerini, Luca M.; Mistretta, Gaetano (1996). "Spaghetti Nightmares". Fantasma Books. p. 110..
  4. Web site: Django spara per primo (1966). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. it.
  5. Web site: Due once di piombo (1966). Archivio del cinema italiano.it. 28 August 2017. it.
  6. Web site: Bill il taciturno (1967). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. it.
  7. Web site: L'ultimo killer (1967). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. it.
  8. Web site: Un poker di pistole (1967). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. it.
  9. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20120630232135/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/preparati-la-bara%21-v139815. Preparati la Bara!. November 8, 2018. June 30, 2012. AllMovie. 2012-06-30.
  10. Web site: Preparati la bara! (1968). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. it.
  11. Web site: Fellini Satyricon (1969). 28 August 2017. fr. Bifi.fr.
  12. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20120725184737/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/ben-e-charlie-v123932. 25 July 2012. Ben e Charlie on AllMovie. 28 August 2017. Erickson. Hal. Hal Erickson (author).
  13. Web site: Ruf der Wildnis. Filmportal.de. 28 August 2017.
  14. Web site: Scalawag. American Film Institute. 28 August 2017.
  15. Bruckner, Ulrich P. (2002). Für ein paar Leichen mehr: der Italo-Western von seinen Anfängen bis heute (in German). Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf. p. 428.
  16. Monthly Film Bulletin. 44. 516. 235. 1977. Keoma. London. 0027-0407. Pahlow. Colin.
  17. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20120730224151/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/antropophagus-v157259. Antropophagus. 30 July 2012. Ray. Forest. 19 August 2017.
  18. Web site: Antropophagus. AllMovie. 19 August 2017.
  19. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20120727020921/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/porno-holocaust-v149985. Porno Holocaust. 27 July 2012. Beldin. Fred. 19 August 2017.
  20. Web site: Porno Holocaust. https://web.archive.org/web/20170828232916/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/porno-holocaust-v149985/cast-crew. 28 August 2017. 28 August 2017. AllMovie. dead.
  21. Web site: 1990 - I guerrieri del Bronx (1982). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. November 8, 2018. it.
  22. Bronx Warriors "(1990 I Guerrieri del Bronx)". 50. 588. 191–192. 1983. Monthly Film Bulletin. Newman. Kim. Kim Newman. British Film Institute. London.
  23. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20131117174625/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-new-barbarians-v53483. The New Barbarians. Mannikka. Eleanor. 17 August 2017. 17 November 2013. dead.
  24. Monthly Film Bulletin. New Barbarians, The "(I nuovi barbari)". Taylor. Paul. 50. 588. 219–220. 1983. British Film Institute.
  25. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160705185533/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/blastfighter-v6019/cast-crew. 5 July 2016. Blastfighter on AllMovie. dead.
  26. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20120802193130/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/blastfighter-v6019. 2 August 2012. Blastfighter on AllMovie. Cavett. Binion.
  27. Web site: Delirium. https://web.archive.org/web/20121020065328/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/delirium-v140038. AllMovie. Firsching. Robert. 20 October 2012. 20 October 2012.
  28. Web site: Le foto di Gioia (1987). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. it.
  29. Web site: Prinzessin Amina - Das Geheimnis einer Liebe. Filmportal.de. 28 August 2017.
  30. Web site: Texas 2000 (1984). Archivo del Cinema Italiano. it. 28 August 2017.
  31. Web site: Emanuelle e Françoise, le sorelline (1975). Archivo del cinema Italiano. 21 August 2017.
  32. Monthly Film Bulletin. 44. 516. 232. 1977. British Film Institute. Emanuelle and Francoise "(Emanuelle e Françoise le sorelline)". Badder. David.
  33. Web site: Il Cobra. https://web.archive.org/web/20210123060055/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7026987d. dead. January 23, 2021. British Film Institute. 28 August 2017.
  34. Web site: Colpo maestro al servizio di Sua Maestà Britannica. Archivio del cinema italiano.it. 28 August 2017. it.
  35. Palmerini, Luca M.; Mistretta, Gaetano (1996). "Spaghetti Nightmares". Fantasma Books. p. 111..
  36. Palmerini, Luca M.; Mistretta, Gaetano (1996). "Spaghetti Nightmares". Fantasma Books. p. 111..
  37. Palmerini, Luca M.; Mistretta, Gaetano (1996). "Spaghetti Nightmares". Fantasma Books. p. 111..
  38. Palmerini, Luca M.; Mistretta, Gaetano (1996). "Spaghetti Nightmares". Fantasma Books. p. 111..

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