Walter Brandi Explained

Walter Brandi
Birthname:	Walter Bigari
Death Date:	May 1997
Othername:	Walter Brandt

Walter Bigari better known by his stage name Walter Brandi was an Italian actor. In his book on European exploitation films, Danny Shipka described Brandi as "one of the first de facto stars of Italian horror/exploitation", while noting he was never as popular as Christopher Lee, Barbara Steele or Peter Cushing. He predominantly acted in genre films in the 1960s. Brandi died in May 1997.

Filmography

Title	Year	Credited as				Role	Notes
		width=65	Actor	width=65	Screenwriter				width=65	Story author	width=65	Producer
The Vampire and the Ballerina	1960					Herman
	1960					Count Gabor Kernassy, The Vampire
Slaughter of the Vampires	1962					Marquis Wolfgang
Three Swords for Rome	1964
Terror-Creatures from the Grave	1965					Albert Kovacs
Bloody Pit of Horror	1965					Rick
Kommissar X – Drei goldene Schlangen	1969					Mr Landru		^[1] ^[2]
Wanted Sabata	1970
	1973						Also production manager

References

Sources

• Book: Curti , Roberto . Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957–1969 . . 978-1-4766-1989-7 . 2015 .
• Book: Curti , Roberto . Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970-1979 . . 978-1476629605 . 2017 .
• Book: Grant, Kevin. Any Gun Can Play. 2011. Fab Press. 9781903254615.
• Book: Kinnard . Roy . Crnkovich . Tony . Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990 . McFarland . 978-1476662916 . 2017.
• Book: Lentz, Harris M.. Obituaries in the Performing Art, 1997. 1998. 20. McFarland & Company. 0786404604.
• Book: Shipka, Danny . Perverse Titillation: The Exploitation Cinema of Italy, Spain and France, 1960–1980 . McFarland . 2011 . 978-0-7864-4888-3 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kommissar X: Drei goldene Schlangen. Filmportal.de. April 28, 2020. German.
2. Web site: Kommissar X Drei goldene Schlangen. https://web.archive.org/web/20200806194337/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b73576acb. dead. August 6, 2020. British Film Institute. April 28, 2020.