Actor
John Richardson
Born January 19, 1934 in Worthing, Sussex, England, United KingdomDied January 5, 202137 films
John Richardson (January 19, 1934 - January 5, 2021) was an English actor, who appeared in movies from the 1950s until the 1990s.
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He appeared in many Italian films, including Mario Bava's Black Sunday (1960). His best known role was perhaps in One Million Years B.C. (1966), in which he played a grunting caveman who fell in love with Raquel Welch. He had small roles in the remake of The 39 Steps (1959); Tender is the Night (1962) as a young man, uncredited; and in On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) with Barbra Streisand. Richardson was cast as the male lead in both She and One Million Years BC. He was considered for the role of James Bond, but lost out to George Lazenby.
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First watchBlack Sunday19607.4as Dr. Andrej Gorobec / Dr. Andreas GorobecA vengeful witch, Asa Vajda, and her fiendish servant, Igor Jauvitch, return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant:…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
37 films as actor- 1994MilnerEdward
- 1989The ChurchArchitect
- 1987School of Thieves 2Ricco Gondoliere
- 1981Murder ObsessionOliver
- 1980Blue ParadiseKris
- 1980Fever of 40!Harry Petersen
- 1978Battle of the StarsCaptain Mike Layton
- 1977War of the PlanetsCaptain Alex Hamilton
- 1977Sawed-Off Shotgun
- 1977Nine Guests for a CrimeLorenzo
- 19764 Billion in 4 MinutesFrancesco Vitale
- 1975Duck in Orange SauceJohn
- 1975Reflections in BlackInspector Lavina
- 1975EyeballMark Burton
- 1974The Beautiful SummerVittorio
- 1974The Tree with Pink LeavesAndrea, padre di Marco
- 1973Anna: the Pleasure, the TormentLorenzo Viotto
- 1973TorsoProf. Franz
- 1972Frankenstein '80Karl Schein
- 1970On a Clear Day You Can See ForeverRobert Tentrees
- 1969A Candidate for a KillingNick Warfield / André Jarvis / Riquelli
- 1968ExecutionBill Coler / John Coler
- 1968The Vengeance of SheKillikrates
- 1967A Nun at the CrossroadsDr. Pierre Lemmon
- 1967On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...Dragone
- 1967John the BastardJohn Donald Tenorio
- 1966The Tough OneDaniel
- 1966One Million Years B.C.Tumak
- 1965SheLeo Vincey
- 1962Tender Is the NightYoung Man Being Photographed (uncredited)
- 1961Pirates of TortugaPercy
- 1960Black SundayDr. Andrej Gorobec / Dr. Andreas Gorobec
- 1960The League of GentlemenElizabeth's Lover (uncredited)
- 1959SapphireStudent
- 1959The Heart of a ManOfficial
- 1959The Captain's TableShip's Officer (uncredited)
- 1958Bachelor of HeartsRobin