Craig Hill (actor)
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Craig Hill | |
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Born | Craig Hill Fowler[1] March 5, 1926[2] |
Died | April 21, 2014 | (aged 88)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1950–2003 |
Spouse | Teresa Gimpera(1990-2014; his death) |
Craig Hill(bornCraig Hill Fowler;March 5, 1926 – April 21, 2014) was an American film actor fromLos Angeles, California.
Career
[edit]Hill began his film career as a contract star for20th Century Foxbeginning withCheaper by the Dozen.He also appeared inSam Fuller'sFixed Bayonets(1951) andJohn Ford'sWhat Price Gloryas well as in a key role oppositeKirk Douglasin the 1951 crime dramaDetective Story.After leaving Fox, he co-starred in Universal'sThe Black Shield of Falworth(1954) and appeared in several American television shows.
Hill is best known for co-starring in theDesilu Studiostelevision seriesWhirlybirdsfrom 1957 to 1960, playing "P.T. Moore". In the mid-1960s, he moved toSpainand gained a new series of fans as a lead actor in severalSpaghetti Westernsbeginning withHands of a Gunfighter(1965).[3]He starred in several Euro Horror films as well, includingThe Bloodstained Shadow(1978) andThe Monsters of Terror(1970).
Personal life and death
[edit]ActorRay Stricklynsays that he met Hill about Christmas 1955, and the two spent a year together in a homosexual relationship. Sticklyn says he broke up with Hill after he discovered Hill was seeing another man.[4]
In 1990, Hill wed Catalan fashion model and actressTeresa Gimpera(born 1936), his co-star in the 1966 Spanish filmBlack Box Affair.[5]
Craig Hill died inBarcelonaon April 21, 2014, at the age of 88.[6]
Filmography
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1950 | Cheaper by the Dozen | Tom Black | Uncredited |
All About Eve | Leading Man | ||
1951 | Detective Story | Arthur Kindred | |
Fixed Bayonets! | Lt. Gibbs | ||
1952 | The Outcasts of Poker Flat | Tom Dakin | |
What Price Glory? | Lt. Aldrich | ||
1953 | The I Don't Care Girl | Keene | |
1954 | Siege at Red River | Lt. Braden | |
The Black Shield of Falworth | Francis Gascoyne | ||
1956 | Anything Goes | Danny | Uncredited |
1957 | Tammy and the Bachelor | Ernie | |
1958 | Lafayette Escadrille | Lufbery | Uncredited |
1961 | You Have to Run Fast | Frank Harlow | |
The Flight that Disappeared | Tom Endicott | ||
1962 | Deadly Duo | Preston 'Pres' Morgan | |
1965 | Hands of a Gunfighter | Dan Murphy | |
1966 | Taste for Killing | Hank Fellows | |
Follow Me, Boys! | Leo as a Man | Uncredited | |
Black Box Affair | Johnny Grant | ||
The Swinger | Sammy Jenkins | ||
1967 | Adios, Hombre | Will Flaherty | |
15 forche per un assassino | Billy Mack | ||
Ric e Gian alla conquista del West | Stuart | ||
1968 | I Want Him Dead | Clayton | |
Bury Them Deep | Clive | ||
Tre croci per non morire | Jerry | ||
1969 | Las amigas | Eduardo | |
1970 | The Monsters of Terror(akaDracula vs. Frankenstein) | Inspector Tobermann | |
Aoom | |||
When Heroes Die | Capitán Richard Harvey | ||
1971 | And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave | Jeff Sullivan | |
In nome del padre, del figlio e della Colt | Sheriff Bill Nolan / Mace Cassidy | ||
Drummer of Vengeance | Oconner | ||
1972 | Bada alla tua pelle, Spirito Santo! | Col. John Mills | |
My Horse, My Gun, Your Widow | Doctor Janus Saxon | ||
Go Away! Trinity Has Arrived in Eldorado | Eldorado | ||
Un animale chiamato uomo | Mark Forester | ||
1973 | Corte marziale | Colonel | |
1974 | Cinco almohadas para una noche | Andrés, amante #5 | |
El refugio del miedo | Bob | ||
1977 | Emanuelle Around the World | Disfigured-Face Man | Uncredited |
1978 | Stringimi forte papà | ||
The Bloodstained Shadow(akaSolamente Nero) | Don Paolo | ||
1980 | Estigma | ||
1983 | Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble | Tinent Coronel Bruguete | |
Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17 | |||
1984 | Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa | ||
1985 | Escapada final (Scapegoat) | Andreu | |
1987 | Angustia | Doctor at Hospital | |
1989 | La Chute des aigles(Fall of Eagles) | Major Holbach | directed by Jesus Franco |
La bahía esmeralda(Emerald Bay) | Jonathan Perry | directed by Jesus Franco | |
1991 | Lolita al desnudo | Don José | |
Escrit als estels | |||
1994 | General Holmes | ||
¿Culpable de qué? | |||
Ciudad Baja(Downtown Heat) | D. Miguel | directed by Jesus Franco | |
2002 | Food of Love | Izzy | |
El segundo nombre | Theodore Logan | ||
2003 | Platillos volantes | Director Coca-Cola | (final film role) |
References
[edit]- ^Cine Archivo;retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^"Craig Hill".Films of the Golden Age(103): 45. Winter 2020.
- ^"Mor als 88 anys l'actor nord-americà Craig Hill".Ara(in Catalan). Barcelona. 21 April 2014.Retrieved26 December2018.
- ^Stricklyn, Ray (1999).Angels and Demons: One Actor's Hollywood Journal.Los Angeles: Belle Publishing. p. 82.ISBN9780964963542.
- ^Films and filming.Vol. 25.Hansom Books.1978. p. 46.
- ^Barnes, Mike (21 April 2014)."'Whirlybirds' Star Craig Hill Dies at 88 ".The Hollywood Reporter.Retrieved26 December2018.
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