About

Known credits:
56
Birthday:
1936-08-22
Place of birth:
Rome, Lazio, Italy
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Tony Kendall

Overview

Tony Kendall (22 August 1936 – 28 November 2009) was an Italian model turned film actor with over 50 film credits that reflect the trends of popular European cinema in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.

Born as Luciano Stella, Kendall was formerly a model for Italian Fumetti, comics done in photographs.

He changed his name to Tony Kendall at the suggestion of Vittorio De Sica in the fashion of many Italian actors whose films were shown in countries outside of Italy in the days when European films proliferated. Stella made his film debut in Femmine Tre Volte in 1959 but didn't make another appearance until he used his new name of Tony Kendall in Brennus, Enemy of Rome (1963) one of the sword and sandal craze of films popular in the early 1960s.

Kendall is most famous for his various teamings with Brad Harris, with the two predating Terence Hill and Bud Spencer as a popular and prolific action team. In the derivative world of the European cinema of the 1960s, Kendall and Harris first teamed up in two sauerkraut western films "inspired" by the successful German Karl May Winnetou series with Harris as a Lex Barker clone and Kendall as a Native American "Chief Black Eagle" in The Pirates of the Mississippi (1963) and Black Eagle of Santa Fe (1965).

With the international success of the James Bond films and the German Jerry Cotton series, Kendall became best known for his role as private detective Joe Walker in the seven films of the Eurospy Kommissar X series where he played opposite Brad Harris in the role of New York Police Captain Tom Rowland. The popularity of Batman (TV series) led to Harris and Kendall appearing in The Three Fantastic Supermen (1967) the first in a long series that had stunt work performed by a young Jackie Chan (“The Three Fantastic Supermen in the Orient”).

Kendall has prominently appeared in other varieties of European cinema in the 1960s and 1970s such as Giallo horror (The Whip and the Body, 1963), spaghetti westerns (as Django in Django Against Sartana, 1970, and Gunman of 100 Crosses, 1971), crime movies such as Machine Gun McCain (1969), and adventure films such as Oil! (1977). He also appeared in European versions of women in prison (The Big Bust Out, 1972), zombie horror (Return of the Blind Dead, 1973), and films inspired by The Godfather (Corleone, 1978). Aside from an appearance in Alex l'ariete (2000), Kendall's last film role was in On the Dark Continent in 1993.

Source: Article "Tony Kendall (actor)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Acting
2012 Die X-Männer schlagen zurück Actor Jo Louis Walker / Kommissar X 59
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2010 Il giorno della Shoah Actor nazista N/A
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2007 Voce del verbo amore Actor Ettore 58
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2000 Alex the Ram Actor Comandante 54
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1993 On the Dark Continent Actor Ernesto 58
Average
1991 The Invisible Wall Actor Colonnello Aeronautica 59
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1989 Thrilling Love Actor Alberto Stuart 58
Average
1987 Death Stone Actor Miguel Gomez 58
Average
1985 Caccia al ladro d'autore Actor colonnello Raimondi N/A
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1982 Attila flagello di Dio Actor Serpicio 59
Average
1982 Crime on the Highway Actor Mr. Tarquini 59
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1980 Le Guignolo Actor Fredo 59
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1979 Cop or Hood Actor L'inspecteur Rey 60
Fair
1978 White Fang and the Kid Actor Franky James 59
Average
1978 Corleone Actor Salvatore Sperlazzo 59
Average
1978 Closed Circuit Actor Roberto Vinci 59
Average
1977 Yeti: The Giant of the 20th Century Actor Cliff Chandler 57
Average
1977 Oil Actor Tony 58
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1975 Bruna, Shapely, Seeks Gifted Actor Giovanni Pizzolla 58
Average
1975 La Missione del Mandrillo Actor Pietro Rossini N/A
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1973 Tales of Erotica Actor Bitto Ranieri (segment "The Trick") / Fra' Luce (segment "The Miracle") 58
Average
1973 La Dernière Bourrée à Paris Actor Victor 58
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1973 Li chiamavano i tre moschettieri... invece erano quattro Actor D'Artagnan N/A
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1973 La ragazza fuoristrada Actor Carlo 59
Average
1973 The Loreley's Grasp Actor Sigurd 58
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1973 Attack of the Blind Dead Actor Jack Marlowe 58
Average
1973 The Night of the Last Day Actor Beppe Banti N/A
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1972 The Big Bust-Out Actor Jeff 58
Average
1972 Blood Story Actor Abraham French 58
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1972 Siege of Terror Actor Andrew 59
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1971 The Tiger Gang Actor Kommissar X 59
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1971 Gunman of One Hundred Crosses Actor Sartana / Django 58
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1971 In the Eye of the Hurricane Actor Michel 59
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1971 Brother Outlaw Actor Dakota Thompson 58
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1970 Fighters from Ave Maria Actor John 59
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1970 Django Challenges Sartana Actor Django 58
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1969 Love Birds Actor Nino 59
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1969 Hate Is My God Actor Il Nero/Carl 59
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1969 Island of Lost Girls Actor Kommissar X 59
Average
1969 Machine Gun McCain Actor Pete Zacari 59
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1968 Kill, Panther, Kill! Actor Jo Louis Walker / 'Kommissar X' 59
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1967 Kill Me Gently Actor Kommissar X 59
Average
1967 The Three Fantastic Supermen Actor Tony 58
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1967 The Criminals of the Metropolis Actor sergente Perier 58
Average
1966 So Darling, So Deadly Actor Kommissar X 59
Average
1966 Death Is Nimble, Death Is Quick Actor Kommissar X 58
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1966 Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill Actor Kommissar X 58
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1965 Serenade for Two Spies Actor Pepino 59
Average
1965 Black Eagle of Santa Fe Actor Chief Black Eagle 59
Average
1964 The Masked Man Against the Pirates Actor Captain Ruiz N/A
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1964 Hyena of London Actor Henry 59
Average
1963 Brennus, Enemy of Rome Actor Quinto Fabio 58
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1963 The Pirates of the Mississippi Actor Schwarzer Adler 59
Average
1963 The Whip and the Body Actor Cristiano Menliff 60
Fair
1957 Female Three Times Actor 59
Average
Snow White Actor N/A
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