Lars Bloch
Lars Bloch (born August 6, 1938 in Hellerup ) is a Danish actor in mostly Italian films.
Life
Bloch lived as a child in Rungsted and Charlottenlund before he moved to Mariager (Jutland) with his parents . After successfully completing school in 1956, he visited Italy. After completing his military service in the Navy, Bloch returned to Italy in the spring of 1959 and was quickly cast in films as the prototype of the Nordic villain due to his tall, bulky, blond and mostly bearded appearance. His first two films were directed by Lucio Fulci . Until the 1980s he played in many films, including almost ten spaghetti westerns, mostly small roles; Occasionally he was also seen in larger productions (such as Carol Reeds Michelangelo - as the founder of the Swiss Guard -) or in positive roles such as that of King Richard the Lionheart in the Robin Hood film The Fiery Arrow of Vengeance . In the 1970s he worked several times with Aristide Massaccesi , who cast him in a rare leading role in Eroi all'inferno (under a pseudonym).
After his active career, Bloch was employed as sales manager of DVD productions of Italian films for the Japanese market and was occasionally involved in the production of some feature films.
Filmography (selection)
- 1960: The Hunchback of Rome (Il gobbo di Roma)
- 1962: The beautiful Ippolita (La bellezza di Ippolita)
- 1964: Affair (Extraconiugale)
- 1966: Bounty: One Dollar (Navajo Joe)
- 1967: A dollar between your teeth (Un dollaro tra i denti)
- 1967: Kill, Django (Se sei vivo spara)
- 1967: The Wild Eye (L'occhio selvaggio)
- 1969: A breath of love (Rafali u dva scra)
- 1969: The girlfriend was always there (Certo, certissimo, anzi probabile)
- 1969: Embrace (Le sorelle)
- 1970: The fiery arrow of vengeance (L'arciere di fuoco)
- 1972: Confesses friends, Hallelujah is coming (Il West ti va stretto, amico… è arrivato Alleluja)
- 1972: A hosanna for two scoundrels (Trinità e Sartana figli di ...)
- 1972: 100 fists and one Our Father (Alleluja e Sartana, figli di… Dio)
- 1973: The Merciful One with Fast Fists (Sentivano ... uno strano, eccitante, pericoloso puzzo di dollari)
- 1973: Crow (... E il terzo giorno arrivo il Corvo)
- 1973: The man with the bullet whip (Il mio nome è Shanghai Joe)
- 1974: The Descent into Hell (Il lupo dei mari)
- 1975: The Count of Monte Cristo (The Count of Monte Christo)
- 1975: The red coats (Giubbe rosse)
- 1975: The Tomato War (Antonio e Placido - Attenti ragazzi… chi rompe paga)
- 1976: Black Emanuelle - Hours of Wild Lust (Emanielle in America)
- 1980: Fantozzi contro tutti
Web links
- Lars Bloch in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli: Dictionnaire del cinema italiano. Attori stranieri del nostro cinema . Gremese 2006, pp. 34/35
- ↑ Interview with Lars Bloch by Nils Markvardsen, in: Westerns… all'Italiana! , Issues # 71 - # 74. 2008/2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bloch, Lars |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ewing, Carlos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hellerup |