Tony Anthony

Tony Anthony (real name Roger Anthony Petitto ; born October 16, 1937 in Clarksburg , West Virginia ) is an American actor , screenwriter and film producer who also worked as a producer and screenwriter in some European film productions .

Life

After starting out in the USA, he preferred to devote himself to the Spaghetti Western . These were mostly collaborations with producers Allen Klein and Saul Swimmer .

His most successful contribution is the film Blindman, the Executor by Ferdinando Baldi , in which he plays a blind gunslinger. When filming the film in the Almería area , he always had to wear contact lenses to emphasize the blindness of his role . He still suffers from the resulting consequences due to the strong, sandy winds there.

Another character that Anthony "invented" was that of "Stranger", whom he played in several films. This extremely silent, laconic figure worked precisely because of the stoicism it radiated.

In the 80s , Anthony tried several films (again directed by Baldi) to revive 3D film . He developed a new type of 3D lens that is used today, among other things, in hospitals for difficult interventions. Still, he had little success with his 3D films.

Towards the end of his career in the film business, he only worked as a producer. So he was u. a. 1990 involved in the production of wild orchids .

Filmography

• 1961: Force of Impulse - Directed by Saul Swimmer
• 1962 Without Each Other - Directed by Saul Swimmer
• 1964: Le belle famiglie (segment La cernia ) - Director: Ugo Gregoretti
• 1965: This time we're talking about men (Questa volta parliamo di uomini) - directed by Lina Wertmüller
• 1966: The Borrowed Girl (La ragazza in prestito) - Director: Alfredo Giannetti
• 1966: A dollar between your teeth (Un dollaro tra i denti)
• 1967: Western Jack (Un uomo, un cavallo, una pistola)
• 1968: The horror of Kung Fu (Lo straniero di silenzio)
• 1971: Cometogether - Directed by Saul Swimmer, Tony Anthony
• 1971: Blindman, the Enforcer (Blindman)
• 1972: 1931 - It Happened in America (Piazza pulita) - Director: Luigi Vanzi
• 1976: Time Breaker (Get mean)
• 1981: Everything is flying around your ears (Comin 'at Ya!)
• 1982: The Secret of the Four Crown Jewels (El tesoro de las cuatro coronas)

Web links

• Tony Anthony in the Internet Movie Database (English)

literature

• Harald Steinwender: Nobody's stranger than The Stranger! Tony Anthony's strange westerns . In: Splatting Image . No. 80 , January 2010, p. 13-20 .
• Harald Steinwender: The Return of the Stranger - Interview with Tony Anthony . In: Splatting Image . No. 82 , June 2010, p. 5-12 .