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Barbarosa
''Barbarosa'' is a 1982 American Western film starring Willie Nelson and Gary Busey about a young cowboy on the run from the law who partners with a famous ''bandito'' and learns about life from him. "One of the best overlooked westerns of the last 20 years" according to reviewer LG Writer, and featured on an episode of the television show ''Siskel & Ebert'' dedicated to uncovering worthy sleepers, it is "a tale of betrayal, vendetta, honor, and dignity". ''Barbarosa'' was the first American-made film by noted Australian director Fred Schepisi. Plot Young Karl Westover, a post-Civil War Texas farm boy, accidentally kills his brother-in-law and must flee to Mexico. Early into his flight he is met by the outlaw Barbarosa, who, seconds later, kills a man who was following him, whom he seems to know. Barbarosa takes pity on Karl and shows him how to find water, make a fire, and catch an armadillo for his supper. He leaves and tells Karl to go home to Texas. Karl makes his way to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Busey
William Jacob Busey is an American actor. Among his most prominent roles have been serial killer Johnny Bartlett in 1996's ''The Frighteners'', Ace Levy in 1997's ''Starship Troopers'', Kyle Brenner in 2001's '' Tomcats'', Aiden Tanner in the 2014–2016 TV series '' From Dusk till Dawn: The Series'', and Sean H. Keyes in the ''Predator'' franchise. Early life Busey was born in Los Angeles, and raised in Malibu, California, the son of photographer Judy Helkenberg and actor Gary Busey. Busey spent his childhood on film sets and touring with bands in which his father sometimes played, such as Leon Russell, Willie Nelson and Little Feat. Career Busey's motion picture debut was in the 1978 film ''Straight Time'' with his father Gary and Dustin Hoffman. His two most notable appearances are as the murderous religious fanatic opposite Jodie Foster in ''Contact'' and as smart-mouthed soldier Ace Levy in ''Starship Troopers''. He appeared in '' H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds'', one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Roland
Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso (December 11, 1905 – May 15, 1994), known professionally as Gilbert Roland, was a Mexican-born American film and television actor whose career spanned seven decades from the 1920s until the 1980s. He was twice nominated for the Golden Globe Award in 1952 and 1964 and inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Early years Roland was born in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, and originally intended to become a bullfighter like his father and his paternal grandfather. When Pancho Villa took control of their town, Roland and his family fled to the United States. He lived in Texas until at age 14 he hopped on a freight train and went to Hollywood. After arriving there, he found menial jobs and slept in a Catholic church. He often lost those jobs because he spent time working as an extra in films. He chose his screen name by combining the names of his favorite actors, John Gilbert and Ruth Roland. He was often cast in the stereotypical La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country musician. The critical success of the album ''Shotgun Willie'' (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of ''Red Headed Stranger'' (1975) and ''Stardust'' (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana. Born during the Great Depression and raised by his grandparents, Nelson wrote his first song at age seven and joined his first band at ten. During high school, he toured locally with the Bohemian Polka as their lead singer and guitar player. After graduating from high school in 1950, he joined the U.S. Air Force but was later discharged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Busey
Gary Busey (; born 1944) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Buddy Holly in ''The Buddy Holly Story'' (1978), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor. His other starring roles include '' A Star is Born'' (1976), ''D.C. Cab'' (1983), '' Silver Bullet'' (1985), ''Lethal Weapon'' (1987), '' Predator 2'' (1990), '' Point Break'' (1991), '' Under Siege'' (1992), '' Rookie of the Year'' (1993), ''The Firm'' (1993), ''Black Sheep'' (1996) and '' Lost Highway'' (1997). Early life Busey was born in Goose Creek, Texas. While he was in fourth grade, Busey moved from Goose Creek to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he later attended Bell Junior High School, then attended and graduated from Nathan Hale High School. Busey attended Coffeyville Community College before attending Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas, on a football scholarship, where he became interested in acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Voskovec
Jiří Voskovec (), born Jiří Wachsmann and known in the United States as George Voskovec (June 19, 1905 – July 1, 1981) was a Czech actor, writer, dramatist, and director who became an American citizen in 1955. Throughout much of his career he was associated with actor and playwright Jan Werich. In the U.S., he is best known for his role as the polite Juror #11 in the 1957 film '' 12 Angry Men''. Life and career Voskovec was born as Jiří Wachsmann in Sázava in Bohemia to Jiřina Valentina Marie ( Pinkasová; 1867-1939) and Václav Vilém Eduard ( Voskovec; later Wachsmann; 1864-1945). He had two siblings, Mrs. Olga Adriena Kluckaufová and Dr. Prokop Voskovec. His granduncle was Bedřich Wachsmann and his cousin was Alois Wachsman, both painters and architects. Another uncle was Austrian painter Julius Wachsmann (1866–1936). He immigrated to the US in 1939 and again in 1948 with the onset of the National Socialist and Stalinist regimes, respectively, in Czechoslova ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alma Martinez (actress)
Alma Martinez (born 18 March 1953) is a Mexican-American actress, stage director, and professor of theatre. She is best known for her roles in film and television shows including the Peabody Award winning drama series '' The Bridge'' with Demián Bichir and Diane Kruger and ''Corridos: Tales of Passion & Revolution'' with Linda Ronstadt as well as performances on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theatre, Mexican and European stages. Early career In 1979, Martinez joined the Center Theatre Group production of Luis Valdez’s '' Zoot Suit''. Her film debut was in Valdez's 1981 adaptation, the American classic '' Zoot Suit'', launching a career that led to her induction into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2013. She has since been the lead actress in many of Valdez's projects in a collaboration that has spanned over 30 years. Australian director Fred Schepisi cast her in his American film debut, ''Barbarosa'' with Willie Nelson and Gary Busey. This was fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Contreras (actor)
Luis Contreras (September 18, 1950 – June 20, 2004) was an American character actor. The son of actor Roberto Contreras, his film debut was in ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind''. Contreras often played the parts of bums, gang members, police officers, prison inmates, and criminals. One of the typical roles that he played as a gang member or criminal was that of Jesus in ''Walking the Edge''. Contreras appeared in multiple movies for director Walter Hill: ''The Long Riders ''The Long Riders'' is a 1980 American Western film directed by Walter Hill. It was produced by James Keach, Stacy Keach and Tim Zinnemann and featured an original soundtrack by Ry Cooder. Cooder won the ''Best Music'' award in 1980 from th ...'', '' 48 Hrs.'', '' Extreme Prejudice'', '' Red Heat'', '' Geronimo: An American Legend'', and '' Last Man Standing''. He died of cancer in 2004 at the age of 53. Filmography References External links * 2004 deaths 1950 births {{US-fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Contreras
Roberto Contreras (1928–2000) was an American actor best known for playing Pedro in the TV western series ''The High Chaparral''. His film and television career spanned nearly 40 years from 1954 to 1993, including featured roles in ''Topaz'' and '' Scarface''. He played the bartender in “Heritage of Anger” S2 E37 of Have Gun Will Travel 6-6-59. The son of director Jaime Contreras, he was born on December 12, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri. He is also the father of actor Luis Contreras. Contreras died on July 18, 2000, in Los Angeles, California. Filmography * 1954 ''La rebelión de los colgados'' * 1954 ''En carne viva'' * 1956 ''The Beast of Hollow Mountain'' as Carlos (uncredited) * 1957 '' The Black Scorpion'' as Chumacho (uncredited) * 1957 ''Ride a Violent Mile'' as Abruzo (uncredited) * 1958 '' The Flame Barrier'' as Village Indian * 1958 '' The Badlanders'' as Pepe (uncredited) * 1959 ''Holiday for Lovers'' as Policeman (uncredited) * 1959 '' The Miracle'' as Knife G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kai Wulff
Kai Wulff (born December 18, 1949 in Germany) is an American actor and voice actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Lt. Colonel Yuri Voskov in ''Firefox'' and 'The German' in ''Three Amigos''. He appeared in the films '' Twilight Zone: The Movie'', ''Oscar'', '' Top Dog'', and ''Assassins'', X-Men: Apocalypse (2016). During the 1980s and 1990s, he guest-starred in several television series, often as villain, such as ''The A-Team'', ''MacGyver'', '' Knight Rider'', ''Street Hawk'', ''Walker, Texas Ranger'', ''Hart to Hart'' and ''Days of Our Lives''. Since 1996 he works mainly as voice actor in video games, such as '' Captain America: Super Soldier'', in which he voices Baron Strucker. Occasionally he also provides voices for German dubbings of American films including Al Pacino in '' Scarface'' and Robin Williams Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolf Muser
Wolf Muser (23 October 1950 – 30 March 2022) was a German actor who played the role of Marcello Armonti on the NBC soap opera '' Santa Barbara'' in 1985. Prior to joining '' Santa Barbara'', he also appeared as Kurt Voightlander on the CBS drama ''Capitol'' in 1983. In 2015, he played a septuagenarian Adolf Hitler in '' The Man in the High Castle'', giving all the character's dialogue in German. Muser died on 30 March 2022, at the age of 71. Filmography (selection) * 1975: '' Frozen Scream'' * 1982: ''Barbarosa'' * 1982: ''Yes, Giorgio'' * 1982: '' Kiss Me Goodbye'' * 1983: ''To Be or Not to Be'' * 1985: '' Santa Barbara'' (TV series) * 1990: '' Caged in Paradiso'' * 1995: ''Final Equinox'' * 1999: '' One Man’s Hero'' * 2002: ''Alias'' (TV series, 5 episodes) * 2015–2016: '' The Man in the High Castle'' (TV series) * 2016: ''Grimm (TV series)'' * 2017: ''Adam Ruins Everything ''Adam Ruins Everything'' is an American educational comedy television series starring Adam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Caesar (singer)
Little Caesar (February 18, 1928 – June 12, 1994) was an American singer and actor. He began his recording career in the 1950s, recording for labels such as Modern and Recorded In Hollywood. He had a hit on the R&B chart with "Goodbye Baby" in 1952. As an actor, Harry Caesar was best known for his roles in ''The Longest Yard'' (1974) and ''A Few Good Men'' (1992). Biography Little Caesar was born Harry Caesar to Alex Caesar and Hattie Chambers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on February 18, 1928. He had several older siblings. When Caesar was one, his mother died from meningitis. In 1930, his father moved to Youngstown, Ohio, looking for work and left Caesar and his siblings with relatives. By 1940, Caesar and his brother Richard had joined their father in Youngstown. Caesar attended Rayen High School in Youngstown. During his teenage years he was rebellious and joined the Wolf Gang, going by the nickname "Kid Wolf". He ended up in jail and was drafted into the army in 1948. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howland Chamberlain
Howland Chamberlin (August 2, 1911 – September 1, 1984) was an American actor. He is sometimes billed as Howard Chamberlin, sometimes replacing the word, land. Chamberlain was born in The Bronx. He moved in the 1930s from New York to California and worked at a Federal Theatre Project, where he met his wife Leona, and at the Pasadena Playhouse. He made his film debut in the 1946 drama '' The Best Years of Our Lives'', and the film won seven Oscars. In the next years, he often portrayed nervous figures in film noir. Although Chamberlain's appearance was uncredited, he was memorable as the cynical hotel receptionist in 1952's ''High Noon''. ''High Noon'' remained Chamberlain's last film for 25 years, because he was blacklisted by the House of Un-American Activities and did not get any film roles. He returned to working in New York, where he worked as a stage actor. In 1977 he made his screen comeback in the TV film ''A Touch of the Poet''. He played Judge Atkins in the 1979 fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
