Claudio Undari (12 January 1935 – 12 May 2008), known professionally as Robert Hundar, was an Italian film actor and stage actor, best known for his roles of "Bad Guy" in Spaghetti Western and "

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" movies. He starred in about 40 movies between 1960 and 1980. Born in

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and spent his youth in Catania. He debuted in 1956 and he then moved to

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to keep up his busy career. The first real star of Spaghetti western, as to be called "The King of Spaghetti westerns", Undari was forced to return to Italy when the glorious days of the spaghetti genre began to decline.

Selected filmography

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Roland the Mighty ''Roland the Mighty'' ( it, Orlando e i Paladini di Francia) is a 1956 Italian film directed by Pietro Francisci. about the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in AD 778, where Roland, a knight in the service of Charlemagne was killed while defending the re ...

'' (1956) - Balicante * ''

Goliath and the Dragon ''Goliath and the Dragon'' ( it, La vendetta di Ercole, lit=Revenge of Hercules) is a 1960 international co-production sword-and-sandal filmKinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662 ...

'' (1960) - Polimorfeo * ''

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'' (1960) - Kristic * ''

The Joy of Living ''The Joy of Living'' ( it, Che gioia vivere, french: Quelle joie de vivre) is a 1961 Italian-French comedy film directed by René Clément. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The story is set in Rome, in the year 1921. Ul ...

'' (1961) - Fascist * ''Il segno del vendicatore'' (1962) * ''Lo sparviero dei Caraibi'' (1962) - Don Pedro de Alicante * '' Marco Polo'' (1962) - Mongka * '' L'ombra di Zorro'' (1962) - Billy * '' Tres hombres buenos'' (1963) - Niño McCoy * ''Una sporca faccenda'' (1964) - Giocatore d'azzardo * '' The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules'' (1964) - Zefatius * '' El sabor de la venganza'' (1964) - Chet Walker * '' Ride and Kill'' (1964) - Moody * '' The Seven from Texas'' (1964) - Ringo * ''

Cavalca e uccidi ''Brandy'' AKA Ride and Kill ( it, Cavalca e uccidi) is a 1964 Spanish/Italian western film directed by José Luis Borau and Mario Caiano, composed by Riz Ortolani and starring Alex Nicol, Roberto Undari and Renzo Palmer Renzo Palmer (20 Dec ...

'' (1964) - Moody * ''

Jesse James' Kid ''Jesse James' Kid'' ( it, Solo contro tutti, es, El hijo de Jesse James, also known as ''Son of Jesse James'') is a 1965 Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Antonio del Amo. Cast *Robert Hundar as Bill James * Mercedes Alonso ...

'' (1965) - Bill James * '' The Relentless Four'' (1965) - Alan * '' 100.000 dollari per Lassiter'' (1966) - Lassiter * ''Ramon the Mexican'' (1966) - Ramon Morales * '' Un hombre y un Colt'' (1967) - Dakota Joe * '' Death Rides Along'' (1967) - Luke Prentiss * '' A Hole in the Forehead'' (1968) - General Munguya * ''Il suo nome gridava vendetta'' (1968) - Clay Hackett * '' A Hole in the Forehead'' (1968) * ''

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'' (1968) - Le capitaine Hardy * ''

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'' (1969) - Pvt. Raymond Stone * '' Sabata'' (1969) - Oswald, Stengel Henchman * '' The Weekend Murders'' (1970) - Arthur, the valet * '' Cut-Throats Nine'' (1972) - Sgt. Brown * ''

Mean Frank and Crazy Tony ''Mean Frank and Crazy Tony'' ( it, Il suo nome faceva tremare...Interpol in allarme or it, Dio, sei proprio un padreterno!) is a 1973 crime-comedy film directed by Michele Lupo, and starring Lee Van Cleef, Tony Lo Bianco and Edwige Fenech. Pl ...

'' (1973) - Assassin * '' The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe'' (1973) - Pedro, The Cannibal * ''La padrina'' (1973) * ''

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'' (1974) - Doug Bright * '' Giubbe rosse'' (1975) - Wolf Seattle * ''White Fang and the Gold Diggers'' (1975) - Barney Taft * '' White Fang and the Hunter'' (1975) - Ferguson * ''

Free Hand for a Tough Cop ''Free Hand for a Tough Cop'' ( it, Il trucido e lo sbirro / The Numbskull and the Cop), also known as ''Tough Cop'', is an Italian poliziottesco-action film directed in 1976 by Umberto Lenzi and the second entry into the Tanzi/Moretto/Monnezza sh ...

'' (1976) - Mario * ''

The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist ''The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist'' ( it, Il cinico, l'infame, il violento, lit=The Cynic, the Infamous, the Violent) is an Italian ''poliziotteschi'' film directed in 1977 by Umberto Lenzi and third entry into the Tanzi/Moretto/Monnezza shared un ...

'' (1977) - Dario * ''La bella e la bestia'' (1977) - The Tsar (segment "La schiava") * ''

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'' (1977) - Eric Plummer * '' Star Odyssey'' (1979) - Galactic Auctioner * ''Beast in Space'' (1980) - Onaf * '' Everything Happens to Me'' (1980) - Alien Boss * ''Animali metropolitani'' (1987) - Il Marchese (uncredited) * ''Onorevoli detenuti'' (1998) * '' Libero Burro'' (1999) - Tito * ''Ponte Milvio'' (2000) * '' The Knights of the Quest'' (2001) * '' Three Days of Anarchy'' (2005)

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* Italian male film actors 1935 births 2008 deaths Actors from Sicily Male Spaghetti Western actors People from Castelvetrano {{Italy-actor-stub