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

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and "

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

Biography

Born in

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and spent his youth in

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. 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. He died at home on 12 May 2008 at the age of 73.

Selected filmography

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Roland the Mighty ''Roland the Mighty'' () 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 rear-guard of the Frankish army as it r ...

'' (1956) - Balicante * ''

Goliath and the Dragon ''Goliath and the Dragon'' () is a 1960 sword-and-sandal film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi and starring Mark Forest and Broderick Crawford. The name of the main character was changed from Hercules to Emilius (known in the film as Goliath) for ...

'' (1960) - Polimorfeo * ''

Run with the Devil ''Run with the Devil'' () is a 1960 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Mario Camerini. Cast *Antonella Lualdi as Donata *Gérard Blain as Stefano *Franco Fabrizi as Giosuè *Cristina Gaioni as Marisa *Yvonne Furneaux as Marta *Claudio Gor ...

'' (1960) - Kristic * ''

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'' (1961) - Fascist * ''Il segno del vendicatore'' (1962) * ''Lo sparviero dei Caraibi'' (1962) - Don Pedro de Alicante * ''

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'' (1962) - Mongka * '' L'ombra di Zorro'' (1962) - Billy * ''

Tres hombres buenos ''Implacable Three'' (, ) is a 1963 Spanish/Italian mystery western film directed by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent, written by José Mallorquí and starring Geoffrey Horne, Paul Piaget and Fernando Sancho, it is considered one of the earliest Sp ...

'' (1963) - Niño McCoy * ''Una sporca faccenda'' (1964) - Giocatore d'azzardo * ''

The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules ''The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules'' () is a 1964 peplum film directed by Mario Caiano and starring Mark Forest and Marilù Tolo. Plot The hero Maciste suffers with the Christians the persecution from the Roman Empire. He, as a ...

'' (1964) - Zefatius * '' El sabor de la venganza'' (1964) - Chet Walker * '' Ride and Kill'' (1964) - Moody * ''

The Seven from Texas ''The Seven from Texas'' ( , , also known as ''Seven Guns from Texas'' and ''Hour of Death'') is a 1964 Spanish-Italian Western film directed by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Spaghetti Western at the 64t ...

'' (1964) - Ringo * '' Cavalca e uccidi'' (1964) - Moody * ''

Jesse James' Kid ''Jesse James' Kid'' (, , 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 as Dorothy * Adrian Hoven as Allan * Luis Induni ...

'' (1965) - Bill James * ''

The Relentless Four ''The Relentless Four'' or ''I quattro inesorabili'' is a 1965 Italy, Italian Spaghetti Western film in Eastmancolor directed by Primo Zeglio. Synopsis A Texas Ranger is framed by the four outlaws he is chasing for a crime he did not commit. Ca ...

'' (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 ''Death Rides Along'' () is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Giuseppe Vari. Cast * Mike Marshall: Bobby "Idaho" Kent * Robert Hundar: Luke Prentiss * Carole André: Susan * Andrea Bosic: Bryan Talbot * Hélène Chanel: D ...

'' (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 * ''

Battle of the Commandos ''Battle of the Commandos'' (also known as ''Legion of the Damned'') is a European Macaroni-War film directed in 1969 by Umberto Lenzi. The movie was a co-production between Italy (where it was released as ''La legione dei dannati''), West Germany ...

'' (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'' ( or ) is a 1973 crime-comedy film directed by Michele Lupo, and starring Lee Van Cleef, Tony Lo Bianco and Edwige Fenech. Plot Tony Breda, whilst well-respected in his Italian town, is a small-time criminal who id ...

'' (1973) - Assassin * ''

The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe ''The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe'' (Italian language, Italian: ''Il mio nome è Shanghai Joe'', lit. "My name is Shanghai Joe") is a 1973 spaghetti Western kung fu film directed by Mario Caiano and starring Chen Lee as Shanghai Joe. It was rel ...

'' (1973) - Pedro, The Cannibal * ''La padrina'' (1973) * ''

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'' (1974) - Doug Bright * ''

Giubbe rosse ''Giubbe rosse'' (''Red Coats''), internationally released as ''Cormack of the Mounties'', ''Killers of the Savage North'', ''Red Coat'' and ''Royal Mounted Police'', is a 1975 Italian adventure film co-written and directed by Joe D'Amato. It i ...

'' (1975) - Wolf Seattle * ''White Fang and the Gold Diggers'' (1975) - Barney Taft * ''

White Fang and the Hunter ''Zanna Bianca e il cacciatore solitario'' (internationally released as ''White Fang and the Hunter'') is a 1975 Italian adventure film directed by Alfonso Brescia. Despite the title tries to market the commercial success of Lucio Fulci's ''White ...

'' (1975) - Ferguson * ''

Free Hand for a Tough Cop ''Free Hand for a Tough 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 shared universe. In this movie Tomas Milian plays for the ...

'' (1976) - Mario * ''

The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist ''The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist'' () is an Italian '' poliziotteschi'' film directed in 1977 by Umberto Lenzi and third entry into the Tanzi/Moretto/Monnezza shared universe as well as serving as a direct sequel to '' The Tough Ones''. The film ...

'' (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 ''Three Days of Anarchy'' () is a 2005 Italian drama film written and directed by Vito Zagarrio. Plot The three days power vacuum in a Sicilian village shortly after the American landing in Sicily in July 1943. Cast * Enrico Lo Verso as Gi ...

'' (2005)

References

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