Raffaele "Raf" Baldassarre (17 January 1932 - 11 January 1995) was an Italian film actor.

Life and career

Born Raffaele Baldassarre in

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, he started his career in the late 1950s, being cast in many peplum and adventure films, alternating between stereotypical roles of the young villain and the loyal friend of the protagonist. Following a fashion of the time for American-sounding stage names, in the second half of the 1960s he was credited "Ralph Baldwyn" or "Ralph Baldwin" in several

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s. Baldassarre was active until mid-eighties, usually cast in supporting roles, and he occasionally also worked as a producer.

Selected filmography

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Pirate of the Half Moon ''Il corsaro della mezzaluna'', internationally released as ''Pirate of the Half Moon'', is a 1957 Italian adventure film directed by Giuseppe Maria Scotese and starring John Derek. ''Filmink'' called it "mediocre". Plot In sixteenth century ...

'' (1957) - Un corsaro * '' The Pirate of the Black Hawk'' (1958) - Pirata Rosso * ''Pia de' Tolomei'' (1958) * ''The Nights of Lucretia Borgia'' (1959) - Ruggero * ''The Night of the Great Attack'' (1959) - Young Pickpocket * ''

The Loves of Salammbo ''The Loves of Salammbo'' (, ) is a 1960 historical drama directed by Sergio Grieco. It is loosely based on the novel ''Salammbô'' by Gustave Flaubert. Cast * Jacques Sernas: Mathos * Jeanne Valérie: Salammbò * Edmund Purdom: Narr Havas * ...

'' (1960) - Capo Mercenario * ''

Queen of the Pirates ''Queen of the Pirates'' () is a 1960 Italian film directed by Mario Costa. It was followed by '' Tiger of the Seven Seas''. Plot Cast * Gianna Maria Canale: Sandra * Massimo Serato: Cesare Count of Santa Croce * Scilla Gabel: Isabella * L ...

'' (1960) * ''La regina dei tartari'' (1960) - Prigioniero di Tartari * ''

The Giants of Thessaly ''The Giants of Thessaly'' (, , released in the UK as ''Jason and the Golden Fleece'') is a 1960 Italian-French adventure-fantasy film directed by Riccardo Freda. It is loosely based on the epic poem ''Argonautica'' by Apollonius Rhodius. Plot ...

'' (1960) - Antinoo * '' Slave of Rome'' (1961) - Lucio * ''Spade senza bandiera'' (1961) - Man at Court (uncredited) * ''Capitani di ventura'' (1961) * ''

Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis ''Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis'' () is a 1961 film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi and starring Reg Park in his film debut as Ercole/Hercules. It was originally released in Super Technirama 70. The film is also known as ''Hercules Con ...

'' (1961) - Capo delle guardie * ''

Sword of the Conqueror ''Sword of the Conqueror'' () is a 1961 Italian adventure film written and directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Jack Palance and Eleonora Rossi Drago. Plot 6th century warlord Alboin, king of the Lombards conquers the Christian territ ...

'' (1961) - Silvestro * '' Queen of the Nile'' (1961) - Mareb * ''

Hercules in the Haunted World ''Hercules in the Haunted World'' ( Italian: ''Ercole al centro della terra'', lit. "Hercules at the Center of the Earth") is a 1961 Italian sword-and-sandal film directed by Mario Bava. British bodybuilder Reg Park plays Hercules while Briti ...

'' (1961) - Un mercenario * ''Suleiman the Conqueror'' (1961) - Boris, Luogotenente * ''

Erik the Conqueror ''Erik the Conqueror'' (, lit. "The invaders") is a 1961 epic swashbuckling film directed by Mario Bava and starring George Ardisson and Cameron Mitchell as long-lost Viking brothers in the 9th century, one of whom is raised in England, the othe ...

'' (1961) - Floki * ''

Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules ''Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules'' () is a 1962 ''peplum'' film directed by Mario Caiano. Plot Hercules captures Ulysses, during the latter's return to Ithaca, by order of Zeus. The hero intends to bring him to Polyphemus, who was blinde ...

'' (1962) - Prince Adrasto * ''The Son of Captain Blood'' (1962) - Bruno * ''

The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan ''The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan'' (, ) is a 1962 Italian-French adventure film written and directed by Siro Marcellini and starring George Nader and Magali Noël. The film is about the adventures of D'Artagnan in the year 1632, between ''The T ...

'' (1962) - Montfort * ''

Gladiator of Rome ''Gladiator of Rome'' () is a 1962 Italian adventure film directed by Mario Costa. Co-written by Gian Paolo Callegari and Giuseppe Mariani, it stars Gordon Scott.Howard Hughes. ''Cinema Italiano - The Complete Guide From Classics To Cult''. ...

'' (1962) - Gladiator * ''Attack of the Normans'' (1962) - Dag * ''

Shades of Zorro ''The Shadow of Zorro'' (; ) is a 1962 Spanish western film directed by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent, written by José Mallorquí and Jess Franco, and starring Frank Latimore, Maria Luz Galicia, Mario Feliciani, Raffaella Carrà Raffaella Ma ...

'' (1962) - Chinto * ''

The Sign of the Coyote ''The Sign of the Coyote'' () is a 1963 Italian-Spanish western adventure film directed by Mario Caiano and starring Fernando Casanova, María Luz Galicia and Jesús Tordesillas.Ercolani p.130 The film's sets were designed by the art director P ...

'' (1963) - Lenny Henchman * ''

Implacable Three ''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) - Comisario Molero * ''

The Executioner of Venice ''The Executioner of Venice'' (), also known as ''Blood of the Executioner'',Howard Hughes. ''Cinema Italiano - The Complete Guide From Classics To Cult''. I.B.Tauris, 2011. . is a 1963 Italian swashbuckler film co-written and directed by Luigi C ...

'' (1963) - Messere Grimani * ''José María'' (1963) * ''

Sandokan to the Rescue ''Sandokan to the Rescue'' (Italian: ''Sandokan alla riscossa'') is a 1907 adventure novel by the Italian writer Emilio Salgari. It is the seventh in his series featuring the nineteenth century Malayan pirate Sandokan. It is also known by the alt ...

'' (1964) - Teotrokis the Greek * ''

A Fistful of Dollars ''A Fistful of Dollars'' (, (''For a Fistful of Dollars'')) is a 1964 spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role, alongside Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy, Si ...

'' (1964) - Juan De Dios (uncredited) * ''

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) - Jess * ''Seven from Thebes'' (1964) - Leonidas * ''

Seven Hours of Gunfire ''Seven Hours of Gunfire'' (, ) is a 1965 Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent (as José Hernandez). Cast *Rik Van Nutter as Buffalo Bill (as Clyde Rogers) *Adrian Hoven as Wild Bill Hickok *Kurt Gro� ...

'' (1965) - Guillermo * ''

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) - Bruce * ''

Legacy of the Incas ''Legacy of the Incas'' () is a 1965 adventure film directed by Georg Marischka and starring Guy Madison, Rik Battaglia, and Heinz Erhardt. It was made as a co-production between Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, and West Germany. It is based on the 18 ...

'' (1965) - Geronimo * ''

Our Man in Jamaica ''Our Man in Jamaica''/''Operation Jamaica'' () is a 1965 Italian Spanish German international co-production Eurospy adventure film directed by an uncredited Mel Welles. It was credited to for reasons of European funding.p.274 Paul, Louis ''Mel We ...

'' (1965) - Gil * ''

Hands of a Gunfighter ''Hands of a Gunfighter'' (, , also known as ''Hands of Gunman'') is a 1965 Spanish-Italian western film directed by Rafael Romero Marchent Rafael Romero Marchent (3 May 1926 – 13 February 2020) was a Spanish director, screenwriter and actor ...

'' (1965) - Mack * ''

Canadian Wilderness ''Canadian Wilderness'' (/ ''Three From Colorado'') is a 1965 Spanish-Italian adventure drama western film directed by Amando de Ossorio. It stars George Martin Sir George Henry Martin (3 January 1926 – 8 March 2016) was an English record ...

'' (1965) - Victor's Friend * ''

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) - Moss * ''

Our Men in Bagdad ''Our Men in Bagdad'' (, ) is a 1966 Italian-French Eurospy film starring Rory Calhoun. It was the directorial debut of Paolo Bianchini after about 60 films as assistant director. It was shot in Algeria, Rome and Civitavecchia. Plot Four secret ...

'' (1966) - Dimitri * ''Rojo'' (1966) - Ramon * '' A Stranger in Town'' (1967) - Corgo * '' The Stranger Returns'' (1967) - Chrysler * ''

Dakota Joe ''Dakota Joe'' or ''Man and a Colt'' () is a 1967 Argentine Spaghetti Western film directed by Tulio Demicheli, produced by Alberto Grimaldi, and starring Robert Hundar, Fernando Sancho, Gloria Milland, Mirko Ellis, Luis Gaspar, and José Ca ...

'' (1967) * ''Tutto per tutto'' (1968) - Miguel Comaco * ''Luana la figlia della foresta vergine'' (1968) * '' The Silent Stranger'' (1968) - White-Eye (uncredited) * ''Man Who Cried for Revenge'' (1968) - Bandito * ''

OSS 117 – Double Agent ''OSS 117 – Double Agent'' (also known as ''OSS 117: Murder for Sale'' or ''No Roses for OSS 117'' (''Pas de Roses pour OSS 117'')) is a 1968 Eurospy film about agent OSS 117, starring John Gavin. Plot Cast * John Gavin as Hubert Bonisseur de L ...

'' (1968) * ''Persecución hasta Valencia'' (1968) * ''

Pistol for a Hundred Coffins ''Pistol for a Hundred Coffins'' (, (''The Taste of Hate''), also known as ''A Gun for One Hundred Graves'' and ''Vengeance'') is a 1968 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Peter Lee Lawrence ...

'' (1968) - Verdugo * ''Giugno '44 - Sbarcheremo in Normandia'' (1968) - Parker * '' Between God, the Devil and a Winchester'' (1968) - Batch * ''

The Great Silence ''The Great Silence'' () is a 1968 revisionist spaghetti Western film directed and co-written by Sergio Corbucci. An Italian-French co-production, the film stars Jean-Louis Trintignant, Klaus Kinski, Vonetta McGee (in her film début) and F ...

'' (1968) - Sanchez * ''

Dead Men Don't Count ''Dead Men Don't Count'' (, , also known as ''Cry for Revenge'') is a 1968 Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Rafael Romero Marchent Rafael Romero Marchent (3 May 1926 – 13 February 2020) was a Spanish director, scr ...

'' (1968) - Gregory Lassiter * '' The Mercenary'' (1968) - Mateo * ''Tarzan in the Golden Grotto'' (1969) * ''Quinto: non ammazzare'' (1969) - Stagecoach guard * '' Tarzana, the Wild Girl'' (1969) - Fred * ''

Garringo ''Garringo'' (also known as ''Dead Are Countless'') is a 1969 Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Rafael Romero Marchent Rafael Romero Marchent (3 May 1926 – 13 February 2020) was a Spanish director, screenwriter a ...

'' (1969) - Damon * ''I diavoli della guerra'' (1969) - The Sheik * ''

Arizona Colt Returns ''Arizona Colt Returns'' (), also known as ''Arizona'' is a 1970 Spaghetti Western The spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's filmmaking style and ...

'' (1970) - Biggle * ''

Sartana Kills Them All ''Sartana Kills Them All'' () is a 1970 Spanish crime comedy western film directed by Rafael Romero Marchent, written by Mario Alabiso and Santiago Moncada and starring Gianni Garko Gianni Garko (born Giovanni Garcovich; 15 July 1935) is a reti ...

'' (1970) - Fred Burton * '' Hey Amigo! A Toast to Your Death'' (1970) - Manolo * '' Dig Your Grave Friend... Sabata's Coming'' (1971) - Sabata * ''

Four Gunmen of the Holy Trinity ''Four Gunmen of the Holy Trinity'' or ''Four Pistols for Trinity'' () is a 1971 Italian western film directed by Giorgio Cristallini, scored by Roberto Pregadio and starring Peter Lee Lawrence, Evelyn Stewart, Daniele Vargas and Daniela Giordan ...

'' (1971) - Dingus * ''

And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave ''And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave'' (, ) is a 1971 Spanish western film directed by Juan Bosch (film director), Juan Bosch and starring Craig Hill (actor), Craig Hill, Fernando Sancho and Dominique Boschero. It is composed by Bruno Nicolai. C ...

'' (1971) - Sheriff of Silver Town * ''Il ritorno del gladiatore più forte del mondo'' (1971) - The Fox * ''

Web of the Spider ''Web of the Spider'' () is a 1971 horror film directed by Antonio Margheriti. The film is about the writer Alan Foster (Anthony Franciosa) who accepts a bet from Edgar Allan Poe (Klaus Kinski) and his friend Thomas Blackwood ( Enrico Osterman) t ...

'' (1971) - Herbert * ''

Drummer of Vengeance ''Drummer of Vengeance'' (, also known as ''Day of Judgment'', ''Doomsday'' and ''An Eye for an Eye'') is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Mario Gariazzo and starring Ty Hardin, Rossano Brazzi and Craig Hill. Plot On ...

'' (1971) - Jason * ''

Blindman ''Blindman'' (also known in Italian as ''Il Pistolero Cieco'', lit. "The Blind Gunfighter") is a 1971 Spaghetti Western film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and co-written and co-produced by Tony Anthony. The film's protagonist, played by Anthony, ...

'' (1971) - Mexican General * '' Prey of Vultures'' (1972) - Joe Porter, Blacksmith * ''

They Believed He Was No Saint ''They Believed He Was No Saint'' () is a 1972 Spanish western film The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that mbodythe spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the n ...

'' (1972) - Director de la prisión * ''Zambo, il dominatore della foresta'' (1972) - Juanez * '' 1931: Once Upon a Time in New York'' (1973) - Raf - Pole's Henchman (uncredited) * ''The Killer with a Thousand Eyes'' (1973) - Olalia * ''Zinksärge für die Goldjungen'' (1973) - Sergio * ''Dagli archivi della polizia criminale'' (1973) - Hastruan's henchman (uncredited) * ''Cugini carnali'' (1974) * ''The Killer Wore Gloves'' (1974) - Man at Subway Station (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1975) - Martinez - the tour guide * ''

Get Mean ''Get Mean'', also known as ''Beat a Dead Horse'', ''Vengeance of the Barbarians'' and ''The Stranger Gets Mean'', is a 1975 Italian-American Spaghetti Western film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and starring Tony Anthony, Lloyd Battista, Raf Ba ...

'' (1975) - Diego * ''Geometra Prinetti selvaggiamente Osvaldo'' (1976) * ''Le seminariste'' (1976) - Il prefetto * ''Safari Express'' (1976) * ''Piccole labbra'' (1978) * ''Improvviso'' (1979) - L'infermiere Antonio * ''Pensieri Morbosi'' (1980) - History Professor * '' La moglie in bianco... l'amante al pepe'' (1981) - Cosmo * ''

Fantasma d'amore ''Fantasma d'amore'' () is a 1981 drama film directed by Dino Risi that stars Romy Schneider and Marcello Mastroianni. Plot Nino, a married tax accountant, sees on a bus Anna, the woman he loved 20 years ago, now poor and ill. After he gives he ...

'' (1981) - Luciano * '' La dottoressa preferisce i marinai'' (1981) - The tanning Man * '' Thor the Conqueror'' (1983) - Gnut * ''

Hercules Hercules (, ) is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. The Romans adapted the Gr ...

'' (1983) - Sostratos * ''

The Adventures of Hercules ''The Adventures of Hercules'' () also known as ''Hercules II: The Adventures of Hercules'' is the 1985 sequel to the 1983 film '' Hercules''. It was written and directed by Luigi Cozzi and has bodybuilder-turned-actor Lou Ferrigno reprising ...

'' (1985) - Atreus (final film role)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baldassarre, Raf 1932 births 1995 deaths Male actors from Rome Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Italian male stage actors 20th-century Italian male actors Male Spaghetti Western actors People of Lazian descent