Watching ‘Sabata’ recently, I noticed a familiar face whose name I didn’t know … so I Googled the movie, to discover that Antonio Gradoli was born March 19th, 1917 … and is still with us - Bravo Antonio!
Antonio Gradoli may be the winner. Kirk Douglas is older and did an Italian heist movie but no Spaghetti. Potentially living past 100, I’d say Eastwood has a good chance but he’s got a ways to go.
In the strict sense off-topic, but anyway: A very old guy I came across some years ago was Swiss actor Lukas Ammann, who played the judge in Tonino Valerii’s I giorni dell’ira. Ammann was born in 1912 and died at the age of 104 last year.
Unfortunately Antonio Gradoli and Tom Felleghy did not even come close to the goal of turning one hundred, having died in 1990 and 2005, aged 73 and 83 respectively.
Mario Maffei died in 2001, shortly before turning 83.
On the other hand, Garrone (the fourth Sergio) and José Torres will turn 99 in mid-April and early June of this year.
Their paths crossed in Degueyo (1966), produced and co-written by Garrone under the pseudonym Willy Regan.