First sw’s quite often featured some real life western legends as a heroes (Buffalo Bill, Pat Garret etc) but it didn’t take long until the italians came up with their own western heroes for their own visions of west. I made this list of some of the most famous and some other lesser know heroes who appeared in more than one movie. Also added the actor who’s most known as playing the character. There must be some others too I coudn’t remember, anyone knows more?
Man with no name (Clint Eastwood)
Django (Franco Nero)
Sartana (Gianni Garko)
Ringo (Giuliano Gemma)
Stranger (Tony Anthony)
Sabata (Lee Van Cleef)
Hallelujah (George Hilton)
Trinity+Bambino (Terence Hill & Bud Spencer)
Cat Stevens+Hutch (Terence Hill & Bud Spencer)
Cuchillo (Tomas Milian)
Providence (Tomas Milian)
Pecos (Robert Woods)
Tresette (George Hilton)
Nobody (Terence Hill)
-not really the same character though in Nobody’s the Greatest.
Shanghai Joe
Clint the Stranger (George Martin)
MacGregor family
Holy Ghost (Vassili Karis)
Kitosch (George Hilton)
-Can’t remember if there was any connection in Time of Vultures or did they just use the same name.
Amen (Luc Merenda)
-There’s other Amen characters too but Luc Merenda played the Trinity type in two movies.
Carrancho / Jeff Clayton - Fernando Sancho / Robert Woods (in $5000 on one Ace and Man From Canyon City)
Silver - PLL and Gianni Garko
Arizona Colt / Double Whiskey - Gemma and Steffen / Roberto Camardiel
[quote=“Tom B., post:2, topic:2462”]Minnesota Clay - Cameron Mitchell
Oklahoma John - Rik Horn
Santana - Gianni Garko[/quote]but did any of these appear in more than one movie?
banjo from sabata (wiliam berger)
lasky from sartana( wiliam berger)
bull from moment to kill( walter barnes)
tom from masacre time( franco nero)
cemetery( gianni garko)
sartana from original sartana ( gianni garko)
gordo from arizona colt ( fernando sancho)
stegal from sabata ( franco ressel)
sabata ( lee van cleef)
clayton from grand duel ( lee van cleef)
lord from moment to kill ( george hilton)
Captain Chadwell from charge! ( Stephen Boyd)
Rocco from pistoleros ( Anthony Ghidra)
Major Jackson from django ( eduardo fajardo)
David Saxon from grand duel ( horst frank)
Jason Forester from moment to kill ( horst frank)
Bill from death rides a horse ( John Phillip Law) wow! spokes like a robot!!
django ( franco nero)
General Hugo from django ( José Bodalo)
Colonel Skimmel from indio black ( gerald herter)
Berg from apocalypse joe ( eduardo fajardo)
Duncan from navajo joe (aldo sambrell)
El Indio from for a few dollars more ( gian maria volonte)
you have to just love how sartana1968 absolutely out of the topic posted his informative list
i talked to him on facebook, why he is not on SWDB anymore - he forgot password
anyway - it’s not really a character made up by italians, but it is fictional character nevertheless - Robert Woods played same character in two (or three?) SWs based somewhat on Jack London’s writings - White Fang and Goldiggers, can’t remember the other one
[quote=“tomas, post:11, topic:2462”]you have to just love how sartana1968 absolutely out of the topic posted his informative list
i talked to him on facebook, why he is not on SWDB anymore - he forgot password :)[/quote]
I miss that bloke a lot.
It doesn’t really count but “Beauregard” was the name of Fonda’s character in “My Name is Nobody” and Milian’s character in “Face to Face”. However, Fonda was “Jack Beauregard” whereas Milian was “Solomon ‘Beauregard’ Bennett” and the characters are pretty different in style.
This might be a question for “i want to find this SW” thread, but …
I’d read some time ago about two, or three, probably spanish (or mexican, or even brazilian) westerns, featuring the same character - enigmatic black clad gunman with dark long hair and he probably had a rifle.
I totally forgot about it, and now i can’t remember, on which site i’d read that. I’d say these films were made in seventies (but wouldn’t bet on it). Does it ring a bell? Anyone?
[quote=“tomas, post:16, topic:2462”]This might be a question for “i want to find this SW” thread, but …
I’d read some time ago about two, or three, probably spanish (or mexican, or even brazilian) westerns, featuring the same character - enigmatic black clad gunman with dark long hair and he probably had a rifle.
I totally forgot about it, and now i can’t remember, on which site i’d read that. I’d say these films were made in seventies (but wouldn’t bet on it). Does it ring a bell? Anyone?[/quote]
tomas, you probably mean Glauber Rocha’s Black God, White Devil and its sequel Antonio das Mortes - and it is really a brazilian venture