SUPPORTING ACTORS
Eli Wallach
Gian Maria Volonte
Klaus Kinski
Frank Wolff
Also Sambrell
William Berger
Nello Pazzafini
Raf Baldassarre
Rick Boyd
Aldo Berti
DIRECTORS
Sergio Leone
Sergio Corbucci
Giuliano Carnimeo
Romolo Guerrieri
Enzo G. Castellari
Fernando Baldi
Tonino Valerii
Gianfranco Parolini
Giulio Petroni
Just wanna remind everyone that received a ballot that the deadline for submitting your votes is just one week away, Dec. 15th 2009. If you haven’t submitted your ballot yet you have 8 days left amigos.
I will announce the inductees on January 1st 2010. I will than make available the raw data for the votes available to any staff member who’s interested in having a look, so to make sure that the votes were tabulated fairly without any monkey business.
Do the best you can, wer’e all human I have to admit I made a couple of unconventional votes myself, I actually voted for Kurosawa in the non participant category because I think he’s the real genius behind FFD.
LEADING ACTORS (Name 10)
Clint Eastwood
Lee Van Cleef
Tony Anthony
Giuliano Gemma
Anthony Steffen
Tomas Milian
Franco Nero
Hill & Spencer
Peter Lee Lawrence
Gian Maria Volonte
SUPPORTING ACTORS (Name 10)
Eli Wallach
William Berger
Klaus Kinski
Fernando Sancho
Eduardo Fajardo
Aldo Sambrell
Jose Bodalo
Jack Palance
Mario Brega
Federico Boido
COMPOSERS (Name 10)
Ennio Morricone
Bruno Nicolai
Luis Enriquez Bacalov
Francesco de Masi
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Stelvio Cipriani
Marcello Giombini
Roberto Pregadio
Mario Migliardi
Alessandro Alessandroni
PRODUCERS (Name 5)
Harry Colombo & George Papi
Manolo Bolognini
Alberto Grimaldi
WRITERS (Name 5)
Franco Solinas
Sergio Donati
Luciano Vincenzoni
Duccio Tessari
Fernando Di Leo
NON PARICIPANTS (AUTHORS, HISTORIANS, OBSERVERS/REVIEWERS, SITE OWNERS)(Name 5)
Christopher Frayling
Ulrich Bruckner
Tom B.
Sebastian Haselbeck
J.D. Ryan
Shobary
Scherpschutter/ Simon Gelten
Phil Hardcastle
Reverend Danite
Korano/ Peter Nelson
Silence
[quote=“Lindberg, post:108, topic:2068”]Ok, here’s my list :o ;D
LEADING ACTORS (Name 10)
Clint Eastwood
Lee Van Cleef
Tony Anthony
Giuliano Gemma
Anthony Steffen
Tomas Milian
Franco Nero
Hill & Spencer
Peter Lee Lawrence
Gian Maria Volonte[/quote]
That’s 11 there Buddy
Hill and Spencer may seem like siamese twins sometimes but they count as two in my book.
Yeah he Lindberg also named 10 non participants, when there were only supposed to be 5. But thats okay, due to Lindberg’s stature, reputation, and knowledge here on the forum I will make exceptions and count all of Linberg’s votes, especially the vote he cast for you Phil
But please don’t make it a habit of taking liberties.
[quote=“Lindberg, post:108, topic:2068”]NON PARICIPANTS (AUTHORS, HISTORIANS, OBSERVERS/REVIEWERS, SITE OWNERS)(Name 5)
Christopher Frayling
Ulrich Bruckner
Tom B.
Sebastian Haselbeck
J.D. Ryan
Shobary
Scherpschutter/ Simon Gelten
Phil Hardcastle
Reverend Danite
Korano/ Peter Nelson
Silence[/quote]
This seems like you listed just about every important person on the forum.
Such showyness from the youth around these parts…
My humble demeanour, modesty, and disregard of personal pride, regarding ME BEING ON THE LIST ;D ;D ;D would forbid me from such infantile showing off.
I’ve decided to post my nominations here rather than send them anonymously because I’d like to explain and justify their inclusion. May help others with their decisions or at least start some healthy arguments
The only trouble is I’m afraid of how much space the post will take up :-[
[quote=“Phil H, post:115, topic:2068”]I’ve decided to post my nominations here rather than send them anonymously because I’d like to explain and justify their inclusion. May help others with their decisions or at least start some healthy arguments
The only trouble is I’m afraid of how much space the post will take up :-[[/quote]
I’ve been pondering over this poll for hours so it would be interesting to see your reasoning. Yourself, scherpy B.L., stanton and Brother Romaine (amongst others) know so much more than me about the ‘names’. In the spirit of ‘deserving’ rather than ‘favorite’, I’ve got a list of lead actors ready, but have far too many support actors (and would have to leave of personal favorite performances by eg. Gian Maria Volonte and Eli Wallach off :-, as I think there are more deserving minor names i.e. Jose Manuel Martin and Franco Pesce - who dedicated more time and great stuff to the genre (without the big money maybe?).
I could name 10 actresses, of course, but I only think maybe 6 deserve to be ‘accoladed’ - and for the reasons above personal favorite performances by Michele Mercier and Claudia Cardinale wouldn’t get a look in. The directors I’m still working on, as I am with the composers. I can do 5 ‘specials’ as well, but I’ll have to give the other categories a swerve due to a lack of knowledge :-[.
Giuliano Gemma (17 Spaghettis as a leading man with a consistently high quality throughout his career.)
Franco Nero (His role as Django would be enough to gain him his spot but the rest of his work confirms it.)
Clint Eastwood (Although only appeared in 3 Spaghettis Clint’s influence was such that he has become iconic in the genre)
Lee Van Cleef (Like Eastwood, Van Cleef’s is indelibly linked with the genre. The best of his films more than make up for the later turkeys)
Gianni Garko (Garko’s Sartana would be enough on its own to qualify him but his body of work in full and consistant quality of performance makes him one of the greats.
Tomas Milian (Milian’s method style would seem at odds with such a populist genre but his screen presence worked perfectly in these surroundings and his body of work with some of the best directors makes him a shoo in.
Anthony Steffen (Love him or hate him Steffen’s sheer volume of Spaghettis earns him a place in the hall. No one starred in more Spags than Tony.)
Terence Hill (Trinity may not be so popular now with us die hards but they were enormous in their day and remain some of the most popular spaghettis ever made. In tandem with these, Hill’s work with Collizi and others earns him his place.)
Richard Harrison (Often overlooked Harrison had the longest career in Spaghettis; from the pre Leone days of 1963 to the death throws of ’72. He managed some pretty decent films in there too.
Gian Maria Volonte (A case of quality over quantity here. Volonte didn’t make so many westerns but they were all exceptional and, more importantly, he was central to all of them.)
Actresses
Nicoletta Machiavelli (Miss Machiavelli’s stunning beauty might be enough for her inclusion but more importantly in a genre where females tended to be marginal and victimised this actress invariably took more assertive roles which left lasting impressions.
Nieves Navarro (The quintessential bad girl of the genre. Navarro was perfect as the sultry, conniving beauty)
Rosalba Neri (Neri could play the vamp or the victim with equal panache and tended to alternate between the two in her films. Whatever her role her majestic profile added a sense of high drama to the proceedings.
Loredana Nusciak (Although only appearing in half a dozen Spaghettis Miss Nusciak’s parts in Django and $10,000 blood Money ensure she is one of the first actresses remembered by fans.
Rada Rassimov (Again, only a hanful of appearances for Miss Rassimov but the strength of her performances, even in small roles as in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, make her one of the genre’s most memorable faces.
Ida Galli (Usually under her pseudonym of Evelyn Stewart, Galli made around a dozen westerns, usually as the suffering good girl, and appeared in some fine ‘second tier’ Spaghettis along the way.
Erika Blanc (Like Ida Galli, Miss Blanc plied her trade in around a dozen westerns and always impressed. Galli and Blanc always seemed to play similar roles and due to their physical similarities can easily be confused with each other.
Claudia Cardinale (Although only appearing in one western of note that one was a doozy and Miss Cardinale’s role in it was so central as to make her one of the most memorable women to work in the genre.
Chelo Alonso (The Cuban H Bomb. Only made three westerns but she was unforgettable in all of them.)
Diana Lorys (An unsung heroine who graced the genre from the very beginning to the very end.)
Supporting Actors
Fernando Sancho (The quintessential Mexican bandit Sancho improved every film he was in by his mere exuberant presence.
Klaus Kinski (Mr Intensity would have qualified as a lead in my book if he had only had more opportunities to star. As it is, the combination of his majaor and minor roles make him a certainty for the hall. No one could make as much impact with a mere phone in performance as the mad Pole.
Piero Lilli (Invariably cast as the wicked town boss, banker, mayor or general dodgy type Lulli graced more Spaghettis than you can shake a stick at and never failed to please.
Eduardo Fajardo (Another regular bad guy Fajardo played the slimy evil type to perfection but proved he had genuine range when called on to play against type on occasion. Fajardo made something like 30 odd outings in the genre and never failed to deliver.)
Horst Frank (In a genre dominated by latins the blonde guy was usually called on to be the cold hearted baddie. Frank’s roles were usually of this type but he was so darned good at it you didn’t mind the cliché.)
Roberto Camardiel (Unlike many others Camardiel alternated regularly between heavies and side kicks. His genuine talent made him equally effective as a source of menace or comic relief.)
William Berger (Mr Cool. Berger’s laid back style and hippy hair made him a man of his age. Always adding value to anything he appeared in it is only a pity Billiy Boy didn’t get more starring roles in the genre.)
Bud Spencer (Bud could qualify as a lead but for me he was most effective in supporting roles and was the perfect foil for the blonde blue eyed Hill of course although he also was did a fine job when working with others.)
Frank Wolf (Wolf invariably played a bad guy or double dealer of some sort but was capable of covering just about any role. One of the few actors outside of Harpo Marx who could successfully pull off appearing in a curly red wig.)
Jose Manuel Martin (Martin, for me, is the ultimate face of the Spaghetti Western. Sunken cheeks, stubbly chin, uneven teeth; his appearance alone is enough for me to enjoy a film regardless any other failings.)
Directors
Sergio Leone (No explanation required)
Sergio Corbucci (Most uneven of the three Sergios but on his day delivered some of the best films of the genre)
Sergio Sollima (Only three westerns but every one a classic. Sollima is the thinking man’s Sergio)
Duccio Tessari (Another uneven performer behind the camera but for his Ringo films alone Tessari deserves a place.)
Giuliano Carnimeo (Although Parolini started the Sartana series Carnimeo made it fly and at a time when comedy was becoming the dominant facet in the spaghetti western he best managed to keep a balance between irony and parody.)
Giulio Petroni (Petroni’s handful of westerns cover the full cycle of types but their quality remains consistant throughout)
Romolo Guerrieri (Sadly overlooked as often as not Guerrieri’s magnificent $10,000 Blood Money is reason enough to include him in the top list but his work on Johnny Yuma proved that he was no one off director)
Antonio Margheriti (The king of the gothic western, Margheriti’s spooky westerns were all genuinely memorable and, in a genre of constant imitation, stood out as having a healthy level of originality)
Joaquin Luis Romero Marchent (Foremost among the Spanish directors in the genre Marchent was in at the very beginning. His 1963 westerns were better than many post Leone efforts and he was still producing solid work in the early seventies with Cutthroats Nine)
Alberto Cardone (Without ever having a decent sized budget to work with Cardone managed to produce a fistful of excellent and entertaining Spaghettis. A great example of the mid range director making the most of his material without resorting to endless shots of men on horseback riding endlessly back and forth.)
Composers
Ennio Morricone (The master)
Bruno Nicolai (Emerged from Morricone’s shadow to prove himself a master in his own right.
Riz Ortolani (His score for Day of Anger alone earns him his place but he contributed much more besides)
Francesco De Massi (Less grandiose than Morricone or Nicolai, De Massi’s scores are nonetheless memorable and many.)
Stelvio Cipriani (His masterpieces for The Bounty Killer and The Stranger Returns are all the evidence needed to gain him entry into the hall.)
Luis Enrique Bacalov (Bullet for the General, Django, The Price of Power…Enough said)
Nora Orlandi (The only woman to triumph in this field and responsible for some truly memorable Spaghetti scores)
Carlo Rustichelli ( Often more traditional than others in the genre Rustichelli has a large body of work to boast of with stand out scores for Colizzi’s Cat Stevens trilogy)
Nico Fidenco (Fidenco may not have scored as many films as some others but the quality of his work earns him a place in the hall. A Taste of Killing is a stand out score which shows off his talents perfectly)
Marcello Giombini (Music of a usually lighter tone dominates Giombini’s work in westerns but his score for Sabata alone makes him a worthy Hall of Famer.
Cinematographers
Tonino Delli Colli (His exquisite work on Once Upon a Time in the West and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly are all the evidence we need.)
Massimo Dallamano (Likewise, Dallamano’s camera work on the first two Dollars films is testament to his worthiness but he also has the beauty of his directorial effort, Bandidos, to add to his claim.)
Alejandro Ulloa (A huge body of work in the genre speaks for itself. A favourite of Corbucci, Ulloa’s deft hand created some magnificent images in the genre.)
Enzo Barboni (Another favourite of Corbucci, Barboni shot Django and Hellbenders among others before embarking on a successful directorial career which brought us Trinity.)
Francisco Marin (Marin’s work on the Ringo films and Tepepa are testament to his skills and versatility, creating some memorable images of the genre)
Writers
Sergio Donati (His work on the masterpieces of Leone and Sollima are evidence enough for Donati’s inclusion)
Fernando Di Leo (Di Leo’s CV includes scriptwriting on such greats as Return of Ringo, Navajo Joe, Johnny Yuma, For a Few Dollars more and many others.)
Franco Solinas (The Revolutionary man. The man behind the stories of The Mercenary, Tepepa, Companeros and Bullet for the General. The glory of the Zapata westerns are largely due to Solinas’ pen)
Ernesto Gastaldi (A prolific contributor to the genre Gastaldi has credits on such various greats as $10,000 Blood Money, My Name is Nobody, Day of Anger and Arizona Colt)
Tito Carpi (It may seem like Quantity of quality for Carpi but he was also responsible for Johnny Hamlet and a bunch of Sartanas.)
Producers
Alberto Grimaldi (The Big Gundown, For a Few Dollars More, Sabata, The Mercenary. Thank Grimaldi)
Giorgio Papi (Along with Arrigo Colombo kickstarted the genre when their company, Jolly Films, produced Fistful of Dollars. A success they followed up with other westerns such as Bullets Don’t Argue and Seven Guns for the MacGregors)
Arrigo Colombo (see above)
Manolo Bolognini (Django, Forgotten Pistolero, Keoma, Texas Adios, Boot Hill. All Bolognini’s productions and more besides.)
Luciano Ercoli (He made Return of Ringo possible… That’s enough)
Non Participants
Carlo Simi (The beauty of his sets and design are central to so many great Spaghettis from Leone and beyond)
Christopher Frayling (For his championing of the genre in the academic world and authorship of a couple of fine books.)
Marco Giusti (For his magnificent Dizionario)
Ulrich Bruckner (For his book and his positive influence at Koch getting so many great DVD releases achieved.
Tom Betts (For his Western All’Italiana fanzine and long term commitment to the genre and its fans)
Phil,
That is a bombastically brilliant ballot, amigo!
It certainly shows how much you love this genre–and how valuable your comments about it truly are.
And all of your choices make perfect sense to me, so you will have no arguments from this boyo.
Well, I guess, just for fun, I could give you grief about Tomas Milian.
But, the reality of that is…(and I know this is going to really shock you, brother Phil!!)…I actually listed Milian on my ballot, as well.
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