SWDb Spaghetti Western Hall of Fame

aldo · February 16, 2020, 12:39pm

I’d now like to change my vote … sorry, Chelo … but after looking up poster artist, Renato Casaro … well there’s no competition !

So that’s Claudio Undari

and Renato Casaro

Bill_san_Antonio · February 16, 2020, 3:24pm

Fonda & Undari

Cat_Stevens · February 17, 2020, 5:19am

Renato Casaro
Claudio Undari

Thank you, as always, for running this!

stanton · February 17, 2020, 11:53am

Henry & Fonda

last.caress · February 17, 2020, 1:04pm

Henry Fonda and Robert Hundar.

IllThinkAboutIt · February 17, 2020, 8:00pm

Fonda and Undari

morgan · February 17, 2020, 8:56pm

Dana and Chelo

mrchallenge · February 18, 2020, 1:11am

Your change is noted!

Phil_H · February 18, 2020, 11:57am

Undari and Cesaro for me

Lone_Gringo · February 18, 2020, 1:18pm

Count me in for Undari +Cesaro.

mrchallenge · February 23, 2020, 1:11am

I vote for Henry Fonda and Renato Cesaro

mrchallenge · March 2, 2020, 12:49am

Thanks for voting guys. Good voter turnout this year.

It was a photo finish, but this year’s SWDB Hall of Fame Inductee for 2020 is none other than…

…Robert Hundar aka Claudio Undari!

mrchallenge · December 29, 2020, 12:55am

Robert Hundar January 12, 1935 (Castelvetrano, Italy)- May 12, 2008 (Rome)

Born Claudio Undari, but known professionally as Robert Hundar for much of his career, this intimidating 6-foot-5 actor translated his menacing size, intense on-screen presence and steely gaze in over 20 Spaghetti Westerns, usually as a villain but sometimes in heroic roles as well. He collaborated frequently with director Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent. After appearances in several “sword and sandal” films, he played supporting roles in Sabata (1969), Shanghai Joe (1973), and California (1977), but was often the first billed villain in many of his other roles. Perhaps his best-known Spaghetti Western role was in Cut- Throats Nine (1972), where he received top billing in a rare good guy role as a doomed army Sergeant. As the Spaghetti Western genre declined, he turned his attention to Euro-crime films such as The Cynic, The Rat and the Fist (1977) and other genre films such as the Bud Spencer vehicle Everything Happens to Me (1980). He also acted in Theatre productions and directed documentaries in a career that spanned 5 decades.

Year of Induction: 2020

Phil_H · January 1, 2021, 1:46pm

Are we going to have an induction for this year too @mrchallenge Len?

mrchallenge · January 2, 2021, 5:13am

Yes absolutely. I will wait until Mid January or February as it had better voter turnout last year.

Also I realized that the bios for last year’s inductees, Edda Dell’Orso and Franco De gemini have not been posted on the hall of fame page. Is anybody able to volunteer to put them in? Thank you!

JonathanCorbett · January 10, 2021, 2:36pm

It’s all done! Birth years for Franco and Edda are of course 1928 and 1935. I also added Hundar and pics to Sergio Garrone, Coriolano Gori and Iginio Lardani Wanted posters.

mrchallenge · January 12, 2021, 8:42pm

You are the best JC!!!

mrchallenge · January 30, 2021, 6:43pm

Okay folks its time to nominate potential candidates for the SWDB Hall of Fame class of 2021.

The rules are:

One nominee per forum member
The nominee can’t be someone already inducted
They must be in one of the following categories: Leading actor, supporting actor, actress, director, writer, cinematographer, composer, miscellaneous contributor.

Nominations close next Saturday February 6 at midnight. After the nominees are established, the actual voting in begins.

Begin!

makesthemovie · January 30, 2021, 7:46pm

Hi Col. Mortimer,

I’d like to nominate Craig Hill for the leading actor category for the Hall of Fame. I know some of his SWs could be hit or miss, but he did do some excellent ones like Taste of Killing, I Want Him Dead, and Three Crosses Not to Die

mrchallenge · February 1, 2021, 1:35am

Great choice!

In what is becoming an annual tradition, I would like to nominate Henry Fonda in the Lead Actor category.