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"Object of Lust"

Posted: 24/10/2019, 21:53
by PeplumParadise
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"Object of Lust" in Isabella, Duchessa dei Diavoli (1969)
Black actor active in Italian films in the late 60's and early 70's. I named him "Object of Lust" since the only film I knew him from for many years was Isabella, where he plays that role.

From his role in L'emigrante I believe he, like most black actors working in Italy, may be American. Since it's emerging that he played a number of roles as a musician, I think it's also quite possible that, like Alfred Thomas and Harold Bradley, he may also have had a second career as a musician.

Filmography

1967
  1. Gungala la vergine della giungla .... Native bearer
  2. Pecos è qui: prega e muori .... One of El Supremo's men

    1968
  3. I due crociati .... Slave
  4. La pecora nera .... Member of the African delegation (uncredited)

    1969
  5. Fellini Satyricon .... Ship crew member (uncredited)
  6. Il ragazzo che sorride .... African miner
  7. Isabella, Duchessa dei Diavoli .... Object of Lust
  8. Le calde notti di Poppea .... Palace servant
  9. Tarzana, sesso selvaggio .... Bongo player / Bearer (uncredited)
  10. Una su 13 .... Construction worker (uncredited)
  11. Una sull'altra .... Policeman (uncredited)

    1970
  12. Django sfida Sartana .... Piano player
  13. Due bianchi nell'Africa nera .... Native guide
  14. Franco e Ciccio sul sentiero di guerra .... Settler
  15. Satiricosissimo .... Chief of slaves (uncredited)

    1971
  16. Scipione detto anche l'Africano .... Soldier of Massinissa (uncredited)

    1972
  17. Karzan, il favoloso uomo della jungla .... Expedition bearer / Various tribesmen (uncredited)
  18. Poppea... una prostituta al servizio dell'impero .... Parasol bearer (uncredited)

    1973
  19. L'emigrante .... American prisoner
  20. Madigan (TV series) Ep. 5: "The Naples Beat" .... Airport passenger

    1974
  21. Carambola .... Jazz band musician
  22. Il poliziotto è marcio .... Mazzanti henchman
  23. Mosè (TV mini-series) - episode 1 .... Egyptian consul (uncredited)
  24. The Arena .... Nubian tribesman (uncredited)

    1975
  25. Emanuelle nera .... Man on the dancefloor
  26. La polizia interviene: ordine di uccidere! .... Man in check-in queue at the airport

Additional credits
  • Ciao, Federico! (1970) - Documentary about the shooting of Fellini Satyricon (1969). Includes footage of our man on the set during the making of the film.
  • Maldoror (1977) - Unreleased feature film

Fotoromanzi
  • Le avventure di Jacques Douglas n. 46: "I pirati di Isla Grande" (July 1969)

Re: Object of Lust

Posted: 24/10/2019, 21:57
by PeplumParadise
Isabella, Duchessa dei Diavoli (1969) as the Object of Lust, paraded out at a dinner party where the white women go crazy while he just stands there.

IMDb mis-credits Harry Baird in this role, but Baird is familiar from peplums and this is definitely not him.
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Re: Object of Lust

Posted: 24/10/2019, 21:58
by PeplumParadise
Fellini Satyricon (1969), as Ship crew member
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Re: Object of Lust

Posted: 24/10/2019, 22:04
by PeplumParadise
Tarzana, sesso selvaggio (1969) as Bongo player and Bearer (they appear to be 2 distinct roles). In the last image he appears with Alfred Thomas and Fernando Piazza.
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Re: Object of Lust

Posted: 24/10/2019, 22:06
by PeplumParadise
Django sfida Sartana (1970) as Piano player
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Re: Object of Lust

Posted: 24/10/2019, 22:14
by PeplumParadise
L'emigrante (1973) as American prisoner sharing a cell with Peppino (Adriano Celantano). I believe the voices are the actors own in this film, and, in the otherwise Italian original version, he speaks English with a pronounced American accent - which is a strong suggestion that he could be American.
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Re: Object of Lust

Posted: 24/10/2019, 22:16
by PeplumParadise
Mosè (Moses the Lawgiver) (1974) (TV mini-series) - episode 1, as Egyptian consul
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Re: Object of Lust

Posted: 25/10/2019, 19:11
by PeplumParadise
This must be him in a publicity shot for Maldoror (1977). From the information available on the net it seems the film was shot, but was never released, so it is always possible the footage may still exist and could turn up someday. Unfortunately none of the cast members listed online seem like they could be our man.
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Identification by Vecchiaguardia

Re: Object of Lust

Posted: 10/11/2019, 8:04
by Emiliano
Il ragazzo che sorride (1969) as African miner
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Re: Object of Lust

Posted: 04/12/2019, 15:39
by PeplumParadise
Carambola (1974) as Jazz band musician
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