Latimer, Carl

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Carl Latimer in Le sette folgori di Assur (1962)

Carl Latimer was a Jamaican actor and stuntman who was active in Italian films from the late 50's to the mid-60's. Around 1962 he reversed the Italian trend of Americanising names when he Italianised his, becoming "Carlo Latimer" for his last few credited roles, and it is under this name you will mostly find him listed on the internet.

There is not much known about Carl, though it is presumed he was a professional boxer in America, where he also appeared in one known film role, billed as Carl Rocky Latimer.

He seems to have arrived in Italy in the mid-50's, at a time where a whole group of black American actors appeared, all of whom worked steadily in supporting roles for the next decade. Aside from Carl these included Alfred Thomas, stuntman/singer Harold Bradley, singer Edith Peters, dancers Wilbert Bradley, Van Aikens, Janine Hendy and her sister Gloria, along with John Kitzmiller who had arrived a few years earlier.

Carl's filmography is rather small at present, I hope some additional roles will be forthcoming, maybe in some different genres.

Filmography

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1953

1. The Joe Louis story .... Arthur Pine (credited as "Carl Rocky Latimer")
   
   1959
2. Erode il grande .... Herod's slave (uncredited)
   
   1961
3. Barabba .... Gladiator (uncredited)
4. La vendetta di Ursus .... Sabra's servant (credited)
   
   1962
5. Boccaccio '70 - segment: "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio" .... American jazz musician (uncredited)
6. Maciste contro lo Sceicco .... Selim (credited)
7. Più rosa che giallo (TV series) Ep. 5: "La signora della collana" .... First negro (credited as "Carlo Lattimer")
8. Totò contro Maciste .... Guard (uncredited)
9. Le sette folgori di Assur .... Uluk (uncredited)
   
   1963
10. L'invincibile cavaliere mascherato .... Tabuca (credited as "Carlo Latimer")
11. Ursus nella terra di fuoco .... Strong man in tournament (uncredited)
    
    1964
12. Anthar l'invincibile .... Slave carrying pillow with sword (uncredited)
13. Ercole contro i figli del sole.... Chaco (credited as "Carlo Latimer")

Titles to check

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The Joe Louis Story (1953) credited as Carl Rocky Latimer, as Arthur Pine, a boxer who retires to become a lawyer.

This is Carl's only known appearance in an American film before he began his Italian film career.

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Erode il Grande (1958) as Herod's slave

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Barabba (1961) as Gladiator

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La vendetta di Ursus (1961), credited, as Sabra's servant

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Maciste contro lo Sceicco (1962) credited, as Selim

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Totò contro Maciste (1962) as Guard

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a couple more images from Le sette folgori di Assur (1962) as Uluk, King of the Nubian soldiers

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L'invincibile cavaliere mascherato (1963) credited as Carlo Latimer, as Tabuca

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Ursus nella terra di fuoco (1963) as Strong man in tournament