John Richardson

John Richardson

Known for

Acting

Born

January 19, 1934

Birthplace

Worthing, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Died

January 5, 2021 (aged 86)

Biography

John Richardson (January 19, 1934 - January 5, 2021) was an English actor, who appeared in movies from the 1950s until the 1990s.

He appeared in many Italian films, including Mario Bava's Black Sunday (1960). His best known role was perhaps in One Million Years B.C. (1966), in which he played a grunting caveman who fell in love with Raquel Welch. He had small roles in the remake of The 39 Steps (1959); Tender is the Night (1962) as a young man, uncredited; and in On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) with Barbra Streisand. Richardson was cast as the male lead in both She and One Million Years BC. He was considered for the role of James Bond, but lost out to George Lazenby.

Best known work

Black Sunday
Black Sunday
1960
The Church
The Church
1989
One Million Years B.C.
One Million Years B.C.
1966
Torso
Torso
1973
School of Thieves 2
School of Thieves 2
1987
The League of Gentlemen
The League of Gentlemen
1960
Eyeball
Eyeball
1975
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970
She
She
1965
Duck in Orange Sauce
Duck in Orange Sauce
1975

Filmography

  1. 2021

    Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies

    as Self - (archive footage)

  2. 2020

  3. 1994

    Milner

    as Edward

  4. 1994

    The World of HammerTV

    as Self (archive footage) (3 episodes)

  5. 1989

    The Church

    as Architect

  6. 1987

    School of Thieves 2

    as Ricco Gondoliere

  7. 1987

    Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

    as Leo Vincey / Killikrates (archive footage)

  8. 1981

  9. 1980

  10. 1980

    Fever of 40!

    as Harry Petersen

  11. 1978

    Battle of the Stars

    as Captain Mike Layton

  12. 1977

    War of the Planets

    as Captain Alex Hamilton

  13. 1977

  14. 1977

  15. 1976

    4 Billion in 4 Minutes

    as Francesco Vitale

  16. 1975

  17. 1975

    Reflections in Black

    as Inspector Lavina

  18. 1975

    Eyeball

    as Mark Burton

  19. 1974

  20. 1974

    The Tree with Pink Leaves

    as Andrea, padre di Marco

  21. 1973

  22. 1973

    Torso

    as Prof. Franz

  23. 1972

    Frankenstein '80

    as Karl Schein

  24. 1970

  25. 1969

    A Candidate for a Killing

    as Nick Warfield / André Jarvis / Riquelli

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