Richard Harrison (born May 26, 1936) is an American actor, writer, director and producer. Harrison was very prolific and worked with most of the better-known names in European
B-movies
A B movie or B film is a low-budget commercial motion picture. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified films intended for distribution as the less-publicized bottom half of a double featur ...
during the 1960s and 1970s, branching out to
exploitation films
An exploitation film is a film that tries to succeed financially by exploiting current trends, niche genres, or lurid content. Exploitation films are generally low-quality "B movies", though some set trends, attract critical attention, become hi ...
shot all over the world in the early 1970s.
He worked with directors ranging from established names like
Antonio Margheriti
Antonio Margheriti (19 September 1930 – 4 November 2002), also known under the pseudonyms Anthony M. Dawson and Antony Daisies ("daisies" is "margherite" in Italian), was an Italians, Italian filmmaker. Margheriti worked in many different film ...
and
Marino Girolami
Marino Girolami (1 February 1914 – 20 February 1994) was an Italian film director and actor.
Biography
Marino Giorlami was born on 1 February 1914 in Rome, Italy. Formally a Professional boxer, Girolami ended his boxing career when he was 20. ...
to infamous
Z-movie
Z movies (or grade-Z movies) are low-budget films with production qualities lower than B movies.
History and terminology
The term "Z movie" arose in the mid-1960s as an informal description of certain unequivocally non-A films. It was soon adopte ...
directors like
Paolo Solvay
Luigi Batzella (San Sperate, 1924 – San Sperate, 2008) also known as Paolo Solvay was an Italian film director, editor, screenwriter and actor. He made numerous low-budget genre films.
Life and career
Luigi Batzella was born in San Sperate, S ...
,
Godfrey Ho
Godfrey Ho (Chinese language: 何志强 or 何致强, born 1948) is a former Hong Kong-based prolific film director and screenwriter, sometimes considered the Ed Wood of Hong Kong cinema. Ho is believed to have directed more than one hundred film ...
and
Alfonso Brescia
Alfonso Brescia (6 January 1930 – 6 June 2001) was an Italian film director. Brescia began working in film against his father's wishes, and eventually directed his first film '' Revolt of the Praetorians'' in 1964. Brescia worked in several gen ...
. Harrison's co-stars ranged from major and minor stars of the time like
Anita Ekberg
Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg (; 29 September 193111 January 2015) was a Swedish actress active in American and European films, known for her beauty and stunning figure. She became prominent in her iconic role as Sylvia in the Federico Fellini ...
,
Michèle Mercier
Michèle Mercier (born 1 January 1939 as Jocelyne Yvonne Renée Mercier) is a French actress. In the course of her career she has worked with leading directors like François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jacques Deray, Dino Risi, Mario Monicel ...
,
Klaus Kinski
Klaus Kinski (, born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski 18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991) was a German actor, equally renowned for his intense performance style and notorious for his volatile personality. He appeared in over 130 film roles in a c ...
,
Fernando Sancho
Fernando Sancho Les (7 January 1916 – 31 July 1990) was a Spanish actor.
Biography
He was born in Zaragoza, in Aragon, Spain on 7 January 1916 and died at Hospital Militar Gómez Ulla in Madrid on 31 July 1990 from a liver failure during o ...
and
Helmut Berger
Helmut Berger (; born Helmut Steinberger; 29 May 1944) is an Austrian actor, known for his portrayal of narcissistic and sexually-ambiguous characters. He was one of the stars of the European cinema in the late 1960s and 1970s, and is regarded a ...
to obscure cult actors such as
Mike Monty
Mike Monty (October 23, 1936 – August 4, 2006) was an American character actor, born in 1936 in Chattanooga, Tennessee as Michael O'Donoghue but he changed his name to Mike Monty late in life.
Career
He left the United States for Italy i ...
and
Romano Kristoff
Romano Kristoff is a Spanish actor, writer and director, better known for his work in Filipino cinema. He worked mostly in the Philippines between the 1980s and early 1990s. He was also credited as Rom Kristoff, Ron Kristoff, Run Kristoff, Ron Kra ...
.
Early life
Born in
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Sal ...
,
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...
, Harrison left for Los Angeles at 17, where he found work first at the
Vic Tanny
Victor "Vic" Tanny (born Victor A. Iannidinardo; February 18, 1912 – June 11, 1985) was an American bodybuilder, entrepreneur and physical culture advocate. He is considered a pioneer of the modern health club.
Tanny was born into an Itali ...
and Bert Goodrich gyms. Many people working in the film industry trained at the gym and these encounters led Harrison to study acting. In 1961 he married Loretta Nicholson, the daughter of
American International Pictures
American International Pictures (AIP) is an American motion picture production label of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In its original operating period, AIP was an independent film production and distribution company known for producing and releasing fi ...
co-chief
James H. Nicholson
James Harvey Nicholson (September 14, 1916 – December 10, 1972) was an American movie producer, film producer. He is best known as the co-founder, with Samuel Z. Arkoff, of American International Pictures.
Early life
Nicholson was born on ...
.
American film appearances
He appeared in a
Santa Monica
Santa Monica (; Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 U.S. Census population was 93,076. Santa Monica is a popular resort town, owing to ...
stage production, then in TV, then in small parts in feature films. Harrison worked at
Twentieth Century Fox
20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film studio, film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm o ...
under acting coach Sandy Meiser where he made an appearance at the beginning of ''
South Pacific'' along with
Tom Laughlin
Thomas Robert Laughlin Jr. (August 10, 1931 – December 12, 2013) was an American actor, director, screenwriter, author, educator, and activist.
Laughlin was best known for his series of ''Billy Jack'' films. He was married to actress De ...
and
Ron Ely
Ronald Pierce Ely (born June 21, 1938) is an American actor and novelist born in Hereford, Texas, and raised in Amarillo.
Ely is best known for having portrayed Tarzan in the 1966–1968 NBC series ''Tarzan'' and for playing the lead role in ...
. He eventually signed a three-film deal with
American International Pictures
American International Pictures (AIP) is an American motion picture production label of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In its original operating period, AIP was an independent film production and distribution company known for producing and releasing fi ...
, which led him to Italy, where he remained for almost three decades, appearing in
sword and sandal
Sword-and-sandal, also known as peplum (pepla plural), is a subgenre of largely Italian-made historical, mythological, or Biblical epics mostly set in the Greco-Roman antiquity or the Middle Ages. These films attempted to emulate the big-budget H ...
films, then
Eurospy films
Eurospy film, or Spaghetti spy film (when referring to Italian-produced films in the genre), is a genre of spy films produced in Europe, especially in Italy, France, and Spain, that either sincerely imitated or else parodied the British James Bo ...
and
Spaghetti Western
The Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ...
s. Formal acting studies set Harrison apart from other muscular American actors working in Italy in the early 1960s, such as
Brad Harris
Bradford Harris (July 16, 1933 – November 7, 2017) was an American actor, stuntman, and executive producer. He appeared in a variety of roles in over 50 films, mostly in European productions. He was an inductee in the Stuntman's Hall of Fame ...
and
Steve Reeves
Stephen Lester "Steve" Reeves (January 21, 1926 – May 1, 2000) was an American professional bodybuilder, actor, and philanthropist. He was famous in the mid-1950s as a movie star in Italian-made sword-and-sandal films, playing the protagon ...
, with whom he is often grouped.
1960s European movies
Harrison relocated to
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
in the early 1960s with his first wife Loretta initially in a three-picture contract with producer
Italo Zingarelli
Italo Zingarelli (; 15 January 1930 – 29 April 2000) was an Italian film producer. He produced 26 films between 1954 and 1995. In 1981, he was a member of the jury at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.
Selected filmography
* ...
. He remained in Italy and became a leading star in
sword and sandal
Sword-and-sandal, also known as peplum (pepla plural), is a subgenre of largely Italian-made historical, mythological, or Biblical epics mostly set in the Greco-Roman antiquity or the Middle Ages. These films attempted to emulate the big-budget H ...
films,
Eurospy
Eurospy film, or Spaghetti spy film (when referring to Italian-produced films in the genre), is a genre of spy films produced in Europe, especially in Italy, France, and Spain, that either sincerely imitated or else parodied the British James Bo ...
films and later
Spaghetti Western
The Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ...
s. His first Italian film and the first starring role were in ''
The Invincible Gladiator
''The Invincible Gladiator'' (Italian: ''Il gladiatore invincibile'', Spanish: ''El gladiador invencible'') is a 1961 film directed by Alberto De Martino and Antonio Momplet. The film stars Richard Harrison.
Plot summary
Twelve-year-old royal ...
'' (1962), directed by
Alberto De Martino
Alberto De Martino (12 June 1929 – 2 June 2015) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, De Martino started as a child actor and later returned to the cinema where worked as a screenwriter, director and dubbing supervis ...
and Antonio Momplet. Arguably Harrison's most well-known film from his early career is the western ''
Gunfight at Red Sands
''Duello nel Texas'', also known as ''Gunfight at Red Sands'' and ''Gringo'', is a 1963 Italian/Spanish international co-production directed by Ricardo Blasco and Mario Caiano, and produced by Albert Band as his first Spaghetti Western. It was al ...
'' (''Duello Nel Texas''), directed by Ricardo Blasco in 1963. ''Gunfight at Red Sands'' is also noteworthy for being the first Italian Western to feature an
Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone (; 10 November 19286 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpeter who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classica ...
score. Harrison turned down
Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone (; 3 January 1929 – 30 April 1989) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter credited as the pioneer of the Spaghetti Western genre and widely regarded as one of the most influential directors in the history of cin ...
's ''
A Fistful of Dollars
''A Fistful of Dollars'' ( it, Per un pugno di dollari, lit=For a Fistful of Dollars titled on-screen as ''Fistful of Dollars'') is a 1964 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role, a ...
'' and recommended
Clint Eastwood
Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor and film director. After achieving success in the Western TV series '' Rawhide'', he rose to international fame with his role as the "Man with No Name" in Sergio Leone's "''Doll ...
for the role. Harrison joked that this was his greatest contribution to cinema.
The 1968 film ''
Joko - Invoca Dio... e muori'' ''Vengeance'', directed by
Antonio Margheriti
Antonio Margheriti (19 September 1930 – 4 November 2002), also known under the pseudonyms Anthony M. Dawson and Antony Daisies ("daisies" is "margherite" in Italian), was an Italians, Italian filmmaker. Margheriti worked in many different film ...
, is another favorite among Spaghetti Western fans.
Luciano Martino's 1965 movie ''
Secret Agent Fireball
''Le spie uccidono a Beirut'' (literally, ''The Spies kill in Beirut'', also titled ''Da 077 : le spie uccidono a Beirut'', i.e. ''Message from 077 : the spies kill in Beirut'') is a 1965 Italian/ French international co-production spy film pert ...
'', Harrison's first
Eurospy
Eurospy film, or Spaghetti spy film (when referring to Italian-produced films in the genre), is a genre of spy films produced in Europe, especially in Italy, France, and Spain, that either sincerely imitated or else parodied the British James Bo ...
film, is also often cited as his best film in the genre, and one of his better earlier films. He again played the role of CIA Agent Fleming in a sequel ''
Killers Are Challenged'' in 1966.
The Italian actor Bruno Piergentili who made European features during this period was given the name "Dan Harrison", perhaps to evoke Richard's name.
1970s exploitation films
Harrison's career dwindled slowly in the 1970s at the same rate as the Spaghetti Western died. He began appearing in low-budget movies shot all over the world: In
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
(''You Can Do a Lot with 7 Women'' (1971), with the
Shaw Brothers
Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd. () was the largest film production company in Hong Kong, and operated from 1925 to 2011.
In 1925, three Shaw brothers— Runje, Runme, and Runde—founded Tianyi Film Company (also called "Unique") in Shangh ...
in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
starring in the title role of ''Marco Polo'' (1975) and playing the German commander
von Waldersee in ''The Boxer Rebellion'' (1976). Harrison worked in
Turkey
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(''The Godfather's Friend'', 1972), directed by
Farouk "Frank" Agrama, and as Sgt. Taylor in a
Yugoslavian war film, the 1979 effort ''
Pakleni otok
''Devil's Island'' (''Pakleni otok'') is a Croatian film directed by Vladimir Tadej
Vladimir Tadej (9 May 1925 – 1 March 2017) was a Croatian production designer, screenwriter and film director. He contributed to more than forty films from ...
'', directed by Vladimir Tadej.
He made most of his better quality 70s films during the earlier half of the decade, like the comic Spaghetti Western ''Due Fratelli'' ''
Two Brothers in Trinity
''Two Brothers in Trinity'' or ''Two Brothers in a Place Called Trinity'' ( it, Jesse & Lester - Due fratelli in un posto chiamato Trinità) is a 1972 Italian Spaghetti Western low comedy film directed by Renzo Genta and Richard Harrison (actor), ...
'' (1972), which he also directed. His co-star in ''Due Fratelli'' was the Irish American actor
Donald O'Brien, another veteran of Italian B-films. Harrison and O'Brien played two estranged brothers rejoined after receiving an inheritance, Harrison a "lovable rogue", O'Brien a pious
Mormon
Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement started by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s. After Smith's death in 1844, the movement split into several ...
. Harrison wants to spend his money on building a
bordello
A brothel, bordello, ranch, or whorehouse is a place where people engage in sexual activity with prostitutes. However, for legal or cultural reasons, establishments often describe themselves as massage parlors, bars, strip clubs, body rub par ...
, and comic adventures in the spirit of the
Terence Hill
Terence Hill (born Mario Girotti; 29 March 1939) is an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. He began his career as a child actor and gained international fame for starring roles in action and comedy films, many with longtim ...
/
Bud Spencer
Carlo Pedersoli (31 October 1929 – 27 June 2016), known professionally as Bud Spencer, was an Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player. He was known for action-comedy and Spaghetti Western roles with his long-time film partn ...
hit ''
My Name is Trinity'' (1971) follow.
Other notable early 70s films were ''
Churchill's Leopards'' (1970), directed by Maurizio Pradeaux and also starring
Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Giacomo Rossi Stuart (25 August 1925 – 20 October 1994) was an Italian film actor often credited as Jack Stuart or Giacomo Rossi-Stuart. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1953 and 1989.
Biography
Born in Todi to an Italian father ...
and
Klaus Kinski
Klaus Kinski (, born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski 18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991) was a German actor, equally renowned for his intense performance style and notorious for his volatile personality. He appeared in over 130 film roles in a c ...
, in which Harrison got to play a double role; ''
Acquasanta Joe'' (1971), directed by
Mario Gariazzo
Mario Gariazzo (4 June 1930 – 18 March 2002) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 21 films between 1969 and 1992. He also directed 18 films between 1962 and 1992. He was born in Biella, Italy and died in Rome, Italy at ...
and starring
Ty Hardin
Ty Hardin (born Orison Whipple Hungerford Jr.; January 1, 1930August 3, 2017) was an American actor best known as the star of the 1958 to 1962 ABC/Warner Bros. Western television series ''Bronco''.
Early life
Hardin was born in New York City, ...
and Lincoln Tate, an otherwise mediocre western worth mentioning for having Harrison cast against type as a villain; and ''
Dig Your Grave, Friend...Sabata's Coming'' (1971), directed by Juan Bosch, a western livened up by the presence of Spanish actor
Fernando Sancho
Fernando Sancho Les (7 January 1916 – 31 July 1990) was a Spanish actor.
Biography
He was born in Zaragoza, in Aragon, Spain on 7 January 1916 and died at Hospital Militar Gómez Ulla in Madrid on 31 July 1990 from a liver failure during o ...
. Harrison acted in several films with Sancho, the archetypal Mexican bandit of paella and Spaghetti Westerns, most of which were produced and/or directed by
Ignacio F. Iquino.
One of the more successful Harrison films from the latter half of the 70s was the
Italian crime thriller ''
La Belva Col Mitra
''Beast with a Gun'' ( it, La belva col mitra) is a 1977 Italian noir- poliziotteschi crime film written and directed by Sergio Grieco. The film would be Grieco's final film, as he died in 1982.
The main character of the film, Nanni Vitali, wa ...
'' (1977) ''Beast With a Gun'', directed by
Sergio Grieco
Sergio Grieco (13 January 1917 – 30 March 1982) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Biography
Sergio's father was the Italian Communist Ruggero Grieco.
Grieco first started in film in the Soviet Union in 1931, working as an assis ...
, also starring
Helmut Berger
Helmut Berger (; born Helmut Steinberger; 29 May 1944) is an Austrian actor, known for his portrayal of narcissistic and sexually-ambiguous characters. He was one of the stars of the European cinema in the late 1960s and 1970s, and is regarded a ...
and
Marisa Mell
Marisa Mell (born Marlies Theres Moitzi; 24 February 1939 – 16 May 1992) was an Austrian actress. Typecast as a femme fatale in European arthouse and genre films, she is best regarded for her performances as Eva Kant in Mario Bava's critically ...
. Harrison played the part of Police Commissioner Giulio Santini, with top-billed Berger as psychotic criminal Nanni Vitali, out to kill Santini and everyone else who testified against him in court. Although ''La Belva Col Mitra'' is no classic, it's a well-directed movie and the contrast between Harrison's underplayed style and Berger's manic performance works in its favor. However, ''La Belva Col Mitra'' is not without some controversy. Apparently, at Berger's request, Harrison's scenes were cut down in the film. For additional trivia, a scene from ''La Belva Col Mitra'' shows up on TV in the
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Jerome Tarantino (; born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, writer, producer, and actor. His films are characterized by stylized violence, extended dialogue, profanity, Black comedy, dark humor, Nonlinear narrative, non-lin ...
film ''
Jackie Brown
''Jackie Brown'' is a 1997 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, based on Elmore Leonard's 1992 novel ''Rum Punch.'' It stars Pam Grier as Jackie Brown, a flight attendant who is caught smuggling money. Samuel L. Ja ...
'' (1997).
Probably the most interesting curio in Harrison's 70s filmography is the 1971 film ''L'Explosion'', directed by
Marc Simenon
Marc Jean Chrétien Simenon, (19 April 1939 – 24 October 1999) was a French director and screenwriter. Born in Brussels, Belgium, he was the son of writer Georges Simenon (1903–1989) and the husband of Mylène Demongeot from 16 September 1968 ...
(the son of
Georges Simenon
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (; 13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer. He published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, and was the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret.
Early life and education ...
) and co-starring
Mylène Demongeot
Mylène Demongeot (born Marie-Hélène Demongeot; 29 September 1935 – 1 December 2022) was a French film, television and theatre actress and author with a career spanning seven decades and more than 100 credits in French, Italian, English an ...
. The 1978
martial arts
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/spy film ''
Challenge of the Tiger
''Challenge of the Tiger'' ( zh, 滅絕七七) is a 1980 Bruceploitation martial arts film directed by and starring Bruce Le.
Synopsis
Two CIA agents—a kung fu master (Bruce Le) and a suave womanizer ( Richard Harrison)—track the stolen for ...
'' is also of curio interest, if only for the presence of
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee (; born Lee Jun-fan, ; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy drawing from different combat disciplines that ...
imitator
Bruce Le
Bruce Le (; born June 5, 1950, Burma), birth name Huang Jianlong (), a.k.a. Wong Kin-lung, is a Macao-established Burmese (or Taiwanese; there are conflicting reports) born (British descent/Macao descent and half-Chinese/half-Burmese) (who also directed the film, with noncredit help from
Paolo Solvay
Luigi Batzella (San Sperate, 1924 – San Sperate, 2008) also known as Paolo Solvay was an Italian film director, editor, screenwriter and actor. He made numerous low-budget genre films.
Life and career
Luigi Batzella was born in San Sperate, S ...
), European
soft core star
Nadiuska
Nadiuska is a retired Polish and Russian model and actress who became a well-known celebrity in Spain during the 1970s. Born as Roswicha Bertasha Smid Honczar in 1952 in Bavaria to Polish and Russian parents, she moved to Barcelona in 1971 and he ...
and Harrison's son Sebastian.
Z-movies in Asia
In the 1980s, Harrison found himself mostly stranded in B-movie action films made in the
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
and
Hong Kong
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. Although generally considered the lowest point of Harrison's career, some of his 80s films have gained a cult audience of their own.
In the Philippines, Harrison acted in five ultralow-budget actioners, best classified as
Z-movie
Z movies (or grade-Z movies) are low-budget films with production qualities lower than B movies.
History and terminology
The term "Z movie" arose in the mid-1960s as an informal description of certain unequivocally non-A films. It was soon adopte ...
s, produced by
K.Y. Lim
KY or Ky may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Ky Kiske, a fictional character in the ''Guilty Gear'' video game series
* Kashiyatra, a festival in India
People
* Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (1930-2011), South Vietnamese general and prime minister
* ...
for ''Silver Star Film Company'' (called ''Kinavesa'' in the Philippines). Three, ''
Fireback'', ''Hunter's Crossing'' and ''
Blood Debts
''Blood Debts'' is a 1985 Philippine action film directed by Teddy Page and starring Richard Harrison, Mike Monty, James Gaines, and Daniel Andrew.
Plot
While enjoying a picnic, Sarah Collins (Catherine Miles) and her boyfriend are surprised ...
'' (1983), were directed by
Teddy Page
Teddy Page (akas: Ted Johnson, Irvin Johnson) is a Filipino film director and occasional writer. Page, whose real name is Teddy Chiu, began his career as a young man in the early 1980s, directing low-budget action movies for producer K.Y. Lim's ...
, and two, ''Intrusion Cambodia'' (1984) and ''Rescue Team'' by
John Gale. All were bad, but the three Page films exceptionally so, mixing near-sadistic violence with childlike, enthusiastic naivety reminiscent of the films of
Ed Wood
Edward Davis Wood Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American filmmaker,
actor, and pulp novel author.
In the 1950s, Wood directed several low-budget science fiction, crime and horror films that later became cult cla ...
. In the books ''
Gods in Polyester'' and ''Gods in Spandex'', Harrison states that he wrote some of the screenplays for the Filipino films practically overnight, using a
pseudonym
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. The ''Fire back'' screenplay Harrison wrote is credited to "Timothy Jorge", a pseudonym usually used by Don Gordon Bell, one of the expatriate American actors working for Silver Star. Harrison also mentions that the ''Silver Star'' films he acted in didn't have complete shooting scripts and many scenes were improvised on the spot, which contributed to their disjointed narrative.
''Silver Star'' recycled the same group of American and European
expatriate
An expatriate (often shortened to expat) is a person who resides outside their native country. In common usage, the term often refers to educated professionals, skilled workers, or artists taking positions outside their home country, either ...
actors from film to film, all of whom appeared in the Harrison vehicles.
Mike Monty
Mike Monty (October 23, 1936 – August 4, 2006) was an American character actor, born in 1936 in Chattanooga, Tennessee as Michael O'Donoghue but he changed his name to Mike Monty late in life.
Career
He left the United States for Italy i ...
, an old acquaintance of Harrison from the Italian days who had migrated to the archipelago,
James Gaines,
Romano Kristoff
Romano Kristoff is a Spanish actor, writer and director, better known for his work in Filipino cinema. He worked mostly in the Philippines between the 1980s and early 1990s. He was also credited as Rom Kristoff, Ron Kristoff, Run Kristoff, Ron Kra ...
,
Bruce Baron
Bruce Baron (November 15, 1949 – April 13, 2013) was an American actor.
Born in New York City, he graduated from Cornell University (B.A. 1971). He starred in several Asian movies, playing over a dozen lead roles in Hong Kong and Manila produ ...
, Ann Milhench and others. Harrison struck a friendship with Kristoff, one of the leading ''Silver Star'' actors, and later invited him to Italy to act in a film he produced and directed, ''
Three Men on Fire'' (1986).
At the time they were made, the poor quality of the Filipino films hurt Harrison's reputation. Over the years, they have attracted some cult interest in bad movie fandom. Although he remembers Teddy Page fondly, Harrison doesn't have too many kind words for Lim and working for the ''Silver Star''.
In Hong Kong, Harrison starred in what was supposed to be a small number of low-budget martial arts "ninja" films, directed by Chinese filmmaker
Godfrey Ho
Godfrey Ho (Chinese language: 何志强 or 何致强, born 1948) is a former Hong Kong-based prolific film director and screenwriter, sometimes considered the Ed Wood of Hong Kong cinema. Ho is believed to have directed more than one hundred film ...
, with whom he was already familiar from working for the
Shaw Brothers
Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd. () was the largest film production company in Hong Kong, and operated from 1925 to 2011.
In 1925, three Shaw brothers— Runje, Runme, and Runde—founded Tianyi Film Company (also called "Unique") in Shangh ...
in the 1970s. However, Ho later re-edited his scenes into many more films in a cut-and-paste style of filmmaking that has since made him infamous. Harrison found himself the unwilling star of at least twenty-four different movies, with titles like ''Ninja Terminator'', ''Cobra Vs. Ninja'', ''Golden Ninja Warrior'' and ''Diamond Ninja Force''. Like the ''Silver Star'' productions, the "ninja" films have since become
cult films
A cult film or cult movie, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a cult following. Cult films are known for their dedicated, passionate fanbase which forms an elaborate subculture, members of which engage in ...
. Disgusted with that outcome, Harrison returned to the United States.
In 1991, Harrison played Jack Roth in the drama film ''
Lies of the Twins
''Lies of the Twins'' is a 1991 American made-for-television thriller film directed by Tim Hunter.Jerry Roberts, ''Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors'', Volume 1, (Scarecrow Press: 2009), p.267.
Plot
A fashion model embarks on a romantic a ...
'' opposite
Aidan Quinn
Aidan Quinn (born March 8, 1959) is an American actor who made his film debut in '' Reckless'' (1984). He has starred in over 80 feature films, including ''Desperately Seeking Susan'' (1985), '' The Mission'' (1986), ''Stakeout'' (1987), ''Aval ...
,
Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini (born 18 June 1952) is an Italian-American actress, author, philanthropist, and model. The daughter of the Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and the Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, she is noted ...
and
Iman. Directed by
Tim Hunter,
[Jerry Roberts, ''Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors'', Volume 1, (Scarecrow Press: 2009), p. 267.] much of the movie was shot at Harrison's beach-front home in
Malibu.
[''Video Watchdog'', Issues 9–14, (Tim & Donna Lucas: 1992), p. 64.] The film was generally well received by critics upon release.
[Jim Hillier, ''The New Hollywood'', (Continuum: 1992), p. 64.]
Harrison subsequently slowed down his film work over the next few years. His last movies to date were the 1993 erotic thriller ''Angel Eyes'' and the 2000 film ''Jerks''. ''Angel Eyes'' was directed by the prolific cinematographer/director
Gary Graver
Gary Foss Graver (July 20, 1938 – November 16, 2006) was an American film director, editor, screenwriter and cinematographer. He was a prolific filmmaker, working in various roles on over 300 films, but is best known as Orson Welles' final ci ...
, and starred
Erik Estrada
Henry Enrique Estrada (born March 16, 1949) is an American actor and police officer. He is known for his co-starring lead role as California Highway Patrol officer Francis (Frank) Llewelyn "Ponch" Poncherello in the police drama television series ...
,
John Phillip Law
John Phillip Law (September 7, 1937 – May 13, 2008) was an American film actor.
Following a breakthrough role as a Russian sailor in ''The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming'' (1966), Law became best known for his roles as g ...
and
Monique Gabrielle
Katherine Gonzalez (born July 30, 1962), also known as Monique Gabrielle, is an American model and actress. Gabrielle was selected as the ''Penthouse'' Pet of the Month for December 1982, and has appeared in a variety of mainstream and adult fil ...
.
Some of the more noteworthy movies in Harrison's later career were the
Moroccan film ''
Amok'' (1982) and ''Dark Mission'' (1987), by both loved and hated
Spanish
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* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
director
Jesús Franco
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. The latter might not be much better than Harrison's Filipino films in terms of quality but did have a more-interesting-than-usual cast featuring
Christopher Lee
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer. In a long career spanning more than 60 years, Lee often portrayed villains, and appeared as Count Dracula in seven Hammer Horror films, ultimat ...
,
Christopher Mitchum
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and
French adult film star
Brigitte Lahaie
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(also known for appearing in the horror films of
Jean Rollin
Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil (3 November 193815 December 2010) was a French film director, actor, and novelist best known for his work in the fantastique Film genre, genre.
Overview
Rollins' career, spanning over fifty years, featured earl ...
).
One of the few serious roles that Harrison portrayed in the 1980s was that of American President
Andrew Johnson
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in
Ali Hatami's Iranian production ''
Hajji Washington
''Hajji Washington'' ( fa, حاجی واشنگتن, italic=yes) is an Iranian comedy/drama film directed by Ali Hatami. The film is a fictionalized account of Iran's first ambassador to the United States, Hajji Washington.
Filmed in Italy (filli ...
''. The film was completed in 1982 but was not screened in Iran until 1998.
He has since founded a, now defunct, multisystem electronics company named ''Gladiator Electronics'' with his son Sebastian.
Partial filmography
*''
Kronos'' (1957), as Pilot
*''
Jeanne Eagels
Jeanne Eagels (born Eugenia Eagles; June 26, 1890 – October 3, 1929) was an American stage and film actress. A former Ziegfeld Girl, Eagels went on to greater fame on Broadway and in the emerging medium of sound films. She was posthumously no ...
'' (1957), as Cpl. Hodgson (uncredited)
*''
South Pacific'' (1958), as Co-Pilot
*''
Too Much, Too Soon
''Too Much, Too Soon'' is a 1958 biographical film about Diana Barrymore produced by Warner Bros. It was directed by Art Napoleon and produced by Henry Blanke from a screenplay by Art Napoleon and Jo Napoleon, based on the autobiography by Dian ...
'' (1958), as Swimming Companion (uncredited)
*''
Battle Flame'' (1959), as 2nd Lt. Wechsler
*''
Tall Story
''Tall Story'' is a 1960 American romantic comedy film made by Warner Bros., directed by Joshua Logan and starring Anthony Perkins with Jane Fonda, in her first screen role. It is based on the 1957 novel ''The Homecoming Game'' by Howard Nemero ...
'' (1960), as Student (uncredited)
*''
Master of the World'' (1961), as Alistair
*''
The Invincible Gladiator
''The Invincible Gladiator'' (Italian: ''Il gladiatore invincibile'', Spanish: ''El gladiador invencible'') is a 1961 film directed by Alberto De Martino and Antonio Momplet. The film stars Richard Harrison.
Plot summary
Twelve-year-old royal ...
'' (1961), as Rezius
*''
Avenger of the Seven Seas
''Avenger of the Seven Seas'' ( it, Il giustiziere dei mari, french: Le Boucanier des îles), also known as ''The Executioner of the Seas'', is a 1962 Italian epic adventure film directed by Domenico Paolella and starring Richard Harrison and ...
'' ''Il giustiziere dei mari'' (1962), as Lieutenant David Robinson
*''
Gladiators 7
''Gladiators 7'' is a 1962 film directed by Pedro Lazaga. The film has several elements from Akira Kurosawa's film ''The Seven Samurai''.
Plot
A Greek gladiator seeks revenge for the murder of his father and finds his lover captured by an evil t ...
'' (1962), as Darius
*' ''Medusa vs. the Son of Hercules'' (1963), as Perseo
*''Il pirata del diavolo'' ''The Saracens'' (1963), as Marco Trevisan
*''
Duello nel Texas
''Duello nel Texas'', also known as ''Gunfight at Red Sands'' and ''Gringo'', is a 1963 Italian/Spanish international co-production directed by Ricardo Blasco and Mario Caiano, and produced by Albert Band
Albert Band (May 7, 1924 – June 14, 2 ...
'' ''Gunfight at Red Sands'' ''Gringo'' (1963), as Ricardo 'Gringo' Martinez
* ''
Sons of Vengeance
''Three Ruthless Ones'', ''Gunfight at High Noon'' or ''Sons of Vengeance'' ( es, El sabor de la venganza) is a 1964 Spanish/Italian western film directed by Joaquin L. Romero Marchent, produced by Alberto Grimaldi, scored by Riz Ortolani, and ...
'' (1964), as Jeff Walker
*''
Messalina vs. the Son of Hercules
''Messalina vs. the Son of Hercules'' ( it, L'ultimo gladiatore, lit=The Last Gladiator) is a 1964 ''peplum'' film directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Richard Harrison and Lisa Gastoni.Michele Giordano. ''Giganti buoni''. Gremese Editore, 19 ...
'' ''L'ultimo gladiatore'' (1964), as Glaucus
*''
The Two Gladiators
'' The Two Gladiators'' ( it, I due gladiatori, also known as ''Fight or Die'') is a 1964 Italian peplum film directed by Mario Caiano and starring Richard Harrison.Michele Giordano. ''Giganti buoni''. Gremese Editore, 1998. .
Plot
The Roman Emp ...
'' ''Fight or Die'' (1964), as Lucius Crassus
*''
Revolt of the Praetorians
''La Rivolta dei Pretoriani'' (AKA: ''Revolt of the Praetorians'') is a 1964 sword and sandal film about the conspiracy to assassinate the emperor Domitian in the year AD 96, though the historical facts have been heavily fictionized. This film was ...
'' (1964), as Velerio Rufo
*''
Giants of Rome
''Giants of Rome'' ( it, I giganti di Roma) is a 1964 international co-production sword and sandal set in the Gallic Wars. It was directed by Anthony Dawson and starred Richard Harrison and Wandisa Guida. The film involves a handpicked group of e ...
'' (1964), as Claudius Marcellus
*''
Adventures of the Bengal Lancers
''Adventures of the Bengal Lancers'' ( it, I tre sergenti del Bengala, es, Tres sargentos bengalíes, also known as ''Three Sergeants of Fort Bengal'') is a 1964 Italian-Spanish adventure film directed by Umberto Lenzi (here credited as Humph ...
'' (1964), as Sgt. Frankie Ross
*''
Jungle Adventurer
''Jungle Adventurer'' ( it, La montagna di luce, lit=The Mountain of Light) is an Italian adventure film. It starred Richard Harrison.
The film is loosely based on Emilio Salgari's 1902 adventure novel ''La montagna di luce'' (''The Mountain ...
'' ''Temple of a Thousand Lights'' (1965), as Alan Foster
*''
Secret Agent Fireball
''Le spie uccidono a Beirut'' (literally, ''The Spies kill in Beirut'', also titled ''Da 077 : le spie uccidono a Beirut'', i.e. ''Message from 077 : the spies kill in Beirut'') is a 1965 Italian/ French international co-production spy film pert ...
'' (1965), as Bob Fleming
*''
100.000 dollari per Ringo'' ''$100,000 for Ringo'' (1965), as Lee 'Ringo' Barton
*''
Bob Fleming... Mission Casablanca'' ''Killers Are Challenged'' (1966), as Bob Fleming
*''El Rojo'' (1966), as Donald 'El Rojo' Sorensen
*''
Ring Around the World'' ''Duello nel mondo'' (1966), as Fred Lester
*''
Master Stroke
''Master Stroke'' ( it, Colpo maestro al servizio di Sua Maestà britannica) is a 1967 Italian crime film directed by Michele Lupo and starring Richard Harrison.
Cast
* Richard Harrison - Arthur Lang
* Adolfo Celi - Mr. Bernard
* Margaret Le ...
'' ''Colpo maestro al servizio di Sua Maestà britannica'' (1967), as Arthur Lang / Owen
*' ''28 Minutes for 3 Million Dollars'' (1967), as Jacques
*''L'uomo del colpo perfetto'' ''Hot Diamonds in Cold Blood'' (1967), as Steve Norton
*''
Fantabulous Inc.
''Fantabulous Inc.'' ( it, La Donna, il sesso e il superuomo) is a 1968 Italian-French superhero crime film directed by Sergio Spina and starring Richard Harrison (actor), Richard Harrison.
Cast
* Richard Harrison (actor), Richard Harrison as R ...
'' (1967), as Richard Werner aka Karl Meyer
*''
Vengeance
Vengeance may refer to:
*Vengeance (concept) or revenge, a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance
Film
* ''Vengeance'' (1930 film), action adventure film directed by Archie Mayo
* ''Vengeance'' (1937 film) or ''W ...
'' ''Joko - Invoca Dio... e muori'' (1968), as Joko / Rocco Barrett
*''
Day After Tomorrow'' ''Uno dopo l'altro'' (1968), as Stan Ross
*''
Between God, the Devil and a Winchester'' (1968), as Father Pat Jordan
*''
C'era una volta un gangster'' (1969), as Larry Alfieri
*''
36 Hours to Hell'' (1969), as Captain Stern
*''
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
''Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You'' is a 1970 American comedy film directed by Rod Amateau. Intended as a sequel to the 1965 film ''What's New, Pussycat?'', it stars Ian McShane, Anna Calder-Marshall, John Gavin and Severn Darden.
Plot
A neurotic ...
'' (1970), as Hero
*''
Stagecoach of the Condemned'' (1970), as Robert Walton
*''
Churchill's Leopards'' (1970), as Lt. Richard Benson / Lt. Hans Müller
*''
Reverend's Colt
''Reverend's Colt'' (originally titled ''Reverendo Colt'') is a 1970 Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western directed by León Klimovsky.
Cast
* Guy Madison: Reverend Miller
* Richard Harrison (actor), Richard Harrison: Sheriff Donovan
* Ennio Gir ...
'' (1970), as Sheriff Donovan
*' (1971), as Max
*''
Dig Your Grave Friend... Sabata's Coming'' (1971), as Steve McGowan
*''
His Name Was King
''His Name Was King'' ( it, Lo chiamavano King) is a 1971 Italian Western film directed by Giancarlo Romitelli and starring Richard Harrison and Klaus Kinski.
Plot
The bounty killer "King" Marley kills one of the Benson brothers, who are want ...
'' (1971), as John 'King' Marley
*''
Holy Water Joe
''Holy Water Joe'' ( it, Acquasanta Joe) is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Mario Gariazzo.
Plot
In the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War (1861-1865), Jeff Donovan's outlaw gang, disguised as soldiers of both the C ...
'' (1971), as Charlie Bennett
*''Lo sceriffo di Rockspring'' ''Sheriff of Rock Springs'' (1971), as The Sheriff
*''You Can Do a Lot with 7 Women'' ''Si può fare molto con 7 donne'' (1972), as Mike Spencer
*''
Two Brothers in Trinity
''Two Brothers in Trinity'' or ''Two Brothers in a Place Called Trinity'' ( it, Jesse & Lester - Due fratelli in un posto chiamato Trinità) is a 1972 Italian Spaghetti Western low comedy film directed by Renzo Genta and Richard Harrison (actor), ...
'' (1972), as Jesse Smith
*' ''Deadly Trackers'' (1972), as Jeff Carter / James Luke / Django
*''Los fabulosos de Trinidad'' (1972), as Scott
*''The Godfather's Friend'' (1972), as Richard Maddock
*''
Joe Dakota'' (1972), as Joe Dakota
*''Pugni, pirati e karatè'' (1973), as Gargantua / 'Garga'
*''Dört Hergele'' (1974)
*''Anasinin Gozu'' (1974)
*' (1974)
*''Una donna per 7 bastardi'' (1974), as Cripple
*''Un viaje de locos'' (1974)
*''Yankesici'' (1975)
*''Marco Polo'' ''The Four Assassins'' (1975), as Marco Polo
*''The Boxer Rebellion'' ''The Bloody Avengers'' (1976), as
General von Waldersee, the German Commander
*''Achtung! The Desert Tigers'' (1977), as Maj. Lexman
*''Natascha - Todesgrüße aus Moskau'' (1977), as Bukow
*''
La belva col mitra
''Beast with a Gun'' ( it, La belva col mitra) is a 1977 Italian noir- poliziotteschi crime film written and directed by Sergio Grieco. The film would be Grieco's final film, as he died in 1982.
The main character of the film, Nanni Vitali, wa ...
'' ''Beast with a Gun'' (1977), as Santini
*''Clouzot & C. contro Borsalino & C.'' (1977), as Borsalino
*''Chubby Chiro's Big Con'' (1978)
*''Sahit'' (1978)
*''Provincia violenta'' (1978), as Augusto
*''Napoli... i 5 della squadra speciale'' (1978), as Areangeli
*''Black Gold Dossier'' (1979), as Richard Benson
*''
Pakleni otok
''Devil's Island'' (''Pakleni otok'') is a Croatian film directed by Vladimir Tadej
Vladimir Tadej (9 May 1925 – 1 March 2017) was a Croatian production designer, screenwriter and film director. He contributed to more than forty films from ...
'' (1979), as Americki narednik Taylor
*''Napoli storia d'amore e di vendetta'' (1979), as Frank
*''
Don't Trust the Mafia
''Don't Trust the Mafia'' ( it, I guappi non si toccano) is a 1979 Italian crime film directed by Mario Bianchi.
Production
''Don't Trust the Mafia'' was filmed at R.T.A. Elios in Rome and on location in Aversa. It was one of the three crime fi ...
'' (1979), as Questore Ferrari
*''
Challenge of the Tiger
''Challenge of the Tiger'' ( zh, 滅絕七七) is a 1980 Bruceploitation martial arts film directed by and starring Bruce Le.
Synopsis
Two CIA agents—a kung fu master (Bruce Le) and a suave womanizer ( Richard Harrison)—track the stolen for ...
'' ''Gymkata Killer'' (1980), as Richard Cannon
*' ''Voodoo Baby'' (1980), as Paul
*''La mondana nuda'' (1980)
*''
Hajji Washington
''Hajji Washington'' ( fa, حاجی واشنگتن, italic=yes) is an Iranian comedy/drama film directed by Ali Hatami. The film is a fictionalized account of Iran's first ambassador to the United States, Hajji Washington.
Filmed in Italy (filli ...
'' (1982), as President Andrew Johnson / Grover Cleveland
*''Corri come il vento, Kiko'' (1982), as Guido
*''Rescue Team'' (1983)
*''Hunter's Crossing'' (1983), as Burns Jr.
*''
Fireback'' (1983), as Jack Kaplan
*''Intrusion Cambodia'' (1983)
*''
Amok'' (1983), as Elton Horn
*''Zhi zun shen tou'' (1984)
*''
Blood Debts
''Blood Debts'' is a 1985 Philippine action film directed by Teddy Page and starring Richard Harrison, Mike Monty, James Gaines, and Daniel Andrew.
Plot
While enjoying a picnic, Sarah Collins (Catherine Miles) and her boyfriend are surprised ...
'' ''Eliminator'' (1985), as Mark Collins
*''
È arrivato mio fratello
''È arrivato mio fratello'' ("Here's My Brother") is a 1985 Italian comedy film directed by Franco Castellano and Giuseppe Moccia.
Plot
The boring and mundane Professor Ovidio has a twin brother called Raf who, on the contrary is an exuberant, wo ...
'' ''Here's My Brother'' (1985), as Spinetti
*''
Ninja Terminator
''Ninja Terminator'' is a 1985 film released in the US by the companies IFD and Filmark, directed, written, and edited by Godfrey Ho. It stars Richard Harrison as Ninja Master Harry MacQueen, Jack Lam as Jaguar Wong, Hwang Jang-lee (accredited as ...
'' (1985), as Ninja master Harry
*''Ninja Holocaust'' (1985)
*''Lei ting chu chuan'' (1985), as Richard
*''
Three Men on Fire'' (1986), as Mathews - CIA agent
*''Ninja the Protector'' (1986), as Ninja Master Gordon Anderson
*''Ninja Champion'' (1986), as Richard
*''Ninja Thunderbolt'' (1986), as Richard
*''The Ninja Squad'' (1986), as Ninja master Gordon
*''Ninja Hunt'' (1986)
*''Ninja Dragon'' (1986), as Ninja Master Gordon
*''Golden Ninja Warrior'' (1986)
*''Ninja Kill'' (1987), as Ninja master Gordon
*''Ninja Operation: Licensed to Terminate'' (1987)
*''Evil Spawn'' (1987), as Max Adrian
*''Hitman the Cobra'' (1987), as Phillip
*''Ninja: Silent Assassin'' (1987), as Ninja Master Gordon
*''Operação Ninja III'' (1987), as Ninja Master Gordon
*''Ninja Commandments'' (1987), as Ninja Master Gordon
*''Ninja Avengers'' (1987), as Master Gordon
*''Cobra vs. Ninja'' (1987), as Ninja master Gordon
*''The Ninja Showdown'' (1988), as Ninja Master Gordon
*''Ninja Powerforce'' (1988), as Ninja Master Gordon
*''Ninja: The Bootlace Philosophy'' (1988)
*''Diamond Ninja Force'' (1988), as Ninja Master Gordon
*''Hands of Death'' (1988)
*''Dark Mission'' (1988), as Lt. Sparks
*''The Power of Ninjitsu'' (1988), as Gordon
*''Scorpion Thunderbolt'' (1988)
*''Ninja Strike Force'' (1988), as Ninja Master Gordon
*''Gemini, the Twin Stars'' (1988), as Senator Buffington
*''Above the War'' (1989), as General O'Connor
*''Terminal Force'' (1989), as Nick Tyree
*''Operation Las Vegas'' (1990), as Jefferson
*''Highway to Hell'' (1990)
*''Empire of the Dark'' (1990), as Arkham
*''The Channeler'' (1991), as Jack
*''
Lies of the Twins
''Lies of the Twins'' is a 1991 American made-for-television thriller film directed by Tim Hunter.Jerry Roberts, ''Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors'', Volume 1, (Scarecrow Press: 2009), p.267.
Plot
A fashion model embarks on a romantic a ...
'' (1991), as Jack Roth
*''Paid to Kill'' (1991), as James Burton
*''Angel Eyes'' (1993), as Vince
*''Un affare trasversale'' (1998)
*''Jerks'' (2000)
Bibliography
Harrison contributed pieces on his 1970s and 1980s films to two compilations:
*''
Gods In Polyester, or, A Survivors' Account of 70's Cinema Obscura'' (2004)
*''Gods In Spandex, or, A Survivors' Account of 80's Cinema Obscura'' (2007)
References
External links
In-depth interview on video
French-made documentary about Richard Harrison
Richard Harrison and his movies:
*
*
by John. P. Dulaney
InterviewNanarland.com interviews Richard Harrison about his career
Brian's Drive-In TheaterA B-movie website with a section on Richard Harrison
Richard Harrison biographyon (re)Search my Trash
Miscellaneous:
of Kent Wills a
www.dighkmovies.com featuring a lot on information on Godfrey Ho and the seedier side of the Hong Kong film industry
The Spaghetti Western Databasea
www.wildeast.net a discussion forum for all things Spaghetti Western related.
a Spaghetti Western site with basic profiles on some actors, general information and an interesting image gallery featuring vintage poster art
cover scans from vintage sword and sandal videos
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