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John Richardson

Acting Born Jan 19, 1934 Worthing, Sussex, England, United Kingdom 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

Due West: Our Sex Journey

as Self (archive footage)
Film

Black Sunday

as Dr. Andrej Gorobec / Dr. Andreas Gorobec

Full filmography

  • School of Thieves 2 (1987) as Ricco Gondoliere
  • The World of Hammer (1994) as Self (archive footage)
  • One Million Years B.C. (1966) as Tumak
  • Black Sunday (1960) as Dr. Andrej Gorobec / Dr. Andreas Gorobec
  • Torso (1973) as Prof. Franz
  • The Church (1989) as Architect
  • The Vengeance of She (1968) as Killikrates
  • She (1965) as Leo Vincey
  • On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... (1967) as Dragone
  • Sapphire (1959) as Student
  • On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) as Robert Tentrees
  • Tender Is the Night (1962) as Young Man Being Photographed (uncredited)
  • Eyeball (1975) as Mark Burton
  • Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment (1973) as Lorenzo Viotto
  • The League of Gentlemen (1960) as Elizabeth's Lover (uncredited)
  • The Captain's Table (1959) as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
  • Duck in Orange Sauce (1975) as John
  • War of the Planets (1977) as Captain Alex Hamilton
  • Pirates of Tortuga (1961) as Percy
  • Nine Guests for a Crime (1977) as Lorenzo
  • Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies (2021) as Self - (archive footage)
  • Frankenstein '80 (1972) as Karl Schein
  • John the Bastard (1967) as John Donald Tenorio
  • A Nun at the Crossroads (1967) as Dr. Pierre Lemmon