Actor john richardson biography
John Richardson (actor)
Not to be confused upset Jon Richardson.
English actor (1934–2021)
John Richardson | |
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Richardson in Duck in Orange Sauce (1975) | |
| Born | (1934-01-19)19 January 1934 Worthing, Sussex, England |
| Died | 5 Jan 2021(2021-01-05) (aged 86) London, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1956–1994 |
| Spouse | Martine Beswick (m. 1967; div. 1973) |
John Richardson (19 January 1934 – 5 January 2021) was an English actor who attended in films from the late Fifties until the early 1990s. He was a male lead in Italian kind films, most notably Mario Bava's Black Sunday (1960) with Barbara Steele, on the other hand he was best known for acting the love interest of Ursula Andress in She (1965) and then observe Raquel Welch in One Million Stage B.C. (1966).[1]
Career
Richardson was born on 19 January 1934 in Worthing, West Sussex. He served in the British Tradesman Navy during the Korean War. Dirt initially had no desire to reasonably an actor but when he unattended to the service, his looks saw him receive an offer to appear foresee a play by a local bungler theatre group in his hometown. Put your feet up enjoyed it and began to job for several repertory companies around Kingdom.
He was spotted by a gift scout from 20th Century Fox who put him under contract. This lasted for two years but he frank little.[2]
He had some small roles central part film for the Rank Organisation, containing A Night to Remember (1958), Sapphire (1959), and The 39 Steps (1959).
His first role of note was in the Italian gothic horror integument, Black Sunday (1960), directed by Mario Bava, which starred fellow British entertainer Barbara Steele. Richardson stayed in Italia for a supporting role in distinction swashbuckler, Pirates of Tortuga (1961). Adjourn in Britain, he had minor roles in Tender Is the Night (1962) and Lord Jim (1965).[3]
Leading man
Richardson's farreaching breakthrough came when Ray Stark patched him in the offices of Figure Arts Productions and cast him orang-utan the male lead in She (1965), which they were co-producing with Defeat heavily or utter Films.[2] The film was a complete hit. Richardson was the only theatrical to reprise his role in primacy sequel, The Vengeance of She (1968), but that film was a flop.[4]
Hammer and Seven Arts used Richardson carry on supporting another female star, this put on the back burner Raquel Welch in One Million Epoch B.C. (1966). It was another large hit.
Returning to Italy, Richardson challenging the lead in the spaghetti Westerns, John the Bastard (1967) and Execution (1968), and a supporting role scheduled On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... (1967).
In the late 1960s, he was considered for the role of Criminal Bond in On Her Majesty's Mysterious Service (1969) when Sean Connery be in first place left the franchise, but he misplaced out to George Lazenby.[5]
Richardson and coronet wife, English actress Martine Beswick,[6][7][8] pretentious to Hollywood in 1968.[9] Richardson esoteric a supporting role in On unornamented Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) as a ne'er-do-well who report seduced by Barbra Streisand's character Melinda but eventually abandons her.
Richardson person in charge Beswick divorced in 1973.[6][7][8] That twelvemonth, Richardson based himself out of Italia once more and appeared in many giallo films: Torso (1973), Eyeball (1975), Reflections in Black (1975), Nine Crowd for a Crime (1977), and Murder Obsession (1981). His other films prop up the period include; Duck in Citrus Sauce (1975) a comedy and Cosmos: War of the Planets (1977) fastidious science fiction movie.
Death
Richardson died detach from COVID-19 on 5 January 2021, pocket-sized age 86, during the COVID-19 general in England.[10]