John Richardson
Born: 1934-01-19 in Worthing, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Died: 2021-01-05
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2021
- Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies as Self - (archive footage)
1994
- Milner as Edward
- The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage)
1989
- The Church as Architect
1987
- Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood as Leo Vincey / Killikrates (archive footage)
- School of Thieves 2 as Ricco Gondoliere
1981
- Murder Obsession as Oliver
1980
- Blue Paradise as Kris
- Fever of 40! as Harry Petersen
1978
- Battle of the Stars as Captain Mike Layton
1977
- Sawed-Off Shotgun
- Nine Guests for a Crime as Lorenzo
- War of the Planets as Captain Alex Hamilton
1976
- 4 Billion in 4 Minutes as Francesco Vitale
1975
- Duck in Orange Sauce as John
- Eyeball as Mark Burton
- Reflections in Black as Inspector Lavina
1974
- The Beautiful Summer as Vittorio
- The Tree with Pink Leaves as Andrea, padre di Marco
1973
- Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment as Lorenzo Viotto
- Torso as Prof. Franz
1972
- Frankenstein '80 as Karl Schein
1970
- On a Clear Day You Can See Forever as Robert Tentrees
1969
- A Candidate for a Killing as Nick Warfield / André Jarvis / Riquelli
1968
- Execution as Bill Coler / John Coler
- The Vengeance of She as Killikrates
1967
- On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... as Dragone
- John the Bastard as John Donald Tenorio
- A Nun at the Crossroads as Dr. Pierre Lemmon
1966
- One Million Years B.C. as Tumak
- The Tough One as Daniel
1965
- She as Leo Vincey
1962
- Tender Is the Night as Young Man Being Photographed (uncredited)
1961
- Pirates of Tortuga as Percy
1960
- Black Sunday as Dr. Andrej Gorobec / Dr. Andreas Gorobec
- The League of Gentlemen as Elizabeth's Lover (uncredited)
1959
- Sapphire as Student
- The Captain's Table as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
- The Heart of a Man as Official
1958
- Bachelor of Hearts as Robin