Ray Lovelock obit

Actor Ray Lovelock Has died 

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Lovelock was an Italian actor and musician, best known for his roles in genre films. Lovelock was born in Rome on 19 June 1950. His mother was Italian and his father was English. They met during the Allied occupation of Italy in World War II. While at college, he supplemented his income as an extra in movies and TV commercials. He also performed in a rock band with longtime friend and actor Tomas Milian, where he was discovered by a talent agent.

Lovelock played his first credited movie part in the Spaghetti Western Se sei vivo spara (1967), directed by Giulio Questi and starring Milian. His breakthrough role came the following year in the crime thriller Bandits in Milan, as bank robber Donato 'Tuccio' Lopez. The film was a hit with critics and won several awards. He then established himself as both a reliable character actor and a leading man in Italian films and television, working steadily from the late 1960s.

Among his more notable film roles are Fiddler on the Roof (where he played Fyedka, a Russian Christian farmer who marries a Jewish girl named Chava, against the wishes of Chava's father; 1971), Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974), Almost Human (1974), Violent Rome (1975), Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976), The Cassandra Crossing (1976), and The Last House on the Beach (1978). Later in his career he worked mostly in television, including a guest role on Mia And Me (2014).

In Italy, he released 10 singles, which included the main theme song of Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man. He also released two singles in Japan, one of which "Koi Wa Kaze" reached #34 on the Japanese Oricon chart in 1970. His album, "All about Raymond Lovelock" also charted that year and peaked at #19

Filmography

Film

Year     Title            Role            Notes

1967    Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot!            Evan Templer           

1968    Seven Times Seven            Mildred's Lover            Uncredited

Bandits in Milan    Donato 'Tuccio' Lopez 

1969    Plagio            Guido  

Run, Rabbit, Run [de]            Brian   

Oh, Grandmother's Dead    Carlo Alberto Ghia    

L'amica            Claudio Nervi   

1970    Queens of Evil   David  

1971    Oasis of Fear Dick Butler  

Fiddler on the Roof     Fyedka

1973    One Russian Summer            Yuri     

Un modo di essere donna            Vasco 

1974            Emergency Squad            Micheli

The King is the Best Mayor            Sancho

Almost Human            Carmine         

Let Sleeping Corpses Lie            George Meaning          

1975            Autopsy            Riccardo         

Violent Rome            Biondi 

La moglie vergine            Giovannino Arrighini   

1976    Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man            Antonio           

Meet Him and Die            Massimo Torlani          

The Cassandra Crossing            Tom    

1977    The Virgo, the Taurus and the Capricorn            Patrizio Marchi

Gangbuster            Avvocato Mario Gastali 

1978    The Greatest Battle            Lt. John Foster     

The Last House on the Beach            Aldo    

Being Twenty            Rico    

1979    L'anello matrimoniale            Mario  

From Hell to Victory Jim Rosson

Scusi lei è normale?            Franco Astuti  

Play Motel            Roberto         

1980    L'ebreo fascista            Oberdan Rossi

1984    Murder Rock    George Webb  

1988    Mak P 100            Commandante Di Carlo           

1998    La vuelta de El Coyote            Edmond Greene         

1999    Una vita non violenta Blind guitar player            Uncredited

2000    Il fratello minore            Anna's Father 

2000            Primetime Murder            Adam  

2012    The World of Hemingway            Old Ernest Hemingway     

2013    Midday Demons            Von Galen  

2015            Barbara ed Io            

2016    My Father Jack            avv. Pontecorvo      

Television

Year     Title            Role            Notes

1981    La casa rossa            Lamberto            Miniseries

1982    Una tranquilla coppia di killer            Michael Townley

1983            L'amante dell'Orsa Maggiore            Sergio            7 episodes

1984    La ragazza dell'addio            Martino            4 episodes

1985    I due prigionieri            Pietro            Television film

A viso coperto            Albino Sedda

1986    Mino            Michele            Miniseries

1987    Uomo contro uomo            Carini            Television film

1988            Sentiments            Andrew de Michelis            Episode: "Manu"

1990    La piovra   Simon Barth            Episode #5.1

1991    Un bambino in fuga - Tre anni dopo            Tatò            3 episodes

1992    Un posto freddo in fondo al cuore            Inspector Soriano            Television film

Brigada Central            Thompson            Episode: "Érase una vez dos polis"

1993    La ragnatela 2            Motola            Miniseries

Private Crimes            Inspector Stefano Avanza

1994            Moscacieca    Dr. Ruby            Television film

1995    Vite a termine Vittorio

1996    Addio e ritorno            Betti

1997            Mamma per caso            Stefano Arrighi            Miniseries

1999    A due passi dal cielo            Andrea            Television film

Commesse            Luca Massimi            Episodes: "Marta" & "Roberta"

Non lasciamoci più        Marco Aliprandi            Episode: "Un caso di famiglia"

Villa Ada            Giovanni            Television film

Turbo   Fabio Dazzi            Episode: "Riflessi di un delitto"

2000    Tequila & Bonetti            Roberto Brinci            Episode: "Uno Sbirro, un cane, e una fotografia"

2000-01            Ricominciare   Luciano            200 episodes

2001    Inviati speciali Marco Venturi            Television film

2001-03            Incantesimo     Dr. Hans Rudolph            37 episodes

2002    Lo zio d'America            Gianluigi Patrizi 8 episodes

2004    Don Matteo            Professor Ridolfi            Episode: "L'amore rubato"

2005-10            My Daughters            Attilio Pensiero            18 episodes

2006    L'ultimo rigore 2            Massimo Normanni            Television film

L'onore e il rispetto            Everaldo De Nisi            6 episodes

2006-07            Raccontami            Marco's Grandfather            4 episodes

2008    Capri            Palmieri            3 episodes

2011            Inspector Rex            Augusto Varinelli            Episode: 'I nomi delle stelle"

Un amore e una vendetta            Alberto Castellani            8 episodes

2015    Mia and Me            Uncle Renzo            Episodes: "The Ghost of Blackwood Forest" & "The Mysterious Visitor"

2016            L'allieva          Paul Malcomess            10 episodes