Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Tomas Milian obit

 Actor Tomas Millian had died

 He was not on the list.

Tomas Milian (born Tomás Quintín Rodríguez) was a Cuban-born Italian-American actor and


singer, known for the emotional intensity and humor he brought to roles in European genre films.

A student of Lee Strasberg, Milian studied method acting at the Actors Studio in New York City. In Italy, he was discovered by director Mauro Bolognini and appeared in supporting roles in several drama films during the late 1950s and early 1960s, including as Raphael in Carol Reed's The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965). Throughout the late-1960s and early-1970s, Milian established himself as a dynamic leading actor in a series of Spaghetti Western films, most notably The Big Gundown (1966), Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967), as well as Sergio Corbucci's parody of the genre The White, the Yellow, and the Black (1975). Dennis Hopper also cast Milian in his 1971 art-house film, The Last Movie.

Following a decline in the popularity of Spaghetti Westerns, Milian transitioned to roles in poliziottesco films. After receiving acclaim for his performance as a psychotic killer in Almost Human (1974), he made appearances in Emergency Squad (1974), The Tough Ones (1976) and The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (1977). After returning to the United States in 1985, Milian continued to perform supporting roles in film productions, including JFK (1991), Amistad (1997), Traffic (2000) and The Lost City (2005).

As he grew older, Milián decided to go back to the United States. He appeared in Sidney Pollack's Havana, Steven Spielberg's Amistad, Steven Soderbergh's Traffic as well as Andy García's The Lost City, about Revolutionary Cuba. He has also played many roles on stage. In 2005, he portrayed Generalisimo Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina in the film version of Mario Vargas Llosa's novel The Feast of the Goat

Filmography

 

Milian plays Alberto De Matteis in Silver Spoon Set (1960)

Decoy, Ep. "Fiesta at Midnight" (1958, Michael Gordon) as Juan Ortega

The Millionaire, Ep. "The Louise Benton Story" (1959, James Sheldon) as Second Sailor

Bad Girls Don't Cry (1959, Mauro Bolognini) as Moretto

Il bell'Antonio (1960, Mauro Bolognini) as Edoardo

Silver Spoon Set (1960, Francesco Maselli) as Alberto De Matteis

The Mishap (1961, Alberto Lattuada) as Thomas Plemian

A Day for Lionhearts (1961, Nanni Loy) as Gino Migliacci

Day by Day, Desperately (1961, Alfredo Giannetti) as Dario Dominici

Boccaccio '70 (1962, Luchino Visconti) as Conte Ottavio

Disorder (1962, Franco Brusati) as Bruno

La banda Casaroli (1962, Florestano Vancini) as Gabriele Ingenis

Ro.Go.Pa.G., "La ricotta" (1963, Pier Paolo Pasolini) as Centurione

Mare matto (1963, Renato Castellani) as Efsio

I Kill, You Kill (1965, Gianni Puccini) as Lorenzo Berti

Time of Indifference (1965, Francesco Maselli) as Michele

The Camp Followers (1965, Valerio Zurlini) as Lt. Gaetano Martino

The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965, Carol Reed) as Raphael

Madamigella di Maupin (1966, Mauro Bolognini) as Chevalier d'Albert

I soldi (1965, Gianni Puccini) as Bob

The Ugly Ones (1966, Eugenio Martin) as José Gómez

The Big Gundown (1966, Sergio Sollima) as Cuchillo Sanchez

Face to Face (1967, Sergio Sollima) as Beau Bennet

Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967, Giulio Questi) as The Stranger

Bandits in Milan (1968, Carlo Lizzani) as Comissario Walter Basevi

Death Sentence (1968, Mario Lanfranchi) as O'Hara

Run, Man, Run! (1968, Sergio Sollima) as Cuchillo Sanchez

A Fine Pair (1968, Francesco Maselli) as Roger

Tepepa (1969, Giulio Petroni) as Jesus Maria "Tepepa" Moran

Beatrice Cenci (1969, Lucio Fulci) as Olimpio Calvetti

Where Are You Going All Naked? (1969, Pasquale Festa Campanile) as Manfredo

Compañeros (1970, Sergio Corbucci) as El Vasco

Viva Cangaceiro (1970, Giovanni Fago) as Espedito

The Cannibals (1970, Liliana Cavani) as Emone

The Designated Victim (1971, Maurizio Lucidi) as Stefano Augenti

The Last Movie (1971, Dennis Hopper) as the Priest

Ripped Off (1972, Franco Prosperi) as the Stranger

Sonny and Jed (1972, Sergio Corbucci) as Jed Trigado

Don't Torture a Duckling (1972, Lucio Fulci) as Andrea Martelli

Counselor at Crime (1973, Alberto De Martino) as Thomas Accardo

Life Is Tough, Eh Providence? (1972, Giulio Petroni) as Provvidenza

Emergency Squad (1974, Stelvio Massi) as Tomas Ravelli

Almost Human (1974, Umberto Lenzi) as Giulio Sacchi

Silent Action (1975, Sergio Martino) as Rienzi

Syndicate Sadists (1975, Umberto Lenzi) as Rambo

The White, the Yellow, and the Black (1975, Sergio Corbucci) as Sakura

Four of the Apocalypse (1975, Lucio Fulci) as Chaco

Folle à tuer [fr] (1975, Yves Boisset)

Sex with a Smile (1976, Sergio Martino) as Cavaliere Marelli

The Tough Ones (1976, Umberto Lenzi) as Vincenzo Moretto

The Cop in Blue Jeans (1976, Bruno Corbucci), as Nico Giraldi

The Twist (1976, Claude Chabrol) as The Detective

Hit Squad (1976, Bruno Corbucci), as Nico Giraldi

Young, Violent, Dangerous (1976, Romolo Guerrieri) as the Commissioner

The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (1977, Umberto Lenzi) as Luigi Maietto

Free Hand for a Tough Cop (1977, Umberto Lenzi) as Sergio Marazzi

Brothers Till We Die (1977, Umberto Lenzi) as Sergio Marazzi/The Hunchback

Destruction Force (1977, Stelvio Massi) as Sergio Marazzi

Squadra antitruffa (1977, Bruno Corbucci), as Nico Giraldi

Little Italy (1978, Bruno Corbucci), as Nico Giraldi

The Gang That Sold America (1979, Bruno Corbucci), as Nico Giraldi

Assassinio sul Tevere (1979, Bruno Corbucci), as Nico Giraldi

La Luna (1979, Bernardo Bertolucci) as Giuseppe

Winter Kills (1979, William Richert) as Frank Mayo

Il lupo e l'agnello (1980, Francesco Massaro) as Cuckoo

Delitto a Porta Romana (1980, Bruno Corbucci), as Nico Giraldi

Manolesta (1981, Pasquale Festa Campanile) as Gino Quirino

Crime at the Chinese Restaurant (1981, Bruno Corbucci), as Nico Giraldi

Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici (1981, Bruno Corbucci) as Quinto Cecione

Delitto sull'autostrada (1982, Bruno Corbucci), as Nico Giraldi

Identification of a Woman (1982, Michelangelo Antonioni) as Niccolò

Monsignor (1982, Frank Perry) as Father Francisco

Cat and Dog (1982, Bruno Corbucci) as Tony Roma

Crime in Formula One (1983, Bruno Corbucci), as Nico Giraldi

Cop in Drag (1984, Bruno Corbucci), as Nico Giraldi

King David (1985, Bruce Beresford) as Akiss

The Equalizer, "Reign of Terror" (1985, Richard Compton) as Immanuel Pena

Miami Vice, "Bought and Paid For" (1985, John Nicolella) as Octavio Arroyo

Salome (1986, Claude d'Anna) as Herod II

The Equalizer, "Shadow Play" (1987, Russ Mayberry) as Duran

Distant Lights (1987, Aurelio Chiesa) as Bernardo Bernardi

Cat Chaser (1989, Abel Ferrara) as Andres DeBoya

Massacre Play (1989, Damiano Damiani) as Clem Da Silva

Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (1990, Brian Gibson) as Florentino Ventura

Revenge (1990, Tony Scott) as Cesar

Havana (1990, Sydney Pollack) as Colonel Menocal

Money (1991, Steven Hilliard Stern) as Robert Zarra

JFK (1991, Oliver Stone) as Leopoldo

Frannie's Turn (1992, various) as Joseph Escobar

Murder, She Wrote, "Day of the Dead" (1992, Anthony Shaw) as Enrico Montejano

Nails (1992, John Flynn) as Pedro Herrara

Screenplay, "Bitter Harvest" (1992, Simon Cellan Jones) as Ramon Cires

Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage (1993, John Patterson) as Joe Profaci

Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair (1993, Bradford May) as Calro Rossi

The Burning Season (1994, John Frankenheimer) as Darli Alves

The Cowboy Way (1994, Gregg Champion) as Manny Huerta

Fools Rush In (1997, Andy Tennant) as Tomas Fuentes

Oz (1997, various) as Ricardo Alvarez

Amistad (1997, Steven Spielberg) as Ángel Calderón de la Barca y Belgrano

The Yards (2000, James Gray) as Manuel Sequeira

Law & Order (2000, Christopher Misiano) as Colonel Emilio Pantoya

For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000, Joseph Sargent) as Sosa

Traffic (2000, Steven Soderbergh) as General Arturo Salazar

The Hire: Ambush (short, 2001, John Frankenheimer)

Washington Heights (2002, Alfredo De Villa) as Eddie

The Lost City (2005, Andy García) as Don Federico Fellove

The Feast of the Goat (2005, Luis Llosa) as Rafael Leonidas Trujillo

Tomas Milian: Acting on Instinct (2013, Ozzy Inguanzo) as himself

Fugly! (2014, Alfredo De Villa) as Gramps

 

 

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