Biography
Tony Kendall (22 August 1936 – 28 November 2009) was an Italian model turned film actor with over 50 film credits that reflect the trends of popular European cinema in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Born as Luciano Stella, Kendall was formerly a model for Italian Fumetti, comics done in photographs. He changed his name to Tony Kendall at the suggestion of Vittorio De Sica in the fashion of many Italian actors whose films were shown in countries outside of Italy in the days when European films proliferated. Stella made his film debut in Femmine Tre Volte in 1959 but didn't make another appearance until he used his new name of Tony Kendall in Brennus, Enemy of Rome (1963) one of the sword and sandal craze of films popular in the early 1960s. Kendall is most famous for his various teamings with Brad Harris, with the two predating Terence Hill and Bud Spencer as a popular and prolific action team. In the derivative world of the European cinema of the 1960s, Kendall and Harris first teamed up in two sauerkraut western films "inspired" by the successful German Karl May Winnetou series with Harris as a Lex Barker clone and Kendall as a Native American "Chief Black Eagle" in The Pirates o…
Movies & TV Shows
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Attila Scourge of God (1982) — Serpicio
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Cop or Hood (1979) — Inspector Rey
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Le Guignolo (1980) — Fredo
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The Whip and the Body (1963) — Cristiano Menliff
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Alex the Ram (2000) — Comandante
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Attack of the Blind Dead (1973) — Jack Marlowe
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Crime on the Highway (1982) — Mr. Tarquini
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Machine Gun McCain (1969) — Pete Zacari
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The Invisible Wall (1991) — Colonnello Aeronautica
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The Loreley's Grasp (1973) — Sigurd
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Yeti: The Giant of the 20th Century (1977) — Cliff Chandler
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In the Eye of the Hurricane (1971) — Michel
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The Three Fantastic Supermen (1967) — Tony
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Closed Circuit (1978) — Roberto Vinci
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On the Dark Continent (1993) — Ernesto
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Django Challenges Sartana (1970) — Django
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The Crucified Girls of San Ramon (1972) — Jeff
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Voce del verbo amore (2007) — Ettore
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Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill (1966) — Kommissar X
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Gunman of One Hundred Crosses (1971) — Sartana / Django
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Corleone (1978) — Salvatore Sperlazzo
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Death Is Nimble, Death Is Quick (1966) — Kommissar X
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Brother Outlaw (1971) — Dakota Thompson
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White Fang and the Kid (1978) — Franky James
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Tales of Erotica (1973) — Bitto Ranieri (segment "The Trick") / Fra' Luce (segment "The Miracle")
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The Pirates of the Mississippi (1963) — Schwarzer Adler
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Kill Me Gently (1967) — Kommissar X
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Oil (1977) — Tony
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Kill, Panther, Kill! (1968) — Jo Louis Walker / 'Kommissar X'
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So Darling, So Deadly (1966) — Kommissar X
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Island of Lost Girls (1969) — Kommissar X
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Black Eagle of Santa Fe (1965) — Chief Black Eagle
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Siege of Terror (1972) — Andrew
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The Tiger Gang (1971) — Kommissar X
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Death Stone (1987) — Miguel Gomez
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Thrilling Love (1989) — Alberto Stuart
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Fighters from Ave Maria (1970) — John
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Serenade for Two Spies (1965) — Pepino
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The Criminals of the Metropolis (1967) — sergente Perier
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Die X-Männer schlagen zurück (2012) — Jo Louis Walker / Kommissar X