Tony Kendall
Known for Acting · 58 credits
- Born
- 1936-08-22
- Died
- 2009-11-28
- Place of birth
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Also known as
- Luciano Stella · Tony Kendal
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 of the Mississippi (1963) and Black Eagle of Santa Fe (1965).
With the international success of the James Bond films and the German Jerry Cotton series, Kendall became best known for his role as private detective Joe Walker in the seven films of the Eurospy Kommissar X series where he played opposite Brad Harris in the role of New York Police Captain Tom Rowland. The popularity of Batman (TV series) led to Harris and Kendall appearing in The Three Fantastic Supermen (1967) the first in a long series that had stunt work performed by a young Jackie Chan (“The Three Fantastic Supermen in the Orient”).
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (57)
Cop or Hood
1979
as Inspector Rey
Le Guignolo
1980
as Fredo
Corleone
1978
as Salvatore Sperlazzo
Machine Gun McCain
1969
as Pete Zacari
The Whip and the Body
1963
as Cristiano Menliff
Yeti: The Giant of the 20th Century
1977
as Cliff Chandler
Crime on the Highway
1982
as Mr. Tarquini
The Invisible Wall
1991
as Colonnello Aeronautica
Love Birds
1969
as Nino
Closed Circuit
1978
as Roberto Vinci
Hate Is My God
1969
as Il Nero/Carl
Attila Scourge of God
1982
as Serpicio
In the Eye of the Hurricane
1971
as Michel
Death Stone
1987
as Miguel Gomez
The Off-Road Girl
1973
as Carlo
Black Eagle of Santa Fe
1965
as Chief Black Eagle
Tales of Erotica
1973
as Bitto Ranieri (segment "The Trick") / Fra' Luce (segment "The Miracle")
Brennus, Enemy of Rome
1963
as Quinto Fabio
Django Challenges Sartana
1970
as Django
The Pirates of the Mississippi
1963
as Schwarzer Adler
Alex the Ram
2000
as Comandante
Kill Me Gently
1967
as Kommissar X
Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill
1966
as Kommissar X
La Dernière Bourrée à Paris
1973
as Victor
Kill, Panther, Kill!
1968
as Jo Louis Walker / 'Kommissar X'
The Masked Man Against the Pirates
1964
as Captain Ruiz
Fighters from Ave Maria
1970
as John
Female Three Times
1957
Oil
1977
as Tony
The Tiger Gang
1971
as Kommissar X
The Crucified Girls of San Ramon
1972
as Jeff
Blood Story
1972
as Abraham French
White Fang and the Kid
1978
as Franky James
Death Is Nimble, Death Is Quick
1966
as Kommissar X
Attack of the Blind Dead
1973
as Jack Marlowe
The Three Fantastic Supermen
1967
as Tony
Voce del verbo amore
2007
as Ettore
Snow White
Li chiamavano i tre moschettieri... invece erano quattro
1973
as D'Artagnan
The Loreley's Grasp
1973
as Sigurd
So Darling, So Deadly
1966
as Kommissar X
Brother Outlaw
1971
as Dakota Thompson
On the Dark Continent
1993
as Ernesto
The Night of the Last Day
1973
as Beppe Banti
The Criminals of the Metropolis
1967
as sergente Perier
Kamikaze
1987
Gunman of One Hundred Crosses
1971
as Sartana / Django
Serenade for Two Spies
1965
as Pepino
Thrilling Love
1989
as Alberto Stuart
Island of Lost Girls
1969
as Kommissar X
Siege of Terror
1972
as Andrew
Hyena of London
1964
as Henry
Il giorno della Shoah
2010
as nazista
Die X-Männer schlagen zurück
2012
as Jo Louis Walker / Kommissar X
La Missione del Mandrillo
1975
as Pietro Rossini
Bruna, Shapely, Seeks Gifted
1975
as Giovanni Pizzolla
L'uomo mascherato contro il corsaro nero
1964
as Captain Ruiz
About Tony Kendall
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 T… With 58 credits spanning from 1957 to 2012, Tony Kendall has appeared in 57 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Tony Kendall Movies
- Cop or Hood (1979) — as Inspector Rey
- Le Guignolo (1980) — as Fredo
- Corleone (1978) — as Salvatore Sperlazzo
- Machine Gun McCain (1969) — as Pete Zacari
- The Whip and the Body (1963) — as Cristiano Menliff
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