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John Richardson

John Richardson

Born: 1934-01-19 • Worthing, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

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
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies poster
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
2021 • Self - (archive footage)
No Image
From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic
2020 • Self
Milner poster
Milner
1994 • Edward
The Church poster
The Church
1989 • Architect
School of Thieves 2 poster
School of Thieves 2
1987 • Ricco Gondoliere
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood poster
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987 • Leo Vincey / Killikrates (archive footage)
Murder Obsession poster
Murder Obsession
1981 • Oliver
Blue Paradise poster
Blue Paradise
1980 • Kris
Fever of 40! poster
Fever of 40!
1980 • Harry Petersen
Battle of the Stars poster
Battle of the Stars
1978 • Captain Mike Layton
War of the Planets poster
War of the Planets
1977 • Captain Alex Hamilton
Sawed-Off Shotgun poster
Sawed-Off Shotgun
1977
Nine Guests for a Crime poster
Nine Guests for a Crime
1977 • Lorenzo
4 Billion in 4 Minutes poster
4 Billion in 4 Minutes
1976 • Francesco Vitale
Duck in Orange Sauce poster
Duck in Orange Sauce
1975 • John
Reflections in Black poster
Reflections in Black
1975 • Inspector Lavina
Eyeball poster
Eyeball
1975 • Mark Burton
The Beautiful Summer poster
The Beautiful Summer
1974 • Vittorio
The Tree with Pink Leaves poster
The Tree with Pink Leaves
1974 • Andrea, padre di Marco
Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment poster
Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment
1973 • Lorenzo Viotto
Torso poster
Torso
1973 • Prof. Franz
Frankenstein '80 poster
Frankenstein '80
1972 • Karl Schein
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever poster
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970 • Robert Tentrees
A Candidate for a Killing poster
A Candidate for a Killing
1969 • Nick Warfield / André Jarvis / Riquelli
Execution poster
Execution
1968 • Bill Coler / John Coler
The Vengeance of She poster
The Vengeance of She
1968 • Killikrates
A Nun at the Crossroads poster
A Nun at the Crossroads
1967 • Dr. Pierre Lemmon
On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... poster
On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...
1967 • Dragone
John the Bastard poster
John the Bastard
1967 • John Donald Tenorio
The Tough One poster
The Tough One
1966 • Daniel
One Million Years B.C. poster
One Million Years B.C.
1966 • Tumak
She poster
She
1965 • Leo Vincey
Tender Is the Night poster
Tender Is the Night
1962 • Young Man Being Photographed (uncredited)
Pirates of Tortuga poster
Pirates of Tortuga
1961 • Percy
Black Sunday poster
Black Sunday
1960 • Dr. Andrej Gorobec / Dr. Andreas Gorobec
The League of Gentlemen poster
The League of Gentlemen
1960 • Elizabeth's Lover (uncredited)
Sapphire poster
Sapphire
1959 • Student
The Heart of a Man poster
The Heart of a Man
1959 • Official
The Captain's Table poster
The Captain's Table
1959 • Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Bachelor of Hearts poster
Bachelor of Hearts
1958 • Robin