West Buchanan

West Buchanan

Born in October 1934, Buchanan made his first listed appearance late, at the age of 31 in the 1975 film C.I.A. Secret Story, directed by the arch provocateur Giuseppe Ferrara. Before this, however, he had already been active in Italian cinema for almost half a decade – much like many anonymous American adventurers – as a stuntman and extra, sometimes using the name Buck West. His part in C.I.A. Secret Story was largely insignificant, and although he played a named character in Edward Dmytryk’s big-budget spy film The Human Factor he was just one of a number of jobbing Americans buried deep in the credits (including a very young Danny Huston, who was only thirteen at the time). More fleeting appearances followed – in Pupi Avati’s Bordella, Dino Risi’s Telefoni bianchi – before he secured his first major role in Mino Guerrini’s comedy Vinella e Don Pezzotta, based on a successful radio play and starring Giorgio Bracardi. A religious parody, the third billed Buchanan played Padre Splendid, a modernizing priest sent to Italy from the States. Next came his best known roles, internationally at least: three appearances in the series of cheapskate Star Wars rip offs directed by Alfonso Brescia. In War of the Planets he was again third billed, playing space captain John Richardson’s engineer and right hand man as he battles a giant, malevolent robot. It’s not a good film by any means, but with his stocky build and shocking blonde hair Buchanan made an impression. He was back for Battle of the Stars, although this time round only in a cameo role as a pilot and friend of space captain John Richardson, again battling a (different) giant, malevolent robot. Finally came another guest spot in War of the Robots, this time as an associate of space captain Antonio Sabato as he battles several malevolent if not particularly giant robots. Around this time there were other films as well. He popped up in Lina Wertmuller’s A Night Full of Rain (78), Pier Carpi’s gothic horror film Ring of Darkness, in which he played the husband of the protagonist Anne Heywood, Nino Manfredi’s Nudo di donna and the Giorgio Bontempi’s ambitious espionage thriller Spy Connection (83), which was made for TV but also released on video in a shorter theatrical version. In the early eighties he moved back to America, where he starred in David Hess’s slasher movie To All a Goodnight (80) and well down the credits in Walter Hill’s epic western The Long Riders. A handful of small roles followed in low budget films before he made his bow in Rex Pickett’s obscure 1988 production From Hollywood to Deadwood. Buchanan died aged 61 in 1995.

  • Naslov: West Buchanan
  • Priljubljenost: 0.107
  • Znan po: Acting
  • Rojstni dan: 1934-10-16
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  • Poznan tudi kot: John West Buchanan
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West Buchanan Filmi

  • 1979
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    Un ombra nell'ombra

    Un ombra nell'ombra

    5.1 1979 HD

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  • 1980
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    The Long Riders

    The Long Riders

    6.7 1980 HD

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  • 1977
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    Anno zero - guerra nello spazio

    Anno zero - guerra nello spazio

    3.7 1977 HD

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  • 1980
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    Mi faccio la barca

    Mi faccio la barca

    5 1980 HD

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  • 1989
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    Buy & Cell

    Buy & Cell

    5.1 1989 HD

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  • 1980
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    To All a Goodnight

    To All a Goodnight

    4.7 1980 HD

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  • 1981
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    Nudo di donna

    Nudo di donna

    5.5 1981 HD

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  • 1984
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    Cento giorni a Palermo

    Cento giorni a Palermo

    6.9 1984 HD

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  • 1978
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    La guerra dei robot

    La guerra dei robot

    3.2 1978 HD

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  • 1978
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    Cosmo 2000 - Battaglie negli spazi stellari

    Cosmo 2000 - Battaglie negli spazi stellari

    2.3 1978 HD

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  • 1978
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    La fine del mondo nel nostro solito letto in una notte piena di pioggia

    La fine del mondo nel nostro solito letto in una notte piena di pioggia

    5.5 1978 HD

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  • 1976
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    Le Grand Escogriffe

    Le Grand Escogriffe

    4.455 1976 HD

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  • 1976
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    Vinella e Don Pezzotta

    Vinella e Don Pezzotta

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1976
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    Telefoni bianchi

    Telefoni bianchi

    4.8 1976 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Human Factor

    The Human Factor

    5.6 1975 HD

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  • 1980
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    To All a Goodnight

    To All a Goodnight

    4.7 1980 HD

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  • 2021
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    Bridesman

    Bridesman

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