Anthony Steffen, Daniel Martin The Last Tomahawk (lower photo) Anthony Steffen may be a name best remembered by Spaghetti Western aficionados, but in his day, from the mid-’60s to the early ’70s, Steffen was one of the most popular actors of the genre — at the time cheap B movies, now revered cult classics. The handsome, Italian-born — actually at the Brazilian embassy in Rome — Antonio Luiz de Teffè von Hoonholtz began working in films as a studio messenger for Vittorio De Sica. From there, Steffen began acting in sword-and-sandal epics, later moving onto the Western genre, where he found his niche. Unlike fellow Spaghetti star Clint Eastwood, however, Steffen never became a top international box-office attraction. Even so, he [...]...
- 4/15/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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