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Bilge_Rat
12-03-15, 01:44 PM
at the ripe old age of 90.

who you may ask? Ferzetti had a long career in Italian cinema, but is best known in the west for key roles in classic 60's movies

Count Draco in "On her majesty's secret service" (not the best Bond flick, but one of my personal favorites):

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and the Railway Baron Morton from "Once Upon a time in the West" (my all time personal fav Spaghetti western)

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d52/batman_ds/west07.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B2fFxYRXPY

R.I.P. :salute:
Sailor Steve
12-03-15, 05:21 PM
Fascinating. Sad, but good to know, and he had a good long life.

(not the best Bond flick, but one of my personal favorites)
Mine too, just because it was one of the more faithful adaptations (and Diana Rigg doesn't hurt either).

(my all time personal fav Spaghetti western)Near the top of my list as well.

I had no clue what had happened to him since that time. Thanks for the update.
Jimbuna
12-04-15, 08:17 AM
He enjoyed a long and successful career, I remember him playing Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel in the movie Hitler: The Last Ten Days amongst others.

RIP Gabriele
Bilge_Rat
12-04-15, 10:15 AM
I saw him in "I am Love", a 2009 Italian movie starring Tilda Swinton. He only had a few scenes and a few lines, but there he was still going strong at 84, older, but with the same intensity.
Bilge_Rat
12-04-15, 10:20 AM
Mine too, just because it was one of the more faithful adaptations (and Diana Rigg doesn't hurt either).

I am pretty sure everyone in our age group had a crush on Diana Rigg at one time, I know I did.

I watched part of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" last night (in honour of mr. Ferzetti's passing). Diana Rigg was so hot in that movie. :arrgh!:
vienna
12-04-15, 05:35 PM
Diana Rigg was pretty much hot in any part she played...


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swamprat69er
12-05-15, 11:01 AM
Dianna Rigg was hot pe****.
GT182
12-05-15, 11:56 AM
"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" was one of my all time favorite Bond movies. Too bad tho that Diana Rigg took one to the noggin. She was hot in that movie, and especially so as Emma Peel. I too had a crush on her.

RIP Mr. Ferzetti. You did good. :up: :salute: