Germano Longo(1933-2022)

Italian actor and novelist, a 1953 graduate of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. Longo received his only star billing in his screen debut, the adventure drama Moana, Virgin of the Amazon (1955), filmed in Venezuela. After this, he was almost invariably cast as support, often an antagonist in wartime action, sword-and-sandal epics, pirate adventures and spaghetti westerns. He appeared in many international co-productions alongside English-speaking genre actors like Lex Barker, Gordon Mitchell, Don Megowan, John Ericson and Mark Forest. In the late 60s, Longo was sometimes billed as Herman Lang, James Harridon or Grant Laramy. By the next decade and until his quasi-retirement in 1981, he focused primarily on acting in made-for-TV movies and mini-series. Longo also worked as a dubbing artist (and occasional dubbing director), providing the voice for numerous cartoon characters, as well as for foreign stars like Hal Holbrook, Jack Hawkins, Louis Gossett Jr. and Patrick Magee.