Craig Hill (actor)

Craig Hill (born Craig Hill Fowler; March 5, 1926 – April 21, 2014) was an American film actor from Los Angeles, California.

Craig Hill
Craig Hill as Clayton in Lo voglio morto
Born
Craig Hill Fowler[1]

(1926-03-05)March 5, 1926[2]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
DiedApril 21, 2014(2014-04-21) (aged 88)
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
OccupationActor
Years active1950–2003
SpouseTeresa Gimpera (1990-2014; his death)

Career

Hill began his film career as a contract star for 20th Century Fox beginning with Cheaper by the Dozen. He also appeared in Sam Fuller's Fixed Bayonets (1951) and John Ford's What Price Glory as well as in a key role opposite Kirk Douglas in the 1951 crime drama Detective Story. After leaving Fox, he co-starred in Universal's The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) and appeared in several American television shows.

Hill is best known for co-starring in the Desilu Studios television series Whirlybirds from 1957 to 1960, playing "P.T. Moore". In the mid-1960s, he moved to Spain and gained a new series of fans as a lead actor in several Spaghetti Westerns beginning with Hands of a Gunfighter (1965).[3] He starred in several Euro Horror films as well, including The Bloodstained Shadow (1978) and The Monsters of Terror (1970).

Personal life and death

Actor Ray Stricklyn says that he met Hill about Christmas 1955, and the two spent a year together in a homosexual relationship. Sticklyn says he broke up with Hill after he discovered Hill was seeing another man.[4]

In 1990, Hill wed Catalan fashion model and actress Teresa Gimpera (born 1936), his co-star in the 1966 Spanish film Black Box Affair.[5]

Craig Hill died in Barcelona on April 21, 2014, at the age of 88.[6]

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1950 Cheaper by the Dozen Tom Black Uncredited
All About Eve Leading Man
1951 Detective Story Arthur Kindred
Fixed Bayonets! Lt. Gibbs
1952 The Outcasts of Poker Flat Tom Dakin
What Price Glory? Lt. Aldrich
1953 The I Don't Care Girl Keene
1954 Siege at Red River Lt. Braden
The Black Shield of Falworth Francis Gascoyne
1956 Anything Goes Danny Uncredited
1957 Tammy and the Bachelor Ernie
1958 Lafayette Escadrille Lufbery Uncredited
1961 You Have to Run Fast Frank Harlow
The Flight that Disappeared Tom Endicott
1962 Deadly Duo Preston 'Pres' Morgan
1965 Hands of a Gunfighter Dan Murphy
1966 Taste for Killing Hank Fellows
Follow Me, Boys! Leo as a Man Uncredited
Black Box Affair Johnny Grant
The Swinger Sammy Jenkins
1967 Adios, Hombre Will Flaherty
15 forche per un assassino Billy Mack
Ric e Gian alla conquista del West Stuart
1968 I Want Him Dead Clayton
Bury Them Deep Clive
Tre croci per non morire Jerry
1969 Las amigas Eduardo
1970 The Monsters of Terror (aka Dracula vs. Frankenstein) Inspector Tobermann
Aoom
When Heroes Die Capitán Richard Harvey
1971 And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave Jeff Sullivan
In nome del padre, del figlio e della Colt Sheriff Bill Nolan / Mace Cassidy
Drummer of Vengeance Oconner
1972 Bada alla tua pelle, Spirito Santo! Col. John Mills
My Horse, My Gun, Your Widow Doctor Janus Saxon
Go Away! Trinity Has Arrived in Eldorado Eldorado
Un animale chiamato uomo Mark Forester
1973 Corte marziale Colonel
1974 Cinco almohadas para una noche Andrés, amante #5
El refugio del miedo Bob
1977 Emanuelle Around the World Disfigured-Face Man Uncredited
1978 Stringimi forte papà
The Bloodstained Shadow (aka Solamente Nero) Don Paolo
1980 Estigma
1983 Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble Tinent Coronel Bruguete
Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17
1984 Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa
1985 Escapada final (Scapegoat) Andreu
1987 Angustia Doctor at Hospital
1989 La Chute des aigles (Fall of Eagles) Major Holbach directed by Jesus Franco
La bahía esmeralda (Emerald Bay) Jonathan Perry directed by Jesus Franco
1991 Lolita al desnudo Don José
Escrit als estels
1994 General Holmes
¿Culpable de qué?
Ciudad Baja (Downtown Heat) D. Miguel directed by Jesus Franco
2002 Food of Love Izzy
El segundo nombre Theodore Logan
2003 Platillos volantes Director Coca-Cola (final film role)

References
  1. Cine Archivo; retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. "Craig Hill". Films of the Golden Age (103): 45. Winter 2020.
  3. "Mor als 88 anys l'actor nord-americà Craig Hill". Ara (in Catalan). Barcelona. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  4. Stricklyn, Ray (1999). Angels and Demons: One Actor's Hollywood Journal. Los Angeles: Belle Publishing. p. 82. ISBN 9780964963542.
  5. Films and filming. Vol. 25. Hansom Books. 1978. p. 46.
  6. Barnes, Mike (21 April 2014). "'Whirlybirds' Star Craig Hill Dies at 88". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
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