Walter Brandi

Italian actor

Walter Brandi

Born|

Walter Bigari[1]

Died| May 1997
Other names| Walter Brandt[2][3]

Walter Bigari better known by his stage name Walter Brandi was an Italian actor. In his book on European exploitation films, Danny Shipka described Brandi as "one of the first de facto stars of Italian horror/exploitation", while noting he was never as popular as Christopher Lee, Barbara Steele or Peter Cushing.[4] He predominantly acted in genre films in the 1960s.[4] Brandi died in May 1997.[5]

## Filmography

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Title  | Year  | Credited as  | Role  | Notes  | Refs.

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Actor  | Screenwriter  | Story author  | Producer
The Vampire and the Ballerina | 1960  | Yes  |  |  |  | Herman  |  | [6]
The Playgirls and the Vampire | 1960  | Yes  |  |  |  | Count Gabor Kernassy, The Vampire  |  | [7]
Slaughter of the Vampires | 1962  | Yes  |  |  |  | Marquis Wolfgang  |  | [8]
Three Swords for Rome | 1964  | Yes  |  |  |  |  |  | [9]
Terror-Creatures from the Grave | 1965  | Yes  |  |  |  | Albert Kovacs  |  | [10]
Bloody Pit of Horror | 1965  | Yes  |  |  |  | Rick  |  | [11][12]
Kommissar X – Drei goldene Schlangen | 1969  | Yes  |  |  |  | Mr Landru  |  | [13][14]
Wanted Sabata | 1970  |  |  |  | Yes  |  |  | [15]
The Devil's Wedding Night | 1973  |  | Yes  | Yes  |  |  | Also production manager  | [16][17]

## References

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1. ^ Curti 2015, p. 57.
2. ^ Curti 2015, p. 140.
3. ^ Curti 2015, p. 141.
4. ^ a b Shipka 2011, p. 316.
5. ^ Lentz 1998, p. 20.
6. ^ Curti 2015, p. 60.
7. ^ Curti 2015, p. 26.
8. ^ Curti 2015, p. 76.
9. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 176.
10. ^ Curti 2015, p. 149.
11. ^ Curti 2015, p. 137.
12. ^ Curti 2015, p. 138.
13. ^ "Kommissar X: Drei goldene Schlangen" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
14. ^ "Kommissar X Drei goldene Schlangen". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 6, 2020. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
15. ^ Grant 2011, p. 456.
16. ^ Curti 2017, p. 96.
17. ^ Curti 2017, p. 97.

### Sources

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* Curti, Roberto (2015). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957–1969. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1989-7.
* Curti, Roberto (2017). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970-1979. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476629605.
* Grant, Kevin (2011). Any Gun Can Play. Fab Press. ISBN 9781903254615.
* Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.
* Lentz, Harris M. (1998). Obituaries in the Performing Art, 1997. McFarland & Company. p. 20\. ISBN 0786404604.
* Shipka, Danny (2011). Perverse Titillation: The Exploitation Cinema of Italy, Spain and France, 1960–1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-4888-3.

## External links

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* Walter Brandi at IMDb

Authority control databases

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* VIAF

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* France
* BnF data

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