Tony Kendall

Tony Kendall was born on Aug 22, 1936 in Italy. Tony Kendall's big-screen debut came with The Whip and the Body directed by Mario Bava in 1963, strarring Christian Menliff. Tony Kendall is known for The Invisible Wall directed by Marco Risi, Corso Salani stars as Rocco and Angela Finocchiaro as Giannina. The upcoming new movie Tony Kendall plays is Alex l'ariete which will be released on Jul 21, 2000.

The handsome and charismatic Tony Kendall was born Luciano Stella on August 22, 1936 in Rome, Italy. Kendall started his career in show business as a model for Italian Fumetti, which are comics done in photographs. Tony made his film debut using his birth name in 1957. He subsequently changed his name to Tony Kendall after Vittorio De Sica suggested that he do so. Best known for his recurring lead role as dashing private eye Jo Louis Walker in the "Kommissar X" series, Kendall appeared in well over 40 motion pictures in such genres as giallo, spaghetti Westerns (he played infamous roving gunslinger Django in both "Django Defies Sartana" and "Gunman of 100 Crosses"), horror (he's hunky macho hunter hero Sirgurd in the immensely enjoyable fright feature "When the Screaming Stops"), and crime thrillers (he was especially memorable as sly hit-man Peter Zacari in the excellent "Machine Gun McCain"). Moreover, Tony acted alongside Brad Harris in a handful of movies. Kendall died at age 73 from cancer on November 28, 2009 in Rome, Italy.