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Ray Lovelock Despite having English first and last names Ray Lovelock was born in Rome and has spent his entire life living and working in Italy. His typically un-Italian name comes from the fact that his father was an allied British soldier during World War II who liberated Italy from the fascist regime in 1944. It was while in Italy that he met and fell in love with an Italian lady, and the rest as they say is history…
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It was during his teenage years whilst studying at College that Ray started to get interested in the acting world, he would take jobs working as an extra in films and commercials to make extra money and it was while playing in a rock band, with long time friend and genre actor Tomas Milian, at a Roman nightclub that he was first spotted by an acting agent who offered him his first part in a movie. |
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From 1967 onwards film acting took a forefront, though he would still take a keen interest in his music and he would go on to sing the title tracks to a lot of the films he starred in. Guilio Questi's ‘Django Kill' (aka ‘Se sei vivo spara') (1967) was his first major film but it wasn't until he made ‘Bandits In Milan (aka ‘Banditi di Milano') (1968) for Carlo Lizzani that he really got the acting bug, the film was a big success: “Looking back, that success went to my head, so I ended up being an actor” he says in a recent interview. |
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He is still a very successful actor and is currently in a long running TV show, ‘Incantesimo' (‘Magic'), playing the role of surgeon Dr. Hans Rudolf. He is married to Gioai, his wife of over 30 years, who is also his agent. They have a daughter Francesca who is an Assistant Director in Naples. Ray also keeps up his love for soccer and is currently the captain of the 'Italian Actors' soccer team, who play soccer matches raising money for charity. |
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Ray Lovelock Interviews... Interview 2 (Gloria Magazine) Interview 3 (The Dark Side Magazine) |
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Django, Kill! (If you live, Shoot!) aka Se sei vivo spara (1967) Dir. Giulio Questi |
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Bandits In Milan |
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Rabbit In The Pit aka Haschen in der Grube (1968) Dir. Roger Fritz |
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Seven Times Seven aka Sette volte sette (1968) Dir. Michele Lupo |
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The Young Tigers aka I giovani tigri (1968) Dir. Antonio Leonviola |
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Oh, Grandmother’s Dead aka Toh, è morta la nonna! (1969) Dir. Mario Monicelli |
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Plagio (1969) Dir. Sergio Capogna |  |
L'amica (1969) Dir. Alberto Lattuada |
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Fiddler on the Roof (1971) Dir. Norman Jewison |  |
Dirty Pictures |
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Queens Of Evil aka Il Delitto del Diavolo (1971) Dir. Tonino Cervi Review |
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One Russian Summer (1973) Dir. Antonio Calenda |
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Un modo di essere donna (1973) Dir. Pier Ludovico Pavoni |
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Autopsy aka Macchie solari (1973) Dir. Armando Crispino |
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El mejor alcalde, el rey (1973) Dir. Rafael Gil |
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The Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue aka Fin de semana para los muertos (1974) Dir. Jorge Grau |
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Squadra volante |
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Almost Human |
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Violent Rome aka Roma violenta (1975) Dir. Marino Girolami (Franco Martinelli) |
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The Virgin Wife aka La moglie vergine (1975) Dir. Marino Girolami (Franco Martinelli) |
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The Cassandra Crossing (1976) Dir. George P. Cosmatos |
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Live Like A Cop, Die Like A Man (aka The Terminators) aka Uomini si nasce poliziotti si muore (1976) Dir. Ruggero Deodato Review |
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Meet Him And Die (aka Risking) aka Pronto ad uccidere (1976) Dir. Franco Prosperi |
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The Virgin, The Bull And The Capricorn (aka Not Tonight Darling) aka La vergine, il toro e il capricorno (1977) Dir. Luciano Martino |
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Battle Force aka Il grande attacco (1977) Dir. Umberto Lenzi |
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Gangbuster aka L'avvocato della mala (1977) Dir. Alberto Marras |
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Terror aka La settima donna (1978) Dir. Franco Prosperi Review |
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To Be Twenty aka Avere vent'anni (1978) Dir. Fernando Di Leo |
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L'anello matrimoniale (1978) Dir. Mauro Ivaldi |
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From Hell To Victory aka Da Dunkerque alla vittoria (1979) Dir. Umberto Lenzi |
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Scusi, lei è normale? (1979) Dir. Umberto Lenzi |  |
Play Motel (1979) Dir. Mario Gariazzo (Roy Garrett) |
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The Facist Jew aka L'ebreo fascista (1980) Dir. Franco Mole |
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Murder Rock – Dancing Death |
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Mak pigreco 100 (1987) Dir. Antoni Bido |
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The Return Of El Coyote aka La Vuelta de El Coyote (1998) Dir. Mario Camus |
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Il fratello minore (2000) Dir. Stefano Gigli | |
Primetime Murder aka Dellito in prima serata (2000) Dir. Alessandro Capone |
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