Occupation Actor Name William Berger | Role Actor | |
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Full Name Wilhelm Thomas Berger Other names Bill BergerWilhelm Berger Spouse Linda Berger (m. ?–1993), Carol Lobravico (m. ?–1970) Children Katya Berger, Debra Berger, Kasimir Berger, Carin Berger, Alexander Volz, Wendell Nelson Berger Grandchildren Tao Ruspoli, Bartolomeo Ruspoli Movies Keoma, Sabata, Face to Face, Love Letters of a Portugue, If You Meet Sartana Pray for Y Similar People Gianfranco Parolini, Sergio Garrone, Enzo G Castellari, Luigi Cozzi, Sergio Sollima | ||
William Berger, also known as Bill Berger and Wilhelm Berger, born Wilhelm Thomas Berger (June 20, 1928-October 2, 1993) was an Austrian American actor, mostly associated with Euro and spaghetti Westerns, as well as travel documentaries.
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Career
A former roommate of Keith Richards, his earliest work was in Broadway theater, but while visiting Italy, he was cast in his first Western, Break Up in 1965. A series of westerns followed, including Faccia a faccia (1967), Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! (1968), If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death (1968), Sabata (1969) and Keoma (1975). He also starred in the horror films Five Dolls for an August Moon, My Dear Killer, Monster Shark and The Murder Clinic.
In the early 1970s, Berger spent some time in an Italian prison, wrongly accused of possession of hashish and cocaine, but resumed his acting career after his release. His later fare included Super Fly T.N.T. (1973), Oil! (1977), Hercules (1983) and The King's Whore (1990). His 1985 memoirs, Half Way Home, recount his life to that point.
Berger collaborated with his good friend, famed Spanish horror film director Jesus Franco, appearing in 7 films for him...The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff, Night of the Killers, Faceless, Golden Temple Amazons, Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun, Dirty Game in Casablanca and A Captain of 15 Years.
Berger died on October 2, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, of prostate cancer. Jesus Franco was particularly upset by his passing, speaking of his grief in various interviews.
Personal life
William Berger married several times. He had two daughters with his first wife...their names were Carin Berger (born 1952) and actress Debra Berger (born March 17, 1957). He also had a son with his first wife, named Wendell Nelson Berger, who was born on December 28, 1972.
By his second wife (singer, songwriter and actress Hanja Kochansky), he had two more children: a daughter (actress Katya Berger) and a son (child actor Kasimir Berger, born in London on October 7, 1974). Kasimir starred with his father in the TV mini-series Christopher Columbus (1985) as Diego as a Child, in Tuareg - Il guerriero del deserto (1984) uncredited as Gacel's son, and acted with his mother and sister in the Joe D'Amato horror classic Rosso sangue (1981) as Willy Bennett.
On June 21, 1975, he had one last son Alexander Völz with Dörte Völz. He had no children at all with his last wife, Linda Berger.
William Berger died on October 2, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, of prostate cancer.
Filmography
Actor
1995
Il barone (TV Mini Series) as
Philip Brian Sajeva vieux
1994
18000 giorni fa as
Rosenbaud
1993
Jungle of Fear (Video) as
Dr. Quasimodo
1993
Das Babylon Komplott (TV Movie)
1993
Berlin '39 as
Ernest
1992
The Mixer (TV Series) as
Maurice Villard
- The Mixer and the Eiffel Tower (1992) - Maurice Villard
1990
Pronto soccorso (TV Series) as
Il professore
- Episode #2.4 (1992) - Il professore (credit only)
- Episode #2.3 (1992) - Il professore (credit only)
- Episode #2.2 (1992) - Il professore (credit only)
- Episode #2.1 (1992) - Il professore
- Episode #1.4 (1990) - Il professore
- Episode #1.3 (1990) - Il professore (credit only)
- Episode #1.2 (1990) - Il professore
- Episode #1.1 (1990) - Il professore
1991
La moglie nella cornice (TV Mini Series) as
Valenti
- Episode #1.3 (1992) - Valenti
- Episode #1.2 (1992) - Valenti
- Episode #1.1 (1991) - Valenti
1991
Buck ai confini del cielo as
Grandpa Thomas
1991
Un amore sconosciuto as
Piero
1990
Le gorille (TV Series) as
Filipelli
- Le Gorille sans cravate (1990) - Filipelli
1990
The King's Whore as
Count Longhi
1990
Lex Minister
1990
I'm Dangerous Tonight (TV Movie) as
Jonas Wilson
1990
Dr. M as
Penck
1989
Ocean (TV Mini Series) as
Salustiano Barrancas
- Episode #1.6 (1989) - Salustiano Barrancas
- Episode #1.5 (1989) - Salustiano Barrancas
- Episode #1.4 (1989) - Salustiano Barrancas (credit only)
- Episode #1.3 (1989) - Salustiano Barrancas (credit only)
- Episode #1.2 (1989) - Salustiano Barrancas (credit only)
- Episode #1.1 (1989) - Salustiano Barrancas (credit only)
1989
Appuntamento a Trieste (TV Mini Series) as
Major Holmes
- Episode #1.3 (1989) - Major Holmes
- Episode #1.2 (1989) - Major Holmes
- Episode #1.1 (1989) - Major Holmes
1989
Blu elettrico (TV Movie) as
Giorgio
1989
Maya as
Salomon Slivak
1988
Bachi da seta
1988
War and Remembrance (TV Mini Series) as
Consul General Jim Gaither
- Part VI (1988) - Consul General Jim Gaither
- Part V (1988) - Consul General Jim Gaither
- Part IV (1988) - Consul General Jim Gaither
1988
Dial Help as
Prof. Irving Klein
1988
Due fratelli (TV Mini Series) as
Industriale Brunetti
- Episode #1.3 (1988) - Industriale Brunetti
- Episode #1.2 (1988) - Industriale Brunetti
- Episode #1.1 (1988) - Industriale Brunetti
1988
The Spider Labyrinth as
Mysterious Man
1988
Top Line as
Alonso Quintero
1988
Love for Life (TV Movie)
1988
The Brother from Space as
Colonel Grant
1988
Una grande storia d'amore (TV Movie) as
Massarena
1988
Camillo Castiglioni oder die Moral der Haifische (TV Movie) as
Hauptmann der Kavallerie
1988
Le due croci (TV Movie) as
General Schmidt
1987
Femminile desiderio
1987
Hell Hunters as
Karl (as Wilhelm Berger)
1987
Django Strikes Again as
Old Timer
1987
Luci lontane as
Dr. Montanari
1987
Skipper (TV Movie)
1987
Strike Commando as
Maj. Harriman (English version, voice, uncredited)
1987
T.I.R. (TV Series) as
von Reber
- Von Reber báró (1987) - von Reber
1987
Der Tod des Empedokles oder: Wenn dann der Erde Grün von neuem Euch erglänzt as
Kritias
1987
Control as
Mr. Peterson
1986
Les amazones du temple d'or as
Uruck the Temple Guardian / Priest
1986
Tarot as
Mittler
1986
The Fifth Missile (TV Movie) as
Dr. Strickland
1985
The Berlin Affair as
The Professor
1985
Tex and the Lord of the Deep as
Kit Carson
1985
I due prigionieri (TV Movie) as
Doroiev
1985
Dirty Game in Casablanca as
Dean Baker
1985
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story (TV Movie) as
Stuart
1985
The Adventures of Hercules as
King Minos
1985
Christopher Columbus (TV Mini Series) as
Francisco De Bobadilla
- Episode #1.4 (1985) - Francisco De Bobadilla
- Episode #1.3 (1985) - Francisco De Bobadilla
- Episode #1.2 (1985) - Francisco De Bobadilla
- Episode #1.1 (1985) - Francisco De Bobadilla
1984
El asesino llevaba medias negras
1984
Die Försterbuben (TV Movie) as
Pfarrer Gerhalt
1984
Tiger - Frühling in Wien as
Phillip Marboe
1984
Zielscheiben as
Broschat
1984
Diamond Connection as
Kemal the Police Inspector
1984
Devil Fish as
Prof. Donald West
1984
Un caso d'incoscienza (TV Movie) as
Stover
1981
I ragazzi di celluloide (TV Mini Series) as
Nicodi
- Episode #2.3 (1984) - Nicodi
- Episode #2.2 (1984) - Nicodi
- Episode #2.1 (1984) - Nicodi
- Episode #1.3 (1981) - Nicodi
- Episode #1.2 (1981) - Nicodi
- Episode #1.1 (1981) - Nicodi
1984
Il lebbroso (TV Movie)
1983
Hanna K. as
German journalist
1983
Il momento dell'avventura as
Doyle
1983
Hercules as
King Minos
1983
Dieci registi italiani, dieci racconti italiani (TV Series)
- Un'avventura a Campo de' Fiori (1983)
1983
Ironmaster as
Mogo
1983
The Winds of War (TV Mini Series) as
Phil Briggs
- Into the Maelstrom (1983) - Phil Briggs
1983
The Scarlet and the Black (TV Movie) as
U.S. Intelligence Officer (as Bill Berger)
1982
Even... Unknown Terror (as Wald Berger)
1982
Verdi (TV Mini Series) as
Martello
- Inventare il vero (1982) - Martello
1982
The Girl from Trieste as
Charly
1982
La vela incantata (TV Movie) as
Giovanni
1982
Patto con la morte (TV Mini Series) as
Harry Grant
- Episode #1.3 (1982) - Harry Grant
- Episode #1.1 (1982) - Harry Grant
1980
Il treno per Istanbul (TV Mini Series) as
Mr. Czinner
- Episode #1.4 (1981) - Mr. Czinner
- Episode #1.3 (1981) - Mr. Czinner
- Episode #1.2 (1981) - Mr. Czinner
- Episode #1.1 (1980) - Mr. Czinner
1981
Bosco d'amore
1981
I giochi del diavolo (TV Mini Series) as
Henry Vawdrey
- La presenza perfetta (1981) - Henry Vawdrey
1981
Ripacsok
1980
Il giorno del Cobra as
Jack Goldsmith
1980
Holocaust 2: The Revenge as
Col. Hans
1979
I viaggiatori della sera as
Cocky Fontana
1979
Santa Lucia (TV Movie) as
Alfredo
1979
Die Totenschmecker as
Felix
1978
Comincerà tutto un mattino: io donna tu donna as
Luciano
1978
I problemi di Don Isidro (TV Series) as
Manuel Villalba
- 2° Problema: Millemiglia (1978) - Manuel Villalba
1978
Dirty World as
Senator Alberici
1978
Circuito chiuso (TV Movie) as
Second Gunfighter
1978
Bye Bye Monkey as
Paul Jefferson (uncredited)
1977
Reporter's Story (TV Series)
1977
Wifemistress as
Count Brandini
1977
Per questa notte as
Barcala
1977
California as
Mr. Preston
1977
Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun as
Father Vicente
1977
Oil as
Bill Mann
1976
Keoma as
William Shannon
1976
L'Agnese va a morire as
Clinto
1976
Il colpaccio as
Mackenzie
1976
Nick the Sting as
Roizman
1976
The Career of a Chambermaid as
Franz
1975
Parapsycho - Spektrum der Angst
1974
Terminal as
Rudolph Arnheim
1974
La merveilleuse visite
1974
La noche de los asesinos as
Baron Simon Tobias
1974
Motiv Liebe (TV Series)
- Juwelen bei Nacht (1974)
1974
Tough Guys as
Captain Ryan
1974
Zwischen den Flügen (TV Series) as
Ron Stones
- Die Abenteurer (1974) - Ron Stones
1973
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff as
Dr. Orloff
1973
The Son of Zorro as
Mathias Boyd
1973
Fasthand as
Machedo
1973
Yankee Dudler as
Doc Holliday
1973
...E il terzo giorno arrivò il corvo as
The Crow
1973
Super Fly T.N.T. as
Lefebre
1973
Il giustiziere di Dio as
Padre Tony Lang
1973
Un capitán de quince años as
Negoro
1973
La vita in gioco as
Andrea
1973
Kung Fu Brothers in the Wild West as
Angelo Biondo
1973
Colt in the Hand of the Devil as
Isaac McCorney
1972
Slaughter Day as
Ralf
1972
The Big Bust-Out as
Bob Shaw
1972
My Dear Killer as
Giorgio Canavese
1971
They Call Him Cemetery as
Duke
1970
Ballad of Death Valley as
Lee Calloway aka Sartana
1970
Five Dolls for an August Moon as
Professore Fritz Farrell / Professor Gerry Farrell
1970
La colomba non deve volare as
Il maggiore Harris
1970
Ombre roventi as
Caleb
1969
Sabata as
Banjo
1969
Köpfchen in das Wasser, Schwänzchen in die Höh as
Grüner, Filmproduzent
1969
No Room to Die as
Everett 'Bible' Murdock
1968
Beyond Control as
Velte
1968
... If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death. as
Lasky
1968
Man Who Cried for Revenge as
Sam Kellogg
1968
Every Bastard a King as
Roy Hemmings
1968
The Man with the Balloons as
Benny, a neighbor
1968
Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! as
Francis 'Colt' Moran
1967
Face to Face as
Charley 'Chas' A. Siringo
1967
The Day the Fish Came Out as
Man in Bed
1967
Her Harem as
Mike (as Bill Berger)
1966
The Man Who Never Was (TV Series) as
Booth
- Target: Eva (1966) - Booth
1966
Cisco as
El Cisco
1966
The Murder Clinic as
Dr. Robert Vance
1966
Ringo's Big Night as
Jack Balman / Ringo
1965
Oggi, domani, dopodomani as
Benny (segment "L'uomo dei 5 palloni") (uncredited)
1965
Von Ryan's Express as
Man from the Gestapo (uncredited)
1963
The Edge of Night (TV Series) as
Emory Warren
- Episode #1.2020 (1963) - Emory Warren
- Episode #1.2018 (1963) - Emory Warren
- Episode #1.2017 (1963) - Emory Warren
- Episode #1.2016 (1963) - Emory Warren
1963
The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series) as
Gordon Brody
- Field of Battle (1963) - Gordon Brody (as Bill Berger)
1963
The Doctors (TV Series) as
Dr. Rice
- Father and Son (1963) - Dr. Rice (as Bill Berger)
1962
G.E. True (TV Series) as
Hansen
- Man with a Suitcase (1962) - Hansen (as Bill Berger)
1962
Route 66 (TV Series) as
Mr. Charles Stevenson
- Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing (1962) - Mr. Charles Stevenson (as Bill Berger)
1960
The Clear Horizon (TV Series) as
Captain Farrell (1960-1961)
1961
The Dick Powell Theatre (TV Series) as
John King
- Goodbye, Hannah (1961) - John King (as Bill Berger)
1961
Back Street as
Airport Attendant (uncredited)
1961
Peter Gunn (TV Series) as
Mark Barclay
- Deadly Intrusion (1961) - Mark Barclay (as Bill Berger)
1961
The Case of the Dangerous Robin (TV Series)
- Tin Caper (1961) - (as Bill Berger)
1961
Sea Hunt (TV Series) as
Carl Friedrich
- Survival Kit (1961) - Carl Friedrich (as Bill Berger)
1961
Hong Kong (TV Series) as
Binkie
- With Deadly Sorrow (1961) - Binkie (as Bill Berger)
1957
Stanley (TV Series) as
Wally
- Stanley's Surprise Party (1957) - Wally (as Bill Berger)
Self
2010
Les avatars de la mort d'Empédocle (Documentary) as
Self
Archive Footage
2016
FantastiCozzi (Documentary) as
King Minos
References
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