George Eastman

George Eastman born Luigi Montefiori August 16 1942 is an Italian Bmovie actor and screenwriter Eastman was born in Genoa Italy He took his Americanized alias George Eastman when he was cast as a heavy in many spaghetti westerns made in the late 1960s and early 1970s In 1972 he performed the villain in the movie The Call of the Wild together with Charlton Heston directed by Ken Annakin Eastman later became a regular performer in many movies directed by Joe DAmato for whom he also became a screenwriter He was a very familiar face in Italian Bcinema in the early 1980s being generally cast as the villain thanks to his height he is 69 tall and his dark and menacing looks and exaggerated acting style His most famous movie is the gory horror film Anthropophagous directed by Joe DAmato in 1980 He appeared in the 1985 biblical film King David as Goliath for a flashback In 1986 he performed as Stefano in the movie Regalo di Natale directed by Pupi Avati Eastman quit acting in the late 1980s to concentrate on his writing assignments He is now a decentlyrated author in Italian television and only holds occasional roles In 2003 he was one of the main characters in the movie La rivincita di Natale directed by Pupi Avati From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia