Danny AielloDanny Aiello (born June 20, 1933) is an American actor who has starred in (amongst others), Once Upon a Time in America, The Godfather: Part II, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Moonstruck, Do The Right Thing, Léon, Two Days in the Valley and played the title character in the video for Madonna's Papa Don't Preach. Although his characters are often crass, vulgar, and violent, Aiello has also portrayed sensitive, kindly men with an earthy sense of humor. Quoted as saying "The first time I put on a dress and a wig and they took a polaroid of me, I wanted to throw up. Except I saw a little bit of beauty in that I looked like my mother". This page about Danny Aiello includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Danny Aiello News stories about Danny Aiello External links for Danny Aiello Videos for Danny Aiello Wikis about Danny Aiello Discussion Groups about Danny Aiello Blogs about Danny Aiello Images of Danny Aiello |
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a little bit of beauty in that I looked like my mother". 1996, CD, Bear Family Records BCD 15 984 AH (http://www.bear-family.de/mailorder/showoneproduct.html?lang=&p=BCD+15984) Barker continued to work in films until his last appearance in 1967's Woman Times Seven. He was engaged at the time of his death to actress Karen Kondazian. He married five times:. In 1966 Barker was awarded with the "Bambi Award" as "Best Foreign Actor" in Germany. (The co-star in some of Barker's Karl-May-movies, French actor Pierre Brice, also recorded in German language and even managed to get some CDs of his own.). The tracks are named " Ich bin morgen auf dem Weg zu dir" (I'll be on the way to you tomorrow) and "Mädchen in Samt und Seide" (Girls in Velvet and Silk), the last one is said to have been very much liked by elderly ladies at that time. He even recorded a single with the composer of some of the Karl-May-movie-soundtracks, Martin Boettcher, in German language. There he was playing the characters of Old Shatterhand, Kara Ben Nemsi and Dr. Sternau. There he also starred in two movies based on the Doctor Mabuse-stories (formerly filmed by Fritz Lang) and in 13 movies based on novels by German author Karl May (1842-1912). In 1957, as he found it harder and harder to find work in American films, Lex moved to Europe and found popularity and starred in over forty European films, especially in Germany. During this time he enlisted to fight in World War II and eventually rose to the rank of Major. He is best known as the tenth actor to play Tarzan in the movies, and starred in nearly thirty movies in the 1940s and 1950s. Lex Barker (May 8, 1919 - May 11, 1973) was born Alexander Crichlow Barker, Jr. in Rye, New York. Manfred Christ: Von Tarzan bis Old Shatterhand - Lex Barker und seine Filme, Günter Albert Ulmer Verlag, Tuningen, Germany, 1994, 288 pages - ISBN 3924191816. ISBN 3-896-024-442. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Germany, 2003, 480 pages. Reiner Boller, Christina Böhme: Lex Barker - Die Biografie. Winnetou du warst mein Freund Irene Labhardt (1957 - 1962) (marriage ended at her death). Lana Turner (8 September 1953 - 22 July 1957) (divorced). Arlene Dahl (1951 - 1952) (divorced). Constanze Thurlow (1942 - 1950) (divorced). |