
Acting
John Kitzmiller
Born — Died
1913-12-04 — 1965-02-23
Place of birth
Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S.
Known for
Acting
Credits
47 titles
John Kitzmiller (December 4, 1913 – February 23, 1965) was an American actor who worked in his native land, as well as Italy and the United Kingdom. Kitzmiller achieved his greatest fame as a popular and versatile actor in Europe, making an estimated 40 European films. He was the first Black actor to win the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor in 1957 for his role in the Yugoslav (Slovenia) film Valley of Peace. He is best-known for his role as Quarrel in the first EON-produced James Bond movie, Dr. No. From Wikipedia.
Known for
7.0Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.
Dr. No
1962
5.2Tigre is the skipper of the Santa Maria, a pirate-ship, but he feels tired and decides to leave the command of the ship. Unfortunately he has only a daughter, Consuelo. So he will leave the command and the ship to the winner of a challenge among his men. Unexpectedly Consuelo wins. The same night Tigre is killed, William is charged with the killing and is sentenced to death. But before the sentence could be executed the Spaniards of Grand Duke Inigo arrives. Consuelo escapes, however this is only the first move of Indigo's wife to get to the pirates treasure.
Tiger of the Seven Seas
1962
9.0A gang of violent criminals holds captive a group of young women and men in an abandoned mining complex.
Lost Souls
1959
6.9In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal talent. At a small town engagement, he encounters the starry-eyed, gorgeous Lily Antonelli, and hires her as a dancer on the show. Vivacious Lily quickly sells out crowds and earns the resentment of Checco's mistress, Melina Amour, but the fledgling performer has far bigger ambitions and soon sets her sights on a higher-profile role.
Variety Lights
1950
5.7Luis de Monterey is a ship captain who is pitted against a crafty pirates.
Pirates of the Coast
1960
6.7The son of a notorious pirate is placed on the path of righteousness by his love for a beautiful young woman.
The Son of Captain Blood
1962
Film credits
1970s · 1 titles
1960s · 15 titles
7.0Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.
Dr. No
1962
5.2Tigre is the skipper of the Santa Maria, a pirate-ship, but he feels tired and decides to leave the command of the ship. Unfortunately he has only a daughter, Consuelo. So he will leave the command and the ship to the winner of a challenge among his men. Unexpectedly Consuelo wins. The same night Tigre is killed, William is charged with the killing and is sentenced to death. But before the sentence could be executed the Spaniards of Grand Duke Inigo arrives. Consuelo escapes, however this is only the first move of Indigo's wife to get to the pirates treasure.
Tiger of the Seven Seas
1962
5.7Luis de Monterey is a ship captain who is pitted against a crafty pirates.
Pirates of the Coast
1960
6.7The son of a notorious pirate is placed on the path of righteousness by his love for a beautiful young woman.
The Son of Captain Blood
1962
5.9In the pre-Civil War South, a sadistic plantation owner brutalizes his slaves to the point of rebellion. Always obedient, peaceful and honest old slave Tom plays a central role in this tragedy.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1965
7.0This promotional film was aired on American television on 26 November 1965, one month before the release of Thunderball (1965). Narrated by Alexander Scourby, the 48 minute documentary aired as a one hour special. It included footage of the filming at Silverstone Racetrack, Northamptonshire and of the fight aboard the Disco Volante at Pinewood Studios; media coverage of Martine Beswick, Luciana Paluzzi and Claudine Auger; and archive footage of Ian Fleming at 'Goldeneye', Jamaica.
The Incredible World of James Bond
1965
7.7Duchess Patrizia is determined to marry, although against her will, effeminate but powerful Prince Stefano. This is the only way she has found to thwart the plans of Count Keller, her aggressive neighbor, who wants to grab her land.
Revolt of the Mercenaries
1961
7.6Antonio, a former variety actor, keeps his daughter in an excellent boarding school by organizing small scams with his friend and colleague Felice. Commissioner Malvasia good-naturedly persecuted him. When their respective unsuspecting children fall in love, the two fathers make peace.
Totòtruffa '62
1961
5.2The German police cannot solve the mystery of the seven murders which have alarmed the local villagers. They call in Inspector Doren of Interpol, and the only clue the Chief Constable can give the detective is the fact that, each time a murder was committed, the electric lights in the whole neighborhood went out. The locals believe that the killings of the young girls are linked to the vague shadows in the caves under the local castle and to the mysterious Curse of the Green Eyes.
Cave of the Living Dead
1964
8.0A film directed by Luigi Latini de Marchi
La corona di fuoco
1961
7.0A kind of Italian Robin Hood leads a fight against a tyrant and his henchmen.
The Sword of the Rebellion
1964
No synopsis available yet.
Seven in the Sun
1960
7.0In days of old there lived a son of Hercules, who dwelt near Mount Olympus, and as a result was endowed with godlike powers. A city of civilized people face an army of rampaging barbarians. The people at once go into battle and pray for deliverance from the horror and destruction weighing so heavily over them. Just as all seems lost, our hero arrives to save the day and the beautiful Princess Daphne from certain death. What follows is a tangled web of mystery and duplicity as the son of Hercules falls in love with the princess but finds himself distracted by the earthly form of Venus, “Goddess Of Love.”
Mars, God of War
1962
9.0In a Latin American country, a rebel frees the prisoners of the local tyrant. Some traitors cause the death of many of his companions and he births the upcoming revolution.
Blood and Defiance
1962
10.0An Italian man working as a siringuero is exploited by his sadistic boss.
Indians in the Northwest
1964
1950s · 25 titles
9.0A gang of violent criminals holds captive a group of young women and men in an abandoned mining complex.
Lost Souls
1959
6.9In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal talent. At a small town engagement, he encounters the starry-eyed, gorgeous Lily Antonelli, and hires her as a dancer on the show. Vivacious Lily quickly sells out crowds and earns the resentment of Checco's mistress, Melina Amour, but the fledgling performer has far bigger ambitions and soon sets her sights on a higher-profile role.
Variety Lights
1950
7.4The construction of great temple dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite, followed by new and high taxes and the arrival of a plague, create discontent in the population, and threatens the love between a sculptor and a slave.
Aphrodite, Goddess of Love
1958
Alberto Gherardi, a sailor is wrongly suspected of murder, flied and enroll into the Foreign Legion. His unfaithful fiancee Irene goes to look for him with his young brother Enrico, but the latter is killed. Will she still manage to free her lover?
Trouble for the Legion
1953
10.0Africa, early 20th century, an Englishman marries the girlfriend of a late friend and faces natives and adventures, on the banks of a river infested with crocodiles.
The Naked Earth
1958
8.0Paris 1838, Prince Rodolphe vows on the deathbed of his friend Matilde to find Germain, the woman's son kidnapped by his father at birth. Disguised as a tramp, he wanders the city's slums encountering various characters who either help or hinder him.
The Mysteries of Paris
1957
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Il nostro campione
1955
5.8A secret agent is summoned by the head of a counter espionage organization, to Trieste where he is to unmask a potential enemy operating in Venice.
Wolves Hunt at Night
1952
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Frine cortigiana d'Oriente
1953
8.5No synopsis available yet.
Desiderio 'e sole
1954
9.0No synopsis available yet.
La peccatrice dell'isola
1952
5.0Cock-eyed reporter Georges Masse enjoys a peaceful vacation in Venice. Which does not please his boss as he is not supposed to be... in vacation! P'tit Louis, Georges' blundering but faithful photographer, is sent to Venice with a mission: pull up his socks. But Georges is not so dormant as he appears. Behind the scenes, he investigates the activities of a gang that cleans out Venice. Quite logically, he soon finds himself face to face with a bunch of shady brutal characters, among whom Zélos, a Greek nightclub owner, and Alessandro Cassidi, a powerful motor manufacturer married to the alluring Clara, twice younger than he is...
Massacre in Lace
1952
7.0No synopsis available yet.
A vent'anni è sempre festa
1957
5.2A man who was injured in an accident has a visitor in his hospital. The visitor suggests a strange deal.
Pensione Edelweiss
1959
9.0Marco Venier comes back to his father's home town with his servant Kato.
Two Savages at Court
1959
6.0Film version of the Verdi opera about lovers on the run after the accidental death of the girl's father.
La forza del destino
1950
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Lacrime d'amore
1954
5.8The blond cigarette trade is raging in the Mediterranean, pitting the crew of a former naval officer, Ferrer, against a band of pirates led by Lucky Esposito. Initially defeated and robbed, Ferrer seeks revenge. Two women emerge, a singer, Barbara, and his former mistress, who now works for Esposito. Ferrer sees death at close quarters, Barbara saves him. The police wipe out Lucky's gang. The future looks brighter for Ferrer.
Quai des blondes
1954
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Delitto al luna park
1952
5.8A group of illegal immigrants find a job in a French mine and organizes strikes to improve their working condition.
Foreign Earth
1954
10.0A famous tenor pawns valuables too often. His strange behavior arouses the suspicions of a detective. The situation is complicated by the fact that both the tenor and the detective are in love with the same woman. Attempts at infidelity, revenge, and spying ensue. In the end, love conquers all.
I Sing for You
1954
6.6When the planes bombed a Slovene town, a Slovene boy and a German girl set on a journey towards the valley, in which there is no war. On their way a black American pilot, who jumped of a shoot-down plane, joins them. Although American planes have killed the boy's parents, he accepts the pilot with enthusiasm. The children communicate with him in German and the valley of peace seems like the last paradise place of refuge. The Slovene boy, the German girl, and the American pilot represent a symbolic triangle of peace in this adventure happening in the middle of the War of Liberation.
Valley of Peace
1956
9.0An Italian woman has a son with an African American soldier after World War II ends.
Big Farewell
1954
7.0Valerio, a blind man of war, and his little sister Fiorella live with Uncle Mario, who has a shop on the coast.
Bitter Waters
1954
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Non vogliamo morire
1954
1940s · 5 titles
7.0Rudolf a nazi officer falls in love with Ester a jewish singer and tries to save her from deportation hiding her in the Monastery of Santa Chiara.
Monastero di Santa Chiara
1949
7.2An American prisoner, hidden by some Umbrian farmers, meets, drunk, with a German soldier who is also drunk. The two believe that the war is over and embrace each other emotionally. But it is not so and soon the cannon will thunder. Uncle Tigna, who was hiding the prisoner and two of his companions, will fall victim to the Nazis.
To Live in Peace
1947
5.9A struggling woman and a black American soldier fall in love in post-World War II Italy.
Without Pity
1948
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Tombolo
1947
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Ti ritroverò
1949


