John Kitzmiller

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

Dr. No poster
7.0

Agent 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

Tiger of the Seven Seas poster
5.2

Tigre 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

Variety Lights poster
6.9

In 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

Aphrodite, Goddess of Love poster
7.4

The 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

Revolt of the Mercenaries poster
7.7

Duchess 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

Lost Souls poster
9.0

A gang of violent criminals holds captive a group of young women and men in an abandoned mining complex.

Lost Souls

1959

Film credits

1960s · 15 titles

Dr. No poster
7.0

Agent 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

Tiger of the Seven Seas poster
5.2

Tigre 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

Revolt of the Mercenaries poster
7.7

Duchess 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

The Incredible World of James Bond poster
7.0

This 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

Pirates of the Coast poster
5.7

Luis de Monterey is a ship captain who is pitted against a crafty pirates.

Pirates of the Coast

1960

Totòtruffa '62 poster
7.6

Antonio, 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

The Son of Captain Blood poster
6.7

The 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

Uncle Tom's Cabin poster
5.9

In 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

The Sword of the Rebellion poster
7.0

A kind of Italian Robin Hood leads a fight against a tyrant and his henchmen.

The Sword of the Rebellion

1964

Cave of the Living Dead poster
5.2

The 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

Blood and Defiance poster
9.0

In 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

La corona di fuoco poster
8.0

A film directed by Luigi Latini de Marchi

La corona di fuoco

1961

Mars, God of War poster
7.0

In 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

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Seven in the Sun

1960

Indians in the Northwest poster
10.0

An Italian man working as a siringuero is exploited by his sadistic boss.

Indians in the Northwest

1964

1950s · 25 titles

Variety Lights poster
6.9

In 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

Aphrodite, Goddess of Love poster
7.4

The 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

Lost Souls poster
9.0

A gang of violent criminals holds captive a group of young women and men in an abandoned mining complex.

Lost Souls

1959

No artwork available
6.5

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

The Naked Earth poster
10.0

Africa, 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

Massacre in Lace poster
5.0

Cock-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

Il nostro campione poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Il nostro campione

1955

The Mysteries of Paris poster
8.0

Paris 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

Wolves Hunt at Night poster
5.8

A 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

A vent'anni è sempre festa poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

A vent'anni è sempre festa

1957

La peccatrice dell'isola poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

La peccatrice dell'isola

1952

Desiderio 'e sole poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Desiderio 'e sole

1954

Frine cortigiana d'Oriente poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Frine cortigiana d'Oriente

1953

Pensione Edelweiss poster
5.2

A man who was injured in an accident has a visitor in his hospital. The visitor suggests a strange deal.

Pensione Edelweiss

1959

La forza del destino poster
6.0

Film version of the Verdi opera about lovers on the run after the accidental death of the girl's father.

La forza del destino

1950

Delitto al luna park poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Delitto al luna park

1952

Quai des blondes poster
5.8

The 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

Lacrime d'amore poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lacrime d'amore

1954

Foreign Earth poster
5.8

A group of illegal immigrants find a job in a French mine and organizes strikes to improve their working condition.

Foreign Earth

1954

I Sing for You poster
10.0

A 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

Valley of Peace poster
6.6

When 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

Two Savages at Court poster
9.0

Marco Venier comes back to his father's home town with his servant Kato.

Two Savages at Court

1959

Big Farewell poster
9.0

An Italian woman has a son with an African American soldier after World War II ends.

Big Farewell

1954

Bitter Waters poster
7.0

Valerio, a blind man of war, and his little sister Fiorella live with Uncle Mario, who has a shop on the coast.

Bitter Waters

1954

Non vogliamo morire poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Non vogliamo morire

1954

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