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Craig Hill

1926 – 2014

American actor

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Lived 1926 – 2014 (aged 88). Craig Hill was an American film actor and television actor.

Craig Hill (born Craig Hill Fowler; March 5, 1926 – April 21, 2014) was an American film actor from Los Angeles, California. Since the mid-1960s, he predominantly acted in European films.

Career He was educated in Los Angeles and enrolled the United States Navy. Hill began his film career as a contract star for 20th Century Fox beginning with Cheaper by the Dozen. He also appeared in Sam Fuller's Fixed Bayonets (1951) and John Ford's What Price Glory as well as in a key role opposite Kirk Douglas in the 1951 crime drama Detective Story. After leaving Fox, he co-starred in Universal's The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) and appeared in several American television shows.

Hill is best known for co-starring in the Desilu Studios television series Whirlybirds from 1957 to 1960, playing "P.T. Moore". In the mid-1960s, he moved to Spain and gained a new series of fans as a lead actor in several Spaghetti Westerns beginning with Hands of a Gunfighter (1965). In 1978 he settled in Begur

In 1990, Hill wed Catalan fashion model and actress Teresa Gimpera, his co-star in the 1966 Spanish film Black Box Affair.

Craig Hill died in Barcelona on April 21, 2014, at the age of 88.

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Teresa Gimpera

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Who was Craig Hill?

American actor (1926-2014)

When was Craig Hill born?

Craig Hill was born on 5 March 1926 in Los Angeles.

When did Craig Hill die?

Craig Hill died on 21 April 2014 in Barcelona.

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Craig Hill was a film actor and television actor.

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Craig Hill was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Craig Hill

· Wikidata: Q945494

· DBpedia: Craig Hill (actor)

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