Raf Baldassarre

Raffaele "Raf" Baldassarre (17 January 1932 - 11 January 1995) was an Italian film actor.

Life and career Born Raffaele Baldassarre in Giurdignano, Lecce, Apulia, he started his career in the late 1950s, being cast in many peplum and adventure films, alternating between stereotypical roles of the young villain and the loyal friend of the protagonist. Following a fashion of the time for American-sounding stage names, in the second half of the 1960s he was credited "Ralph Baldwyn" or "Ralph Baldwin" in several Spaghetti Westerns.

Selected filmography

Pirate of the Half Moon (1957) - Un corsaro The Pirate of the Black Hawk (1958) - Pirata Rosso Pia de' Tolomei (1958) The Nights of Lucretia Borgia (1959) - Ruggero The Night of the Great Attack (1959) - Young Pickpocket The Loves of Salammbo (1960) - Capo Mercenario Queen of the Pirates (1960) La regina dei tartari (1960) - Prigioniero di Tartari The Giants of Thessaly (1960) - Antinoo Slave of Rome (1961) - Lucio Spade senza bandiera (1961) - Man at Court (uncredited) Capitani di ventura (1961) Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis (1961) - Capo delle guardie Sword of the Conqueror (1961) - Silvestro Queen of the Nile (1961) - Mareb Hercules in the Haunted World (1961) - Un mercenario Suleiman the Conqueror (1961) - Boris, Luogotenente Erik the Conqueror (1961) - Floki Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules (1962) - Prince Adrasto The Son of Captain Blood (1962) - Bruno The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan (1962) - Montfort Gladiator of Rome (1962) - Gladiator Attack of the Normans (1962) - Dag Shades of Zorro (1962) - Chinto The Sign of the Coyote (1963) - Lenny Henchman Implacable Three (1963) - Comisario Molero The Executioner of Venice (1963) - Messere Grimani José María (1963) Sandokan to the Rescue (1964) - Teotrokis the Greek A Fistful of Dollars (1964) - Juan De Dios (uncredited) The Seven from Texas (1964) - Jess Seven from Thebes (1964) - Leonidas Seven Hours of Gunfire (1965) - Guillermo Jesse James' Kid (1965) - Bruce Legacy of the Incas (1965) - Geronimo Our Man in Jamaica (1965) - Gil Hands of a Gunfighter (1965) - Mack Canadian Wilderness (1965) - Victor's Friend The Relentless Four (1965) - Moss Our Men in Bagdad (1966) - Dimitri El Rojo (1966) - Ramon A Stranger in Town (1967) - Corgo The Stranger Returns (1967) - Chrysler Dakota Joe (1967) Tutto per tutto (1968) - Miguel Comaco Luana la figlia della foresta vergine (1968) The Silent Stranger (1968) - White-Eye (uncredited) Man Who Cried for Revenge (1968) - Bandito OSS 117 – Double Agent (1968) Persecución hasta Valencia (1968) Pistol for a Hundred Coffins (1968) - Verdugo Giugno '44 - Sbarcheremo in Normandia (1968) - Parker Between God, the Devil and a Winchester (1968) - Batch The Great Silence (1968) - Sanchez Dead Men Don't Count (1968) - Gregory Lassiter The Mercenary (1968) - Mateo Tarzan in the Golden Grotto (1969) Quinto: non ammazzare (1969) - Stagecoach guard Tarzana, the Wild Girl (1969) - Fred Garringo (1969) - Damon I diavoli della guerra (1969) - The Sheik Arizona Colt Returns (1970) - Biggle Sartana Kills Them All (1970) - Fred Burton Hey Amigo! A Toast to Your Death (1970) - Manolo Dig Your Grave Friend... Sabata's Coming (1971) - Sabata Four Gunmen of the Holy Trinity (1971) - Dingus And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave (1971) - Sheriff of Silver Town Il ritorno del gladiatore più forte del mondo (1971) - The Fox Web of the Spider (1971) - Herbert Drummer of Vengeance (1971) - Jason Blindman (1971) - Mexican General Prey of Vultures (1972) - Joe Porter, Blacksmith They Believed He Was No Saint (1972) - Director de la prisión Zambo, il dominatore della foresta (1972) - Juanez 1931: Once Upon a Time in New York (1973) - Raf - Pole's Henchman (uncredited) The Killer with a Thousand Eyes (1973) - Olalia Zinksärge für die Goldjungen (1973) - Sergio Dagli archivi della polizia criminale (1973) - Hastruan's henchman (uncredited) Cugini carnali (1974) The Killer Wore Gloves (1974) - Man at Subway Station (uncredited) Eyeball (1975) - Martinez - the tour guide Get Mean (1975) - Diego Geometra Prinetti selvaggiamente Osvaldo (1976) Le seminariste (1976) - Il prefetto Safari Express (1976) Piccole labbra (1978) Improvviso (1979) - L'infermiere Antonio Pensieri Morbosi (1980) - History Professor La moglie in bianco... l'amante al pepe (1981) - Cosmo Fantasma d'amore (1981) - Luciano La dottoressa preferisce i marinai (1981) - The tanning Man Thor the Conqueror (1983) - Gnut Hercules (1983) - Sostratos The Adventures of Hercules (1985) - Atreus (final film role)