Dan Vadis

Dan Vadis

Born: January 3, 1938
Died: June 11, 1987
in Shanghai, China
Dan Vadis was born on January 3, 1938 in Shanghai, China as Constantine Daniel Vafiadis. He was married to Sharon Jessup. He died on June 11, 1987 in Lancaster, California, USA.

Movies for Dan Vadis...

The Seven Magnificent Gladiators
Title: The Seven Magnificent Gladiators
Character: Nicerote
Released: July 31, 1983
Type: Movie
A bandit leader endowed with supernatural powers by his sorceress mother makes yearly raids on a peasant village. However, the women of the village come into possession of a magic sword, and go in search of a hero who is able to wield it and save their village from the evil bandit.
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Any Which Way You Can
Title: Any Which Way You Can
Character: Frank
Released: December 17, 1980
Type: Movie
Philo takes part in a bare knuckle fight - as he does - to make some more money than he can earn from his car repair business. He decides to retire from fighting, but when the Mafia come along and arrange another fight, he is pushed into it. A motorcycle gang and an orangutan called Clyde all add to the 'fun'.
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Bronco Billy
Title: Bronco Billy
Character: Chief Big Eagle
Released: June 11, 1980
Type: Movie
An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.
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Mr. Horn
Title: Mr. Horn
Character: Gene Laughoff
Released: February 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Western saga based on the legend of frontier folk hero Tom Horn, including his role in the trackdown of Geronimo in the 1880s with his mentor and pal, Al Sieber, the fabled Indian scout, his later days as a Pinkerton detective, and the way he was used by both sides in turn-of-the-century cattle wars, leading to his tragic death.
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Every Which Way but Loose
Title: Every Which Way but Loose
Character: Frank, Assistant Head Biker
Released: December 16, 1978
Type: Movie
Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west of the Rockies. And he lives with a 165-pound orangutan named Clyde. Like other guys, Philo finally falls in love - with a flighty singer who leads him on a screwball chase across the American Southwest. Nothing's in the way except a motorcycle gang, some cops, and legendary brawler Tank Murdock.
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The White Buffalo
Title: The White Buffalo
Character: Tall Man (uncredited)
Released: May 1, 1977
Type: Movie
In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations - dim, filthy, makeshift taverns; freezing, slaughterhouse-like frontier towns and beautifully desolate high country - before improbably teaming up with a young Crazy Horse to pursue the creature.
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Title: Starsky & Hutch
Character: Cardwell
Released: September 10, 1975
Type: TV
Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.
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Cahill: United States Marshal
Title: Cahill: United States Marshal
Character: Brownie
Released: July 11, 1973
Type: Movie
J.D. Cahill is the toughest U.S. Marshal they've got, just the sound of his name makes bad guys stop in their tracks, so when his two young boy's want to get his attention they decide to rob a bank. They end up getting more than they bargained for.
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High Plains Drifter
Title: High Plains Drifter
Character: Dan Carlin
Released: April 19, 1973
Type: Movie
A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
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God Will Forgive My Pistol
Title: God Will Forgive My Pistol
Character: Deputy Jason Martin
Released: August 7, 1969
Type: Movie
Johnny Texas is asked to inquire about the death of Prescott, a rich landowner accused of having robbed a postal wagon. His investigation upsets Prescott's neighbor, Martin, who will use all possible means to stop him.
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The Scalphunters
Title: The Scalphunters
Character: Yuma
Released: February 29, 1968
Type: Movie
Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegades that killed them.
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The Stranger Returns
Title: The Stranger Returns
Character: En Plein
Released: August 17, 1967
Type: Movie
The Stranger happens across a murdered postal inspector and a gang of bandits set on a prize of stolen gold which should be transported in a stagecoach. The Stranger, a sharpshooter named En plein and a treacherous postal agent try to get their hands on the gold. Source: SWDB www.spaghetti-western.net
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For a Few Extra Dollars
Title: For a Few Extra Dollars
Character: Riggs
Released: October 7, 1966
Type: Movie
Near the end of the Civil War, an imprisoned Confederate raider is sent under guard to warn both his men and the Army at Fort Yuma that an impending rebel raid is really nothing but a ruse by scoundrels from both sides, in cahoots to take the fort's gold for themselves during the chaos. Soon he slips his treacherous escort and attempts to complete the mission himself.
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Death Is Nimble, Death Is Quick
Title: Death Is Nimble, Death Is Quick
Character: King
Released: May 17, 1966
Type: Movie
Two Yanks are hired to protect a rich lady from a sinister underworld group. Lots of jungle thrills, martial arts, ancient temples, huge explosions, & even sci-fi elements. Watch for Harris' great karate fight inside a crumbling temple, surrounded by masked members of an ancient sect.
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Degueyo
Title: Degueyo
Character: Ramon
Released: February 4, 1966
Type: Movie
Ramon and his bandit gang launch an attack on Danger City, searching for rumoured hidden treasure and unable to find the loot either kill or take as hostage all the men, leaving only the women and children to produce the treasure or face 'Deguello' - an attack with no quarter. Four men arrive in town searching for Ramon and agree to help protect the town from the bandits.
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Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators
Title: Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators
Character: Roccia
Released: December 23, 1964
Type: Movie
The story of Spartacus and 10 other gladiators who rebelled against the bloody coliseum sports. They escape and are faced at every turn by Roman soldiers bent on taking them back to the Coliseum - dead or alive!
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Triumph of the Ten Gladiators
Title: Triumph of the Ten Gladiators
Character: Roccia
Released: November 26, 1964
Type: Movie
The ten gladiators are hired to travel to Arbela, a small country on the outskirts of the Roman Empire to learn if Parthia is planning to war with Rome. Upon arriving, the heroes decide to kidnap the beautiful Parthian queen and spirit her to Syria to serve as a hostage.
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Hercules the Invincible
Title: Hercules the Invincible
Character: Hercules
Released: March 19, 1964
Type: Movie
Hercules battles to save the population from a giant dragon.
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Hercules vs. the Giant Warriors
Title: Hercules vs. the Giant Warriors
Character: Ercole
Released: January 30, 1964
Type: Movie
Hercules, having agreed to restore justice to Mycenae, confronts evil Prince Myles. The villain is invested with power over giant bronze warriors by his mother Pasiphaë, a sorceress in Hades. Myles assassinates the king and abducts his cousin, Queen Ate, through whom he plans to inherit the throne. Although Zeus temporarily removes Hercules' strength for killing Eurystheus, an innocent man framed by Myles, the god restores his powers. Hercules then saves Ate and destroys Myles, Pasiphaë, and the giant warriors.
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Zorikan The Barbarian
Title: Zorikan The Barbarian
Character: Zorikan
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
The Film Zorikan The Barbarian
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The Ten Gladiators
Title: The Ten Gladiators
Character: Roccia
Released: December 14, 1963
Type: Movie
Roccia and a band of fellow gladiators join forces with a patrician named Glaucus Valerius to replace Nero, (and his evil henchman, Tigelinus), with a new emperor: Servius Galba. During the course of this bloody struggle, the gladiators lose their mentor and trainer - Resius - and then must rescue Lidia, Resius' beautiful niece, from death on the cross.
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The Pirates of the Mississippi
Title: The Pirates of the Mississippi
Character: Blackfoot
Released: October 17, 1963
Type: Movie
European produced Western based on the novel by Friedrich Gerstäcker, set in the 19th century in a town on the banks of the Mississippi River. The area is plagued by a gang of pirates under the leadership of Captain Kelly, who live on an island in the river, from where they operate raids on passing steamboats and traders rafts, robbing them of their cargo and murdering the crews. Townspeople and settlers do their best to put an end to the crimes and rid themselves of the pirates and their daring leader.
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The Rebel Gladiators
Title: The Rebel Gladiators
Character: Ursus
Released: November 15, 1962
Type: Movie
In order to persuade the Emperor to spare his village, the mighty Ursus is forced to fight the greatest gladiator in Rome in the Roman Arena.
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Colossus of the Arena
Title: Colossus of the Arena
Character: Sidon
Released: September 13, 1962
Type: Movie
A powerful man posing as a gladiator in Rome's fourth century discovers a plan to put the beautiful Queen in prison, which he thwarts by exposing a sinister duke as a traitor.