- William Berger (actor)
William Berger (also mentioned as Bill Berger or Wilhelm Berger) (born Wilhelm Thomas Berger on
January 20 ,1928 inInnsbruck ,Austria –October 2 ,1993 inLos Angeles ,USA , ofprostate cancer ) was a Europeanactor , mostly associated with Euro orspaghetti Western s andtravel documentaries .A former roommate with
Keith Richards , His earliest work was in Broadway theater, but while visitingItaly , he was cast in his first Western, "Break Up" in 1965. A series of westerns followed, including "Faccia a faccia " (1967), "Today We Kill Tomorrow We Die " (1968,If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death " (1968), "The Sabata Trilogy " (1969) and "Keoma" (1975). He also starred inFive Dolls for an August Moon .In the early 1970s, Berger spent some time in an Italian prison, wrongly accused of possession of
hashish andcocaine , but resumed his acting career after his release. His later fare includedLove Letters from a Portuguese Nun (1977) - inspired in "Letters of a Portuguese Nun " byMariana Alcoforado -, Hercules (1983), "Devil Fish" (1984), "The Brother from Space" (1988), "Dial Help" (1988) and "The King's Whore" (1990). His 1985 memoirs, "Half Way Home", recount his life to that point.Marriage and children
He married a couple of times.He had two daughters with his first wife:
Carin Berger (1952) and actressDebra Berger (March 17 ,1957 ). He had his first son -Wendell Nelson Berger - inDecember 28 ,1973 . By second wifesongstress ,singer ,songwriter andactress Hanja Kochansky he had two children: a daughter actressKatya Berger and a sonchild actor Kasimir Berger (born inLondon onOctober 7 ,1974 ), who starred with his father in the TVmini-series "Christopher Columbus" (1985) as Diego as a Child, in "Tuareg - Il guerriero del deserto " (1984) (uncredited) as Gacel's Son and with his mother and sister in "Rosso sangue" (1981) as Willy Bennett. OnJune 21 ,1975 he had his last sonAlexander Völz withDörte Völz .He had no children with his last wife, Linda Berger.External links
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* [http://www.geneall.net/U/per_page.php?id=522089 William Berger on a genealogical site]
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