Walter Brandi

Walter Brandi
Born	Walter Bigari[1] (1928-01-24)January 24, 1928 Pergola, Marche, Italy.
Died	May 28, 1996(1996-05-28) (aged 68) Rome, Lazio, Italy.
Other names	Walter Brandt[2][3]

Walter Bigari (born January 24, 1928 – May 28, 1996) better known by his stage name Walter Brandi was an Italian actor. In his book on European exploitation films, Danny Shipka described Brandi as "one of the first de facto stars of Italian horror/exploitation", while noting he was never as popular as Christopher Lee, Barbara Steele or Peter Cushing.^[4] He predominantly acted in genre films in the 1960s.^[4] Brandi died in May 28th, 1996.^[5]

Title	Year	Credited as				Role	Notes	Refs.
		Actor	Screenwriter	Story author	Producer
The Vampire and the Ballerina	1960	Yes				Herman		[6]
The Playgirls and the Vampire	1960	Yes				Count Gabor Kernassy, The Vampire		[7]
Slaughter of the Vampires	1962	Yes				Marquis Wolfgang		[8]
Three Swords for Rome	1964	Yes						[9]
Terror-Creatures from the Grave	1965	Yes				Albert Kovacs		[10]
Bloody Pit of Horror	1965	Yes				Rick		[11][12]
Kommissar X – Drei goldene Schlangen	1969	Yes				Mr Landru		[13][14]
Wanted Sabata	1970				Yes			[15]
The Devil's Wedding Night	1973		Yes	Yes			Also production manager	[16][17]

• Curti, Roberto (2015). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957–1969. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1989-7.
• Curti, Roberto (2017). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970-1979. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476629605.
• Grant, Kevin (2011). Any Gun Can Play. Fab Press. ISBN 9781903254615.
• Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.
• Lentz, Harris M. (1998). Obituaries in the Performing Art, 1997. McFarland & Company. p. 20. ISBN 0786404604.
• Shipka, Danny (2011). Perverse Titillation: The Exploitation Cinema of Italy, Spain and France, 1960–1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-4888-3.

• Walter Brandi at IMDb