Tony Anthony (actor)
Tony Anthony | |
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Anthony as "The Stranger" during the production of A Stranger in Town (1967) | |
| Born | Tony Roger Petitto October 16, 1937 |
| Other names | Tony Petitto |
| Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon School of Drama |
| Occupation(s) | Film actor, producer, screenwriter, director |
| Years active | 1959–1998 |
| Partner | Luciana Paluzzi (1960s–1970s) |
Tony Anthony (born Tony Roger Petitto; October 16, 1937) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter and director best known for his starring roles in Spaghetti Westerns, most of which were produced with the aid of his friends and associates Allen Klein and Saul Swimmer. These films consist of The Stranger series – A Stranger in Town (1967), The Stranger Returns (1967), The Silent Stranger (1968) and Get Mean (1975) – and the Zatoichi-inspired Blindman (1971). Anthony also wrote, produced and starred in Comin' at Ya! (1981) and Treasure of the Four Crowns (1983), the first film being largely credited with beginning the 1980s revival of 3D films in Hollywood.