Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Happy 70th Birthday Antoine Saint-John

Antoine Saint-John is best remembered as the Colonel Guttierez/Reza (credited as Antonio Domingo) in Sergio Leone's “Duck You Sucker” (1971). Again appearing in Leone's “My Name is Nobody” (1972) as Scape. Saint John was born on August 11, 1940 in Avignon, France where he became a stage actor until he turned to film in the early 1970s. He's remembered also as the German general in John Milius's “The Wind and the Lion” (1975) and Lucio Fulci's “The Beyond” (1981). Saint John has also appeared credited as Domingo Antoine, Jean-Michel Antoine and Antoine Michel. His unique face makes him hard to forget. Today we celebrate Antoine Saint-John's 70th birthday.

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