Craig Hill (born Craig Hill Fowler; March 5, 1926 – April 21, 2014) was an American film actor from Los Angeles, California. Since the mid-1960s, he predominantly acted in European films.
Career He was educated in Los Angeles and enrolled the United States Navy. Hill began his film career as a contract star for 20th Century Fox beginning with Cheaper by the Dozen. He also appeared in Sam Fuller's Fixed Bayonets (1951) and John Ford's What Price Glory as well as in a key role opposite Kirk Douglas in the 1951 crime drama Detective Story. After leaving Fox, he co-starred in Universal's The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) and appeared in several American television shows.
Hill is best known for co-starring in the Desilu Studios television series Whirlybirds from 1957 to 1960, playing "P.T. Moore". In the mid-1960s, he moved to Spain and gained a new series of fans as a lead actor in several Spaghetti Westerns beginning with Hands of a Gunfighter (1965). In 1978 he settled in Begur and starred in several Euro Horror films as well, including The Bloodstained Shadow (1978) and The Monsters of Terror (1970).
Personal life and death Actor Ray Stricklyn says that he met Hill about Christmas 1955, and the two spent a year together in a romantic relationship. Sticklyn says he broke up with Hill after he discovered Hill was seeing another man.
In 1990, Hill wed Catalan fashion model and actress Teresa Gimpera, his co-star in the 1966 Spanish film Black Box Affair.
Craig Hill died in Barcelona on April 21, 2014, at the age of 88.
Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes 1950Cheaper by the DozenTom BlackUncreditedAll About EveLeading Man 1951Detective StoryArthur KindredFixed Bayonets!Lt. Gibbs 1952The Outcasts of Poker FlatTom DakinWhat Price Glory?Lt. Aldrich1953The I Don't Care GirlKeene 1954Siege at Red RiverLt. BradenThe Black Shield of FalworthFrancis Gascoyne1956Anything GoesDannyUncredited1957Tammy and the BachelorErnie1958Lafayette EscadrilleLufberyUncredited 1961You Have to Run FastFrank HarlowThe Flight that DisappearedTom Endicott 1962Deadly DuoPreston 'Pres' Morgan 1965Hands of a GunfighterDan Murphy 1966Taste for KillingHank FellowsFollow Me, Boys!Leo as a ManUncreditedBlack Box AffairJohnny GrantThe SwingerSammy Jenkins 1967Adios, HombreWill Flaherty15 forche per un assassinoBilly MackRic e Gian alla conquista del WestStuart 1968I Want Him DeadClaytonBury Them DeepCliveNo Graves on Boot HillJerry1969Las amigasEduardo 1970The Monsters of Terror (aka Dracula vs. Frankenstein)Inspector TobermannAoomWhen Heroes DieCapitán Richard Harvey 1971And the Crows Will Dig Your GraveJeff SullivanIn nome del padre, del figlio e della ColtSheriff Bill Nolan / Mace CassidyDrummer of VengeanceOconner 1972Bada alla tua pelle, Spirito Santo!Col. John MillsMy Horse, My Gun, Your WidowDoctor Janus SaxonGo Away! Trinity Has Arrived in EldoradoEldoradoUn animale chiamato uomoMark Forester1973Corte marzialeColonel 1974Cinco almohadas para una nocheAndrés, amante #5El refugio del miedoBob1977Emanuelle Around the WorldDisfigured-Face ManUncredited 1978Stringimi forte papàThe Bloodstained Shadow (aka Solamente Nero)Don Paolo1980Estigma 1983Victòria! La gran aventura d'un pobleTinent Coronel BrugueteVictòria! 2: La disbauxa del 171984Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa1985Escapada final (Scapegoat)Andreu1987AngustiaDoctor at Hospital 1989La Chute des aigles (Fall of Eagles)Major Holbachdirected by Jesus FrancoLa bahía esmeralda (Emerald Bay)Jonathan Perrydirected by Jesus Franco 1991Lolita al desnudoDon JoséEscrit als estels 1994General Holmes¿Culpable de qué?Ciudad Baja (Downtown Heat)D. Migueldirected by Jesus Franco 2002Food of LoveIzzyEl segundo nombreTheodore Logan2003Platillos volantesDirector Coca-Cola(final film role)
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