Ray Lovelock(1950-2017)
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Handsome, charming, and versatile actor Ray Lovelock was born on June
19, 1950 in Rome, Italy to an Italian mother and English father.
Lovelock's father was an allied British soldier who in 1944 liberated
Italy from a fascist regime. Ray's father met and eventually married
his mother while stationed in Italy. Lovelock was the third of four sons
and the only artist of the quartet. Ray first became interested in
acting while attending college as a teenager. He began as an extra in
both movies and TV commercials to make extra money. An acting agent
discovered Ray performing in the Roman nightclub the Piper in a rock
band with longtime friend and fellow thespian Tomas Milian. This led
to his first role in the spaghetti Western Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967).
However, it
was Ray's part in the hugely successful The Violent Four (1968) that really
launched his acting career. Lovelock was fine as David, a free-spirited
hippie drifter who falls under the seductive spell of three sexy
witches in the eerie Queens of Evil (1970) (besides playing the lead in this
picture, Ray also sang the haunting folk theme song. Lovelock sung
the title tracks for many films that he appeared in throughout the years.)
He was likewise excellent as reluctant hero George in the terrific
zombie horror cult classic Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)
and as Mimsy Farmer's smooth race car driver lover Edgar in the morbid
giallo Autopsy (1975). Ray gave a memorably slimy performance as apathetic
criminal gang leader Aldo in the brutal The Last House on the Beach (1978).
Lovelock had a recurring role as surgeon Dr. Hans Rudolf on the Italian
TV series "Incantesimo." His wife Gioia was also his agent. They met in
1968 and got married in 1970. Their daughter Francesca Lovelock
was born in 1971 and works as an assistant director and production manager in Naples. An avid
soccer lover, Ray served as the captain of an Italian actors
soccer team who played soccer matches to raise money for charity. Lovelock died of cancer at age 67 on November 10, 2017.
19, 1950 in Rome, Italy to an Italian mother and English father.
Lovelock's father was an allied British soldier who in 1944 liberated
Italy from a fascist regime. Ray's father met and eventually married
his mother while stationed in Italy. Lovelock was the third of four sons
and the only artist of the quartet. Ray first became interested in
acting while attending college as a teenager. He began as an extra in
both movies and TV commercials to make extra money. An acting agent
discovered Ray performing in the Roman nightclub the Piper in a rock
band with longtime friend and fellow thespian Tomas Milian. This led
to his first role in the spaghetti Western Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967).
However, it
was Ray's part in the hugely successful The Violent Four (1968) that really
launched his acting career. Lovelock was fine as David, a free-spirited
hippie drifter who falls under the seductive spell of three sexy
witches in the eerie Queens of Evil (1970) (besides playing the lead in this
picture, Ray also sang the haunting folk theme song. Lovelock sung
the title tracks for many films that he appeared in throughout the years.)
He was likewise excellent as reluctant hero George in the terrific
zombie horror cult classic Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)
and as Mimsy Farmer's smooth race car driver lover Edgar in the morbid
giallo Autopsy (1975). Ray gave a memorably slimy performance as apathetic
criminal gang leader Aldo in the brutal The Last House on the Beach (1978).
Lovelock had a recurring role as surgeon Dr. Hans Rudolf on the Italian
TV series "Incantesimo." His wife Gioia was also his agent. They met in
1968 and got married in 1970. Their daughter Francesca Lovelock
was born in 1971 and works as an assistant director and production manager in Naples. An avid
soccer lover, Ray served as the captain of an Italian actors
soccer team who played soccer matches to raise money for charity. Lovelock died of cancer at age 67 on November 10, 2017.