Demofilo Fidani
Director, Writer, Producer, Actor
February 8, 1914 — January 1, 1994 (79 years)
Demofilo Fidani (born 8 February 1914 on a steamship bound for Cagliari; died 4 April 1994) was an Italian film director (24 films), set designer (more than 200 films), painter, and a regarded medium and author.
As director, Fidani specialized in spaghetti westerns and used many different pseudonyms including Miles Deem, Lucky Dickinson, Alex Demos, and Danilo Dani. Many of his films were westerns, in which he used the names of well-known characters such as Butch Cassidy, Macho Callahan, Django and Sartana, as well as titles that were variations of popular titles. Besides his westerns, he directed crime films, sex comedies, and, in 1972, a giallo called A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services. Fidani's regular actors included Jack Betts (also known as Hunt Powers), Gordon Mitchell, Jeff Cameron and Klaus Kinski.
As director, Fidani specialized in spaghetti westerns and used many different pseudonyms including Miles Deem, Lucky Dickinson, Alex Demos, and Danilo Dani. Many of his films were westerns, in which he used the names of well-known characters such as Butch Cassidy, Macho Callahan, Django and Sartana, as well as titles that were variations of popular titles. Besides his westerns, he directed crime films, sex comedies, and, in 1972, a giallo called A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services. Fidani's regular actors included Jack Betts (also known as Hunt Powers), Gordon Mitchell, Jeff Cameron and Klaus Kinski.
Known For
Filmography
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| 1971 | Adios CompañerosOn Plex |
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| 1971 | Coffin Full of DollarsOn Plex |
| 1970 | Dead Men Don't Make ShadowsOn Plex |
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| 1976 | La professoressa di lingue · as Screenplay |
| 1975 | Furia nera · as Screenplay |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | Anything for a Friend · as Screenplay |
| 1972 | A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services · as Screenplay |
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| 1971 | Adios Compañeros · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
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| 1971 | Down with Your Hands... You Scum! · as Screenplay |
| 1971 | Coffin Full of Dollars · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1970 | Dead Men Don't Make ShadowsOn Plex |
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| 1970 | One Damned Day at Dawn... Django Meets Sartana! · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
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| 1968 | And Now... Make Your Peace with God · as Screenplay |
| 1968 | Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger! · as Screenplay |
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| 1971 | Adios CompañerosOn Plex |
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| 1969 | Four Came to Kill Sartana · as Prescot (uncredited) |
| 1969 | Passa Sartana... è l'ombra della tua morte · as Mayor |
| 1968 | And Now... Make Your Peace with God · as Jonathan Cooper |
| 1968 | Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger! · as Sheriff |
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| 1968 | Pray to God and Dig Your Grave · as Prescot (uncredited) |
| 1966 | Sicario 77, vivo o morto · as King's Lawyer |
| 1975 | So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious... · as Art Direction |
| 1975 | L'educanda · as Art Direction |
| 1970 | Hey, Amigo... Rest in Peace! · as Art Direction |
| 1969 | The Avenger, Zorro · as Art Direction |
| 1968 | And Now... Make Your Peace with God · as Production Design |
| 1968 | Run, Psycho, Run · as Production Designer |
| 1968 | Run, Psycho, Run · as Production Designer |
| 1968 | Pray to God and Dig Your Grave · as Set Decorator |
| 1967 | Last of the Badmen · as Set Decorator |
| 1967 | Poker with Pistols · as Art Direction |
| 1967 | Return of Django · as Production Design |
| 1967 | Pecos Cleans Up · as Production Designer |
| 1966 | My Name Is Pecos · as Production Design |
| 1966 | Operation White Shark · as Production Designer |
| 1966 | A Stroke of 1000 Millions · as Art Director |
| 1965 | Le sedicenni · as Production Designer |
| 1965 | Te lo leggo negli occhi · as Production Design |
| 1964 | The Road to Fort Alamo · as Art Direction |
| 1964 | Secret of the Sphinx · as Set Decorator |
| 1964 | The Masked Man Against the Pirates · as Production Designer |
| 1964 | The Monster of the Opera · as Production Design |
| 1964 | Crypt of the Vampire · as Production Design |
| 1964 | Death on the Fourposter · as Art Director |
| 1962 | Commando · as Costume Design |
| 1962 | Ultimatum alla vita · as Production Designer |
| 1948 | La Terra Trema · as Assistant Director Trainee |
| 1942 | A Pistol Shot · as Set Decorator |