- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 16, 1942
- Place of Birth
- Genoa, Liguria, Italy
- Died
- May 20, 2026
George Eastman
George Eastman (born Luigi Montefiori; August 16, 1942, died May 20, 2026) was an Italian B-movie actor and screenwriter. Eastman was born in Genoa, Italy. He took his Americanized alias "George Eastman" when he was cast as a "heavy" in many spaghetti westerns made in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1972 he performed the villain in the movie The Call of the Wild together with Charlton Heston (directed by Ken Annakin). Eastman later became a regular performer in many movies directed by Joe D'Amato, for whom he also became a screenwriter. He was a very familiar face in Italian B-cinema in the early 1980s, being generally cast as the villain, thanks to his height (he is 6'9" tall) and his dark and menacing looks and exaggerated acting style. His most famous movie is the gory horror film Anthropophagous, directed by Joe D'Amato in 1980. He appeared in the 1985 biblical film King David a…
Filmography
movieThe Unassuming Journeyman: The Exploitation Express of Ferdinando Baldi
2025
Shoot Me: The Real Story of the Italian Texas Gladiators
movieShoot Me: The Real Story of the Italian Texas Gladiators
2024 · self
Nightmare Delirium
movieNightmare Delirium
2024 · self
Joe, the Monster and Me
movieJoe, the Monster and Me
2024 · self
Two Meters of Fear: A Featurette by Eugenio Ercolani
movieTwo Meters of Fear: A Featurette by Eugenio Ercolani
2024 · self
The Grim Reaper
movieThe Grim Reaper
2024 · self
When Luigi met George
movieWhen Luigi met George
2024 · self
I'm Not a Guru
movieI'm Not a Guru
2023 · self
movieAnthropophagus II
2023 · Original Film Writer
After the Bomb
movieAfter the Bomb
2021 · self
The Ballad of Ben & Charlie
movieThe Ballad of Ben & Charlie
2021 · self
movieInferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
2021 · Self (archive footage)
The Other Side of the Mirror
movieThe Other Side of the Mirror
2019 · self
The Return of the Grim Reaper
movieThe Return of the Grim Reaper
2018 · self
Don't Fear the Man-Eater
movieDon't Fear the Man-Eater
2018 · self
Ari & Me
movieAri & Me
2017 · self
The Eastman Chronicles
movieThe Eastman Chronicles
2017
The Absurd Files
movieThe Absurd Files
2017 · self
movieOmega Rising: Remembering Joe D'Amato
2017 · Self
Stories from the Bathtub
movieStories from the Bathtub
2016 · self
tvDie schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
2013 · Jacko (archive footage)
movieCaldo criminale
2010 · Teleplay
Tales from the Rails
movieTales from the Rails
2009 · self
movieI Will Return
2009 · Teleplay
movieFuga per la libertà - L'aviatore
2008 · Writer
movieIo ti assolvo
2008 · Writer
Spilling Their Guts: An Interview with Zora Kerova and George Eastman
movieSpilling Their Guts: An Interview with Zora Kerova and George Eastman
2005 · self
How to Get Action Into Truth
movieHow to Get Action Into Truth
2005 · self
tvThe Heart in the Well
2005 · Teleplay
movieChristmas Rematch
2004 · Stefano Bertoni
movieUno Bianca
2001 · Idea, Script, Story, Writer, Screenplay
tvWhite Uno
2001 · Teleplay
movieJoe D'Amato Totally Uncut: The Horror Experience
2001 · Self
Porno Holocaust - Die Filme des Joe D'Amato
moviePorno Holocaust - Die Filme des Joe D'Amato
2001 · (archive footage)
movieJoe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience
1999 · Self
movieTower of the First Born
1998 · Story
tvDesert of Fire
1997 · Writer
movieAl centro dell'area di rigore
1996 · Tulipano
movieRabid Dogs
1995 · Trentadue
tvThe Maharaja's Daughter
1995 · Writer
movieBeyond Justice
1992 · Writer
tvThe Law of the Desert
1991 · Writer
movieMetamorphosis
1990 · Man in the office, Writer, Director
movieOn a Moonlit Night
1989 · Zaccarias
movieDelirium: Photo of Gioia
1987 · Alex
movieThe Barbarians
1987 · Jacko
movieStage Fright
1987 · Irving Wallace (mask scenes only), Screenplay
Polar
moviePolar
1987
movieChristmas Present
1986 · Stefano Bertoni
movieDetective School Dropouts
1986 · Bruno Falcone
movieHands of Steel
1986 · Raul Morales
movieKing David
1985 · Goliath
movieBlastfighter
1984 · Tom
movieEndgame
1983 · Kurt Karnak
movie2019: After the Fall of New York
1983 · Big Ape
movieEmanuelle's Perverse Outburst
1983 · Jacob (archive footage)
movieThe New Barbarians
1983 · One
movie2020 Texas Gladiators
1983 · Writer, Director, Story
movieIronmaster
1983 · Vood
movie1990: The Bronx Warriors
1982 · Golem
movieCaligula: The Untold Story
1982 · Writer
movieAbsurd
1981 · Mikos Stenopolis, Writer
moviePorno Holocaust
1981 · Dr. Lemoir, Writer
movieErotic Nights of the Living Dead
1980 · Larry O'Hara, Screenplay, Story
movieAnthropophagous
1980 · Klaus Wortmann / Antropophagus, Screenplay, Story, Producer
movieExotic Malice
1980 · Voyakis, Writer
movieTerror Express
1980 · Writer
movieHard Sensation
1980 · Clyde, Writer
movieThe Great Alligator
1979 · Story
movieEscape from Women's Prison
1978 · Writer
movieThe Exhibitionist
1978 · Writer
movieAmerican Fever
1978 · , Writer
movieThat Strange Desire to Love
1977 · Rocco, Writer
movieEmanuelle Around the World
1977 · Guru Shanti
movieSawed-Off Shotgun
1977 · Screenplay
movieVow of Chastity
1976 · Story, Screenplay
movieBlood and Bullets
1976 · Dan Caputo
movieKeoma
1976 · Screenplay, Story
movieDog Lay Afternoon
1976 · Writer
movieCelestina
1976 · Calisto (as Luigi Montefiori)
movieLove Sacrifice
1976 · Story
movieHouse of Pleasure for Women
1976 · Simbad (as Luigi Montefiori)
movieThe Tiger From the River Kwai
1975 · James
movieEmanuelle and Françoise
1975 · Carlo
movieRed Coat
1975 · Writer
movieTrouble in Istamboel
1974 · Johnny Valenti / Merdiven
movieThe Three Musketeers of the West
1973 · MacAthos
movieBaba Yaga
1973 · Arno Treves
movieScalawag
1973 · Don Aragon
movieThe Call of the Wild
1972 · Black Burton
movieBen & Charlie
1972 · Charlie Logan, Screenplay
movieVendetta at Dawn
1971 · Doctor George Benton
movieBastard, Go and Kill
1971 · Chaco
movieThe Unholy Four
1970 · Hondo, Writer
movieBoot Hill
1969 · Baby Doll
movieSatyricon
1969 · Minotauro
movieBootleggers
1969 · McGowan - L'Irlandese
movieOSS 117 Murder for Sale
1968 · Karas
movieHate Thy Neighbor
1968 · Gary Stevens
movieThe Belle Starr Story
1968 · Blackie
movieDjango, Prepare a Coffin
1968 · Lucas
movieThe Last Killer
1967 · Ramón / Chico
moviePoker with Pistols
1967 · Lucas
movieDjango Kills Softly
1967 · Django
movieThe Cobra
1967 · Crane
movieMy Name Is Pecos
1966
movieDjango Shoots First
1966 · Jeff Kluster (uncredited)