West Buchanan

West Buchanan

Born in October 1934, Buchanan made his first listed appearance late, at the age of 31 in the 1975 film C.I.A. Secret Story, directed by the arch provocateur Giuseppe Ferrara. Before this, however, he had already been active in Italian cinema for almost half a decade – much like many anonymous American adventurers – as a stuntman and extra, sometimes using the name Buck West. His part in C.I.A. Secret Story was largely insignificant, and although he played a named character in Edward Dmytryk’s big-budget spy film The Human Factor he was just one of a number of jobbing Americans buried deep in the credits (including a very young Danny Huston, who was only thirteen at the time). More fleeting appearances followed – in Pupi Avati’s Bordella, Dino Risi’s Telefoni bianchi – before he secured his first major role in Mino Guerrini’s comedy Vinella e Don Pezzotta, based on a successful radio play and starring Giorgio Bracardi. A religious parody, the third billed Buchanan played Padre Splendid, a modernizing priest sent to Italy from the States. Next came his best known roles, internationally at least: three appearances in the series of cheapskate Star Wars rip offs directed by Alfonso Brescia. In War of the Planets he was again third billed, playing space captain John Richardson’s engineer and right hand man as he battles a giant, malevolent robot. It’s not a good film by any means, but with his stocky build and shocking blonde hair Buchanan made an impression. He was back for Battle of the Stars, although this time round only in a cameo role as a pilot and friend of space captain John Richardson, again battling a (different) giant, malevolent robot. Finally came another guest spot in War of the Robots, this time as an associate of space captain Antonio Sabato as he battles several malevolent if not particularly giant robots. Around this time there were other films as well. He popped up in Lina Wertmuller’s A Night Full of Rain (78), Pier Carpi’s gothic horror film Ring of Darkness, in which he played the husband of the protagonist Anne Heywood, Nino Manfredi’s Nudo di donna and the Giorgio Bontempi’s ambitious espionage thriller Spy Connection (83), which was made for TV but also released on video in a shorter theatrical version. In the early eighties he moved back to America, where he starred in David Hess’s slasher movie To All a Goodnight (80) and well down the credits in Walter Hill’s epic western The Long Riders. A handful of small roles followed in low budget films before he made his bow in Rex Pickett’s obscure 1988 production From Hollywood to Deadwood. Buchanan died aged 61 in 1995.

  • Title: West Buchanan
  • Popularity: 1.175
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1934-10-16
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  • Also Known As: John West Buchanan
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West Buchanan Movies

  • 1979
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    Ring of Darkness

    Ring of Darkness

    5.1 1979 HD

    Once a Satanist who surrendered her soul and body to the devil himself, Carlotta Rhodes begins to regret her tryst with Lucifer when her teenage...

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  • 1980
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    The Long Riders

    The Long Riders

    6.7 1980 HD

    The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin...

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  • 1977
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    War of the Planets

    War of the Planets

    3.5 1977 HD

    A strange signal arrives on the Earth disturbing all communications, while an UFO appears above the Antarctic sea. Captain Alex Hamilton is sent with...

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  • 1980
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    I'm Getting a Yacht

    I'm Getting a Yacht

    5 1980 HD

    A dentist buys a small yacht and takes his two children on a cruise of the Mediterranean. His ex-wife stows away to keep an eye on the children and...

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  • 1989
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    Buy & Cell

    Buy & Cell

    5.1 1989 HD

    Herbie Altman is framed for Stock fraud by his boss when the SEC starts investigating his company. Sent to prison, he helps a fellow inmate...

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  • 1980
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    To All a Goodnight

    To All a Goodnight

    4.642 1980 HD

    A group of teenagers at a party find themselves being stalked by a maniacal killer in a Santa Claus costume.

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  • 1981
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    Portrait of a Nude Woman

    Portrait of a Nude Woman

    5.5 1981 HD

    Sandro is a Roman adrift in Venice during Carnival. As he enters midlife, he argues with his wife of sixteen years more often than they laugh or make...

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  • 1984
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    One Hundred Days in Palermo

    One Hundred Days in Palermo

    6.893 1984 HD

    In the late 1970s and early 80s, assassinations in Sicily get the attention of Communist deputy, Pio La Torre, who appeals to General Carlo Alberto...

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  • 1978
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    The War of the Robots

    The War of the Robots

    3.2 1978 HD

    An alien civilization, which facing eminent extinction, kidnaps two famous genetic scientists from Earth. A troop of soldiers is dispatched to combat...

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  • 1978
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    Battle of the Stars

    Battle of the Stars

    2.3 1978 HD

    An alien vessel manages to break the earth defense systems. Captain Layton is sent to investigate and find the invaders. Together with friends from...

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  • 1978
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    A Night Full of Rain

    A Night Full of Rain

    5.5 1978 HD

    Lizzy, a liberated American photographer, falls for narrow-minded journalist Paolo. Then finds she can't live with him or without him.

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  • 1976
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    The Big Operator

    The Big Operator

    4.455 1976 HD

    The aging villain Émile Morland talks his old friend Aristide into helping him with to kidnap the son of a millionaire.

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  • 1976
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    Vinella e Don Pezzotta

    Vinella e Don Pezzotta

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1976
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    The Career of a Chambermaid

    The Career of a Chambermaid

    4.8 1976 HD

    This slight skewering of the mindset of the Fascist era when Italy’s “White Telephone” films (conservative minded sophisticated...

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  • 1975
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    The Human Factor

    The Human Factor

    5.7 1975 HD

    After his family is brutally murdered for an unknown reason, a computer engineer sets out to find those responsible.

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  • 1980
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    To All a Goodnight

    To All a Goodnight

    4.642 1980 HD

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  • 2021
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    Bridesman

    Bridesman

    1 2021 HD

    In the hilarious first series produced by Grindr, Jimmy Fowlie stars as Terry, the man-of-honor intent on stealing away his best friend...

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