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name: "John Kitzmiller"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 December 1913"
died: "23 February 1965"
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average_as: "actor"
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# John Kitzmiller

Actor. Born 4 December 1913 in Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S.. Died 23 February 1965.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 December 1913, Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S.
- **Died:** 23 February 1965
- **Also known as:** Jonny Kitzmiller, John Kitzmuller, Джон Китцмиллер
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kitzmiller, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1281640, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0457839/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9876

## Biography

John Kitzmiller (4 December 1913 – 23 February 1965) was an American actor who worked primarily in Italy and other parts of Europe. He is best known for playing Quarrel in the James Bond film *Dr. No* (1962).

Born in Battle Creek, Michigan, Kitzmiller studied chemical engineering at the University of Michigan before serving as a captain in the US Army during the Second World War. He remained in Italy after the war and began acting in Italian neorealist films, including *Without Pity* (1948) and *Variety Lights* (1950). In 1957 he became the first Black actor to win the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, for his performance in the Yugoslav film *Valley of Peace* (1956). He appeared in an estimated 40 European films.

Kitzmiller died in Rome of a liver ailment. He had married Dusica Bejic in 1964.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, jamesbond.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dr. No* (1962), Fi1m 77, as Quarrel — [page](https://film.one/film/dr-no.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Uncle Tom's Cabin* (1976), as Uncle Tom (archive)
- *Uncle Tom's Cabin* (1965), as Uncle Tom
- *Una vita in gioco* (1965), series, as Un cliente della Citanguette
- *The Sword of the Rebellion* (1964), as Ali
- *Indians in the Northwest* (1964), Acting
- *Cave of the Living Dead* (1964), as John
- *Tiger of the Seven Seas* (1962), as Serpente
- *Blood and Defiance* (1962), Acting
- *Dr. No* (1962), as Quarrel — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/dr-no.md)
- *The Son of Captain Blood* (1962), as Moses
- *Mars, God of War* (1962), as Afros
- *Totòtruffa '62* (1961), as L'ambasciatore del Katonga
- *Revolt of the Mercenaries* (1961), as Tago
- *La corona di fuoco* (1961), as Akim
- *Pirates of the Coast* (1960), as Rock
- *Seven in the Sun* (1960), as Salvador
- *Two Savages at Court* (1959), as Kato
- *Pensione Edelweiss* (1959), as Bougron
- *Lost Souls* (1959), as Luca
- *Aphrodite, Goddess of Love* (1958), as Tomore
- *The Naked Earth* (1958), as David
- *The Mysteries of Paris* (1957), as Lo Squartatore
- *A vent'anni è sempre festa* (1957), Acting
- *Valley of Peace* (1956), as Sgt. Jim
- *Il nostro campione* (1955), as Coach Raimondo
- *Lacrime d'amore* (1954), Acting
- *Bitter Waters* (1954), as Mezzanotte
- *Big Farewell* (1954), Acting
- *Desiderio 'e sole* (1954), as Domestico di Sirovich
- *Quai des blondes* (1954), as Michel
- *I Sing for You* (1954), Acting
- *Non vogliamo morire* (1954), as John - il timoniere
- *Foreign Earth* (1954), Acting
- *Frine cortigiana d'Oriente* (1953), as Nabus
- *Trouble for the Legion* (1953), as Djalmar
- *La peccatrice dell'isola* (1952), as Abul - il pescatore negro
- *Massacre in Lace* (1952), as Rocky Saddler
- *Wolves Hunt at Night* (1952), as Le domestique noir de Miguel
- *Delitto al luna park* (1952), Acting
- *Variety Lights* (1950), as Trumpet Player Johnny
- *La forza del destino* (1950), as Lo scudiero moro
- *Monastero di Santa Chiara* (1949), as nero
- *Ti ritroverò* (1949), as The MP
- *Without Pity* (1948), as Jerry
- *Tombolo* (1947), as Jack
- *To Live in Peace* (1947), as Joe

## Gallery

- ![John Kitzmiller](https://film.one/media/person/1025228/gallery-845c5f5e2c09.jpg) John Kitzmiller — Indeciso42 at the Italian Wikipedia project., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/John_Kitzmiller_54.jpg/1280px-John_Kitzmiller_54.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![John Kitzmiller in Ewelyne Wohlfeiler skupni portreti. 1956](https://film.one/media/person/1025228/gallery-50aad237b6d0.jpg) John Kitzmiller in Ewelyne Wohlfeiler skupni portreti. 1956 — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/John_Kitzmiller_and_Ewelyne_Wohlfeiler_1956_1.jpg/1280px-John_Kitzmiller_and_Ewelyne_Wohlfeiler_1956_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![John Kitzmiller](https://film.one/media/person/1025228/gallery-23d53f5d31fd.jpg) John Kitzmiller — Image via TMDB
- ![John Kitzmiller](https://film.one/media/person/1025228/gallery-9a34b16427ed.jpg) John Kitzmiller — Image via TMDB

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