This page is dedicated to Morton Schwartz.
An almost forgotten B-Movie Actor,who
appeard in numerous weird Euro-Exploitation movies,such as "Lazarus2000" or "Die Superspezialisten".
Morton Schwartz, an american actor, appeard mostly in Euro-Exploitation movies, more often in C than in B-movies. He made his debut in the low-budget
Horror-flick "Vampires,Inc." in 1963. By the late 60s, however, he could see the writing on the wall as his career was going nowhere. So he moved to Europe
to work in the Italian Film Industry. Mostly in cheap spaghetti-westerns.
"Django contro Dio" became a cult movie among students in 1968,but was banned and got lost. Only the german trailer did survive the years.
In the 70s he starred in two german crime movies as the bad guy.
In the early 80s he made his succesful films "Lazarus2000", a post-apocalyptic
doomsday picture, and "Invisible Men" a stylish giallo.
Got married in 1982 to actress/model Francesca Rocca, who died several weeks
later under mysterious circumstances.
Morton Schwartz started heavy drinking and it was, as if he became a Phantom
himself, like the character he used to play in his best films.
During the shooting of the Indiana Jones Rip-Off "Amazonas Joe", he disapperad. That was in 1984.
See the rare in-official "Vampires,Inc." sequel. Starring Morton Schwartz. Rod Serling saw "Vampires Inc." and wanted something similar for his show "The Twilight Zone". This is what he got. It was never shown. It was too experimental and disturbing. Sadly the quality is a bit poor but this is the only existing copy.
See the rare trailer to this sleazy and grim video nasty
which got banned in 1983. It is the follow-up to the critically
acclaimed classic “ Night of the Hunterâ€, set in the Red-light
district of Metro-City during the early eighties.
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In 1983 Morton Schwartz starred in this italian/french
co-production, an unconventional look at the giallo-genre
with references to the classic Invisible Man Movies of the 30's.
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Morton Schwartz FilmographyVampires, Inc. ( Alarm auf Planet Dracula ) USA 1963 .
Paranoism ( The Conspiracy ), USA 1965.
Django Contro Dio, Italy/West-Germany 1968 .
Soeldner Kennen Keine Gnade ( Zombie Schock 2 ), Nebenrolle, West-Germany/Austria 1972 .
Der Killer Von Der Reeperbahn, West-Germany 1974 .
The Beyonder, West-Germany/Switzerland 1977 .
Star Crash, supporting role, USA/Italy 1979 (uncredited) .
Dawn Of The Hunter, USA/Italy 1979.
Lazarus 2000, Italy 1980 .
The Blood Car, USA 1981 .
Die Superspezialisten, West-Germany 1983 .
Invisible Men, Italy/France/USA 1984 .
Amazonas Joe, Italy/Brasil 1984 (unfinished) .