Sullen faced blonde Frederico Boido was born in 1938 at Novi Ligure, Alessandria, Piemonte in Italy. He became a familiar character in European films from sci-fi to westerns and was a charter cast member of SADISTIK. Usually playing a deranged psycho, he has the honor of having been killed by space vampires and cowboys as well as dark comics icons Diabolik and SADISTIK (many times)!

    At 26, his first film was a standard peplum (sword & sandal) epic of the era, Sansone e il tesoro degli Incas (known in the US as Hercules and the Treasure of the Incas). It also co-starred future SADISTIK actor, Franco Jamonte. Next Boido was is a three-segment film called Thrilling that had an episode based on the dark, Diabolik-inspired character Sadik.

    After some uncredited appearances in some spy films, Rico Boido made a splash on the screen in the atmospheric Mario Bava film Terrore nello spazio (Planet of Vampires, 1965) as a zombie astronaut.


Rico Boido in some fun films ranging from a zombie 'vampire' astronaut in Planet of the Vampires to a hitman in Danger: Diabolik and Superfly T.N.T.


Trailer for Planet of the Vampires!
  
    From the first issue in 1966, Rico Boido appeared in the SADISTIK adventures while still menacing the film screen. A prime ingredient in spaghetti westerns, Rico was also a hood in Bava’s incredible Danger: Diabolik. He had a memorable role as a henchman who casually plugs a bullet hole in a jet cabin with a wad of chewing gum. Boido made a cameo in Frederico Fellini’s wild Toby Dammit segment in Histoires extraordinaires (Spirits of the Dead, 1968).

    For the next ten years Boido mostly showed up as a gunslinger in a series of Trinity, Sartana, Django and Sabata westerns, though he did have a presence as a hitman in 1973’s Superfly T.N.T.


(L) Rico plays with his pet scorpion in They Call Me Hallelujah along with some poster from his other spaghetti westerns.

    Following is a translation of information on Rico Boido that was first printed in the Italian Killing No. 21 (July 1967) along with his filmography. Further down the page are some of his movies on sale on DVD and video.

    Well-known film actor, tall, thin, with a gaunt, hollowed out face, Rico Boido is a very efficient visage for our SADISTIK.  A character that it is not easily forgotten when he appears in the guise of the ‘damned assassin,' a fierce torturer that kills for cash.

    It does not seem necessary to describe the determined face of this young and already celebrated film actor.  ‘Hard.'  ‘Treacherous,’ ‘ruthless' and ‘corrupted,' are all adjectives that appear obvious for the intelligent ‘grim expression' of this world-worn actor.  We see him transformed from a ‘cosmonaut' when possessed by an invisible nemesis in the film ‘Terrore nello Spazio <Planet of the Vampires>.'  Two other famous films that carried him to success and fame for his intelligent interpretations in ‘7 Winchesters per un massacro <Seven Winchesters for a Massacre aka Blake's Marauders>' and ‘Thrilling.'

Rico Boido from Hercules and the Treasure of the Incas, Seven Winchesters for a Massacre and Thrilling, along with a picture of him sporting a threatening goatee. Photos from Killing No. 21. Rico was recently interviewed for the new documentary The Diabolikal Super-Kriminal and we hope to have updated photos and interviews soon!

RICO BOIDO FILMOGRAPHY
Filmography courtesy of imdb.com
Date of birth (location)
1938
Novi Ligure, Alessandria, Piemonte, Italy
Sometimes Credited As:
Rick Boido / Rico Boido / Rich Boyd / Rick Boyd / Rik Boyd / Ryck Boyd

Actor

  1. Due croci, Le (1988) (TV) (as Rick Boyd)
    ... aka Im Schatten des Kreuzes (West Germany)
  2. Joan Lui - ma un giorno nel paese arrivo io di lunedì (1985) (as Rico Boido) .... Medico
    ... aka Joan Lui (West Germany)
    ... aka Joan Lui - Eines Tages werde ich kommen und es wird Montag sein (West Germany)
  3. No alla violenza (1977) (as Rick Boyd)
    ... aka Death Hunt (International: English title: video title)
  4. Donna chiamata Apache, Una (1976) (as Rick Boyd)
    ... aka Apache Woman (Australia: video title)
  5. Brigitte, Laura, Ursula, Monica, Raquel, Litz, Florinda, Barbara, Claudia, e Sofia le chiamo tutte... anima mia (1974)
  6. Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza? (1973) (as Rick Boyd)
    ... aka Bruto, el listo y el capitán, El (Spain)
    ... aka Here We Go Again, Eh Providence? (USA)
  7. Partirono preti, tornarono... curati (1973) (as Rick Boyd)
    ... aka Halleluja to Vera Cruz (USA)
  8. Amico mio, frega tu... che frego io! (1973) (as Rick Boyd)
    ... aka Anything for a Friend (USA)
  9. Canterbury No. 2 - nuove storie d'amore del '300 (1973) (as Rik Boyd)
    ... aka Tales of Canterbury
  10. Super Fly T.N.T. (1973) (as Rik Boyd) .... Rik, a Mercenary
  11. Due fratelli (1972) (as Rick Boyd) .... Blondie
    ... aka A Place Called Trinity
    ... aka Due fratelli in un posto chiamato Trinità (Italy)
    ... aka Jesse and Lester (UK)
    ... aka Jesse and Lester, Two Brothers in a Place Called Trinity
    ... aka Trinity
    ... aka Two Brothers in Trinity (USA)
  12. Mio nome è Shanghai Joe, Il (1972) (as Rick Boyd) .... Slim
    ... aka Mezzogiorno di fuoco per Han-Hao
    ... aka My Name Is Shanghai Joe
    ... aka Shanghai Joe (USA)
    ... aka The Dragon Strikes Back (International: English title)
    ... aka The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe
    ... aka To Kill or to Die
  13. Spara Joe... e così sia! (1972) (as Rick Boyd) .... Chuck
    ... aka Joe Dakota (USA)
    ... aka Shoot Joe, and Shoot Again (USA)
  14. Tutti fratelli nel west... per parte di padre (1972) (as Rick Boyd)
    ... aka All the Brothers of the West Support Their Father (USA)
    ... aka Miss Dynamite (USA)
    ... aka Where the Bullets Fly (USA)
  15. Acquasanta Joe (1971) (uncredited) .... Gunman
    ... aka Holy Water Joe
  16. Giorno del giudizio, Il (1971) (as Rick Boyd)
    ... aka Day of Judgment (USA)
    ... aka Doomsday (USA)
    ... aka Drummer of Vengeance
  17. È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta (1971) (uncredited) .... Gunman
    ... aka Retour de Sabata, Le (France)
    ... aka Return of Sabata
    ... aka Sabata kehrt zurück (West Germany)
  18. Quel maledetto giorno della resa dei conti (1971) (as Rick Boyd)
    ... aka Terrible Day of the Big Gundown
    ... aka Vendetta at Dawn
  19. Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di... (1971) (as Rick Boyd) .... Geroll
    ... aka Adiós, Sabata (Spain)
    ... aka Adios Sabata (USA)
    ... aka Indio Black
    ... aka Indio Sabata
    ... aka Sabata 2
    ... aka The Bounty Hunters (UK)
  20. Lo chiamavano King (1971) (as Rick Boyd)
    ... aka His Name Was King
  21. Testa t'ammazzo, croce... sei morto... Mi chiamano Alleluja (1971) (as Rick Boyd) .... Duke Slocum
    ... aka A Fistful of Lead
    ... aka Deep West (USA)
    ... aka Guns for Dollars
    ... aka Heads I Kill You, Tails You're Dead! They Call Me Hallalujah (Europe: English title: dubbed version)
    ... aka Heads You Die... Tails I Kill You
    ... aka They Call Me Hallelujah
  22. Gli fumavano le Colt... lo chiamavano Camposanto (1971) (as Rick Boyd)
    ... aka Bullet for a Stranger
    ... aka His Pistols Smoked... They Call Him Cemetery (USA)
    ... aka They Call Him Cemetery (USA)
  23. Uomo avvisato mezzo ammazzato... Parola di Spirito Santo (1971) (as Rick Boyd) .... Vern Crohn
    ... aka Blazing Guns
    ... aka Forewarned, Half-Killed... the Word of the Holy Ghost
    ... aka Halcón de Sierra Madre, El (Spain)
    ... aka His Name Was Holy Ghost (USA)
    ... aka They Call Him Holy Ghost
    ... aka Y le llamaban El Halcón (Spain)
  24. Oro dei bravados, L' (1970) (as Rick Boyd) .... Billy George
    ... aka Chapaqua (Italy)
    ... aka Chappaqua (France)
    ... aka Gold of the Bravados (USA)
    ... aka Gold of the Heroes (USA)
  25. Vent d'est, Le (1970) (as Ryck Boyd)
    ... aka East Wind
    ... aka Ostwind (West Germany)
    ... aka Vento dell'est (Italy)
    ... aka Wind from the East
  26. Roy Colt e Winchester Jack (1970) (as Rick Boyd) .... Boida
    ... aka Colt e Wincester Jack (Italy)
    ... aka Roy Colt and Winchester Jack
  27. C'è Sartana... vendi la pistola e comprati la bara (1970) (as Rick Boyd)
    ... aka Fistful of Lead
    ... aka I Am Sartana, Trade Your Guns for a Coffin (USA)
    ... aka Sartana's Coming, Get Your Coffins Ready (USA)
    ... aka Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin
  28. Rangers attacco ora X (1970) (as Rick Boyd) .... McGregor
    ... aka Rangers Attack at Hour X
    ... aka Rangers, Les
    ... aka The Rangers
  29. Buon funerale, amigos!... paga Sartana (1970) (as Rick Boyd) .... Jim Piggott
    ... aka A Present for You, Amigo... A Coffin from Sartana
    ... aka Buen funeral, amigos, paga Sartana (Spain)
    ... aka Gunslinger
    ... aka Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay (USA)
    ... aka Stranger's Gold
  30. Django sfida Sartana (1970) (as Rick Boyd) .... 1st gunman
    ... aka Django Against Sartana
    ... aka Django Challenges Sartana
    ... aka Django Defies Sartana (USA)
  31. Sartana nella valle degli avvoltoi (1970)
    ... aka Ballad of Death Valley (USA)
    ... aka Sartana in the Valley of Death (International: English title)
    ... aka Sartana in the Valley of the Vultures (USA)
  32. Diavoli della guerra, I (1969) (as Rick Boyd) .... Willy Wendt
    ... aka Diablos de la guerra, Los (Spain)
    ... aka War Devils (Australia: video title)
  33. Angeli del 2000, Gli (1969)
  34. Sono Sartana, il vostro becchino (1969) (as Rick Boyd) .... Bill
    ... aka Angel of Death: Sartana (Australia: video box title)
    ... aka I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death (Australia: video title)
    ... aka I'll Dig Your Grave
    ... aka Sartana the Gravedigger (USA)
  35. Sette winchester per un massacro (1968) (as Rick Boyd) .... Fred Calhoun
    ... aka 7 Winchester per un massacro
    ... aka Blake's Marauders (USA: video title)
    ... aka Payment in Blood
    ... aka Renegade Riders (USA)
    ... aka Seven Winchesters for a Massacre
    ... aka The Final Defeat
    ... aka Winchester for Hire (Australia: video title)
  36. Quattro dell'Ave Maria, I (1968) (as Rick Boyd) .... Drake's blond henchman
    ... aka Ace High (USA)
    ... aka Four Gunmen of Ave Maria
    ... aka Have Gun Will Travel (UK)
    ... aka Revenge at El Paso
    ... aka Revenge in El Paso
  37. Ognuno per se (1968) (as Rick Boyd)
    ... aka Every Man for Himself (UK)
    ... aka Gold von Sam Cooper, Das (West Germany)
    ... aka Sam Cooper's Gold
    ... aka The Goldseekers
    ... aka The Ruthless Four (USA)
  38. Bang, Bang (1968) (uncredited) .... Sixfingers
    ... aka Bang Bang Kid, Il (Italy)
    ... aka The Bang-Bang Kid (USA)
  39. Lo voglio morto (1968) (as Rich Boyd)
    ... aka I Want Him Dead (USA)
    ... aka Lo quiero muerto (Spain)
  40. Histoires extraordinaires (1968) (uncredited) .... Party Guest (segment "Toby Dammit")
    ... aka Spirits of the Dead (USA)
    ... aka Tales of Mystery
    ... aka Tales of Mystery and Imagination (UK)
    ... aka Tre passi nel delirio (Italy)
    ... aka Trois histoires extraordinaires d'Edgar Poe
  41. Diabolik (1968) .... Valmont's Henchman
    ... aka Danger: Diabolik (USA)
    ... aka Danger: Diabolik! (France)
  42. Corri, uomo, corri (1968) (as Rick Boyd)
    ... aka Big Gundown 2 (USA)
    ... aka Run, Man, Run!
    ... aka Saludos hombre (France)
  43. ...e per tetto un cielo di stelle (1968) (as Rick Boyd) .... Roger Pratt
    ... aka A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof (USA)
    ... aka And for a Roof a Sky Full of Stars
  44. Faccia a faccia (1967) (as Rick Boyd) .... The sheriff
    ... aka Cara a cara (Spain)
    ... aka Face to Face
  45. Cjamango (1967) (as Rick Boyd)
  46. Bill il taciturno (1967) (as Rick Boyd) .... The Nervous One
    ... aka Django Kills Softly (USA)
    ... aka Django, le taciturne (France)
  47. Più grande rapina del west, La (1967) (as Rick Boyd) .... Jarrett Gang
    ... aka Halleluja for Django (USA)
    ... aka The Greatest Kidnapping in the West
    ... aka The Greatest Robbery in the West
  48. Terrore nello spazio (1965) (as Rico Boido) .... Keir
    ... aka Demon Planet
    ... aka Planet of Blood
    ... aka Planet of the Vampires (USA)
    ... aka Space Mutants
    ... aka Terror en el espacio (Spain)
    ... aka Terror in Space
    ... aka The Haunted Planet
    ... aka The Haunted World
    ... aka The Outlawed Planet
    ... aka The Planet of Terror
    ... aka The Planet of the Damned
  49. The Dirty Game (1965) (uncredited) .... Sernas' henchman, partaking in first meeting with Ferrari
    ... aka Guerra segreta, La (Italy)
    ... aka Guerre secrète (France)
    ... aka Spione unter sich (West Germany)
    ... aka The Dirty Agents
    ... aka The Secret Agents (USA)
  50. Agente 3S3: Passaporto per l'inferno (1965) (uncredited) .... Man in Vienna Bar
    ... aka Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell (USA)
    ... aka Agente 3S3, passeport pour l'enfer (France)
    ... aka Agente S3S: pasaporte para el infierno (Spain)
    ... aka Passport to Hell
  51. Thrilling (1965) .... (segment "L'autostrada del sole")
  52. Sansone e il tesoro degli Incas (1964)
    ... aka Hercules and the Treasure of the Incas (USA)
    ... aka Lost Treasure of the Aztecs (USA)
    ... aka Lost Treasure of the Incas (USA)
    ... aka Samson und der Schatz der Inkas (West Germany)
RICO BOIDO ON DVD & VIDEO

Rico Boido is a threatening presence in most of his films, with many of them available on DVD and video, worth watching for the awesome Ennio Morricone scores!






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