Daniel Massey (actor)

He died of Hodgkin's disease. While working on Camelot he became close to Vanessa Redgrave, and in 1969 they had a son, Carlo Gabriel Nero, a screen-writer and director. Massey was married four times, twice to well-known actresses: Adrienne Corri and Penelope Wilton. He has appeared in almost 150 films and has written, produced and starred in one - Jonathan degli orsi (1993). He also made many stage appearances, notably in musicals such as Gigi and Stephen Sondheim's Follies. Although often typecast in films like Los amigos (1972) or Keoma (1976) he has attempted an impressive range of characters, like Abel in John Huston's epic The Bible (1966) and the gay lieutenant in Querelle (1982). Massey appeared in numerous British films from the 1950s onwards, without ever becoming a major star, and the 1968 award would be the high point of his career. A certain lack of facility with English tended to limit these roles, although he also appeared in other English language films including The Virgin and the Gypsy (1970), Force 10 From Navarone (1978) and Die Hard 2 (1990).

He would later play Noel Coward in the 1968 Julie Andrews vehicle, Star!, a performance for which he won a Golden Globe award. In 1967 he appeared in his first English language film, Camelot as Lancelot. He made his film debut as a child in Noel Coward's flag-waver, In Which We Serve (1942) -- Coward being his godfather. In 1966 from Django he went on to appear in eight more films released that year including Texas, Addio and Tempo di Massacro. Daniel Massey was born and died in London, England. His first film role was a small part in La Ragazza in Prestito (1964), he had his first lead role in Sergio Corbucci's Django (1966) a Spaghetti Western and one of his most well-known films. Although successful on stage and screen, his career was eclipsed by other members of Canada's noted Massey family: his father, Raymond Massey, his sister, Anna Massey and his uncle Vincent Massey, Governor General of Canada. He studied briefly at the Facoltà di Economia e Commercio before leaving to study at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano.

Daniel Raymond Massey (October 10, 1933 - March 25, 1998) was a British-Canadian actor. He was born Franco Spartanero in San Prospero and grew up in Bedonia and Milan. Franco Nero (November 23, 1941) is an Italian actor.