Ferdinando Baldi

Ferdinando Baldi (19 May 1927 – 12 November 2007) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Throughout his career he used a number of pseudonyms, including Ted Kaplan, Ferdy Baldwin and Sam Livingstone.

Biography

Baldi was born in Cava de' Tirreni, Salerno, on 19 May 1927. He was employed as a teacher after getting a degree in literature, but he got involved in cinema thanks to his acquaintance with Italian producer Tiziano Longo and he produced his first movie, Il Prezzo dell'onore in 1952.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes	Template:Refh
1952	Il prezzo dell'onore	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Written with G. Folchi and T. Piacenti
1954	Template:Ill	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Directed with Giorgio Cristallini
1960	David and Goliath	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Starring Orson Welles, Co-directors Richard Pottier and Orson Welles; Co-writers, Umberto Scarpelli and Ambrogio Molteni
1961	Duel of Champions	Template:Yes	Template:No	Co-directing with Terence Young
1961	The Tartars	Template:Yes	Template:No	un-credited in English version, Co-directing with Orson Welles and Richard Thorpe
1962	The Sword of El Cid	Template:No	Template:Yes	Co-writing with Alfredo Giannetti and Antonio Navarro Linares
1962	Taras Bulba, the Cossack	Template:Yes	Template:No	Co-directing with Template:Ill
1963	Kingdom of Violence	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-writing with Adriano Bolzoni and Andres Dolera
1964	Template:Ill	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-writing with Anacleto Fontini and Franco Airaldi
1966	Suicide Mission to Singapore	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-writing with Maria del Carmen Martinez Roman
1966	In the Shadow of the Eagles	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Credited as Ferdy Baldwin, Co-writing with Nino Milano,
1966	Texas, Adios	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-writing with Franco Rossetti, Starring Franco Nero
1967	Massacre in the Black Forest	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-directing with Rudolf Nussgruber, Co-writing with Adriano Bolzoni and Template:Ill
1967	Io non protesto, io amo	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-writing with Franco Rossetti
1967	Rita of the West	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-writing with Franco Rossetti, Starring Rita Pavone, Terence Hill and Lucio Dalla
1968	Hate Thy Neighbor	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-writing with Luigi Angelo and Roberto Natale
1968	Django, Prepare a Coffin	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-writing with Franco Rossetti, starring Terence Hill
1969	The Forgotten Pistolero	Template:Yes	Template:No
1969	Bootleggers	Template:No	Template:Yes	Co-writing with Alfio Caltabiano, Jose Gutierrez Maesso and Leonardo Martin
1971	Blindman	Template:Yes	Template:No	Starring Ringo Starr
1971	Los corsarios	Template:Yes	Template:No
1972	The Sicilian Connection	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-writing with Duilio Coletti
1973	Long Lasting Days	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Credited as Sam Livingstone
1974	Carambola!	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-writing with Nino Ducci and Horst Frank
1975	Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-writing with Nino Ducci and Mino Roli
1976	Smooth Velvet, Raw Silk	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-writing with Brunello Rondi
1976	Get Mean	Template:Yes	Template:No
1976	Template:Ill	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-writing with Luigi Bernardi and Romano Bernardi
1977	Nine Guests for a Crime	Template:Yes	Template:No
1980	Terror Express	Template:Yes	Template:No
1980	Template:Ill	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
1981	Comin' at Ya!	Template:Yes	Template:No
1983	Treasure of the Four Crowns	Template:Yes	Template:No
1985	Warbus	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Credited as Ted Kaplan, Co-writing with John Fitzsimmons
1988	Template:Ill	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Credited as Ted Kaplan
1988	Ten Zan: The Ultimate Mission	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Credited as Ted Kaplan, filmed in North Korea
2005	The Spaghetti Western	Template:No	Template:No	Documentary Interview
2005	The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi	Template:No	Template:No	Documentary Interview

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