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Tony Anthony (born Roger Pettito on October 16, 1937, in Clarksburg, West Virginia), is a former film actor, producer, director, and screenwriter, best known for his starring roles in spaghetti westerns. His first two films were Force of Impulse and Without Each Other, low-budget independent films directed by Saul Swimmer. In search of greener pastures, he moved to Italy, to film Wounds of Hunger that he co-wrote and La ragazza in prestito. His friend Swimmer had moved to England, where he befriended Allen Klein. Klein agreed to help Anthony get his foot in the door, and produced his first... MORE

Tony Anthony (born Roger Pettito on October 16, 1937, in Clarksburg, West Virginia), is a former film actor, producer, director, and screenwriter, best known for his starring roles in spaghetti westerns. His first two films were Force of Impulse and Without Each Other, low-budget independent films directed by Saul Swimmer. In search of greener pastures, he moved to Italy, to film Wounds of Hunger that he co-wrote and La ragazza in prestito. His friend Swimmer had moved to England, where he befriended Allen Klein. Klein agreed to help Anthony get his foot in the door, and produced his first major film. Anthony was present in Europe when the Sergio Leone Westerns were setting box office records but had not yet been released in America. Anthony contacted Klein, then a major MGM stockholder, about co-financing a spaghetti western he was in, Klein and Anthony both putting up $20,000 US. The film Klein produced was a spaghetti western called A Stranger in Town/Un Dollaro tra i Denti . A low budget clear imitation of A Fistful of Dollars, it starred Anthony as the titular Stranger, a shotgun-wielding antihero who helps a group of Mexican bandits steal gold from the US Army and Federales, LESS