David Warbeck

David Warbeck was a New Zealand actor and model who worked largely in European exploitation and horror movies. Born in Christchurch, he acted in local theater there, and received a scholarship from the New Zealand Arts Council that took him to London to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1965. After four terms he left and became a photographic model. He first appeared on film in Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood (1969), directed by John Hough, with whom he reunited on Twins of Evil (1971). Black Snake and A Fistful of Dynamite (1971) established him as a niche action star, while Craze (1974) was a minor role. In 1981 he starred in two Lucio Fulci films, The Black Cat and The Beyond (1981). He also worked often with Antonio Margheriti and later appeared in Lassiter (1984), Rat Man (1988) and Razor Blade Smile (1998). He died in 1997.