Giovanni Lombardo Radice (23 September 1954 - 27 April 2023), also credited as John Morghen, was an Italian film actor. He was best known for his horror film roles, having appeared in such productions as Cannibal Ferox and House on the Edge of the Park.
Partial filmography:
- Cannibal Apocalypse (1980) as Charlie Bukowski
- City of the Living Dead (1980) as Bob
- House on the Edge of the Park (1980) as Ricky
- Cannibal Ferox (1981) as Mike Logan
- StageFright -Aquarius- (1987) as Brett
- The Church (1989) as Reverend Dominic
- The Devil's Daughter (1991) as Martin Romero
- Gangs of New York (2002) as Mr. Legree
- The Omen (2006) as Father Spiletto
- The Reverend (2011) as Almighty
- Violent Shit: The Movie (2015) as Prof. Vassago
This actor provides examples of the following tropes:
- Creator Backlash: He made no secret of the fact that he hated working on Cannibal Ferox and wanted absolutely nothing to do with it afterwards. For that matter he was not fond of most of his movies and admitted he was not a horror movie fan.
- Typecasting: He was frequently cast in horror films, often as characters who suffered a gruesome demise.
- Wag the Director: While working on Cannibal Ferox, he refused to kill the animals himself, meaning director Umberto Lenzi had to hire a stuntman to do the killings. When Lenzi told Radice that Robert De Niro would have done the animal killings, Radice replied, "De Niro would have kicked your ass all the way back to Rome!"
