David Carpenter

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Role

Actor

Date of birth

1951

Date of death

2006

Place of birth

La Orotava, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

David Carpenter

Biography

Borrn in La Orotava, Tenerife in 1951. The Son of a judge, and the youngest of four brothers, after finished high school, traveled to London where he studied acting at the Royal Drama School, being discovered by director Eloy De la Iglesia , who make him debut in the film A drop of blood to die loving 1973 with Sue Lyon and Christopher Mitchum. .His athletic physicist, the result of swimming since he was a child, led him to embody the character of Tarzan in the Tarzan in King Solomon Mines, alongside Nadiuska. In 1974, he starred in the thriller The killer is not alone with Lola Flores and Teresa Rabal. During the 70's he worked in several films alongside Jhon Saxon , Francisco Rabal. Concha Velasco , Fernando Fernan Gomez, Dennis Hopper and Carrol Baker among others. He retired from cinema in late 70's . He lived in his hometown working as a life ward. He died in 2006 in Thailand, at the age of 55 and in strange circumstances.

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