John Richardson, the British actor who starred opposite Ursula Andress in She and Raquel Welch in One Million Years B.C., died Tuesday of COVID-19 complications.
He was 86. His death was reported by Cinema Retro writer Mark Mawston. In Mario Bava's credited feature directorial debut, Richardson portrayed a doctor's assistant whose blood inadvertently brings a vampiric witch (Barbara Steele) back to life in the Italian horror classic Black Sunday(1960).
He screen-tested for James Bond after Sean Connery relinquished the role, but model George Lazenby was hired to play Agent 007 opposite Diana Rigg in OnHer Majesty's Secret Service (1969).