Fred Williamson

Frederick Robert Williamson (born 5 March 1938 in Gary, Indiana, USA), also known as The Hammer, is an American actor and former professional American football defensive back who played mainly in the American Football League during the 1960s.Williamson is perhaps best known for his film career, starring as Tommy Gibbs in the crime drama film Black Caesar (1973) and its sequel Hell Up in Harlem (1973). Williamson also had other notable roles in other 1970s blaxploitation films such as Hammer (1972), That Man Bolt (1973) and Three the Hard Way (1974). Other films include The Inglorious Bastards (1978), 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982), The New Barbarians (1983), From Dusk till Dawn (1996), Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998) and Starsky & Hutch (2004).

I purchased the signed From Dusk till Dawn 8x10 from one of the Showmasters Facebook sales in March 2021. I met Fred in person at Weird Worcester in June 2025. At this convention he signed the New Barbarians Blu-ray sleeve for me.

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The New Barbarians Blu-ray sleeve,
also signed by director Enzo G. Castellari

David Caruso

David Stephen Caruso (born 7 January 1956 in Forrest Hill, Queens, New York, USA) is a retired American actor and producer, best known for his roles as Detective John Kelly on the ABC crime drama NYPD Blue (1993-94) and Lieutenant Horatio Caine on the CBS series CSI: Miami (2002-12). I know him best as Deputy Mitch in First Blood (1982) however. He also appeared in the films An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Twins (1988), Kiss of Death (1995) and Proof of Life (2000).

I purchased the autograph below on the Real Autograph Collectors Club (RACC) Facebook group in July 2021. It was originally obtained through the mail in March 2009.

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Paul Sorvino

Paul Anthony Sorvino (born 13 April 1939 in New York City, New York, USA; died 25 July 2022 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA) was an American actor, opera singer, businessman, writer, and sculptor. He was probably best known for his role as Paulie Cicero in Martin Scorsese's gangster film Goodfellas (1990). He appeared in many other films including Dick Tracy (1990), The Rocketeer (1991), Nixon (1995) and Knock Off (1998).

I purchased Mr Sorvino's autograph from RACC Trusted Seller #108 Ilya Zeta in September 2021.

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Kurtwood Smith

Kurtwood Larson Smith (born 3 July 1943 in New Lisbon, Wisconsin, USA) is an American television and film actor. He is probably best known for playing Clarence Boddicker in RoboCop (1987) and Red Forman in the comedy series That '70s Show (1998-2006).

He appeared in many films throughout the 80s and 90s including Zoot Suit (1981), Staying Alive (1983), Flashpoint (1984), Rambo III (1988), Dead Poets Society (1989), Quick Change (1990), Oscar (1991), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), Fortress (1992), The Crush (1993), Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995), Broken Arrow (1996), A Time to Kill (1996) and Deep Impact (1998).

I purchased Mr Kurtwood's autograph from RACC Trusted Seller #108 Ilya Zeta in September 2021.

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Tony Bellew

Anthony Lewis Bellew (born 30 November 1982 in Liverpool, England) is an English former professional boxer who competed from 2007 to 2018. He held the WBC cruiserweight title from 2016 to 2017 and challenged for the undisputed cruiserweight championship in his final fight. At regional level, Bellew held the British and Commonwealth light-heavyweight titles between 2010 and 2014, the European cruiserweight title from 2015 to 2016, and is a three-time ABA heavyweight champion as an amateur. He portrayed antagonist boxer 'Pretty' Ricky Conlan in the 2015 Rocky film Creed.

Tony signed the Creed photo below as part of a private signing organised by Montage Moments in September 2021.

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John Cleese

John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939 in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s, he co-founded Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus. Along with his Python co-stars Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Graham Chapman, Cleese starred in Monty Python films, which include Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Life of Brian (1979) and The Meaning of Life (1983).

Cleese and first wife Connie Booth co-wrote the sitcom Fawlty Towers (1975-79) and he starred in it as Basil Fawlty. Cleese co-starred with Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis, and former Python colleague Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda (1989) and Fierce Creatures (1997), both of which he also wrote. For A Fish Called Wanda he was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He has also starred in Time Bandits (1981) and Rat Race (2001) and has appeared in many other films, including Silverado (1985), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), two James Bond films (as R and Q), two Harry Potter films (as Nearly Headless Nick) and the last three Shrek films.

The photo below (already signed through the mail by Prunella Scales in August 2015) was signed by Mr Cleese after Monopoly Events's An Evening with John Cleese in Manchester on 19th July 2021.

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Cinzia Monreale

Cinzia Monreale (born Cinzia Moscone; 22 June 1957 in Genoa, Italy) is an Italian actress. In 1978 she appeared in Lucio Fulci's Silver Saddle (1978). She is probably best known for her roles in Joe D'Amato's Beyond the Darkness (1979) and Fulci's The Beyond (1981).

Other roles include Fulci's Warriors of the Year 2072 (1984) and D'Amato's Return From Death (aka Frankenstein 2000)(1991).

Ms Monreale appeared at German Comic Con Dortmund Limited Edition on 31st July-1st August 2021 where she signed the Beyond the Darkness photo below. I bought the photo on the comic con's Facebook page not long after the event.

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