In Memoriam: Richard Harrison, The B-Movie Titan Who Steered Cinematic History and Became an Accidental Ninja Legend
Richard Harrison, the chiseled American actor who built a legendary “A-life in B-movies” spanning sword-and-sandal epics, spaghetti Westerns, and infamous Z-grade ninja flicks, has passed away at the age of 90. Harrison died of natural causes on September 18, 2026, as confirmed by his long-time friend and producer Joan Borsten. For genre cinema purists, Harrison was far more than an expat actor working abroad; he was a foundational pillar of international exploitation cinema and a man whose decisions inadvertently altered the course of Hollywood history. Born in Salt Lake City, Harrison started his career in the 1950s as a physique model and scored minor parts in Hollywood productions like South Pacific (1958). Sensing limited opportunities at home, he packed his bags for Italy in the early 1960s. The gamble paid off instantly. Capitalizing on the muscleman wave popularized by Steve Reeves, Harrison became an overnight leading man with The Invincible […]
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