Acting career Lovelock played his first credited movie part in the
Spaghetti Western Se sei vivo spara (1967), directed by Giulio Questi and starring Milian. His breakthrough role came the following year in the crime thriller
Bandits in Milan, as bank robber Donato 'Tuccio' Lopez. The film was a hit with critics and won several awards. He then established himself as both a reliable character actor and a leading man in Italian films and television, working steadily from the late 1960s. Among his more notable film roles are
Fiddler on the Roof (where he played Fyedka, a Russian Christian farmer who marries a Jewish girl named Chava, against the wishes of Chava's father; 1971),
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974),
Almost Human (1974),
Violent Rome (1975),
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976),
The Cassandra Crossing (1976), and
The Last House on the Beach (1978). Later in his career he worked mostly in television, including a guest role on
Mia And Me (2014).
Music career In Italy, he released 10 singles, which included the main theme song of
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man. He also released two singles in Japan, one of which "Koi Wa Kaze" reached #34 on the Japanese Oricon chart in 1970. His album, "All about Raymond Lovelock" also charted that year and peaked at #19. == Personal life ==