RIP Fred Robsahm
Norwegian actor Fred Robsahm died at his Lillesand home on March 26th. He was 71. Born Frederick Otto Robsahm on June 29, 1943 in Lillesand, Aust-Agder, Norway he was the younger brother of actress Margarete Robsahm [1942- ]. Fred was famous for his role in Barbarella (1968) with Jane Fonda and John Philip Law. He went on to make only 12 films, among which were three Euro-westerns: “Bandidos” (1967), “No Room to Die” (1969) and “Black Killer” (1971). He was married for fifteen years to Italian actress Agostina Belli [1947- ]. In the late 1980s Fred was arrested as a passenger on a boat carrying drugs. While in prison he contacted the HIV virus from a needle used to sedate the prisoners. The drugs he took to fight the HIV virus caused many side effects so he left the world he knew and bought a sailboat and started to sail the world. In 1992 he started drinking heavily and developed liver failure. For years he lived in an apartment in Lillesand on a disability pension.
ROBSAHM, Fred (Frederik Otto Robsahm)
Born: 6/29/1943, Lillesand, Aust-Agder, Norway
Died: 3/26/2015, Lillesand, Aust-Agder, Norway
Fred Robsahm’s westerns – actor:
Bandidos - 1967 (Kane henchman)
No Room to Die – 1969 (Mexican)
Black Killer - 1971 (Bud/Burt Collins)
Carambola - 1973
Carambola - 1973