He dyed his hair jet black, wore unbuttoned shirts and dated movie stars Raquel Welch and Ursula Andress.

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Going into their bout with the Bombers, the Dames probably should have taken it as an ominous sign that their opponent was named for the rowdy squad in "Kansas City Bomber, " a 1972 skating film starring Raquel Welch.

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His big screen career began with the British features Bottoms Up (1960), Murder She Said (1961), The Girl On The Boat and A Matter of Who (both 1962) and the multi-national The VIPs (1963), followed by Raquel Welch's spy spoof Fathom (1967).

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