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Walcott is the main antagonist of the 1967 spaghetti western film Death Rides a Horse. He is an outlaw gang leader who raped and killed Bill's family when he was a kid, and framed Ryan for his crimes, causing them to team up to get revenge.
He was portrayed by the late Luigi Pistilli.
Biography[]
Background[]
In the movie's introduction, it was a dark and stormy night, three lawmen were chatting about there business, when a gang lead by Walcott snuck up on them and killed them, either by stabbing or strangulation or both. They then proceeded to break into a house with a family of four, they killed the father and then raped and killed the mother and sister while the boy, one of the protagonists named Bill, saw the whole thing happen, and saw distinctive features on each of the bandits so as to help him track them down years later. They then proceed to burn down the house while the kid is still inside, but a mysterious stranger who later turns out to be Ryan saves the boy, and the boy vows revenge on the gang, he trains to become a skilled gunfighter over the course of 15 years.
Present day[]
Flash forward 15 years, the film's other protagonist named Ryan, has just been released after serving 15 years in prison after Walcott and his gang left him to jail. Bill and Ryan eventually come into conflict with each other but eventually team up after Bill kills former gang member Burt Cavanaugh. They learn that Walcott is now a well respected banker in a small town, where Ryan goes to demand $15,000 from Walcott, after the latter promises $10,000 instead, he reveals it to be a trap door, he then has his men beat up Ryan to a pulp, but they momentarily refrain from killing him because they still have a use for him. They break into Walcott's own bank to rob it, and they kill two of his employees in the process, and "steal" a lot of money and they once again leave Ryan to take the fall for it. Walcott tries to get him executed but the sheriff says they keep him alive for information, Walcott begrudgingly agrees, but his plans are failed when Bill rescues him and busts him out of jail.
Final Battle[]
Bill the goes to find Walcott and his gang in Mexico, and discovers that Walcott also has a nasty habit of burying people up to their necks, and also allows his men to rape women, after killing another of the men who killed his family, Walcott's gang torture him for information on Ryan. Walcott promises to let him die in an honorable duel with Pedro if he reveals Ryan's location to them, Bill does (albeit falsely) but Walcott buries him up to his neck anyways, and proceeds to go and find and kill Ryan once and for all. But Ryan comes to the rescue and they prepare the small town to fight and kill Walcott and his gang once and for all. When he realizes that they may be heading into a trap, Walcott sends his men to attack the village from the front, with the intent to slaughter the whole village, resulting in many deaths on both sides, while he and a few others sneak up from behind so that they can quietly pick them off.
After a while, Walcott has his men play funeral music to lure Ryan and Bill to their deaths, but they don't budge and instead get a good night's sleep. When they wake up, Bill discovers that Ryan was part of Walcott's gang 15 years ago, but also that Ryan saved his life, and then they proceed to kill Walcott's subordinates. Walcott is at last about to kill Bill but Ryan saves his again life by throwing a knife at Walcott's throat, killing the evil outlaw once and for all. After that they share bullets, and Bill saves his Ryan's life this time from another outlaw one last time, and they proceed to part ways.