Alan Steel
Sergio Ciani (7 September 1931 – 5 September 2015), best known as Alan Steel, was an Italian bodybuilder and actor.
Alan Steel | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sergio Ciani 7 September 1931 |
| Died | 5 September 2015 (aged 83) Ostia, Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1959-1979 |
Born in Rome, Ciani started his career as a stuntman; then he became the body double for Steve Reeves in Hercules Unchained and in The Giant of Marathon, in which he also played a minor role.[1] In the early 1960s he adopted the stage name Alan Steel and starred the leading roles in a number of peplum films with good commercial success.[1] With the decline of the genre Steel thinned out his appearances, until his retirement at the end of the 1970s.[1]
Ciani died in his sleep at his house in Ostia, Rome, at age 79, just two days short of what would have been his 80th birthday.[2]
Partial filmography
- Herod the Great (1958) as Palace Guard (uncredited)
- Hercules Unchained (1959) as Megreo
- The Giant of Marathon (1959) as Euros
- Samson (1961) as Macigno aka Hercules
- The Fury of Hercules (1962) as Kaldos
- The Rebel Gladiators (1962) as Commodus
- The Old Testament (1962)
- Samson and the Slave Queen (1963) as Samson (in U.S. version) / Maciste
- Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963) as Golia / Paco / Hercules
- Hercules and the Black Pirates (1964) as Samson
- Hercules Against Rome (1964) as Ercole
- Hercules Against the Moon Men (1964) as Maciste / Hercules
- Hercules and the Treasure of the Incas (1964) as William Smith / Samson
- Samson and His Mighty Challenge (1964) as Hercules
- 3 Avengers (1964) as Ursus
- A... For Assassin (1966) as Giacomo
- Un colpo da re (1967) as The Swede
- Addio mamma (1967) as Franco Rinaldi, Patrizia's husband
- Sapevano solo uccidere (1968) as Pedro
- La furia dei Khyber (1970) as Capitano Miller
- Fasthand (1973) as Cpt. Jeff Madison
- The Little Cowboy (1973) as Monty Donovan
- Dagli archivi della polizia criminale (1973) as Larry Brenton
- Storia di arcieri, pugni e occhi neri (1976) as Robin Hood
- Korkusuz cengaver (1976) as Korsan (uncredited)
- Io tigro, tu tigri, egli tigra (1978)
- Baby Love (1979) (final film role)
References
- Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
- "Addio a Sergio Ciani, l'Alan Steel del cinema italiano: da Ercole a Maciste". Il Messaggero. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
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