Cyrus Elias
Cyrus Elias (born May 21, 1930 in New York City ) is an American actor .
Elias, whose family is of Greek descent, did his military service in the Korean War and attended the Actors Studio a . a. Courses from Errol Clemens and Elia Kazan . At the end of the 1950s he moved to Italy, where he began a long career in the cinema, which increased enormously in terms of quantity from the 1980s. With a southern European appearance, black hair and gaunt, he played character roles in many genre films.
Filmography (selection)
- 1962: An odd saint (The Reluctant Saint)
- 1970: Beloved Christa - stewardesses love hot (Christa)
- 1985: Christopher Columbus
- 1987: Renegade
- 1987: Rent-a-Cop
- 1989: Maya
- 2001: Judas (Giudà)
Web links
- Cyrus Elias in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli: Dictionnaire del cinema italiano. Attori stranieri del nostro cinema . Gremese 2006, pp. 66/67
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SURNAME | Elias, Cyrus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1930 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |