Miles O'Keeffe

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Miles O'Keeffe (born June 20, 1954 in Ripley , Tennessee ) is an American actor.

Life

After graduating from high school, O'Keeffe consecutively attended United States Air Force Academy preparatory school , Mississippi State University, and the University of the South , where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology .

After a brief career as a psychological counselor in Tennessee State Prison , Miles O'Keeffe's acting career began with an extra role in a television movie . Subsequently, he received the title role in the film Tarzan - Lord of the Jungle in 1981 , which started his career as a leading actor.

Joe D'Amato, who cast Miles for the “Ator” films, gave the following description of his collaboration with Miles O'Keeffe for the Italian fanzine Nocturno: “As a performer, he was already very bad, a beautiful athletic physique, I'm not into it Doubt, but as far as the lecture was concerned, he should have changed profession. By God, a golden boy under many aspects and a real gem between the loins, but not even casually in the action scenes, where he was supported a lot by armorer Franco Ukmar, who did an incredible job on him. Besides, his background as a bodybuilder made him very clumsy and came across as paralyzed. "

Although Miles O'Keeffe has since appeared in forty films and television productions, he is best known for his portrayal of the barbarian "Ator", whom he played three times between 1982 and 1987. The direction had the first two parts, as well as the last part, the Italian B-film - director Joe D'Amato .

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Miles O'Keeffe . omdb.org. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME O'Keeffe, Miles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Ripley , Tennessee