Sergio Ciani
Sergio Ciani (mostly known as Alan Steel ; born September 7, 1935 in Rome ; † September 5, 2015 there ) was an Italian bodybuilder and actor .
Life
Ciani began his film career in 1958 as a double of Steve Reeves and took on the pseudonym Alan Steel for his soon-to-follow roles as actor . As one of the few local actors in the Italian Peplum films, he played series heroes such as Maciste and Ursus several times . After the demise of the sandal films , he continued his career in spaghetti westerns , horror films and other genre products for some time until 1979. Occasionally he produced and wrote his own films.
Since the mid-1970s, Ciani also played on stage, where he a. a. worked with Giorgio Strehler . Since the 1990s he worked as a speech trainer in Rome.
Another stage name Cianis was John Wyler . Ciani died in Ostia two days before his 80th birthday .
Filmography (selection)
- 1961: Hercules in Cleopatra's Net (Sansone)
- 1962: The Battle of the Maccabees (Il vecchio testamento)
- 1962: Battle of the Giants (Ursus il gladiatore ribelle)
- 1962: Samson, Liberator of the Enslaved (La furia di Ercole)
- 1962: Zorro versus Maciste - Fight of the Invincible (Zorro contro Maciste)
- 1963: Samson against the Devil's Corsairs (Sansone contro il Corsaro nero)
- 1964: Don Ramiro gambled away (Golia contro il cavaliere mascherato)
- 1964: Hercules - Avenger of Rome (Ercole contro Roma)
- 1964: Samson and the Treasure of the Incas (Sansone e il tesoro degli Incas)
- 1964: The hour of tough men (Ercole, Sansone, Maciste e Ursus gli invincibili)
- 1964: The Invincible Three (Gli invincibili tre)
- 1968: My life for revenge (Sapevano solo uccidere)
- 1973: Küçük Kovboy
- 1973: Sing me the song of vengeance (Mi chiamavano 'Requiescat'… ma avevano sbagliato) (also producer)
- 1973: Three nuns on the way to hell (Più forte sorelle) (producer only)
- 1976: Two left brothers on the way to hell (Storia di arcieri, pugni e occhi neri)
Individual evidence
- ^ Addio a Sergio Ciani, l'Alan Steel del cinema italiano: da Ercole a Maciste
- ↑ Roberto Poppi, article Sergio Ciani , in: Roberto Chiti, Enrico Lancia, Andrea Orbicciani, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Rom, Gremese 1998. p. 127
Web links
- Sergio Ciani in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Steel at Brian's Drive-Inn Theater (English)
- Steel at mymovies (Italian)
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SURNAME | Ciani, Sergio |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wyler, John (pseudonym); Steel, Alan (pseudonym) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian bodybuilder and actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1935 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
DATE OF DEATH | 5th September 2015 |
Place of death | Ostia (Rome) |