Sergio Ciani

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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)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Addio a Sergio Ciani, l'Alan Steel del cinema italiano: da Ercole a Maciste
  2. ↑ 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

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personal data
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)