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Alfio Caltabiano
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Alfio Caltabiano was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and film director, also known by pseudonyms such as Al Northon, Alf Randal, and Alf Thunder. He began his career leveraging his imposing physique, notably portraying Jesus Christ in the 1959 film Ben-Hur, where he is seen carrying the cross during the Via Crucis scene. Caltabiano appeared in numerous films, primarily Spaghetti Westerns, and made his directorial debut with Ballad of a Gunman (1967). He directed and wrote several films, including Comandamenti per un gangster (1968) and Tutti figli di Mammasantissima (1973). Caltabiano was also a stuntman and fight choreographer, contributing to the action sequences in his films. His career c…
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Alfio Caltabiano was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and film director, also known by pseudonyms such as Al Northon, Alf Randal, and Alf Thunder. He began his career leveraging his imposing physique, notably portraying Jesus Christ in the 1959 film Ben-Hur, where he is seen carrying the cross during the Via Crucis scene. Caltabiano appeared in numerous films, primarily Spaghetti Westerns, and made his directorial debut with Ballad of a Gunman (1967). He directed and wrote several films, including Comandamenti per un gangster (1968) and Tutti figli di Mammasantissima (1973). Caltabiano was also a stuntman and fight choreographer, contributing to the action sequences in his films. His career concluded in 1977 after completing the film California.
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Alfio Caltabiano's Filmography
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California
Keoma
as Clay
They Still Call Me Amen
as Smith
All Sons of the Saintest Mother
as Bug Morano (as Alf Thunder)
Man Called Amen
as Reverend 'Ladrone' Smith
A Sword to Brando
as The Count
Sartana Does Not Forgive
Commandments for a Gangster
as Five Cents
Ballad of a Gunman
as El Bedoja
Star Pilot
as Artie
For Love and Gold
as Arnolfo Mano-di-ferro
Erik the Viking
as Indianischer Krieger
Seven Rebel Gladiators
as Vadius
Two Idiots at Fort Alamo
The Revenge of the Gladiators
as Muzio
Goliath and the Sins of Babylon
as Meneos
Colossus of the Arena
as Psychios
The Son of Captain Blood
as Man fighting at Dock (uncredited)
My Son, the Hero
as Titan (uncredited)
Barabbas
The Colossus of Rhodes
as Creonte
Messalina
