Alfio Caltabiano
Birthday
1932/07/17
Day of death
2007/06/23 (74 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy
Also know as
Al Northon, Alf Randal, Alf Thunder
Biography
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, includin...Read more
Acting
(1960) Messalina
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(1967) Ballad of a Gunman
as El Bedoja
(1973) They Still Call Me Amen
as Smith
(1966) Star Pilot
as Artie
(1965) Two Idiots at Fort Alamo
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(1973) All Sons of the Saintest Mother
as Bug Morano (as Alf Thunder)
(1955) The Prince with the Red Mask
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(1970) A Sword to Brando
as The Count
(1964) The Revenge of the Gladiators
as Muzio
(1965) Seven Rebel Gladiators
as Vadius
(1972) Man Called Amen
as Reverend 'Ladrone' Smith
(1965) Erik the Viking
as Indianischer Krieger
(1968) Commandments for a Gangster
as Five Cents
(1976) Keoma
as Clay
(1963) Goliath and the Sins of Babylon
as Meneos
(1962) Colossus of the Arena
as Psychios
(1966) For Love and Gold
as Arnolfo Mano-di-ferro
(1961) The Colossus of Rhodes
as Creonte
(1968) Sartana Does Not Forgive
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(1962) The Son of Captain Blood
as Man fighting at Dock (uncredited)
(1977) California
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(1961) Barabbas
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