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Alfio Caltabiano
Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy
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 hi…
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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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1977
California
Movie
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1976
Keoma
Movie Clay
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1973
They Still Call Me Amen
Movie Smith
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1973
All Sons of the Saintest Mother
Movie Bug Morano (as Alf Thunder)
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1972
Man Called Amen
Movie Reverend 'Ladrone' Smith
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1970
A Sword to Brando
Movie The Count
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1969
Bootleggers
Movie Director
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1968
Sartana Does Not Forgive
Movie
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1968
Commandments for a Gangster
Movie Five Cents
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1967
Ballad of a Gunman
Movie El Bedoja
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1966
Star Pilot
Movie Artie
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1966
For Love and Gold
Movie Arnolfo Mano-di-ferro
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1965
Erik the Viking
Movie Indianischer Krieger
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1965
Seven Rebel Gladiators
Movie Vadius
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1965
Two Idiots at Fort Alamo
Movie
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1964
The Revenge of the Gladiators
Movie Muzio
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1963
Goliath and the Sins of Babylon
Movie Meneos
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1962
Colossus of the Arena
Movie Psychios
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1962
The Son of Captain Blood
Movie Man fighting at Dock (uncredited)
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1962
My Son, the Hero
Movie Titan (uncredited)
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1961
Barabbas
Movie
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1961
The Colossus of Rhodes
Movie Creonte
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1960
Messalina
Movie
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