Alan Steel

Alan Steel
Born	Sergio Ciani 7 September 1935 Rome, Italy
Died	5 September 2015 (aged 79) Ostia, Rome, Italy
Occupation	actor
Years active	1959-1979

Sergio Ciani (7 September 1935 – 5 September 2015), best known as Alan Steel, was an Italian bodybuilder and actor.

Born in Rome, Ciani started his career as a stuntman, then he became the body double for Steve Reeves in Hercules Unchained and in The Giant of Marathon, in which he also played a minor role.^[1] From early sixties he adopted the stage name Alan Steel and starred the leading roles in a number of peplum films of good commercial success.^[1] With the decline of the genre Steel thinned out his appearances, until his retirement at the end of the Seventies.^[1]

Ciani died in his sleep at his house in Ostia, Rome, aged 79 just 2 days short of what would have been his 80th birthday.^[2]

Selected filmography

• The Giant of Marathon (1959)
• Samson (1961)
• The Old Testament (1962)
• The Fury of Hercules (1962)
• Samson and the Slave Queen (1963)
• Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963)
• The Rebel Gladiators (1963)
• Hercules Against the Moon Men (1964)
• Hercules and the Black Pirates (1964)
• Hercules Against Rome (1964)
• 3 Avengers (1964)
• Hercules and the Treasure of the Incas (1964)
• Samson and His Mighty Challenge (1965)
• A... For Assassin (1966)
• Fasthand (1972)
• The Little Cowboy (1973)

References

1. Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
2. "Addio a Sergio Ciani, l'Alan Steel del cinema italiano: da Ercole a Maciste". Il Messaggero. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

External links

• Alan Steel at the Internet Movie Database