Kirk Morris

Morris in Samson and the Sea Beast (1963)

Kirk Morris (born 26 August 1946) is an Italian former bodybuilder and actor.

Born in Venice as Adriano Bellini, while at university Morris devoted himself to bodybuilding and thanks to his physique he was chosen by the director Tanio Boccia to play the title role in The Triumph of Maciste.[1] He subsequently starred in several other peplum films, including The Witch's Curse by Riccardo Freda.[1] After the decline of the genre, he appeared in several adventure films, then he retired in the early 1970s. He was also an actor of fotoromanzi.[1]

Filmography

1971 Sapevano solo uccidere ... Jeff
1970 Overrun! ... Liam McGregor
1969 Sette baschi rossi ... Sergeant
1967 Rita nel West ... Ringo
1966 2+5: Missione Hydra ... Belsy
1965 La magnifica sfida ... Kadir
1965 Maciste il vendicatore dei Mayas ... Hercules
1965 Il conquistatore di Atlantide/Conqueror of Atlantis ... Hercules
1964 La valle dell'eco tonante ... Maciste
1964 Il dominatore del deserto ... Nadir
1964 Anthar l'invincibile/Devil of the Desert Against the Son of Hercules ... Anthar
1964 Maciste alla corte dello zar/Atlas Against the Czar ... Maciste
1964 Terror of the Steppes ... Sandar
1963 Ercole sfida Sansone/Hercules, Samson and Ulysses ... Hercules
1963 Sansone contro i pirati ... Samson
1963 Maciste contro i cacciatori di teste/Colossus and the Headhunters ... Maciste
1962 Le chevalier de Pardaillan ... Samson
1962 Maciste all'inferno/The Witch's Curse ... Maciste
1961 Maciste contro Ercole nella valle dei guai/Hercules in the Valley of Woe ... Maciste
1961 Trionfo di Maciste ... Maciste

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.

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