Alfio Caltabiano
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, 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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Full filmography
- Barabbas (1961)
- Messalina (1960)
- The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) as Creonte
- The Son of Captain Blood (1962) as Man fighting at Dock (uncredited)
- Man Called Amen (1972) as Reverend 'Ladrone' Smith
- Keoma (1976) as Clay
- For Love and Gold (1966) as Arnolfo Mano-di-ferro
- My Son, the Hero (1962) as Titan (uncredited)
- California (1977)
- Star Pilot (1966) as Artie
- Goliath and the Sins of Babylon (1963) as Meneos
- Ballad of a Gunman (1967) as El Bedoja
- The Revenge of the Gladiators (1964) as Muzio
- Seven Rebel Gladiators (1965) as Vadius
- All Sons of the Saintest Mother (1973) as Bug Morano (as Alf Thunder)
- Two Idiots at Fort Alamo (1965)
- A Sword to Brando (1970) as The Count
- They Still Call Me Amen (1973) as Smith
- Sartana Does Not Forgive (1968)
- Erik the Viking (1965) as Indianischer Krieger
- Colossus of the Arena (1962) as Psychios
- The Prince with the Red Mask (1955)
- Commandments for a Gangster (1968) as Five Cents