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Sergio Ciani (7 September 1931 – 5 September 2015), best known as Alan Steel, was an Italian bodybuilder and actor.

Alan Steel
Born	Sergio Ciani (1935-09-07)7 September 1935 Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died	5 September 2015(2015-09-05) (aged 79) Ostia, Rome, Italy
Occupation	actor
Years active	1959-1979
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)

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] In the early 1960s he adopted the stage name Alan Steel and starred the leading roles in a number of peplum films with good commercial success.[1] He had the distinction as being one of the very few native Italians to play the heroes of the peplum features. In addition to playing roles named either Hercules, Ursus, or Samson, he played Robin Hood in the 1976 adventure film Storia di arcieri, pugni e occhi neri. With the decline of the genre Steel thinned out his appearances, until his retirement at the end of the 1970s.[1]

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

Partial filmography

References

External links

• Alan Steel at IMDb

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