Alfio Caltabiano
Acting
23
Acting Credits
7
Directed
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, includin...
Known For
Filmography
California
1977
Keoma
1976
as Clay
They Still Call Me Amen
1973
as Smith
All Sons of the Saintest Mother
1973
as Bug Morano (as Alf Thunder)
Man Called Amen
1972
as Reverend 'Ladrone' Smith
A Sword to Brando
1970
as The Count
Commandments for a Gangster
1968
as Five Cents
Sartana Does Not Forgive
1968
Ballad of a Gunman
1967
as El Bedoja
Star Pilot
1966
as Artie
For Love and Gold
1966
as Arnolfo Mano-di-ferro
Two Idiots at Fort Alamo
1965
Seven Rebel Gladiators
1965
as Vadius
Erik the Viking
1965
as Indianischer Krieger
The Revenge of the Gladiators
1964
as Muzio
Goliath and the Sins of Babylon
1963
as Meneos
Colossus of the Arena
1962
as Psychios
The Son of Captain Blood
1962
as Man fighting at Dock (uncredited)
My Son, the Hero
1962
as Titan (uncredited)
The Colossus of Rhodes
1961
as Creonte
Barabbas
1961
Messalina
1960
The Prince with the Red Mask
1955