Kirk Morris
Kirk Morris (born 26 August 1942) is an Italian Bodybuilder and actor. Winner of "Mr.Italia Bodybuilding contest 1961”
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][2] 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.
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 (aka Hercules of the Desert) ... Maciste
- 1964 Desert Raiders ... 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
- ^ a b Roberto Chiti, Roberto Pippirippi. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
- ^ "Adriano Bellini". BFI.
External links
- Kirk Morris at IMDb
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