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Adriano Bellini
Kirk Morris (born 26 August 1942) is an Italian bodybuilder and actor. He was the 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''. He subsequently starred in several other peplum films, including ''The Witch's Curse'' by Riccardo Freda. 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 uccider''e ... 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'' ... Hercu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirk
Kirk is a Scottish and former Northern English word meaning "church". It is often used specifically of the Church of Scotland. Many place names and personal names are also derived from it. Basic meaning and etymology As a common noun, ''kirk'' (meaning 'church') is found in Scots, Scottish English, Ulster-Scots and some English dialects, attested as a noun from the 14th century onwards, but as an element in placenames much earlier. Both words, ''kirk'' and ''church'', derive from the Koine Greek κυριακόν (δωμα) (kyriakon (dōma)) meaning ''Lord's (house)'', which was borrowed into the Germanic languages in late antiquity, possibly in the course of the Gothic missions. (Only a connection with the idiosyncrasies of Gothic explains how a Greek neuter noun became a Germanic feminine). Whereas ''church'' displays Old English palatalisation, ''kirk'' is a loanword from Old Norse and thus retains the original mainland Germanic consonants. Compare cognates: Icelandic & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil Of The Desert Against The Son Of Hercules
''Devil of the Desert Against the Son of Hercules'' is a 1964 international co-production filmed in Algeria and directed by Anthony Dawson. Plot summary An evil and ambitious usurper named Ganor seizes a kingdom by assassinating the Sultan and imprisoning his son Prince Daikor and daughter Princess Soraya to prevent revolt. Princess Soraya is defiant and escapes by leaping out the palace window into a river. She is discovered by a pair of peasants Anthar and the mute Aimu who become her protectors, and later rescuers and avengers against Ganor. The film concludes in a showdown in a hall of mirrors. Cast *Kirk Morris as Anthar *Michèle Girardon as Princess Soraya *Renato Baldini as Kamal *Mario Feliciani as Ganor *José Jaspe as Akrim *Manuel Gallardo as Prince Daikor * Nadine Verdier as Slave Girl Release ''Devil of the Desert Against the Son of Hercules'' was released on June 27, 1964 in Italy. The film grossed 140,300,000 Italian lire at domestically in Italy. The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1942 Births
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hercules In The Valley Of Woe
''Hercules in the Vale of Woe'' ( it, Maciste contro Ercole nella valle dei guai/ ''Maciste vs Hercules in the Valley of Woe''), a.k.a. ''Hercules in the Valley of Woe'', is a 1961 Italian Franco and Ciccio comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Kirk Morris as Maciste and Frank Gordon as Hercules. The film is a comical take on the popular sword-and-sandal epics of the 1950s and 1960s. Plot In Milan, a major theater entrepreneur's going to put on a show period piece set in the era of mythological Greece. However, by a lucky accident, the company of actors and the entrepreneur himself are catapulted back in time just at the time of invincible warriors and heroes of Homer and Hesiod. Now we learn that the king Eurystheus needed to drive to Hercules, the invincible hero, able to defeat his arch enemy Maciste, who wants to kidnap his girlfriend Deianira. Cast * Kirk Morris as Maciste * Frank Gordon as Hercules * Franco Franchi as Francheo * Ciccio Ingrassia as Ingrassia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maciste Contro Ercole Nella Valle Dei Guai
''Hercules in the Vale of Woe'' ( it, Maciste contro Ercole nella valle dei guai/ ''Maciste vs Hercules in the Valley of Woe''), a.k.a. ''Hercules in the Valley of Woe'', is a 1961 Italian Franco and Ciccio comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Kirk Morris as Maciste and Frank Gordon as Hercules. The film is a comical take on the popular sword-and-sandal epics of the 1950s and 1960s. Plot In Milan, a major theater entrepreneur's going to put on a show period piece set in the era of mythological Greece. However, by a lucky accident, the company of actors and the entrepreneur himself are catapulted back in time just at the time of invincible warriors and heroes of Homer and Hesiod. Now we learn that the king Eurystheus needed to drive to Hercules, the invincible hero, able to defeat his arch enemy Maciste, who wants to kidnap his girlfriend Deianira. Cast * Kirk Morris as Maciste * Frank Gordon as Hercules * Franco Franchi as Francheo * Ciccio Ingrassia as Ingras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maciste All'inferno (1962 Film)
''The Witch's Curse'' ( it, Maciste all'inferno, lit=Maciste in Hell) is a 1962 peplum-fantasy film, directed by Riccardo Freda. Plot In the mid-1500s, a witch is burned in Scotland and places a curse on the inhabitants before she dies. One hundred years later, the tree she was chained to and burned still stands with no one daring to destroy it. The curse remains by forcing women to commit suicide. The witch's descendant, Martha Gunt, is sentenced to be burned for witchcraft. As she is placed in a prison cell, Maciste comes forth to fight evil. When he uproots the cursed tree, he finds an entrance to Hell where he attempts to track down the original witch to rescind her curse and attempts to help the damned from their plight. Cast * Kirk Morris as Maciste * Hélène Chanel as Fania * Vira Silenti as Martha Gaunt * Andrea Bosic as Judge Parrish * Charles Fernley Fawcett as the Doctor * Remo De Angelis as Prometheus * John Karlsen * Gina Mascetti * Puccio Ceccarelli Producti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colossus And The Headhunters
''Colossus and the Headhunters'' ( it, Maciste contro i cacciatori di teste, lit=Maciste against the head-hunters), is a 1963 Italian ''peplum'' film written and directed by Guido Malatesta, and starring Kirk Morris. Plot The heroic Maciste arrives on an island only to find it rocked by a catastrophic volcanic eruption...and sinking. The survivors board Maciste's raft, and he pilots toward a nearby yet unknown island. The group are captured by a tribe led by the beautiful Queen Amoa. Her people are under repeat attack by another tribe on the island—a tribe of savage headhunters. Maciste and his survivors decide to help her, so he and some of his friends set out to find Amoa's father. They travel to a ruined castle occupied by the hunters—previously a great city of gold—and find Amoa's father, now blind, imprisoned alone in one of the dungeon rooms by the hunters. The headhunter leader captures Amoa and decides to marry her by compelling her father to give his blessing. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maciste Contro I Cacciatori Di Teste
''Colossus and the Headhunters'' ( it, Maciste contro i cacciatori di teste, lit=Maciste against the head-hunters), is a 1963 Italian ''peplum'' film written and directed by Guido Malatesta, and starring Kirk Morris. Plot The heroic Maciste arrives on an island only to find it rocked by a catastrophic volcanic eruption...and sinking. The survivors board Maciste's raft, and he pilots toward a nearby yet unknown island. The group are captured by a tribe led by the beautiful Queen Amoa. Her people are under repeat attack by another tribe on the island—a tribe of savage headhunters. Maciste and his survivors decide to help her, so he and some of his friends set out to find Amoa's father. They travel to a ruined castle occupied by the hunters—previously a great city of gold—and find Amoa's father, now blind, imprisoned alone in one of the dungeon rooms by the hunters. The headhunter leader captures Amoa and decides to marry her by compelling her father to give his blessing. A l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samson
Samson (; , '' he, Šīmšōn, label= none'', "man of the sun") was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution of the monarchy. He is sometimes considered as an Israelite version of the popular Near Eastern folk hero also embodied by the Sumerian Enkidu and the Greek Heracles. The biblical account states that Samson was a Nazirite, and that he was given immense strength to aid him against his enemies and allow him to perform superhuman feats, including slaying a lion with his bare hands and massacring an entire army of Philistines using only the jawbone of a donkey. However, if Samson's long hair were cut, then his Nazirite vow would be violated and he would lose his strength. Samson is betrayed by his lover Delilah, who, sent by the Philistines officials to entice him, orders a servant to cut his hair while he is sleeping and turns him over to hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sansone Contro I Pirati
''Samson and the Sea Beast'' ( it, Sansone contro i pirati, also known as ''Samson Against the Pirates'') is a 1963 Italian peplum film directed by Tanio Boccia. The plot centres around a pirate terrorising the Antilles. He plunders ships, slaughtering their crews and selling women as slaves. One of the women asks a man named Sansone for help battling the pirates. Cast * Kirk Morris: Samson * Margaret Lee: Amanda * Daniele Vargas: Murad * Aldo Bufi Landi: Manuel * Tullio Altamura: Mobed * Adriana Ambesi: Sarah * Attilio Dottesio: Alvarez * Calisto Calisti: Ibrahim * Nello Pazzafini Nello Pazzafini (15 May 1933 – 9 January 1996) was an Italian actor who appeared in a very large number of Peplum movies, Spaghetti Westerns and Poliziotteschi. He was an ex-bodyguard and often played a "tough guy" character. Partial filmog ...: Sandor Release ''Samson Against the Pirates'' was released in Italy on 29 July 1963. It was also released as ''Samson and the Sea Beasts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hercules, Samson And Ulysses
''Hercules, Samson and Ulysses'', ( it, Ercole sfida Sansone) is a 1963 Italian Metrocolor ''peplum'' film directed by Pietro Francisci. The costume designers for this movie used re-purposed Nazi helmets for the Philistine headgear. Plot In Ithaca, off the coast of Greece, Hercules is living a happy family life with his wife Iole and his little son at the court of Laertes, father of Ulysses. Ulysses is a youth who demonstrates athletic ability, though not Hercules' super-strength, and is already in love with a girl named Penelope. A delegation of fishermen comes to ask King Laertes to do something about a sea monster that is killing some of them. Hercules volunteers to slay the monster, Laertes provides him with a ship and crew, and Ulysses goes along with them, taking a cageful of homing pigeons at his parents' insistence, though he says they'll be back in a day and a half. They find the sea monster and Hercules spears it, but a huge storm comes up and they must fight to surviv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
