THE 100 MOST PROLIFIC ACTORS IN PEPLUM MOVIES
This is a list of actors who have appeared in more peplum / historical movies than any others, starting with the actor who appeared in the most films and including any known credits missing from their IMDb pages.
It's actually a top 122, since I've added a number of actors since I created the list, and there are 14 actors tied at 109= with 14 peplum performances each including Steve Reeves and Gordon Scott - and I couldn't leave them off!
This is a companion list to my "PEPLUM PARADISE" lists of peplum / historical film titles, [link]http://www.imdb.com/list/9zpI-Wdt6pU/[/link]
If you are a fan of peplum / sword and sandal movies you might like to check out my "Peplum Paradise" galleries and group on Facebook.
I will be moving actors up and down the list as uncredited performances are discovered. If you can think of any actors I have omitted then please let me know.
It's actually a top 122, since I've added a number of actors since I created the list, and there are 14 actors tied at 109= with 14 peplum performances each including Steve Reeves and Gordon Scott - and I couldn't leave them off!
This is a companion list to my "PEPLUM PARADISE" lists of peplum / historical film titles, [link]http://www.imdb.com/list/9zpI-Wdt6pU/[/link]
If you are a fan of peplum / sword and sandal movies you might like to check out my "Peplum Paradise" galleries and group on Facebook.
I will be moving actors up and down the list as uncredited performances are discovered. If you can think of any actors I have omitted then please let me know.
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- Nerio Bernardi was born on 23 July 1899 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was an actor, known for Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963), Invasion 1700 (1962) and Theodora, Slave Empress (1954). He died on 12 January 1971 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.Known Peplum appearances: 67
Titles missing from his IMDb page include
CARTHAGE IN FLAMES (1959)
THE CENTURION (1961) - Actor
- Stunts
- Additional Crew
Nello Pazzafini was born on 15 May 1934 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Ator, the Fighting Eagle (1982), Long Live Robin Hood (1971) and Carambola (1974). He died on 27 November 1997 in Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy.Known Peplum appearances: 63
Titles missing from his IMDb page include
GOLIATH AND THE BARBARIANS (1959)
THE QUEEN OF THE PIRATES (1960)
THE BACCHANTES (1961)
REVENGE OF URSUS (1961)
URSUS IN THE LAND OF FIRE (1963)
SPARTACUS AND THE TEN GLADIATORS (1964)
REVOLT OF THE BARBARIANS (1964)- Ugo Sasso was born on 23 March 1910 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Lovers of Manon Lescout (1954), Cavalcata d'eroi (1950) and Goliath and the Dragon (1960). He died on 21 July 1981 in Italy.Known peplum appearances: 60
Titles missing from his IMDb page include
ATTACK OF THE MOORS (1959)
MORGAN THE PIRATE (1960)
Mis-credits on IMDb
Ugo is not in
SPARTACUS AND THE TEN GLADIATORS (1964) - Actor
- Stunts
- Additional Crew
Franco Fantasia was born on 5 March 1924 in Rhodes, Italy [now Rhodes, Dodecanese, South Aegean, Greece]. He was an actor, known for The Black Corsair (1976), D'Artagnan contro i 3 moschettieri (1963) and Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun (1964). He died on 10 November 2002 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.Known peplum appearances: 59
Titles missing from Franco's IMDb page include:
THE PIRATES OF CAPRI (1949)- Actor
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Amedeo Trilli was born on 9 July 1906 in Ronciglione, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for C'è un fantasma nel castello (1942), Mare (1940) and Gladiator of Rome (1962). He died on 30 November 1971 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.Known peplum appearances: 53
Titles missing from Amedeo's IMDb page include:
APHRODITE, GODDESS OF LOVE (1958)
CAPTAIN FALCON (1958)
THE BLACK ARCHER (1959)
THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY (1965)- Actor
- Director
Carlo Tamberlani was born on 11 March 1899 in Salice Salentino, Puglia, Italy. He was an actor and director, known for The Evil Forest (1952), Constantine and the Cross (1961) and Giuliano de' Medici (1941). He died on 5 August 1980 in Subiaco, Lazio, Italy.Known peplum appearances: 46
Mis-credits on IMDb:
Carlo is not in CONSTANTINE AND THE CROSS (1961)- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Enzo Fiermonte was born on 17 July 1908 in Bari, Puglia, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for Merchant of Slaves (1942), The Adventures of Fra Diavolo (1942) and L'abito nero da sposa (1945). He was married to Madeleine Astor and Tosca Manetti. He died on 22 March 1993 in Mentana, Lazio, Italy.Known peplum appearances: 45- Actor
- Production Manager
- Additional Crew
Andrea Aureli was born on 5 March 1923 in Terni, Umbria, Italy. He was an actor and production manager, known for The Loves of Hercules (1960), Sansone contro il corsaro nero (1964) and La spada e la croce (1958). He died on 5 November 2007 in Rome, Italy.Known peplum appearances: 41- Amerigo Santarelli was born on 21 September 1910 in Rome, Italy. He was an actor, known for Daughter of Cleopatra (1960), Benvenuto reverendo! (1950) and Il bandolero stanco (1952). He died on 8 October 1971 in Rome, Italy.Known peplum appearances: 40
Titles missing from Amerigo's IMDb page include:
QUO VADIS (1951)
CROSSED SWORDS (1954)
THE DEVIL'S CAVALIERS (1958)
PIRATE OF THE BLACK HAWK (1958)
IL CONTE DI MATERA (1958)
THE LOVES OF HERCULES (1960)
THE MINOTAUR (1960)
CARTHAGE IN FLAMES (1960)
TERROR OF THE RED MASK (1960)
MORGAN THE PIRATE (1960)
CONSTANTINE AND THE CROSS (1961)
BARABBAS (1961)
RAGE OF THE BUCCANEERS (1961)
HERCULES CONQUERS ATLANTIS (1961)
REVENGE OF URSUS (1961)
FRANCIS OF ASSISI (1961)
VULCAN, SON OF JUPITER (1962)
VENUS AGAINST THE SON OF HERCULES (1962)
THE BLACK INVADERS (1962)
GOLIATH AND THE SINS OF BABYLON (1963)
TOTO E CLEOPATRA (1963)
TERROR OF THE STEPPES (1964)
SAMSON IN KING SOLOMON'S MINES (1964)
REVENGE OF THE CRUSADER (1964)
REVOLT OF THE PRAETORIANS (1964)
THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY (1965)
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS (1966)
UNTAMEABLE ANGELIQUE (1967) - Veriano Ginesi was born on 2 March 1907 in Tarquinia, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Constantine and the Cross (1961), Rabbit in the Pit (1969) and Goliath and the Barbarians (1959). He died on 1 July 1989 in Rome, Italy.Known peplum appearances: 38
Titles missing from Veriano's IMDb page include:
TWO NIGHTS WITH CLEOPATRA (1954)
APHRODITE, GODDESS OF LOVE (1958)
THE PIRATE AND THE SLAVE GIRL (1959)
SIEGE OF SYRACUSE (1959)
ATTACK OF THE MOORS (1959)
THE BLACK ARCHER (1959)
THE MINOTAUR (1960)
SAMSON AND THE 7 MIRACLES OF THE WORLD (1961)
HERCULES AGAINST THE MONGOLS (1963)
THE LION OF THEBES (1964)
THE BIBLE.., IN THE BEGINNING (1964)
SEVEN SLAVES AGAINST THE WORLD (1964)
SEVEN REBEL GLADIATORS (1965)
THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY (1965)
THE FALCON OF THE DESERT (1965)
FOR LOVE AND GOLD (1966)
UNTAMEABLE ANGELIQUE (1967)
LUCREZIA GIOVANE (1974) - Livio Lorenzon was born on 6 May 1923 in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963) and Tharus figlio di Attila (1962). He died on 23 December 1971 in Latisana, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.Known peplum appearances: 38
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Paul Muller was born on 11 March 1923 in Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He was an actor, known for Lady Frankenstein (1971), Eugenie de Sade (1973) and The Arena (1974). He died on 2 September 2016 in Tivoli, Italy.Known peplum appearances: 37- Stunts
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Nazzareno Zamperla was born on 25 April 1937 in Treviso, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor, known for Cutthroat Island (1995), Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963) and Tough Guys (1974). He died on 19 March 2020 in Rome, Italy.Known peplum appearances: 37
Titles missing from Nazzareno's IMDb page include:
THE VIOLENT PATRIOT (1956)
KNIGHT OF THE BLACK SWORD (1956)
THE GIANT OF MARATHON (1959)
MORGAN THE PIRATE (1960)
THE GIANTS OF THESSALY (1960)
THE MINOTAUR (1960)
HERCULES AND THE BLACK PIRATE (1964)- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Fahrettin Cüreklibatir, better known by his stage name Cüneyt Arkin, is a Turkish film actor, director, and producer. Having starred in somewhere around 250 movies and also TV series, he is widely considered as one of the most prominent Turkish actors of all time. His films shown abroad credited him as George Arkin. Arkin's films have ranged from well-received dramas to mockbusters throughout his career spanning four decades.
Early in his career, Arkin became known for starring in historical dramas taking place during the first centuries of the Ottoman Empire and Anatolian Seljuks, such as Malkoçoglu Cem Sultan and Battal Gazi. While gaining success with such action-based films, he also took part in political films in the late 1970s, the most famous of those being The Adam Trilogy directed by Remzi Aydin Jöntürk. Arkin and Jöntürk continued their collaboration on many other films.
In the 1980s, Arkin became known abroad for the film Dünyayi Kurtaran Adam (The Man Who Saves The World, also known as Turkish Star Wars), an extremely low-budget science fiction tentatively famous for featuring bootlegged scenes from Star Wars. Today the B movie has a cult following.
Fahrettin Cüreklibatur was born in the village of Gökçeoglu in the Alpu district of Eskisehir Province, Turkey to a family of Crimean Tatar and Nogai origin.
After graduation from the university as a physician, Cüreklibatir married his classmate Güler Mocan in 1965. In 1966, their daughter Filiz was born. The marriage did not last long due to Cüreklibatir's newly flourishing career as a film actor.
In 1968, he took the stage name Cüneyt Arkin, and met Betül Isil, the daughter of a wealthy family that owned a tile manufacturing company. Isil, a graduate of a university in Switzerland was working as a flight attendant at the time. They were engaged in 1969, married in 1970, and divorced in 1971. Soon afterwards, they remarried and Betül gave birth to two sons, Murat and Kaan Polat. Arkin's wife and sons have starred in several of his films.Known Peplum Appearances: 36- Nando Tamberlani was born on 15 January 1896 in Campi Salentino, Italy. He was an actor, known for Malombra (1942), La spada e la croce (1958) and The Trojan Horse (1961). He was married to Elena Wronowska. He died on 11 May 1967 in Milan, Italy.Known peplum appearances: 35
Titles missing from his IMDb page include:
PIA OF PTOLEMY (1958)
CONSTANTINE AND THE CROSS (1961) - Actor
- Production Manager
Fedele Gentile was born on 28 January 1908 in Montenero di Bissaccia, Italy. He was an actor and production manager, known for Il magnifico gladiatore (1964), Caesar Against the Pirates (1962) and The Vengeance of Ursus (1961). He died on 16 December 1993 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.Known peplum appearances: 34
Titles missing from Fedele's IMDb page include:
BRENNUS, ENEMY OF ROME (1963, credited as Roland Gray)- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Sound Department
Mimmo Palmara was born on 25 July 1928 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Ten Gladiators (1963), Tharus figlio di Attila (1962) and The Two Gladiators (1964). He died on 10 June 2016 in Rome, Italy.Known peplum appearances: 34
Titles missing from Mimmo's IMDb page include:
THE QUEEN OF SHEBA (1952)
SINS OF ROME (1953)- Massimo Serato was born on 31 May 1916 in Oderzo, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor, known for Don't Look Now (1973), The Loves of Hercules (1960) and The Humanoid (1979). He died on 22 December 1989 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.Known peplum appearances: 34
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Production Manager
Ignazio Balsamo was born on 25 October 1912 in Catania, Sicily, Italy. He was an actor and production manager, known for I tre corsari (1952), In the Name of the Law (1949) and Jolanda la figlia del corsaro nero (1953). He died on 7 August 1994 in Catania, Sicily, Italy.Known peplum appearances: 33
Titles missing from Ignazio's IMDb page include
THE CENTURION (1961)
CORIOLANUS: HERO WITHOUT A COUNTRY (1964)- Actor
- Additional Crew
Loris Gizzi was born on 16 August 1899 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Rigoletto e la sua tragedia (1956), The Genius and the Nightingale (1943) and La sonnambula (1941). He died on 6 October 1986 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.Known peplum appearances: 33
Titles missing from Loris's IMDb page include:
SHIP OF CONDEMNED WOMEN (1953)- Raf Baldassarre was born on 17 January 1932 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Great Silence (1968), Our Man in Jamaica (1965) and The Giants of Thessaly (1960). He died on 17 January 1995 in Italy.Known peplum appearances: 32
Titles missing from Raf's IMDb page include:
SWORD WITHOUT A COUNTRY (1961) - Mimmo Poli was born on 11 April 1922 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Queen of the Seas (1961), The Prisoner of the Iron Mask (1961) and Hercules the Avenger (1965). He died on 4 April 1986 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.Known peplum appearances: 32
Titles missing from Mimmo's IMDb page include:
ATTACK OF THE MOORS (1959)
TIBERIUS (1960)
BARABBAS (1961)
FRANCIS OF ASSISI (1961)
THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY (1965) - Actor
- Director
- Producer
Dara Singh Randhawa (Born Deedar Singh Randhawa, Nov 19, 1928- 12 July 2012 ) was an Indian Wrestler, Film and Television Actor, Director, Producer and Member of Parliament. He was encouraged to take up pehelwani since an early age. He started his wrestling career in Singapore in 1949 and Films in 1952. He hails from the village of Dharmuchak in Amritsar, Punjab. In July 2012, He suffered a cardiac arrest and eventually died on July 12, at his home in Mumbai. He was cremated at Juhu Crematorium with a funeral service attended by thousands In 2019, A statue was erected in his honour at Phase 6, Mohali, Punjab next to his Film Studio, Dara Studio.
Films and TV- Dara started his film career in 1952 with Sangdil and went on to do between 150-200 films and TV serials. He was a part of two national award winning Punjabi Films, Jagga and Mai Maa Punjab Dee. He established Punjab's first film Studio, Dara Studio.
Family- Dara has 6 Children. 1 from his first marriage and 5 from his second.
Wrestling- Dara left studies at an early age to work on his family farm and wrestled locally. He went to Singapore for work in 1949 on board the SS Rajula and had his first international kushti win at Jakarta, Indonesia in the same year. He earlier worked at a Drum Manufacturing plant and later as a security personnel, before doing wrestling full time. During this time he dabbled between Kushti, Freestyle Wrestling and Pro wrestling. He went on to win Champion of Malaysia, Indian Style (1951). This cemented his name which eventually made him rise up in the professional and freestyle wrestling ring, leading him to Rustom-E-Hind (1954), Champion of Commonwealth (1959), Rustom-E-Punjab (1966), World Champion (1968) and NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Championship, earning him a spot in Wrestling Observer Newsletter's Hall of Fame (1996) and WWE Hall of Fame. (2018).
Biographies- His auto-biography is titled Meri Aatamkatha. (Original Language- Punjabi) His biography Deedara! aka Dara Singh is written by Seema Sonik Alimchand
He is also the subject of a comic book, Journey of the Great Dara Singh, launched in 2019 at Mumbai Comic-Con.Known peplum appearances: 32- Pietro Tordi was born on 12 July 1906 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor, known for Quo Vadis (1951), Figaro qua, Figaro là (1950) and The Giants of Thessaly (1960). He died in 1990.Known peplum appearances: 32
- Pietro Ceccarelli was born on 26 January 1934 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Name of the Rose (1986), Endgame - Bronx lotta finale (1983) and The Arena (1974). He died on 14 October 1993.Known peplum appearances: 31
Titles missing from Pietro's IMDb page include:
APHRODITE, GODDESS OF LOVE (1958)
GOLIATH AND THE BARBARIANS (1959)
THE MINOTAUR (1960)
SCIPIO THE AFRICAN (1971)