Giovanni Cianfriglia
Date of birth: 1935-04-05
Place of birth: Anzio, Lazio, Italy
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ken Wood, Giovanni Cianfrilla, Giovanni Gianfriglia, Phil Karson, Alfred Raichlin, John Richmond, Jody Wanger
Biography
Giovanni Cianfriglia (born 5 April 1935) is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1958. Born in Anzio, Cianfriglia debuted as the body double of Steve Reeves in Hercules, then he started appearing, often uncredited, as a stuntman in dozens of genre films. Since the second half of the sixties he starred in several adventure films and Spaghetti Westerns in leading roles using the stage name Ken Wood. Source: Article "Giovanni Cianfriglia" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Odds and Evens
1978-10-28
A bumbling government agent recruits a trucker whose gambling knowledge can help crack an illegal Fl
Challenge of McKenna
1970-03-21
A former priest becomes embroiled in the drama raging between a Mexican rancher, his unhappy daughte
Alex the Ram
2000-07-21
Alessandro Corso is a special forces carabiniere. During an operation he saves a child but cause the
The Grand Duel
1972-12-29
A grizzled ex-sheriff helps a man framed for murder to confront the powerful trio of brothers who wa
The Last Round
1976-12-30
Stelvio Massi's crime thriller centers on a drifter who sets out to help blue-collar workers rise up
Killer Kid
1967-09-30
The ruthless and cruel Captain Ramirez hunts down and kills revolutionaries in his search for The Sa
The Unholy Four
1970-03-11
A young man who has lost his memory, escapes from prison with three other convicts. The other men he
Five for Revenge
1966-01-01
Jim Latimore's ranch is a thorn in the side of the ruthless Gonzales brothers and his marriage to th
Sentence of God
1972-09-20
A bounty hunter named Minnesota is only interested in big bounties. El Santo is wanted, but has a mu
Life Is Tough, Eh Providence?
1972-10-26
An eccentric bounty hunter named Providence captures and sets free a criminal in order to collect th
Gunman Sent by God
1968-02-29
Anthony Steffen, as a young gunman who works as a circus performer, witnesses the killing of some ou
Bury Them Deep
1968-07-18
Clive Norton is a young captain ordered by his superior to recover two shipments of stolen army payr
If You Want to Live... Shoot!
1968-01-07
A young cowboy, Johnny, playing in a rigged poker game is forced to shoot one of the other players.
Kill Them All and Come Back Alone
1968-12-31
During the American Civil War, a Confederate prisoner, Clyde McKay, attempts to steal a box of gold
No Graves on Boot Hill
1968-11-23
Three men meet in the same prison and in their cell they find a Mexican boy condemned to death for m
The Italian Connection
1972-09-02
When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is frame
Hercules the Avenger
1965-08-13
Reg Park returns to his antics of old as the man of iron in HERCULES THE AVENGER. The Son of Jove un
Rent-a-Cop
1987-11-28
Detective Tony Church is forced to retire and become a store rent-a-cop when his drug sting operatio
Revenge of The Gladiators
1964-12-31
The mighty Gladiator is captured after freeing the misguided emperor's daughter. The girl surrenders
Super Stooges vs the Wonder Women
1974-04-11
Three men with supernatural powers interfere in a tribal warfare to prevent evil Amazons destroying
Viva! Django
1971-09-29
Django is on the trail of some renegade outlaws who raped and killed his wife. En route, he rescues
The Trojan Horse
1961-10-26
Trojan hero Aeneas battles to save his city from the Greeks, but once Troy falls, he leads the 600 s
Gunmen and the Holy Ghost
1972-05-06
The authorities of Springfield ask Spirito Santo/Holy Ghost, which in turn will require the help of
Return of the Holy Ghost
1972-05-07
A crook masquerading as an Army Colonel in charge of gold shipments, replaces gold ingots with fakes
Ringo and His Golden Pistol
1966-07-15
A Mexican bandit teams up with a band of renegade Native Americans to avenge his older brothers when
The Magnificent Dare Devil
1973-11-20
A race-car driver must elude the police and two rival criminal organizations as he tries to locate a
Flatfoot in Egypt
1980-03-01
Inspector Rizzo and Marshal Caputo go to Egypt and look for Professor Cerullo, who is missing.
Temple of the White Elephant
1964-03-28
In British colonial India, Lt. Dick Ramsay is charged with secretly rescuing the kidnapped daughter
Three Giants of the Roman Empire
1971-08-13
Massacre Mania
1967-11-14
A high level criminal attempts to enslave the world by thought control through TV.
Superargo and the Faceless Giants
1968-01-26
A masked wrestler/superhero goes up against a madman and his army of robots.
Superargo vs Diabolicus
1966-12-14
After accidentally killing an opponent in the ring, masked wrestler Superargo quits wrestling and, f
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
2006-04-23
The beginnings, development and decline of so-called spaghetti-western genre; with clips, interviews
Who Breaks... Pays
1975-10-26
A ship stopped at the port of Istanbul should take vegetables, but an unscrupulous man would like to
Castle of Blood
1964-02-27
When a cynical journalist accepts a wager that he won't survive the night in a haunted castle, it un
Banana Joe
1982-03-24
Island farmer Banana Joe helps the local community by trading his bananas for goods. When gangsters
Violent Rome
1975-08-13
A detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds wit
The Devil's Man
1967-06-30
Journalist Mike Harway decides to help his friend Christine in her search for her father, professor
The Comics
1990-10-28
Two silent movie actors escape from their film. Forced to find a way to survive in the real world, t
The Barbarians
1987-03-20
Orphaned brothers Kutchek and Gore are adopted by a tribe led by Canary the owner of a powerful jewe
Thor the Conqueror
1983-02-05
After both his parents are brutally murdered by his fathers rival Gnut and his men the new born Thor
They Called Him Bulldozer
1978-09-15
The "Bulldozer", a former football star, is now working as a fisherman. As a group of street-people
Why Did You Pick On Me?
1980-12-11
Following the events of The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid, Sheriff Hall and H-725 (using the officia
Tuareg: Desert Warrior
1984-03-12
In a desolate section of the Sahara once ruled by the French, two thirsty men stumble into the camp
Ironmaster
1983-03-10
A tale that takes place at the dawn of history. The movie tells the story of a tribe that discovers
The Biggest Battle
1978-02-07
A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of wh
Bandits: Love and Liberty
1994-10-23
In 1838 in the kingdom of Naples and the Two Sicilies, Malacarne, gamekeeper of Baron San Germano, k
From Corleone to Brooklyn
1979-04-13
Maurizio Merli takes up a familiar role as Commissioner Berni; a cop who puts his life on the line t
Ladyhawke
1985-03-27
Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each oth
High Crime
1973-08-12
An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. As he comes closer to t
Free Hand for a Tough Cop
1976-08-27
A cop recruits a criminal and his cohorts to help track down a violent crime lord who has kidnapped
2019: After the Fall of New York
1983-07-22
After a nuclear war society breaks down into two groups, the evil Euraks, and the rebel Federation.
The Final Executioner
1984-03-09
After a nuclear holocaust, as the rest of society regresses to primitivism, a small, "elite" group t
The Seven Magnificent Gladiators
1983-07-31
A bandit leader endowed with supernatural powers by his sorceress mother makes yearly raids on a pea
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988-05-28
Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutio
Gunan, King of the Barbarians
1982-09-09
The peaceful countryside village of Solmen is savagely assaulted by wild Ungats led by bloodthirsty
The Climber
1975-02-18
Joe Dallesandro plays a hungry young buck who aspires to be a career criminal. He starts out working
First Action Hero
1994-01-01
A maverick cop takes on the seedy criminal underbelly of Miami singlehanded.
Killer Cop
1975-03-27
In a crowded hotel in the center of Milan a bomb has been planted. The time device on its detonator
In the Name of the Pope King
1977-12-03
In 1867, with Garibaldi's forces close to bringing Rome into the Italian kingdom, Monsignor Colombo
Bomber
1982-08-05
Bomber is an unemployed boat captain. One day he meets Jerry, a manager of boxers who are struck by
I picari
1987-12-18
The adventures of a couple of scoundrels in the Spain of the 16th century.
Golden Chameleon
1967-07-21
Vittorio, an employee of an insurance company, is the only witness to an incident where a thief call
Where the Bullets Fly
1972-01-01
Young adventurer Gipo owns one fifth of a rock illustrating the location of a rich gold mine. Riskin
Blood River
1974-08-18
A bunch of unscrupulous men make havoc of a tribe of Indians to take their land. A survivor of the m
You're Jinxed, Friend, You've Met Sacramento
1972-04-13
This fast-moving tale revolves around the kidnaping of a boxer's daughter. The boxer pays the ransom
Urban Warriors
1987-12-30
Three technicians working in an underground laboratory discover that a nuclear war has destroyed mos
Soldier of Fortune
1976-02-19
Medieval soldier of fortune Ettore is traveling through Europe with his partners looking for a fight
The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid
1979-08-10
A young humanoid alien who gets stranded on earth hooks up with a grizzled old sheriff in a western
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure
1981-12-09
Alan gets a map to some war treasure which the Japanese army left behind on a small Pacific island a
Crime Busters
1977-04-01
An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break
Watch Out, We're Mad
1974-03-29
After a tied 1st place in a local stunt race, two drivers start a contest to decide who of them will
Escape from the Bronx
1983-08-15
A ragtag group of people have to fight extermination squads amid their ruined city.
Year of the Gun
1991-09-10
American novelist David Raybourne accidentally becomes entangled in the Red Brigade's terrorist plan
The Night Caller
1975-04-09
A serial-killer frightens Paris by phoning young ladies at night, telling them insults about their l
Rita the Field Marshal
1967-12-21
A waitress helps a scientist flee the Nazis.
The Relentless Four
1965-12-03
Terrorized townsfolk turn into a lynch mob and target a lawman.
The Hired Killer
1966-03-25
Hit-man Clint Harris has one more job to do before he can retire. The corporation which hires him de
Hector the Mighty
1972-01-06
A pimp named Horny Hector operates a brothel on property coveted by Cardinal Giove. The Cardinal com
A Queen for Caesar
1962-12-22
Story of the power struggle between Egyptian queen Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy, and how a comm
Crime on the Highway
1982-09-30
Undercover cop Nico Giraldi is once again transformed, now as a trucker in a criminal gang.
The Criminals Attack. The Police Respond
1977-08-23
Returning from Switzerland to Rome, the boss prof. Salviati, called 'The Prince', finds his business
Cellini: A Violent Life
1990-05-02
The story of Benvenuto Cellinin (1500-1571), a soldier and one of the most important craftsmen and a
Keoma
1976-11-25
Half-breed Keoma returns to his border hometown after service in the Civil War and finds it under th
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
1973-11-23
There's trouble in Frankie Diomede's criminal empire in Genoa. A French gangster has moved into his
Super Stooges vs the Wonder Women
1974-04-11
Three men with supernatural powers interfere in a tribal warfare to prevent evil Amazons destroying
The Tramplers
1965-12-31
After the war of secession, the aging Cordeen, who owns thousands of acres in Texas, rules his numer
Sandokan the Great
1963-11-19
After the capture of the Sultan of Muluder, Sandokan, the sultan's son, leads a guerilla army throug
L'importante è non farsi notare
1979-09-22
Three American secret agents, disguised as women, (the flag sisters) are sent to Rome with the task
The Big Racket
1976-08-12
Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles a criminal gang terrorizing a sleepy Italian town, e