The three films are: THE TEN GLADIATORS; SPARTACUS & THE TEN GLADIATORS and TRIUMPH OF THE TEN GLADIATORS.
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Dan Vadis as Rocca
Pietro Torrisi
Salvatore Borgese
Jeff Cameron (aka Giovanni Scarciofolo)
Aldo Canti
Enzo Fiermonte
Romano Giomini
Frank Oliveras
Emilio Messina
Armando Bottin
3 actors from THE TEN GLADIATORS that didn't make it in the 2 following films. Not pictured here is Aldo Cristiani.
Pino Mattei
Giancarlo Bastianoni
The entire TEN GLADIATORS cast from the 2 sequels (or prequels)
5 comments:
I've always enjoyed this series of films, so I appreciate your taking the time to do this research. It's got me wanting to watch the films again, which is always a good thing! Dan Vadis is always enjoyable IMHO---he was unique among peplum stars.
And, as the last picture shows, Dan Vadis was easily the mightiest of all the Ten Gladiators (& more than a few Hercules', too. lol)
Was sorry to read that Dan died so young (49), of an apparent drug overdose.
And Dan wasn't beyond enduring a bit of pain for the part. That hanging off of the tree limb by one arm must have hurt, no matter how strong your muscles were. The first picture of him shows him twisting in the wind, showing a great back as he turned around, and also showing that there wasn't any bracing to help him out. I've always wondered how he got to look so good. He wasn't a bodybuilder particularly, was he? At least, he wasn't in the Weider or the Laurie camps anyway.
Everyone of these actors I have seen in many Spaghetti Westerns, and EURO Spy & War movies. The guys that I have seen the most of are Giancarlo Bastianoni, Frank Oliveras, Enzo Fiermonte, Salvatore Borgese(This guy played in everything besides PEP and I think he had a nice little career going). Seen him in a bunch of S.W.'s and I have him in several War Films most notably THE COMMANDOS & FIVE FOR HELL among others.
Salvatore had a very good career which lasted up until the 1980s. Pietro sorta disappeared a bit by the 1970s but resurfaced with several Sword & Sorcery films in the 1980s.
Steven, I believe he was a bodybuilder but not a pro. There are several photos of Vadis with Gordon Mitchell lifting up girls a la bodybuilders. Vadis was mostly impressive because aside from Peter Lupus, he was the tallest at 6'4" and yet he was very agile for a big guy.
Django, glad you enjoyed this mini retrospective.
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