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.

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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

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1942 births

Living people

Italian male film actors

Actors from Venice

Italian bodybuilders

People associated with physical culture

Kirk Morris