Giovanni Cianfriglia | |
Birth Date: | 5 April 1935 |
Birth Place: | Anzio, Lazio, Italy |
Death Place: | Anzio, Lazio, Italy |
Other Names: | Ken Wood |
Occupation: | Actor, stuntman |
Yearsactive: | 1958–2000 |
Giovanni Cianfriglia (5 April 1935 – 30 October 2024), also known as Ken Wood, was an Italian film actor and stuntman. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1958 to 2000.
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.[1] 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.[2] Cianfriglia died on 30 October 2024, at the age of 89.[3]