Giovanni Cianfriglia

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.

Giovanni Cianfriglia
Cianfriglia in La polizia ha le mani legate (1975)
Born	(1935-04-05)5 April 1935 Anzio, Lazio, Italy
Died	30 October 2024(2024-10-30) (aged 89) Anzio, Lazio, Italy
Other names	Ken Wood
Occupation(s)	Actor, stuntman
Years active	1958–2000

Life and career

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.^[1] Cianfriglia died on 30 October 2024, at the age of 89.^[2]

Selected filmography

• The Trojan Horse (1961)
• Sandokan the Great (1963)
• Revenge of The Gladiators (1964)
• Castle of Blood (1964)
• Hercules the Avenger (1965)
• Desperate Mission (1965)
• Superargo Versus Diabolicus (1966)
• Massacre Mania (1967)
• The Devil's Man (1967)
• Golden Chameleon (1967)
• No Graves on Boot Hill (1968)
• Superargo and the Faceless Giants (1968)
• Bury Them Deep (1968)
• Kill Them All and Come Back Alone (1968)
• Gunman Sent by God (1968)
• Drummer of Vengeance (1971)
• Life Is Tough, Eh Providence? (1972)
• Peur sur la ville (1975)
• Who Breaks... Pays (1975)
• Killer Cop (1975)
• The Climber (1975)
• Keoma (1976)
• Everything Happens to Me (1980)
• Buddy Goes West (1981)
• Tuareg – The Desert Warrior (1984)
• Le comiche (1990)
• Alex l'ariete (2000)