Luciano Pigozzi | |
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Born | Novellara, Italy | 10 January 1927
Died | 14 June 2008 Rome, Italy | (aged 81)
Other names | Alan Collins |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1954–1989 |
Luciano Pigozzi, also known professionally as Alan Collins[1] (10 January 1927 – 14 June 2008), was an Italian character actor. A long-time staple of Italian genre cinema, Pigozzi was noted for his resemblance to Peter Lorre[2] and appeared in such films as Human Cobras,[3] Yor, the Hunter from the Future,[1] Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman,[4] Blood and Black Lace,[5] Libido and perhaps his goriest role in Baron Blood.
Born in Novellara, province of Reggio Emilia, in Italy; he appeared in more than one hundred films between 1954 and 1989, including many 1960s Italian thrillers such as Terror-Creatures from the Grave, Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory and The Whip and the Body. Pigozzi died on 14 June 2008, at the of age 81.