Rod Dana

Rod Dana
Born	Roger Francke 8 August 1934 (1934-08-08) (age 82) Vernal, Utah
Occupation	Actor

Rod Dana (born Roger Francke, 8 August 1934) is an American former actor, writer and model, mainly active in Italian cinema.

Life and career

Born in Vernal, Utah, Dana started his career as a runway and photographic model in the late 1950s.^[1] After occasionally appearing in minor roles in a number of B-movies, he moved to Italy to pursue an acting career.^[1] In the second half of the 1960s starred in a number of genre films, mainly Eurospy and Spaghetti Western films, often credited as Robert Mark.^[1] In 2003 Dana wrote a novel, Conversations with the Devil: Dialogues with the Soul, under the pen name Jon Christian Eagle.^[1]

Selected filmography

War of the Colossal Beast (1958)
Cleopatra (1963)
Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)
Killer 77, Alive or Dead (1966)
Kill or Be Killed (1966)
Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
Operation White Shark (1966)
Kill the Wicked! (1967)
Handle with Care (1967)
Carnal Circuit (1969)
Hornets' Nest (1970)
Let's Have a Riot (1970)
The Day Christ Died (1980)

References

1 2 3 4 Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Attori stranieri del nostro cinema. Gremese 2006, ISBN 978-8-88440-425-1.

External links

Rod Dana at the Internet Movie Database

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