Dino Strano

Biography

Dino Strano, aka Dean Stratford, was an Italian stuntman and actor born around 1935 in Catania. Active in the film industry from the mid-1960s as a stuntman and small-time actor, he later secured minor and occasional leading roles in low-budget, often artistically unremarkable films. He appeared under various directors, including Demofilo Fidani, and worked primarily in Italowesterns until 1975. Strano struggled with illness in his final years, returning to Catania.