), is an Italian film actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 who has appeared in many horror film

Horror film

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s, spaghetti western

Spaghetti Western

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s, and sword and sandal

Sword and sandal

The Peplum , also known as Sword-and-Sandal, is a genre of largely Italian-made Historical or Biblical Epics that dominated the Italian film industry from 1957 to 1965, eventually being replaced in 1965 by the "Spaghetti Western"...

 movies. He also acted in the Sadistik photo novels and related his experiences in the film The Diabolikal Super-Kriminal.

He made his film debut at the age of 26. He appeared in over fifty films, including Planet of the Vampires

Planet of the Vampires

Planet of the Vampires is a 1965 Italian science fiction horror film directed by Mario Bava. The film stars Barry Sullivan and Norma Bengell. The screenplay, by Bava, Alberto Bevilacqua, Callisto Cosulich, Antonio Roman, and Rafael J. Salvia, was based on an Italian language science fiction...

(1965), Danger: Diabolik

Danger: Diabolik

Danger: Diabolik is a 1968 feature film from Italian filmmaker Mario Bava based on the Italian comic character Diabolik.- About the film :...

(1968), Spirits of the Dead (1968), Roy Colt and Winchester Jack (1970), and Superfly TNT (1973). He had roles in numerous Italian westerns, including several appearances in the Sartana

Sartana

Sartana is the name of a spaghetti western character first played by Gianni Garko and later by George Hilton. Other characters were unofficially called Sartana in unrelated films to capitalize on the success of the official films....

 series

Film series

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Throughout his film career, he used a variety of screen names, such as Rico Boido, Rich Boyd, Rick Boyd, Rik Boyd, and Ryck Boyd.