Iloosh Khoshabe Explained

Iloosh Khoshabe
Birth Place:Urmia, Iran
Native Name:ایلوش خوشابه
Native Name Lang:Fa
Birth Name:Ilush Khoshabe
Death Place:Tehran, Iran
Occupation:actor
Years Active:1955-1995

Ilush Khoshabe (1932–2012) was an Iranian bodybuilder and actor who was born to Assyrian parents in Geogtapa, Iran.[1] In Assyrian, the name Khoshabe (or Khoshaba) means 'Sunday.' He appeared in a number of films produced across the Middle East and Europe under a variety of pseudonyms, including Rod Flash Ilush, Richard Lloyd, Iloosh Khoshabe, and the mononyms Ilush and Iloosh.

Khoshabe is best known for starring in Italian peplum films produced in the early 1960s, including Vulcan, Son of Jupiter and The Seven Tasks of Ali Baba (both 1962), as well as Hercules, Samson and Ulysses (1963) and The Invincible Brothers Maciste (1964).[2]

Selected filmography

Notes and References

  1. Benjamin. Kitty. 2012. Remembering Iloosh Khoshabe. Nineveh. 36. 1–2. 8–9. https://web.archive.org/web/20220215055610/https://www.assyrianfoundation.org/files/2012-1-2.pdf. 2022-02-15.
  2. Book: O'Brien, Daniel, 1967- . Classical masculinity and the spectacular body on film : the mighty sons of Hercules . 29 October 2014 . 978-1-137-38470-6 . Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire . 152–154 . 881655995.
  3. Book: Kinnard, Roy, 1952- . Italian sword and sandal films, 1908-1990 . 21 February 2017 . 978-1-4766-6291-6 . Jefferson, North Carolina . 188 . 952390198.
  4. Web site: Hercules, Samson & Ulysses . 2020-08-11 . DVD Talk . en.