Iloosh Khoshabe

Iloosh Khoshabe
ایلوش خوشابه
Born	Ilush Khoshabe 1932 (1932) Urmia, Iran
Died	2012 (aged 79–80) 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,^[2][3] 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).^[3]

Selected filmography

• Prince Arsalan (aka Amir Arsalan-e namdar) (1955) as Amir Arsalan (billed as Ilush)
• Vulcan, Son of Jupiter (1962) as Vulcan (billed as Rod Flash Ilush)^[2]
• The Seven Tasks of Ali Baba (1962) as Ali Baba (billed as Rod Flash Ilush)
• Hercules, Samson and Ulysses (1963) as Samson (billed as Richard Lloyd)^[4]
• The Invincible Brothers Maciste (1964) as Machiste the Older (billed as Richard Lloyd)

Notes

1. Benjamin, Kitty (2012). "Remembering Iloosh Khoshabe" (PDF). Nineveh. 36 (1–2): 8–9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-02-15.
2. Kinnard, Roy, 1952- (21 February 2017). Italian sword and sandal films, 1908-1990. Jefferson, North Carolina. p. 188. ISBN 978-1-4766-6291-6. OCLC 952390198.
3. O'Brien, Daniel, 1967- (29 October 2014). Classical masculinity and the spectacular body on film : the mighty sons of Hercules. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire. pp. 152–154. ISBN 978-1-137-38470-6. OCLC 881655995.
4. "Hercules, Samson & Ulysses". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2020-08-11.

External links

• Iloosh Khoshabe at IMDb