stˈɛlə mˌeɪd hɪz fˈɪlm deɪbjˈuː ɪn fˈɛmaɪn tɹˈiː vˈoʊlt ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti nˈaɪn bˌʌt dˈɪdnt mˌeɪk ɐnˈʌðɚɹ ɐpˈɪɹəns ʌntˈɪl hiː jˈuːzd hɪz nˈuː nˈeɪm ʌv tˈoʊni kˈɛndəl ɪn bɹˈɛnəs, ˈɛnəmi ʌv ɹˈoʊm nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti θɹˈiː wˈʌn ʌvðə sˈoːɹd ænd sˈændəl kɹˈeɪz ʌv fˈɪlmz pˈɑːpjʊlɚɹ ɪnðɪ ˈɜːli nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti z.
Stella made his film debut in Femmine Tre Volte in 1959 but didn't make another appearance until he used his new name of Tony Kendall in Brennus, Enemy of Rome (1963) one of the sword and sandal craze of films popular in the early 1960s.