Gianni Garko
Acting
Born in Zadar, Dalmatia (then Italy, now part of Croatia), he moved to Trieste in 1948 to attend the acting school of the Piccolo Teatro di Trieste, and then to Rome to enter the Accademia nazionale d'arte drammatica. Garko began his career in the 1950s playing roles of various genres, especially in westerns and Italian-style comedies; in his later years he devoted himself to films for RAI television. He gave life to the character of Sartana (together with directors Gianfranco Parolini and later Giuliano Carnimeo), the protagonist of numerous spaghetti-westerns. In the film Il compagno don Camillo (1965) he played the character of Scamoggia, the photographer sent by the party to document the twinning. In addition to the films he starred in, he had various television experiences. Among the many, we recall his appearance in the television series Space 1999 as astronaut Tony Cellini, in the episode entitled The Dragon's Domain (in addition to voicing Gwent in the episode The Infernal Machine in the same series), and in the television series Suspects, in the role of industrialist Martin Fisher. From 2002 to 2004 he starred in the soap opera Vivere, playing entrepreneur Pierfrancesco Moretti. He took part in a number of commercials; among others an olive oil, a wine, and finally a medicine alongside comedian Fabrizio Fontana from 1995-1997. Active now mainly as a character actor from tv
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
as Sartana
Age 33 (now 90)
Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming
as Sartana
Age 35 (now 90)
I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death
as Sartana
Age 34 (now 90)
Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay
as Sartana
Age 35 (now 90)
Three Swedish Girls in Upper Bavaria
as Otto Gruber
Age 42 (now 90)
Vamos a Matar - Storia e storie del western mediterraneo
as Sé stesso
Age 90
George Hilton - The World Belongs to the Daring
as Himself
Age 84 (now 90)
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
as Lui-même
Age 78 (now 90)
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
as Self
Age 72 (now 90)
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
as Self
Age 70 (now 90)
In nome del popolo sovrano
as Nicolas Charles Victor Oudinot
Age 55 (now 90)
Three Swedish Girls in Upper Bavaria
as Otto Gruber
Age 42 (now 90)
The Flower with Petals of Steel
as Dr. Andrea Valenti
Age 38 (now 90)
They Call Him Cemetery
as Camposanto / 'The Stranger'
Age 36 (now 90)
Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming
as Sartana
Age 35 (now 90) Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay
as Sartana
Age 35 (now 90)
I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death
as Sartana
Age 34 (now 90)
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
as Sartana
Age 33 (now 90)
Red Roses for the Fuhrer
as Alex Rostov / il tenente Mann
Age 32 (now 90)
Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules
as Kathar - Kahab's Son
Age 26 (now 90)
Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends
as Tancredi Lombardi
Age 81 (now 90)
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Also Known As
John Garko, Gary Hudson, Giovanni Garcovich, Johnny Garko, Gianni Garco
IMDB
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