Gianni Garko
Born July 15, 1935 (Age: 90)
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Zara, Dalmatia, Italy [now Zadar, Croatia]
Biography
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
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
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Filmography
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Giallo Western
2010
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as self
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Age: 74
Do You Remember Lucio Fulci?
2006
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as Self
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Age: 71
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
2006
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as Self
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Age: 70
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Western all'italiana
2004
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as
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Age: 68
Family Flaw
2002
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as
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Age: 66
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Mio padre è innocente
1997
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as Luigi Ammannati
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Age: 62
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Con rabbia e con amore
1997
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as
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Age: 61
Body Puzzle
1992
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as Police Chief
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Age: 56
Una prova d'innocenza
1991
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as Cremonese
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Age: 55
In nome del popolo sovrano
1990
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as Nicolas Charles Victor Oudinot
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Age: 55
Skipper
1987
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as
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Age: 51
Gila and Rik
1987
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as Giovanni
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Age: 51
Drei und eine halbe Portion
1985
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as Fabo
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Age: 49
Hercules
1983
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as Valcheus
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Age: 48
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Il passo falso
1983
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as
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Age: 47
L'Occhio di Giuda
1982
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as Harry
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Age: 46
Summer Night Fever
1978
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as Jacky / Playboy
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Age: 43
Seven Jackals
1974
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as Luis
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Age: 38
The Flower with Petals of Steel
1973
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as Dr. Andrea Valenti
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Age: 38
Those Dirty Dogs!
1973
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as Korano
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Age: 37
The Heroes
1973
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as Schreiber
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Age: 37
The Boss
1973
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as Police Commissioner Torri
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Age: 37
His Name Was Holy Ghost
1972
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as Holy Ghost
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Age: 36
Waterloo
1970
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as Drouot
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Age: 35
I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death
1969
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as Sartana
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Age: 34
Thunder from the West
1969
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as Riccardo Cloro
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Age: 33
Five for Hell
1969
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as Lt. Glenn Hoffmann
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Age: 33
Lucrezia
1968
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as Fabrizio Aldobrandi
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Age: 32
Bloody Days
1968
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as
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Age: 32
Don Camillo in Moscow
1965
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as Scamoggia
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Age: 30
Saul and David
1964
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as David
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Age: 29
The Shortest Day
1963
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as Uomo alla stazione (uncredited)
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Age: 27
The Avenger
1962
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as Turno, King of the Rusalie
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Age: 27
Eighteen in the Sun
1962
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as Nicola Molino
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Age: 27
Crazy Desire
1962
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as Piero
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Age: 26
Pontius Pilate
1962
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as Jonathan
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Age: 26
Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules
1961
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as Kathar - Kahab's Son
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Age: 26
The Mongols
1961
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as Henry de Valois
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Age: 26
One Night at the Beach
1961
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as Heinrich
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Age: 25
Kapo
1960
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as Karl
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Age: 25
Death of a Friend
1960
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as Aldo
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Age: 24
Hello, Hello Baby! (Rains)
1959
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as
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Age: 23
Cannon Serenade
1958
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as Un altro ufficiale
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Age: 23