Gianni Garko
Born
July 15, 1935 (89 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Zara, Dalmatia, Italy [now Zadar, Croatia]
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
Heads or Tails?
Mr. Rupè
2025
George Hilton - The World Belongs to the Daring
Himself
2019
Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends
Tancredi Lombardi · (3 episodes)
2016
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
Lui-même
2014
Giallo Western
self
2010
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
Self
2008
Do You Remember Lucio Fulci?
Self
2006
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
Self
2006
Mondo Garko
Himself
2005
Western all'italiana
2004
Family Flaw
2002
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
Self - Actor
2001
Vivere
Pierfrancesco Moretti · (1 episode)
1999
Con rabbia e con amore
1997
Uno di noi
(1 episode)
1996
Italian Restaurant
Henken · (8 episodes)
1994
Italian Restaurant
(1 episode)
1994
Body Puzzle
Police Chief
1992
In nome del popolo sovrano
Nicolas Charles Victor Oudinot
1990
I promessi sposi
fratello gentiluomo · (5 episodes)
1989
Skipper
1987
Gila and Rik
Giovanni
1987
Black Tunnel
1986
Drei und eine halbe Portion
Fabo
1985
Devil Fish
Sheriff Gordon
1984
Hercules
Valcheus
1983
Il passo falso
1983
Babystrich im Sperrbezirk
1983
Amok
Le journaliste Breyten
1983
L'Occhio di Giuda
Harry
1982
Star Odyssey
Dirk
1979
Dracula Blows His Cool
Stan / Count Stanislaus
1979
Lo scugnizzo
1979
Morte a passo di valzer
Jack Cheviot · (3 episodes)
1979
The New Godfathers
Capitano Ivano Radovich
1979
Encounters in the Deep
Mike
1979
Summer Night Fever
Jacky / Playboy
1978
Maldoror
Il regista
1977
Three Swedish Girls in Upper Bavaria
Otto Gruber
1977
Joy of Flying
Jörg Bronner
1977
The Psychic
Francesco Ducci
1977
Space: 1999
Tony Cellini · (1 episode)
1975
Seven Jackals
Luis
1974
The Flower with Petals of Steel
Dr. Andrea Valenti
1973
Those Dirty Dogs!
Korano
1973
The Heroes
Schreiber
1973
The Boss
Police Commissioner Torri
1973
Night of the Devils
Nicola
1972
His Name Was Holy Ghost
Spirito Santo / Holy Ghost
1972
the famous escapes
Benvenuto Cellini · (1 episode)
1972
Bad Man's River
Ed Pace
1971
They Call Him Cemetery
Camposanto / 'The Stranger'
1971
The Price of Death
Silver
1971
Cold Eyes of Fear
Peter Flower
1971
Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming
Sartana
1970
Waterloo
Drouot
1970
Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay
Sartana
1970
The Cop
Dan Rover
1970
Sartana Kills Them All
Santana
1970
Tulips of Haarlem
Bernardo
1970
I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death
Sartana
1969
Thunder from the West
Riccardo Cloro
1969
Five for Hell
Lt. Glenn Hoffmann
1969
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
Sartana
1968
Lucrezia
Fabrizio Aldobrandi
1968
Red Roses for the Fuhrer
Alex Rostov / il tenente Mann
1968
Bloody Days
1968
Taste of Vengeance
Bryan Clarke
1968
Vengeance Is Mine
John Forest
1967
$10,000 for a Massacre
Django
1967
$1,000 on the Black
Sartana Liston
1966
Almost a Man
Michele's Brother
1966
Don Camillo in Moscow
Scamoggia
1965
Saul and David
David
1964
The Shortest Day
Uomo alla stazione (uncredited)
1963
The Avenger
Turno, King of the Rusalie
1962
Eighteen in the Sun
Nicola Molino
1962
Crazy Desire
Piero
1962
Pontius Pilate
Jonathan
1962
Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules
Kathar - Kahab's Son
1961
The Mongols
Henry de Valois
1961
One Night at the Beach
Heinrich
1961
Kapo
Karl
1960
Death of a Friend
Aldo
1960
Hello, Hello Baby! (Rains)
1959
L'isola del tesoro
Harry · (2 episodes)
1959
Cannon Serenade
Un altro ufficiale
1958
Aquel último tiburón
Self