Gianni Garko

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

89

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-07-15 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Zara, Dalmatia, Italy [now Zadar, Croatia]

Gianni Garko

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

Known For

  • Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming

    Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming

  • Space: 1999

    Space: 1999

  • Death of a Friend

    Death of a Friend

  • Kapo

    Kapo

  • Mondo Garko

    Mondo Garko

  • Waterloo

    Waterloo

  • George Hilton - The World Belongs to the Daring

    George Hilton - The World Belongs to the Daring

  • Black Tunnel

    Black Tunnel

  • The Boss

    The Boss

  • Body Puzzle

    Body Puzzle

  • Amok

    Amok

  • The Mongols

    The Mongols

  • If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death

    If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death

  • Skipper

    Skipper

  • Lucrezia

    Lucrezia

  • I promessi sposi

    I promessi sposi

  • Bad Man's River

    Bad Man's River

  • Don Camillo in Moscow

    Don Camillo in Moscow

  • Three Swedish Girls in Upper Bavaria

    Three Swedish Girls in Upper Bavaria

  • Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends

    Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends

  • The Psychic

    The Psychic

  • Five for Hell

    Five for Hell

  • Sartana Kills Them All

    Sartana Kills Them All

  • Joy of Flying

    Joy of Flying

  • Maldoror

    Maldoror

  • The Shortest Day

    The Shortest Day

  • Eighteen in the Sun

    Eighteen in the Sun

  • Dracula Blows His Cool

    Dracula Blows His Cool

  • Crazy Desire

    Crazy Desire

  • Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules

    Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules

  • the famous escapes

    the famous escapes

  • Devil Fish

    Devil Fish

  • Babystrich im Sperrbezirk

    Babystrich im Sperrbezirk

  • $10,000 for a Massacre

    $10,000 for a Massacre

  • Cannon Serenade

    Cannon Serenade

  • Western all'italiana

    Western all'italiana

  • Thunder from the West

    Thunder from the West

  • The Night of the Devils

    The Night of the Devils

  • Il passo falso

    Il passo falso

  • They Call Him Cemetery

    They Call Him Cemetery

  • Vengeance Is Mine

    Vengeance Is Mine

  • Pontius Pilate

    Pontius Pilate

  • Saul and David

    Saul and David

  • Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…

    Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…

  • Drei und eine halbe Portion

    Drei und eine halbe Portion

  • Heads or Tails?

    Heads or Tails?

  • The New Godfathers

    The New Godfathers

  • Hercules

    Hercules

  • In nome del popolo sovrano

    In nome del popolo sovrano

  • $1,000 on the Black

    $1,000 on the Black

  • L'Occhio di Giuda

    L'Occhio di Giuda

  • Gila and Rik

    Gila and Rik

  • The Avenger

    The Avenger

  • Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

    Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

  • Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern

    Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern

  • Almost a Man

    Almost a Man

  • Hello, Hello Baby! (Rains)

    Hello, Hello Baby! (Rains)

  • Lo scugnizzo

    Lo scugnizzo

  • Those Dirty Dogs!

    Those Dirty Dogs!

  • Cold Eyes of Fear

    Cold Eyes of Fear

  • Family Flaw

    Family Flaw

  • I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death

    I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death

  • Una prova d'innocenza

    Una prova d'innocenza

  • The Heroes

    The Heroes

  • One Night at the Beach

    One Night at the Beach

  • The Price of Death

    The Price of Death

  • His Name Was Holy Ghost

    His Name Was Holy Ghost

  • Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema

    Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema

  • Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay

    Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay

  • Tulips of Haarlem

    Tulips of Haarlem

  • Encounters in the Deep

    Encounters in the Deep

  • L'isola del tesoro

    L'isola del tesoro

  • Do You Remember Lucio Fulci?

    Do You Remember Lucio Fulci?

  • Uno di noi

    Uno di noi

  • Italian Restaurant

    Italian Restaurant

  • Italian Restaurant

    Italian Restaurant

  • Morte a passo di valzer

    Morte a passo di valzer

  • Con rabbia e con amore

    Con rabbia e con amore

  • Red Roses for the Fuhrer

    Red Roses for the Fuhrer

  • The Flower with Petals of Steel

    The Flower with Petals of Steel

  • The Cop

    The Cop

  • Star Odyssey

    Star Odyssey

  • Taste of Vengeance

    Taste of Vengeance

  • Aquel último tiburón

    Aquel último tiburón

  • Vivere

    Vivere

  • Summer Night Fever

    Summer Night Fever

  • Seven Jackals

    Seven Jackals

  • Bloody Days

    Bloody Days

  • Giallo Western

    Giallo Western