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

  • Space: 1999

    Space: 1999

  • Waterloo

    Waterloo

  • Skipper

    Skipper

  • Lucrezia

    Lucrezia

  • Saul and David

    Saul and David

  • Amok

    Amok

  • Eighteen in the Sun

    Eighteen in the Sun

  • Body Puzzle

    Body Puzzle

  • The New Godfathers

    The New Godfathers

  • The Heroes

    The Heroes

  • Babystrich im Sperrbezirk

    Babystrich im Sperrbezirk

  • Western all'italiana

    Western all'italiana

  • Lo scugnizzo

    Lo scugnizzo

  • Aquel último tiburón

    Aquel último tiburón

  • Gila and Rik

    Gila and Rik

  • Una prova d'innocenza

    Una prova d'innocenza

  • Kapo

    Kapo

  • Black Tunnel

    Black Tunnel

  • Heads or Tails?

    Heads or Tails?

  • Tulips of Haarlem

    Tulips of Haarlem

  • I promessi sposi

    I promessi sposi

  • Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends

    Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends

  • Maldoror

    Maldoror

  • Don Camillo in Moscow

    Don Camillo in Moscow

  • The Boss

    The Boss

  • One Night at the Beach

    One Night at the Beach

  • Three Swedish Girls in Upper Bavaria

    Three Swedish Girls in Upper Bavaria

  • the famous escapes

    the famous escapes

  • Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema

    Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema

  • The Psychic

    The Psychic

  • Joy of Flying

    Joy of Flying

  • Hercules

    Hercules

  • The Shortest Day

    The Shortest Day

  • Bad Man's River

    Bad Man's River

  • The Mongols

    The Mongols

  • Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming

    Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming

  • Crazy Desire

    Crazy Desire

  • Uno di noi

    Uno di noi

  • Vivere

    Vivere

  • Death of a Friend

    Death of a Friend

  • Italian Restaurant

    Italian Restaurant

  • Italian Restaurant

    Italian Restaurant

  • Summer Night Fever

    Summer Night Fever

  • Pontius Pilate

    Pontius Pilate

  • I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death

    I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death

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

    Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay

  • L'isola del tesoro

    L'isola del tesoro

  • The Cop

    The Cop

  • The Avenger

    The Avenger

  • Devil Fish

    Devil Fish

  • If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death

    If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death

  • Morte a passo di valzer

    Morte a passo di valzer

  • Five for Hell

    Five for Hell

  • They Call Him Cemetery

    They Call Him Cemetery

  • Vengeance Is Mine

    Vengeance Is Mine

  • Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

    Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

  • The Night of the Devils

    The Night of the Devils

  • $10,000 for a Massacre

    $10,000 for a Massacre

  • Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules

    Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules

  • Cold Eyes of Fear

    Cold Eyes of Fear

  • His Name Was Holy Ghost

    His Name Was Holy Ghost

  • Those Dirty Dogs!

    Those Dirty Dogs!

  • In nome del popolo sovrano

    In nome del popolo sovrano

  • Almost a Man

    Almost a Man

  • Encounters in the Deep

    Encounters in the Deep

  • Star Odyssey

    Star Odyssey

  • Seven Jackals

    Seven Jackals

  • Cannon Serenade

    Cannon Serenade

  • Thunder from the West

    Thunder from the West

  • Taste of Vengeance

    Taste of Vengeance

  • $1,000 on the Black

    $1,000 on the Black

  • Sartana Kills Them All

    Sartana Kills Them All

  • Dracula Blows His Cool

    Dracula Blows His Cool

  • George Hilton - The World Belongs to the Daring

    George Hilton - The World Belongs to the Daring

  • Hello, Hello Baby! (Rains)

    Hello, Hello Baby! (Rains)

  • Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern

    Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern

  • Family Flaw

    Family Flaw

  • The Price of Death

    The Price of Death

  • Red Roses for the Fuhrer

    Red Roses for the Fuhrer

  • The Flower with Petals of Steel

    The Flower with Petals of Steel

  • Il passo falso

    Il passo falso

  • Drei und eine halbe Portion

    Drei und eine halbe Portion

  • Do You Remember Lucio Fulci?

    Do You Remember Lucio Fulci?

  • Con rabbia e con amore

    Con rabbia e con amore

  • Bloody Days

    Bloody Days

  • Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…

    Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…

  • L'Occhio di Giuda

    L'Occhio di Giuda

  • Giallo Western

    Giallo Western

  • Mondo Garko

    Mondo Garko