Gianni Garko
Known for: 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
Filmography
Series
Space: 1999
Tony Cellini
1975
Series
Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends
Tancredi Lombardi
2016
Film
Waterloo
Drouot
1970
Series
I promessi sposi
fratello gentiluomo
1989
Series
the famous escapes
Benvenuto Cellini
1972
Film
Hercules
Valcheus
1983
Film
The Shortest Day
Uomo alla stazione (uncredited)
1963
Film
Saul and David
David
1964
Film
The Psychic
Francesco Ducci
1977
Film
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
Self - Actor
2001
Film
Tower of the First Born
Commander
1998
Film
Bad Man's River
Ed Pace
1971
Series
Vivere
Pierfrancesco Moretti
1999
Film
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
Sartana
1968
Film
Kapo
Karl
1960
Film
Crazy Desire
Piero
1962
Film
The Boss
Police Commissioner Torri
1973
Film
I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death
Sartana
1969
Film
The Mongols
Henry de Valois
1961
Film
Lo scugnizzo
1979
Film
Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming
Sartana
1970
Series
Italian Restaurant
Henken
1994
Series
Italian Restaurant
1994
Film
Three Swedish Girls in Upper Bavaria
Otto Gruber
1977
Film
Skipper
1987
Series
L'isola del tesoro
Harry
1959
Film
One Night at the Beach
Heinrich
1961
Maldoror
Il regista
1977
Film
Joy of Flying
Jörg Bronner
1977
Film
The Cop
Dan Rover
1970
Film
They Call Him Cemetery
Camposanto / 'The Stranger'
1971
Uno di noi
1996
Film
Pontius Pilate
Jonathan
1962
Film
The New Godfathers
Capitano Ivano Radovich
1979
Film
The Heroes
Schreiber
1973
Film
Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay
Sartana
1970
Film
Vengeance Is Mine
John Forest
1967
Film
Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules
Kathar - Kahab's Son
1961
Film
The Night of the Devils
Nicola
1972
Film
Devil Fish
Sheriff Gordon
1984
Film
Those Dirty Dogs!
Korano
1973
Film
Sartana Kills Them All
Santana
1970
Film
Body Puzzle
Police Chief
1992
Film
Don Camillo in Moscow
Scamoggia
1965
Film
Cannon Serenade
Un altro ufficiale
1958
Film
Heads or Tails?
Mr. Rupè
2025
Film
$10,000 for a Massacre
Django
1967
Film
The Avenger
Turno, King of the Rusalie
1962
Film
Gila and Rik
Giovanni
1987
Series
Morte a passo di valzer
Jack Cheviot
1979
Film
Star Odyssey
Dirk
1979
Film
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
Self
2008
Film
The Flower with Petals of Steel
Dr. Andrea Valenti
1973
Film
Five for Hell
Lt. Glenn Hoffmann
1969
Film
Taste of Vengeance
Bryan Clarke
1968
Film
Vamos a Matar - Storia e storie del western mediterraneo
Sé stesso
2025
Film
Cold Eyes of Fear
Peter Flower
1971
Film
$1,000 on the Black
Sartana Liston
1966
Film
Summer Night Fever
Jacky / Playboy
1978
Film
Dracula Blows His Cool
Stan / Count Stanislaus
1979
Film
Red Roses for the Fuhrer
Alex Rostov / il tenente Mann
1968
Film
Lucrezia
Fabrizio Aldobrandi
1968
Western all'italiana
2004
Giallo Western
self
2010
Film
In nome del popolo sovrano
Nicolas Charles Victor Oudinot
1990
Film
His Name Was Holy Ghost
Holy Ghost
1972
Film
Eighteen in the Sun
Nicola Molino
1962
Film
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
Self
2006
Film
Una prova d'innocenza
Cremonese
1991
Film
Aquel último tiburón
Self
2025
Film
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
Lui-même
2014
Film
George Hilton - The World Belongs to the Daring
Himself
2019
Mio padre è innocente
Luigi Ammannati
1997
Film
Family Flaw
2002
Film
Amok
Le journaliste Breyten
1983
Film
Thunder from the West
Riccardo Cloro
1969
Film
Drei und eine halbe Portion
Fabo
1985
Film
Babystrich im Sperrbezirk
1983
Film
Tulips of Haarlem
Bernardo
1970
Film
Hello, Hello Baby! (Rains)
1959
Film
L'occhio di Giuda
Harry
1982
Film
The Price of Death
Silver
1971
Film
Con rabbia e con amore
1997
Film
Almost a Man
Michele's Brother
1966
Film
Death of a Friend
Aldo
1960
Film
Do You Remember Lucio Fulci?
Self
2006
Film
Seven Jackals
Luis
1974
Film
Encounters in the Deep
Mike
1979
Il passo falso
1983
Film
Bloody Days
1968
Mondo Garko
Himself
2005
Film
Black Tunnel
1986
Entscheidung für die Liebe
1998