Acting
Gianni Garko
Born Jul 15, 1935 · 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
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Acting
Vamos a Matar - Storia e storie del western mediterraneo
2025
Documentary
Aquel último tiburón
2025
Documentary
Heads or Tails?
2025
Western · Comedy
George Hilton - The World Belongs to the Daring
2019
Documentary
Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends
2016
Comedy · Kids
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
2014
Documentary
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
2008
Documentary
Do You Remember Lucio Fulci?
2006
Documentary
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
2006
Western · Documentary
Family Flaw
2002
TV Movie · Comedy · Drama
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
2001
Documentary
Vivere
1999
Soap · Drama
Tower of the First Born
1998
Action · TV Movie · Drama
Con rabbia e con amore
1997
Drama
Italian Restaurant
1994
Comedy
Body Puzzle
1992
Thriller · Horror
In nome del popolo sovrano
1990
Drama · History
I promessi sposi
1989
Drama
Skipper
1987
Adventure · Thriller · TV Movie
Gila and Rik
1987
Drama · TV Movie
Black Tunnel
1986
Action · Crime
Drei und eine halbe Portion
1985
Comedy · Crime · Action
Monster Shark
1984
Action · Horror · Thriller
Hercules
1983
Action · Adventure · Fantasy
Babystrich im Sperrbezirk
1983
Documentary · Drama
Amok
1983
Drama
L'occhio di Giuda
1982
Mystery · Crime · Thriller
Star Odyssey
1979
Science Fiction · Adventure · Action
Dracula Blows His Cool
1979
Comedy · Horror
Lo scugnizzo
1979
Comedy
Morte a passo di valzer
1979
Mystery
The New Godfathers
1979
Crime
Encounters in the Deep
1979
Science Fiction
Summer Night Fever
1978
Comedy
Three Swedish Girls in Upper Bavaria
1977
Comedy
Joy of Flying
1977
Comedy
The Psychic
1977
Horror · Mystery · Thriller
Space: 1999
1975
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Seven Jackals
1974
Adventure
The Flower with Petals of Steel
1973
Thriller · Horror
Those Dirty Dogs!
1973
Western
The Heroes
1973
Comedy · War · Adventure
The Boss
1973
Crime · Thriller · Drama
The Night of the Devils
1972
Horror
His Name Was Holy Ghost
1972
Western
the famous escapes
1972
Documentary
Bad Man's River
1971
Western
They Call Him Cemetery
1971
Western
The Price of Death
1971
Western
Cold Eyes of Fear
1971
Crime · Thriller · Horror
Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming
1970
Western
Waterloo
1970
History · Drama · War
Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay
1970
Western
The Cop
1970
Drama · Crime · Thriller
Sartana Kills Them All
1970
Western
Tulips of Haarlem
1970
Drama
I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death
1969
Western · Mystery
Thunder from the West
1969
War
Five for Hell
1969
War · Action · Adventure
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
1968
Western
Lucrezia
1968
Adventure · Drama
Red Roses for the Fuhrer
1968
War · Drama
Bloody Days
1968
Drama · History
Taste of Vengeance
1968
Western
Vengeance Is Mine
1967
Western
$10,000 for a Massacre
1967
Western
$1,000 on the Black
1966
Western
Almost a Man
1966
Drama
Don Camillo in Moscow
1965
Comedy
Saul and David
1964
Adventure · Drama
The Shortest Day
1963
Comedy · History · War
The Avenger
1962
History · Adventure
Eighteen in the Sun
1962
Comedy
Crazy Desire
1962
Romance · Comedy · Drama
Pontius Pilate
1962
Drama · History
Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules
1961
Adventure · Fantasy · Romance
The Mongols
1961
Action · Adventure · Drama
One Night at the Beach
1961
Drama
Kapo
1960
Drama · War
Death of a Friend
1960
Drama
Hello, Hello Baby! (Rains)
1959
Comedy · Drama
L'isola del tesoro
1959
Action & Adventure
Cannon Serenade
1958
War · Comedy
Written
Dead Souls
2025
Western · Drama