Gianni Garko
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
Acting
Movie
The Psychic
as Francesco Ducci
1977
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Waterloo
as Drouot
1970
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Don Camillo in Moscow
as Scamoggia
1965
TV
Space: 1999
as Tony Cellini
1975
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Hercules
as Valcheus
1983
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The Boss
as Police Commissioner Torri
1973
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Kapo
as Karl
1960
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Devil Fish
as Sheriff Gordon
1984
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If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
as Sartana
1968
Movie
Crazy Desire
as Piero
1962
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The Night of the Devils
as Nicola
1972
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The Cop
as Dan Rover
1970
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Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming
as Sartana
1970
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$10,000 for a Massacre
as Django
1967
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Body Puzzle
as Police Chief
1992
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I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death
as Sartana
1969
Movie
Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay
as Sartana
1970
Movie
Heads or Tails?
as Mr. Rupè
2025
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Bad Man's River
as Ed Pace
1971
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Cold Eyes of Fear
as Peter Flower
1971
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The Shortest Day
as Uomo alla stazione (uncredited)
1963
Movie
In nome del popolo sovrano
as Nicolas Charles Victor Oudinot
1990
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Five for Hell
as Lt. Glenn Hoffmann
1969
Movie
Three Swedish Girls in Upper Bavaria
as Otto Gruber
1977
