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Acting
Gianni Garko
Also known as: John Garko, Gary Hudson, Giovanni Garcovich, Johnny 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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 15, 1935
Age
91 years old
Place of Birth
Zara, Dalmatia, Italy [now Zadar, Croatia]
Popularity Score
0.8
Filmography
Heads or Tails?
Mr. Rupè
2025Movie
Aquel último tiburón
Self
2025Movie
Vamos a Matar - Storia e storie del western mediterraneo
Sé stesso
2025Movie
Dead Souls
Writer
2025Movie
George Hilton - The World Belongs to the Daring
Himself
2019Movie
Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends
Tancredi Lombardi
2016TV
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
Lui-même
2014Movie
Giallo Western
self
2010Movie
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
Self
2008Movie
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
Self
2006Movie
Do You Remember Lucio Fulci?
Self
2006Movie
Mondo Garko
Himself
2005Movie
Western all'italiana
2004Movie
Family Flaw
2002Movie
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
Self - Actor
2001Movie
Vivere
Pierfrancesco Moretti
1999TV
Tower of the First Born
Commander
1998Movie
Entscheidung für die Liebe
1998Movie
Con rabbia e con amore
1997Movie
Mio padre è innocente
Luigi Ammannati
1997Movie
Uno di noi
1996TV
Italian Restaurant
Henken
1994TV
Body Puzzle
Police Chief
1992Movie
Una prova d'innocenza
Cremonese
1991Movie
In nome del popolo sovrano
Nicolas Charles Victor Oudinot
1990Movie
I promessi sposi
fratello gentiluomo
1989TV
Skipper
1987Movie
Gila and Rik
Giovanni
1987Movie
Black Tunnel
1986Movie
Drei und eine halbe Portion
Fabo
1985Movie
Devil Fish
Sheriff Gordon
1984Movie
Hercules
Valcheus
1983Movie
Babystrich im Sperrbezirk
1983Movie
Amok
Le journaliste Breyten
1983Movie
Il passo falso
1983Movie
L'occhio di Giuda
Harry
1982Movie
Star Odyssey
Dirk
1979Movie
Lo scugnizzo
1979Movie
Encounters in the Deep
Mike
1979Movie
Dracula Blows His Cool
Stan / Count Stanislaus
1979Movie
The New Godfathers
Capitano Ivano Radovich
1979Movie
Morte a passo di valzer
Jack Cheviot
1979TV
Summer Night Fever
Jacky / Playboy
1978Movie
The Psychic
Francesco Ducci
1977Movie
Three Swedish Girls in Upper Bavaria
Otto Gruber
1977Movie
Joy of Flying
Jörg Bronner
1977Movie
Maldoror
Il regista
1977Movie
Space: 1999
Tony Cellini
1975TV
Seven Jackals
Luis
1974Movie
The Boss
Police Commissioner Torri
1973Movie
Those Dirty Dogs!
Korano
1973Movie
The Heroes
Schreiber
1973Movie
The Flower with Petals of Steel
Dr. Andrea Valenti
1973Movie
The Night of the Devils
Nicola
1972Movie
His Name Was Holy Ghost
Holy Ghost
1972Movie
the famous escapes
Benvenuto Cellini
1972TV
The Price of Death
Silver
1971Movie
Bad Man's River
Ed Pace
1971Movie
Cold Eyes of Fear
Peter Flower
1971Movie
They Call Him Cemetery
Camposanto / 'The Stranger'
1971Movie
Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming
Sartana
1970Movie
Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay
Sartana
1970Movie
The Cop
Dan Rover
1970Movie
Sartana Kills Them All
Santana
1970Movie
Waterloo
Drouot
1970Movie
Tulips of Haarlem
Bernardo
1970Movie
I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death
Sartana
1969Movie
Five for Hell
Lt. Glenn Hoffmann
1969Movie
Thunder from the West
Riccardo Cloro
1969Movie
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
Sartana
1968Movie
Taste of Vengeance
Bryan Clarke
1968Movie
Red Roses for the Fuhrer
Alex Rostov / il tenente Mann
1968Movie
Lucrezia
Fabrizio Aldobrandi
1968Movie
Bloody Days
1968Movie
$10,000 for a Massacre
Django
1967Movie
Vengeance Is Mine
John Forest
1967Movie
$1,000 on the Black
Sartana Liston
1966Movie
Almost a Man
Michele's Brother
1966Movie
Don Camillo in Moscow
Scamoggia
1965Movie
Saul and David
David
1964Movie
The Shortest Day
Uomo alla stazione (uncredited)
1963Movie
The Avenger
Turno, King of the Rusalie
1962Movie
Pontius Pilate
Jonathan
1962Movie
Eighteen in the Sun
Nicola Molino
1962Movie
Crazy Desire
Piero
1962Movie
The Mongols
Henry de Valois
1961Movie
Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules
Kathar - Kahab's Son
1961Movie
One Night at the Beach
Heinrich
1961Movie
Kapo
Karl
1960Movie
Death of a Friend
Aldo
1960Movie
Hello, Hello Baby! (Rains)
1959Movie
L'isola del tesoro
Harry
1959TV
Cannon Serenade
Un altro ufficiale
1958Movie