Gianni Garko
Known for Acting · 90 credits
- Born
- 1935-07-15 (age 90)
- Place of birth
- Zara, Dalmatia, Italy [now Zadar, Croatia]
- Also known as
- John Garko · Gary Hudson · Giovanni Garcovich · Johnny Garko · Gianni Garco
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
TV Shows (9)
Space: 1999
1975
as Tony Cellini
L'isola del tesoro
1959
as Harry
I promessi sposi
1989
as fratello gentiluomo
the famous escapes
1972
as Benvenuto Cellini
Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends
2016
as Tancredi Lombardi
Uno di noi
1996
Italian Restaurant
1994
as Henken
Vivere
1999
as Pierfrancesco Moretti
Morte a passo di valzer
1979
as Jack Cheviot
Movies (81)
Waterloo
1970
as Drouot
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
2001
as Self - Actor
Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming
1970
as Sartana
The Shortest Day
1963
as Uomo alla stazione (uncredited)
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
1968
as Sartana
Hercules
1983
as Valcheus
I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death
1969
as Sartana
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
2006
as Self
Bad Man's River
1971
as Ed Pace
Western all'italiana
2004
Three Swedish Girls in Upper Bavaria
1977
as Otto Gruber
Kapo
1960
as Karl
The Boss
1973
as Police Commissioner Torri
His Name Was Holy Ghost
1972
as Holy Ghost
Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay
1970
as Sartana
$10,000 for a Massacre
1967
as Django
Pontius Pilate
1962
as Jonathan
The Psychic
1977
as Francesco Ducci
They Call Him Cemetery
1971
as Camposanto / 'The Stranger'
Devil Fish
1984
as Sheriff Gordon
Vamos a Matar - Storia e storie del western mediterraneo
2025
as Sé stesso
The Heroes
1973
as Schreiber
Don Camillo in Moscow
1965
as Scamoggia
Body Puzzle
1992
as Police Chief
Cold Eyes of Fear
1971
as Peter Flower
The Mongols
1961
as Henry de Valois
Vengeance Is Mine
1967
as John Forest
The Cop
1970
as Dan Rover
Heads or Tails?
2025
as Mr. Rupè
Joy of Flying
1977
as Jörg Bronner
Saul and David
1964
as David
Dracula Blows His Cool
1979
as Stan / Count Stanislaus
Skipper
1987
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
2014
as Lui-même
Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules
1961
as Kathar - Kahab's Son
Taste of Vengeance
1968
as Bryan Clarke
Star Odyssey
1979
as Dirk
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
2008
as Self
The Night of the Devils
1972
as Nicola
In nome del popolo sovrano
1990
as Nicolas Charles Victor Oudinot
Crazy Desire
1962
as Piero
Five for Hell
1969
as Lt. Glenn Hoffmann
The New Godfathers
1979
as Capitano Ivano Radovich
One Night at the Beach
1961
as Heinrich
Thunder from the West
1969
as Riccardo Cloro
Eighteen in the Sun
1962
as Nicola Molino
Sartana Kills Them All
1970
as Santana
$1,000 on the Black
1966
as Sartana Liston
The Avenger
1962
as Turno, King of the Rusalie
Summer Night Fever
1978
as Jacky / Playboy
Red Roses for the Fuhrer
1968
as Alex Rostov / il tenente Mann
Tulips of Haarlem
1970
as Bernardo
The Flower with Petals of Steel
1973
as Dr. Andrea Valenti
Seven Jackals
1974
as Luis
Gila and Rik
1987
as Giovanni
Cannon Serenade
1958
as Un altro ufficiale
George Hilton - The World Belongs to the Daring
2019
as Himself
Con rabbia e con amore
1997
Death of a Friend
1960
as Aldo
The Price of Death
1971
as Silver
Lo scugnizzo
1979
Family Flaw
2002
Babystrich im Sperrbezirk
1983
Encounters in the Deep
1979
as Mike
Amok
1983
as Le journaliste Breyten
Almost a Man
1966
as Michele's Brother
Drei und eine halbe Portion
1985
as Fabo
Mio padre è innocente
1997
as Luigi Ammannati
Maldoror
1977
as Il regista
Those Dirty Dogs!
1973
as Korano
Aquel último tiburón
2025
as Self
Black Tunnel
1986
Lucrezia
1968
as Fabrizio Aldobrandi
Giallo Western
2010
as self
Do You Remember Lucio Fulci?
2006
as Self
Hello, Hello Baby! (Rains)
1959
Una prova d'innocenza
1991
as Cremonese
Bloody Days
1968
L'occhio di Giuda
1982
as Harry
Il passo falso
1983
Mondo Garko
2005
as Himself
About 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… With 90 credits spanning from 1958 to 2025, Gianni Garko has appeared in 81 films and 9 TV shows.
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Most Popular Gianni Garko Movies
- Waterloo (1970) — as Drouot
- Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema (2001) — as Self - Actor
- Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming (1970) — as Sartana
- The Shortest Day (1963) — as Uomo alla stazione (uncredited)
- If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death (1968) — as Sartana
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