Gianni 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
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Movies (43)
Aquel último tiburón
as Self
2025
Dead Souls
Writer (Writing)
2025
Heads or Tails?
as Mr. Rupè
2025
George Hilton - The World Belongs to the Daring
as Himself
2019
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
as Lui-même
2014
Giallo Western
as self
2010
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
as Self
2008
Do You Remember Lucio Fulci?
as Self
2006
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
as Self
2006
Mondo Garko
as Himself
2005
Western all'italiana
2004
Family Flaw
2002
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
as Self - Actor
2001
Con rabbia e con amore
1997
Body Puzzle
as Police Chief
1992
Una prova d'innocenza
as Cremonese
1991
In nome del popolo sovrano
as Nicolas Charles Victor Oudinot
1990
Skipper
1987
Gila and Rik
as Giovanni
1987
Black Tunnel
1986
Drei und eine halbe Portion
as Fabo
1985
Devil Fish
as Sheriff Gordon
1984
Hercules
as Valcheus
1983
Il passo falso
1983
Babystrich im Sperrbezirk
1983
Amok
as Le journaliste Breyten
1983
L'Occhio di Giuda
as Harry
1982
Star Odyssey
as Dirk
1979
Dracula Blows His Cool
as Stan / Count Stanislaus
1979
Lo scugnizzo
1979
The New Godfathers
as Capitano Ivano Radovich
1979
Encounters in the Deep
as Mike
1979
Summer Night Fever
as Jacky / Playboy
1978
Maldoror
as Il regista
1977
Three Swedish Girls in Upper Bavaria
as Otto Gruber
1977
Joy of Flying
as Jörg Bronner
1977
The Psychic
as Francesco Ducci
1977
Seven Jackals
as Luis
1974
The Flower with Petals of Steel
as Dr. Andrea Valenti
1973
Those Dirty Dogs!
as Korano
1973
The Heroes
as Schreiber
1973
The Boss
as Police Commissioner Torri
1973
The Night of the Devils
as Nicola
1972
