Gianni Garko
Acting
Born July 15, 1935 · Zara, Dalmatia, Italy [now Zadar, Croatia]
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 Cam…
Known For · 40 titles
Space: 1999
Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends
the famous escapes
I promessi sposi
Waterloo
Saul and David
Cannon Serenade
Vivere
Italian Restaurant
The Psychic
L'isola del tesoro
The Heroes
One Night at the Beach
Hercules
Three Swedish Girls in Upper Bavaria
Morte a passo di valzer
Dracula Blows His Cool
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
Don Camillo in Moscow
I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death
The New Godfathers
Maldoror
The Avenger
Bad Man's River
Joy of Flying
The Boss
The Shortest Day
Babystrich im Sperrbezirk
Uno di noi
Kapo
Summer Night Fever
Gila and Rik
Skipper
Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
Crazy Desire
Devil Fish
Lucrezia
The Cop
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