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