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Gian Maria Volonté
Actor
Born April 9, 1933Died December 6, 1994 (61 years)
Gian Maria Volonté (9 April 1933 – 6 December 1994) was an Italian actor. He is perhaps most famous outside of Italy for his roles as the main villain in Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars (credited in the USA as "Johnny Wels") and For a Few Dollars More.
In Italy and much of Europe, he was notable for his roles in high-profile social dramas depicting the political and social stirrings of Italian and European society in the 1960s and 1970s, including four films directed by Elio Petri - We Still Kill the Old Way (1967), Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1971), The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971) and Todo modo (1976). He is also recognized for his performances in Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Cercle Rouge (1970) and Giuliano Montaldo's Sacco & Vanzetti (1971).
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In Italy and much of Europe, he was notable for his roles in high-profile social dramas depicting the political and social stirrings of Italian and European society in the 1960s and 1970s, including four films directed by Elio Petri - We Still Kill the Old Way (1967), Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1971), The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971) and Todo modo (1976). He is also recognized for his performances in Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Cercle Rouge (1970) and Giuliano Montaldo's Sacco & Vanzetti (1971).
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Known For
Filmography
| 2014 | Spanish Western · as The Indian (archive Footage) |
| 1993 | Tirano Banderas · as Tirano Banderas |
| 1993 | Funes, a Great Love · as El Tano Bérgami |
| 1991 | Una storia semplice · as Carmelo Franzò |
| 1990 | Open Doors · as Giudice Vito Di Francesco |
| 1990 | Tre colonne in cronaca · as Alberto Landolfi |
| 1989 | Back to the Future Part II · as Ramon Rojo |
| 1988 | L'oeuvre au noir · as Zenone |
| 1987 | A Boy from Calabria · as Felice |
| 1987 | Chronicle of a Death Foretold · as Dr. Cristo Bedoya |
| 1986 | Il caso Moro · as Aldo Moro |
| 1983 | The Death of Mario Ricci · as Bernard Fontana |
| 1982 | The Charterhouse of Parma (TV Series) · as Count Mosca |
| 1981 | Lady of the Camelias · as Plessis |
| 1980 | Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (TV Series) · as Carlo Levi |
| 1979 | Ogro · as Izarra |
| 1979 | Christ Stopped at Eboli · as Carlo Levi |
| 1977 | I Am Afraid · as Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano |
| 1976 | Todo modo · as M. |
| 1975 | Letters from Marusia · as Gregorio |
| 1975 | The Suspect · as Emilio |
| 1975 | |
| 1973 | Giordano Bruno · as Giordano Bruno |
| 1973 | Lucky Luciano · as Charles 'lucky' Luciano |
| 1972 | Slap the Monster on Page One · as Bizanti |
| 1972 | The French Conspiracy · as Sadiel |
| 1972 | The Mattei Affair · as Enrico Mattei |
| 1971 | The Working Class Goes to Heaven · as Lulù Massa |
| 1971 | Sacco & Vanzetti · as Bartolomeo Vanzetti |
| 1970 | Le cercle rouge · as Vogel |
| 1970 | Many Wars Ago · as Lt. Ottolenghi |
| 1970 | Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion · as Dottore |
| 1970 | Wind from the East · as The Soldier |
| 1969 | Apollon: An Unoccupied Factory · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1969 | Under the Sign of Scorpio · as Renno |
| 1969 | The Bandit · as Gramigna |
| 1968 | Summit · as Paolo |
| 1968 | The Violent Four · as Piero Cavallero |
| 1968 | The Seven Cervi Brothers · as Aldo Cervi |
| 1967 | Face to Face · as Professor Brett Fletcher |
| 1967 | A Bullet for the General · as Chuncho Munos / 'el Chuncho' |
| 1967 | Caravaggio's life (TV Series) · as Caravaggio |
| 1967 | We Still Kill the Old Way · as Professore Paolo Laurana |
| 1966 | A Gangstergirl · as Jascha Freud |
| 1966 | The Witch · as Fabrizio |
| 1966 | For Love and Gold · as Teofilatto Dei Leonzi |
| 1966 | Wake Up and Die · as Inspector Moroni |
| 1966 | Seasons of Our Love · as Leonardo Varzi |
| 1965 | For a Few Dollars More · as El Indio |
| 1964 | Le inchieste del commissario Maigret (TV Series) · as Radek |
| 1964 | Vita di Michelangelo (TV Series) · as Michelangelo |
| 1964 | The Magnificent Cuckold · as Assessore |
| 1964 | A Fistful of Dollars · as Ramón Rojo |
| 1963 | The Terrorist · as Renato Braschi , L'ingeniere |
| 1963 | Il taglio del bosco · as Guglielmo |
| 1963 | Noche de verano · as Alberto |
| 1962 | The Four Days of Naples · as Stimolo |
| 1962 | A Man for Burning · as Salvatore |
| 1961 | On the Tiger's Back · as Papaleo |
| 1961 | Hercules and the Captive Women · as Re Di Sparta |
| 1961 | Journey Beneath the Desert · as Tarath |
| 1961 | Girl with a Suitcase · as Piero Benotti |
| 1960 | Under Ten Flags · as Samuel Braunstein |
| 1959 | L'idiota (TV Series) · as Parfen Rogozin |