Person Details

Birthday: 1933-04-09 16:10:46

Death: 1994-12-06 16:10:46

Aliases: Johnny Wels , Gianmaria Volonté , Gian-Maria Volonte

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Milano, Lombardia, Italy

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 70

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gian Maria Volonté, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

For a Few Dollars More
Average
8

For a Few Dollars More

(1965) El Indio
A Fistful of Dollars
Average
8

A Fistful of Dollars

(1964) Ramón Rojo
Le Cercle Rouge
Average
8

Le Cercle Rouge

(1970) Vogel
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Average
8
A Bullet for the General
Average
7

A Bullet for the General

(1967) Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
Lucky Luciano
Average
6

Lucky Luciano

(1973) Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
One Way or Another
Average
8

One Way or Another

(1976) M.
Many Wars Ago
Average
7

Many Wars Ago

(1970) Lt. Ottolenghi

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 Self
2021 Self (archive footage)
2019 Self (archive footage)
2017 Self (archive footage)
2015 The Indian (archive footage)
2005 Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
2004 Self (archive footage)
1993 Tirano Banderas
El tano Bérgami
1991 Carmelo Franzò
1990 Giudice Vito Di Francesco
Alberto Landolfi
1989 Pestalozzi
1988 Zenone
1987 Felice
Dr. Cristo Bedoya
1986 Aldo Moro
1983 Bernard Fontana
1982 Count Mosca
1981 Plessis
Plessis
1980 Stark
1979 Izarra
Carlo Levi
1978 Self - Interviewee
1977 Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
1976 M.
1975 Gregorio
Emilio
1973 Giordano Bruno
Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
1972 The Managing Editor of 'Il Giornale'
Sadiel
Self (voice) (uncredited)
Enrico Mattei
1971 Lulù Massa
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
1970 Vogel
Dottore
Lt. Ottolenghi
Le ranger nordiste
Self / Reenactor (uncredited)
N/A
1969 Narrator (voice)
Renno
Gramigna
1968 N/A
Piero Cavallero
Aldo Cervi
1967 Professor Brett Fletcher
Caravaggio
Professore Paolo Laurana
Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
1966 Jascha Freud
Fabrizio
Teofilatto dei Leonzi
Inspector Moroni
Leonardo Varzi
1965 El Indio
Michele
1964 Radek
Michelangelo
Assessore
Ramón Rojo
1963 Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere
Guglielmo
Alberto
1962 Stimolo
Salvatore
1961 Papaleo
Re di Sparta
Tarath
Piero Benotti
1960 Samuel Braunstein
1959 Parfen Rogozin
1957 Ippolito
Year Character Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
1995 In Memory Of
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1980 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1972 Director
Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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