- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 9, 1933
- Place of Birth
- Milano, Lombardia, Italy
- Died
- December 6, 1994
Gian Maria Volonté
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…
Filmography
movieVolonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieRosi About Eboli
2022 · Self
movieWe Are Cinema
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieZénon the Rebel
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieForgotten Activism
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieSpanish Western
2015 · The Indian (archive footage)
movieUn attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
2005 · Self (archive footage)
movieElio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005 · Self (archive footage)
movieInvestigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
2004 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Bankers Of God: The Calvi Affair
2002 · Thanks
movieUlysses' Gaze
1995 · In Memory Of
movieBanderas, the Tyrant
1993 · Tirano Banderas
movieFunes, a Great Love
1993 · El tano Bérgami
movieA Simple Story
1991 · Carmelo Franzò
movieOpen Doors
1990 · Giudice Vito Di Francesco
movieTre colonne in cronaca
1990 · Alberto Landolfi
moviePestalozzi's Mountain
1989 · Pestalozzi
movieThe Abyss
1988 · Zenone
movieA Boy from Calabria
1987 · Felice
movieChronicle of a Death Foretold
1987 · Dr. Cristo Bedoya
movieThe Moro Affair
1986 · Aldo Moro
movieThe Death of Mario Ricci
1983 · Bernard Fontana
tvThe Charterhouse of Parma
1982 · Count Mosca
movieLady of the Camelias
1981 · Plessis
tvLa Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
1981 · Plessis
tvCristo si è fermato a Eboli
1980 · Carlo Levi
movieStark System
1980 · Stark, Writer
movieOperation Ogre
1979 · Izarra
movieChrist Stopped at Eboli
1979 · Carlo Levi
movieReflections on a Political Cinema
1978 · Self - Interviewee
movieI Am Afraid
1977 · Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
movieOne Way or Another
1976 · M.
movieLetters from Marusia
1975 · Gregorio
movieThe Suspect
1975 · Emilio
tvSpécial cinéma
1974 · Self
movieGiordano Bruno
1973 · Giordano Bruno
movieLucky Luciano
1973 · Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
movieFestival dell’Unità 1972
1973 · self
movieReggio Calabria
1972 · Director
movieSlap the Monster on Page One
1972 · Bizanti
movieThe Assassination
1972 · Sadiel
La tenda in piazza
movieLa tenda in piazza
1972 · Self (voice) (uncredited), Director
movieThe Mattei Affair
1972 · Enrico Mattei
movieThe Working Class Goes to Heaven
1971 · Lulù Massa
movieSacco & Vanzetti
1971 · Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Documents on Giuseppe Pinelli
movieDocuments on Giuseppe Pinelli
1970 · Self / Reenactor (uncredited)
movieLe Cercle Rouge
1970 · Vogel
movieInvestigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
1970 · Dottore
movieMany Wars Ago
1970 · Lt. Ottolenghi
movieWind from the East
1970 · The Northern Ranger
Ipotesi sulla morte di G. Pinelli
movieIpotesi sulla morte di G. Pinelli
1970 · Self
movieApollon: una fabbrica occupata
1969 · Narrator (voice)
movieUnder the Sign of Scorpio
1969 · Renno
movieThe Bandit
1969 · Gramigna
movieSummit
1968 · Paolo
movieThe Violent Four
1968 · Piero Cavallero
movieThe Seven Cervi Brothers
1968 · Aldo Cervi
movieFace to Face
1967 · Professor Brett Fletcher
movieCaravaggio
1967 · Caravaggio
tvDiamoci del tu
1967 · Self
movieWe Still Kill the Old Way
1967 · Professore Paolo Laurana
movieA Bullet for the General
1967 · Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
movieA Gangstergirl
1966 · Jascha Freud
movieThe Witch
1966 · Fabrizio
movieFor Love and Gold
1966 · Teofilatto dei Leonzi
movieWake Up and Die
1966 · Inspector Moroni
movieSeasons of Our Love
1966 · Leonardo Varzi
movieFor a Few Dollars More
1965 · El Indio
movieLa strada più lunga
1965 · Michele
tvUna vita in gioco
1965 · Radek
tvLe inchieste del commissario Maigret
1964 · Radek
tvVita di Michelangelo
1964 · Michelangelo
movieThe Magnificent Cuckold
1964 · Assessore
movieA Fistful of Dollars
1964 · Ramón Rojo
movieThe Terrorist
1963 · Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere
movieThe Felling of the Forest
1963 · Guglielmo
movieSummer Night
1963 · Alberto
movieThe Four Days of Naples
1962 · Stimolo
movieA Man for Burning
1962 · Salvatore
movieOn the Tiger's Back
1961 · Papaleo
movieHercules and the Captive Women
1961 · Re di Sparta
movieJourney Beneath the Desert
1961 · Tarath
movieGirl with a Suitcase
1961 · Piero Benotti
movieUnder Ten Flags
1960 · Samuel Braunstein
movieSaul
1959 · David
tvThe Idiot
1959 · Parfen Rogozin
movieLa foresta pietrificata
1959
moviePhaedra
1957 · Ippolito