Gian Maria Volonté
Biography
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
For a Few Dollars More
as El Indio
1965
Journey Beneath the Desert
as Tarath
1961
Le Cercle Rouge
as Vogel
1970
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
as Dottore
1970
Rosi About Eboli
as Self
2022
Christ Stopped at Eboli
as Carlo Levi
1979
Hercules and the Captive Women
as Re di Sparta
1961
Open Doors
as Giudice Vito Di Francesco
1990
A Bullet for the General
as Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
1967
The Witch
as Fabrizio
1966
The Mattei Affair
as Enrico Mattei
1972
The Moro Affair
as Aldo Moro
1986
Face to Face
as Professor Brett Fletcher
1967
The Abyss
as Zenone
1988
Operation Ogre
as Izarra
1979
Giordano Bruno
as Giordano Bruno
1973
The Four Days of Naples
as Stimolo
1962
Sacco & Vanzetti
as Bartolomeo Vanzetti
1971
Slap the Monster on Page One
as Bizanti
1972
One Way or Another
as M.
1976
TV Appearances
The Charterhouse of Parma
as Count Mosca
1982
Vita di Michelangelo
as Michelangelo
1964
Spécial cinéma
as Self
1974
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
as Plessis
1981
The Idiot
as Parfen Rogozin
1959
Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
as Radek
1964
Diamoci del tu
as Self
1967
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
as Carlo Levi
1980
Una vita in gioco
as Radek
1965