Gian Maria Volonté profile
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Gian Maria Volonté

9th April 1933 Milano, Lombardia, Italy Acting

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.

73 Movies 10 TV Shows 86 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Open Doors poster
Open Doors 29th March 1990 as Giudice Vito Di Francesco
I Am Afraid poster
I Am Afraid 6th October 1977 as Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
Summit poster
Summit 16th October 1968 as Paolo
Saul poster
Saul 6th November 1959 as David
Phaedra poster
Phaedra 26th February 1957 as Ippolito