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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. A Fistful of Dollars (1964) — Ramón Rojo
2. For a Few Dollars More (1965) — El Indio
3. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) — Dottore
4. Le Cercle Rouge (1970) — Vogel
5. For Love and Gold (1966) — Teofilatto dei Leonzi
6. The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971) — Lulù Massa
7. Sacco & Vanzetti (1971) — Bartolomeo Vanzetti
8. Slap the Monster on Page One (1972) — Bizanti
9. One Way or Another (1976) — M.
10. Many Wars Ago (1970) — Lt. Ottolenghi
11. A Bullet for the General (1967) — Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
12. We Still Kill the Old Way (1967) — Professore Paolo Laurana
13. The Mattei Affair (1972) — Enrico Mattei
14. Face to Face (1967) — Professor Brett Fletcher
15. Girl with a Suitcase (1961) — Piero Benotti
16. Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979) — Carlo Levi
17. Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987) — Dr. Cristo Bedoya
18. Lucky Luciano (1973) — Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
19. The Magnificent Cuckold (1964) — Assessore
20. The Four Days of Naples (1962) — Stimolo
21. Giordano Bruno (1973) — Giordano Bruno
22. Operation Ogre (1979) — Izarra
23. The Moro Affair (1986) — Aldo Moro
24. The Assassination (1972) — Sadiel
25. Open Doors (1990) — Giudice Vito Di Francesco
26. The Violent Four (1968) — Piero Cavallero
27. Hercules and the Captive Women (1961) — Re di Sparta
28. Lady of the Camelias (1981) — Plessis
29. On the Tiger's Back (1961) — Papaleo
30. A Simple Story (1991) — Carmelo Franzò
31. Wind from the East (1970) — The Northern Ranger
32. A Boy from Calabria (1987) — Felice
33. The Witch (1966) — Fabrizio
34. I Am Afraid (1977) — Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
35. The Terrorist (1963) — Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere
36. Under Ten Flags (1960) — Samuel Braunstein
37. The Abyss (1988) — Zenone
38. The Seven Cervi Brothers (1968) — Aldo Cervi
39. Letters from Marusia (1975) — Gregorio
40. Spanish Western (2015) — The Indian (archive footage)

Directed

1. La tenda in piazza (1972) — Director
2. Reggio Calabria (1972) — Director