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 Wikipedia.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1933-04-09 · Milano, Lombardia, Italy
- Died
- 1994-12-06
Known for
- A Fistful of Dollars (1964) — Ramón Rojo
- For a Few Dollars More (1965) — El Indio
- Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) — Dottore
- Le Cercle Rouge (1970) — Vogel
- For Love and Gold (1966) — Teofilatto dei Leonzi
- The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971) — Lulù Massa
- Sacco & Vanzetti (1971) — Bartolomeo Vanzetti
- Slap the Monster on Page One (1972) — Bizanti
- One Way or Another (1976) — M.
- Many Wars Ago (1970) — Lt. Ottolenghi
- A Bullet for the General (1967) — Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
- We Still Kill the Old Way (1967) — Professore Paolo Laurana
- Ulysses' Gaze (1995) — In Memory Of
- The Mattei Affair (1972) — Enrico Mattei
- Girl with a Suitcase (1961) — Piero Benotti
- Face to Face (1967) — Professor Brett Fletcher