Personal info
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 4/9/1933
- Birthplace
- Milano, Lombardia, Italy
- Died
- 12/6/1994 (aged 61)
- Gender
- Male
- Also known as
- Johnny Wels, Gian-Maria Volonte, Джан Мария Волонте
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.
12 titles

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









