
Gian Maria Volonté
Acting
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 Stil…
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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

The Mattei Affair
1972
Enrico Mattei

Face to Face
1967
Professor Brett Fletcher

Girl with a Suitcase
1961
Piero Benotti

Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
Carlo Levi

Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
Dr. Cristo Bedoya

Lucky Luciano
1973
Charles 'Lucky' Luciano

The Magnificent Cuckold
1964
Assessore

Giordano Bruno
1973
Giordano Bruno
