Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 02, 1938
Died
Oct 01, 2013
Place of Birth
Rome, Italy
Credits
98 titles
Giuliano Gemma
Biography
Giuliano Gemma (2 September 1938 – 1 October 2013) was an Italian actor. He is best known internationally for his work in Spaghetti Westerns, particularly for his performances as the title character in Duccio Tessari's A Pistol for Ringo (1965), Captain Montgomery Brown/'Ringo' in Tessari's The Return of Ringo (1965), the title character in Michele Lupo's Arizona Colt (1966), Scott Mary in Tonino Valerii's Day of Anger (1967) and Michael "California" Random in Lupo's California (1977). Born in Rome, Gemma first worked as a stuntman, then was offered real acting parts by director Duccio Tessari, starting with the film Arrivano i titani (1962). He also made an appearance in Luchino Visconti's Il Gattopardo as Garibaldi's General. Gemma later went on to star in Spaghetti Westerns in films such as A Pistol for Ringo (Una pistola per Ringo), Blood for a Silver Dollar (Un dollaro bucato), Wanted and Day of Anger (I giorni dell'ira). He was sometimes credited as Montgomery Wood. Giuliano Gemma's career survived the demise of the genre, and he remained active on Italian television. Gemma played in a variety of movies, including art-house offerings such as Valerio Zurlini's The Desert of the Tartars (Il deserto dei tartari) in 1976. The same year, Gemma won a David di Donatello, the Italian equivalent of the Oscar, for his portrayal of Major Matiss in The Desert of Tartars. Gemma also starred in a web comic named "Man Born Again" (2012) by Eclypsed Word. His daughter, Vera Gemma, is also an actress. Giuliano Gemma also worked as a sculptor. On 1 October 2013, Gemma died following a car accident in Cerveteri, near Rome. He was taken to a hospital in Civitavecchia and pronounced dead shortly after his arrival. Two other passengers, a man and his son, were also injured in the accident. Source: Article "Giuliano Gemma" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
Vera
Self (archival footage)
To Rome with Love
Hotel Manager
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Self
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
The Final Inquiry
Saulo
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
Saulo
Pompeii
Tito
Butta la luna
Pope John Paul II
Dr. Joaquín Navarro-Valls
La bambina dalle mani sporche
Procuratore Concato
Il Capitano
Colonel Fioravanti
Mad Love
De Veyre
Un uomo perbene
Avvocato Alberto Dall'Ora
First On The Rope
Mr. Ruspoli
Desert of Fire
Emir Tafud
Desert of Fire
Emir Tafud
Un bel dì vedremo
Gianfranco
Una storia italiana
Ya no hay hombres
La moglie nella cornice
Alberto Fortis
Florence My Love
Dagli Appennini alle Ande
Vittorio Vigano
The Betrothed
Il Gringo
Rally
Alain Costa
The Opponent
Martin Duranti
Al acecho
Roca
Châteauroux district
Greg Norman
Let's Hope It's a Girl
Nardoni
Hunting for the Art Thief
Capitano Maffei
Tex and the Lord of the Deep
Tex Willer
Claretta
Marcello Petacci
Circle of Passions
Anthony Tursi
Pájaros de ciudad
Tenebre
Detective Germani
The Odd Squad
Lt. Joe Kirby
La baraonda
Federico Salvi
The Warning
Commissario Antonio Baresi
Operation Leopard
Adjudant-chef Federico
A Man on His Knees
Nino Peralta
Corleone
Vito Gargano
Silver Saddle
Roy Blood
Closed Circuit
Il pistolero
The Biggest Battle
Capitano Martin Scott
I Am the Law
Mori
California
Michael 'California' Random
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
The Desert of the Tartars
Mattis
Safari Express
John Baxter
Africa Express
John Baxter
The White, The Yellow, and The Black
Blanc de Blanc / Stetson