Gian Maria Volonté
Actor
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).
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As Director
Filmography
A Fistful of Dollars
as Ramón Rojo 1964
For a Few Dollars More
as El Indio 1965
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
as Dottore 1970
Le Cercle Rouge
as Vogel 1970
For Love and Gold
as Teofilatto dei Leonzi 1966
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
as Lulù Massa 1971
Sacco & Vanzetti
as Bartolomeo Vanzetti 1971
Slap the Monster on Page One
as Bizanti 1972
One Way or Another
as M. 1976
Many Wars Ago
as Lt. Ottolenghi 1970
A Bullet for the General
as Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho' 1967
We Still Kill the Old Way
as Professore Paolo Laurana 1967
The Mattei Affair
as Enrico Mattei 1972
Face to Face
as Professor Brett Fletcher 1967
Girl with a Suitcase
as Piero Benotti 1961
Christ Stopped at Eboli
as Carlo Levi 1979
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
as Dr. Cristo Bedoya 1987