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Gian Maria Volonté

Apr 09, 1933 - Dec 06, 1994 (61 years old) in Milano, Lombardia, Italy

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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Known For

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Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
Radek
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The Idiot
Parfen Rogozin
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The Charterhouse of Parma
Count Mosca
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For a Few Dollars More
El Indio
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A Fistful of Dollars
Ramón Rojo
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Diamoci del tu
Self
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Vita di Michelangelo
Michelangelo
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La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
Plessis
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Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
Carlo Levi
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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Dottore

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