Highest rated as cast or director
Biography
Born in Zadar, Dalmatia (then Italy, now part of Croatia), he moved to Trieste in 1948 to attend the acting school of the Piccolo Teatro di Trieste, and then to Rome to enter the Accademia nazionale d'arte drammatica. Garko began his career in the 1950s playing roles of various genres, especially in westerns and Italian-style comedies; in his later years he devoted himself to films for RAI television. He gave life to the character of Sartana (together with directors Gianfranco Parolini and later Giuliano Carnimeo), the protagonist of numerous spaghetti-westerns. In the film Il compagno don Camillo (1965) he played the character of Scamoggia, the photographer sent by the party to document the twinning. In addition to the films he starred in, he had various television experiences. Among the many, we recall his appearance in the television series Space 1999 as astronaut Tony Cellini, in the episode entitled The Dragon's Domain (in addition to voicing Gwent in the episode The Infernal Machine in the same series), and in the television series Suspects, in the role of industrialist Martin Fisher. From 2002 to 2004 he starred in the soap opera Vivere, playing entrepreneur Pierfrancesco Moretti. He took part in a number of commercials; among others an olive oil, a wine, and finally a medicine alongside comedian Fabrizio Fontana from 1995-1997. Active now mainly as a character actor from tv
Acted in 77
2020s
- 2025
Vamos a Matar - Storia e storie del western mediterraneo
Sé stesso
Heads or Tails?
Mr. Rupè
2010s
- 2016
Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends
Tancredi Lombardi · 3 episodes
- 2014
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
Lui-même
2000s
- 2002
Family Flaw
Movie
1990s
- 1999
Vivere
Pierfrancesco Moretti · 1 episode
- 1998
Tower of the First Born
Commander
- 1997
Con rabbia e con amore
Movie
- 1994
Italian Restaurant
Henken · 8 episodes
- 1992
- 1990
In nome del popolo sovrano
Nicolas Charles Victor Oudinot
1980s
- 1989
I promessi sposi
fratello gentiluomo · 5 episodes
- 1987
Skipper
Movie
Gila and Rik
Giovanni
- 1986
Black Tunnel
Movie
- 1985
Drei und eine halbe Portion
Fabo
- 1984
- 1983
Babystrich im Sperrbezirk
Movie
Amok
Le journaliste Breyten
- 1982
L'occhio di Giuda
Harry
1970s
- 1979
Dracula Blows His Cool
Stan / Count Stanislaus
Lo scugnizzo
Movie
Morte a passo di valzer
Jack Cheviot · 3 episodes
Encounters in the Deep
Mike
- 1978
Summer Night Fever
Jacky / Playboy
- 1977
Three Swedish Girls in Upper Bavaria
Otto Gruber
Joy of Flying
Jörg Bronner
- 1975
- 1974
Seven Jackals
Luis
- 1973
The Flower with Petals of Steel
Dr. Andrea Valenti
Those Dirty Dogs!
Korano
- 1972
The Night of the Devils
Nicola
the famous escapes
Benvenuto Cellini · 1 episode
- 1971
The Price of Death
Silver
- 1970
The Cop
Dan Rover
Tulips of Haarlem
Bernardo
1960s
- 1969
Thunder from the West
Riccardo Cloro
- 1968
Lucrezia
Fabrizio Aldobrandi
Red Roses for the Fuhrer
Alex Rostov / il tenente Mann
Bloody Days
Movie
- 1967
- 1966
Almost a Man
Michele's Brother
- 1965
Don Camillo in Moscow
Scamoggia
- 1964
Saul and David
David
- 1963
- 1962
Eighteen in the Sun
Nicola Molino
Crazy Desire
Piero
- 1961
One Night at the Beach
Heinrich
- 1960
Kapo
Karl
Death of a Friend
Aldo
1950s
- 1959
Hello, Hello Baby! (Rains)
Movie
L'isola del tesoro
Harry · 2 episodes
- 1958
Cannon Serenade
Un altro ufficiale
Wrote 1
2020s
- 2025
Dead Souls
Writer
Appearances6
2020s
- 2025
Aquel último tiburón
Self
2010s
- 2019
George Hilton - The World Belongs to the Daring
Himself
2000s
- 2008
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
Self
- 2006
Do You Remember Lucio Fulci?
Self
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
Self
- 2001
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
Self - Actor