Giuliano Gemma

Giuliano Gemma
Gemma in 2008, celebrating his 70th birthday
Born	2 September 1938 (1938-09-02) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor, stuntman, sculptor
Years active	1958–present
Website
www.giulianogemma.it

Giuliano Gemma (born 2 September 1938) is an Italian actor.

Biography

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, where he enjoyed great success playing the hero in films such as A Pistol for Ringo (Una pistola per Ringo), Blood for a Silver Dollar (Un dollaro bucato) 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 is still active today on Italian television.

Gemma has played in a variety of movies, including art-house offerings such as Valerio Zurlini's Desert of 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 Desert of Tartars.

His daughter, Vera Gemma, is also an actress. Giuliano Gemma also works as a sculptor.

Trivia

• In the chapter 79 of the manga School Rumble he was compared to Masakazu Tōgō due to Tōgō's habit of putting Italian words in his sentences.
• In episode 9 of the anime Black Lagoon he's mentioned by the character Dutch during a shoot-out in a bar.

Partial filmography

• Venezia, la luna e tu (1958) di Dino Risi
• Arrangiatevi! (1959)
• Io amo...tu ami (1961)
• Arrivano i titani (1962)
• Il Gattopardo (1962)
• Shéhérazade (1963)
• Il giorno più corto (1963)
• Maciste l'eroe più grande del mondo (1963)
• I due gladiatori (1963)
• Angelica (1964)
• La rivolta dei pretoriani (1964)
• Una pistola per Ringo (1964)
• Erik il vikingo (1964)
• Adiós gringo (1965)
• Angelica alla corte del re (1965)
• Un dollaro bucato (1965)
• La ragazzola (1965)
• Il ritorno di Ringo (1965)
• Arizona Colt (1966)
• Per pochi dollari ancora (1966)
• Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang (1967)
• I lunghi giorni della vendetta (1967)
• Wanted (1967)
• I giorni dell'ira (1967)
• Sons of Satan (1968)
• Sundance and the Kid (1969)
• Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli (1973)
• Somewhere Beyond Love (1974)
• Anche gli angeli tirano di destro (1974)
• Il bianco, il giallo, il nero di Sergio Corbucci (1974)
• Africa Express (1975)
• Safari Express (1976)
• Il deserto dei Tartari (1976)
• Il prefetto di ferro (1977)
• California (1977)
• Closed Circuit (1978)
• Corleone (1978)
• Il grande attacco (1978)
• Sella d'argento (1978)
• La Légion saute sur Kolwezi (1980)
• L'avvertimento (1980)
• Ciao nemico (1981)
• Tenebre (1982)
• Claretta (1984)
• Tex e il signore degli abissi (1985)
• Speriamo che sia femmina (1986)
• Rally (1986)
• Melancholy of Florence (1990)
• Non ci sono più uomini (1991)
• Un bel di vedremo (1996)
• Un uomo per bene (1999)
• La donna del delitto (2000)
• Giovanna la pazza (2001)

External links

• Giuliano Gemma at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website