Giuliano Gemma
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Biography
Born in RomeRome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, 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
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard and Death in Venice .-Life:...
's Il Gattopardo
The Leopard (film)
The Leopard is a 1963 Italian film by director Luchino Visconti, based on Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's novel of the same name.-Cast:* Burt Lancaster as Prince Don Fabrizio Salina* Claudia Cardinale as Angelica Sedara / Bertiana...
as Garibaldi's General. Gemma later went on to star in spaghetti western
Spaghetti Western
Spaghetti Western, also known as Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western films that emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's unique and much copied film-making style and international box-office success, so named by American critics because most were produced and...
s, where he enjoyed great success playing the hero in films such as A Pistol for Ringo
A Pistol for Ringo
A Pistol for Ringo is a 1965 Spaghetti Western, a joint Italian and Spanish production. Originally written and directed by Duccio Tessari, the film's success led to a sequel, The Return of Ringo, later that year....
(Una pistola per Ringo), Blood for a Silver Dollar
Blood for a Silver Dollar
Un dollaro bucato is a 1965 Italo-French Spaghetti Western film, directed by Giorgio Ferroni. Its stars Giuliano Gemma. On release in the United States, nearly all of the cast members and production team had their names changed for the English audience...
(Un dollaro bucato) and Day of Anger
Day of Anger
Day of Anger , also known by its UK video title Gunlaw, is a 1967 spaghetti western film directed by Tonino Valerii. The film stars Lee Van Cleef and Giuliano Gemma, and features a musical score by Riz Ortolani...
(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
Valerio Zurlini
Valerio Zurlini was an Italian film director, stage director and screenwriter.-Biography:During his law studies in Rome, he started working in the theatre. In 1943, he joined the Italian resistance. Zurlini became a member of the Italian Communist Party...
's Desert of Tartars (Il deserto dei tartari) in 1976. The same year, Gemma won a David di Donatello
David di Donatello
David di Donatello, named after Donatello's David, is a movie award assigned each year for cinematic performances and production by Ente David di Donatello, part of Accademia del Cinema Italiano. It is the Italian equivalent to the Academy Award. There are 24 categories as of 2006.- History :The...
, 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 RumbleSchool Rumbleis a Japanese Shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi. First serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from October 22, 2002 to July 23, 2008, all 345 chapters were later collected in 22 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. Shōnen Magazine Special published a sequel, School Rumble Z,...
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 LagoonBlack Lagoonis a manga series written and illustrated by Rei Hiroe, and published in Shogakukan's Sunday GX since 2002. An animated television series based on the manga aired in Japan from April 8, 2006, to June 24, 2006, totaling twelve episodes. A second season, subtitled "The Second Barrage", ran for twelve...
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)
- ShéhérazadeShéhérazade (film)Shéhérazade is a 1963 French adventure film directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and starring Anna Karina.-Cast:* Anna Karina - Shéhérazade* Gérard Barray - Renaud de Villecroix* Antonio Vilar - Haroun-al-Raschid* Giuliano Gemma - Didier...
(1963) - Il giorno più cortoIl giorno più cortoIl giorno più corto is a 1962 Italian Comedy film. It is a parody of the war movie The Longest Day and stars the popular duo Ciccio Ingrassia and Franco Franchi in the leading roles...
(1963) - Maciste l'eroe più grande del mondo (1963)
- I due gladiatori (1963)
- Angelica (1964)
- La rivolta dei pretorianiRevolt of the PraetoriansLa Rivolta dei Pretoriani is a 1964 film about the conspiracy to assassinate the emperor Domitian in the year AD 96, though the historical facts have been heavily fictionized...
(1964) - Una pistola per Ringo (1964)
- Erik il vikingo (1964)
- Adiós gringoAdiós gringoAdiós gringo is a 1965 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Giorgio Stegani. Its stars Giuliano Gemma and was co produced between Italy, Spain and France...
(1965) - Angelica alla corte del re (1965)
- Un dollaro bucato (1965)
- La ragazzolaLa ragazzolaLa ragazzola is a 1965 Italian film directed by Giuseppe Orlandini.-Cast:*Agnès Spaak ... Lola*Giuliano Gemma ... Raoul*Gabriella Giorgelli ... Ines*Angelo Infanti ... Alberto*Paola Borboni ... Elvira*Margaret Lee ... Adriana...
(1965) - Il ritorno di Ringo (1965)
- Arizona ColtArizona ColtArizona Colt is a 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Michele Lupo. Its stars Giuliano Gemma.-Cast:*Giuliano Gemma ... Arizona Colt*Fernando Sancho ... Torrez Gordo Watch*Corinne Marchand ... Jane...
(1966) - Per pochi dollari ancora (1966)
- Kiss Kiss...Bang BangKiss Kiss...Bang BangKiss Kiss... Bang Bang was a 1966 Italian spy movie directed by Duccio Tessari and starring Giuliano Gemma.The movie revolves around a former spy named Kirk Warren, who is forced to steal a secret formula in order to avoid execution after having been caught attempting to steal a million dollars.The...
(1967) - I lunghi giorni della vendetta (1967)
- WantedWanted (1967 film)Wanted is an Italian western film released in 1967. It was directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Giuliano Gemma, Teresa Gimpera, and Nello Pazzafini.-Plot:...
(1967) - I giorni dell'ira (1967)
- Sons of SatanSons of SatanSons of Satan is a 1968 Italian crime film directed by Duccio Tessari and starring Rita Hayworth.-Cast:* Rita Hayworth - Martha* Giuliano Gemma - Jason* Klaus Kinski - Adam* Margaret Lee - Karen* Claudine Auger - Barbara* Serge Marquand - Jimmy...
(1968) - Sundance and the KidSundance and the KidSundance and the Kid is the American release title of Vivi o, preferibilmente, morti, a 1969 Spaghetti Western comedy directed by Duccio Tessari and starring Giuliano Gemma, Nino Benvenuti, andSydne Rome...
(1969) - Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli (1973)
- Somewhere Beyond LoveSomewhere Beyond LoveSomewhere Beyond Love is a 1974 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Comencini. It was entered into the 1974 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Giuliano Gemma - Nullo Branzi* Stefania Sandrelli - Carmela Santoro* Brizio Montinaro - Pasquale* Renato Scarpa...
(1974) - Anche gli angeli tirano di destro (1974)
- Il bianco, il giallo, il nero di Sergio CorbucciSergio CorbucciSergio Corbucci was an Italian film director. He is best known for his very violent yet intelligent spaghetti westerns...
(1974) - Africa ExpressAfrica ExpressAfrica Express is a 1975 Italian adventure film starring Ursula Andress, Giuliano Gemma, and Jack Palance that was filmed in Rhodesia .Plot Summary: John Baxter is a freewheeling trader of goods in Africa with a pet chimpanzee and one dream: to save enough money to buy a gas station in Detroit...
(1975) - Safari Express (1976)
- Il deserto dei Tartari (1976)
- Il prefetto di ferroIl prefetto di ferroIl prefetto di ferro is a 1977 Italian film. It stars Claudia Cardinale....
(1977) - California (1977)
- Closed CircuitClosed Circuit (film)Closed Circuit is a 1978 Italian crime film directed by Giuliano Montaldo. It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Flavio Bucci - Il sociologo* Tony Kendall - Roberto Vinci* Aurore Clément - Gabriella...
(1978) - Corleone (1978)
- Il grande attacco (1978)
- Sella d'argento (1978)
- L'avvertimento (1980)
- Ciao Nemico (1981)
- Tenebre (1982)
- ClarettaClarettaClaretta is a 1984 Italian film. It stars Claudia Cardinale....
(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)