About
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...
Known for
Space: 1999Series • 1975
Maggie & Bianca Fashion FriendsSeries • 2016
WaterlooMovie • 1970
Light the Fuse… Sartana Is ComingMovie • 1970
HerculesMovie • 1983
The PsychicMovie • 1977
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your DeathMovie • 1968
The Night of the DevilsMovie • 1972
I Am Sartana Your Angel of DeathMovie • 1969
Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will PayMovie • 1970
$10,000 for a MassacreMovie • 1967
They Call Him CemeteryMovie • 1971
Bad Man's RiverMovie • 1971
Monster SharkMovie • 1984
Don Camillo in MoscowMovie • 1965
Crazy DesireMovie • 1962
Vengeance Is MineMovie • 1967
The Shortest DayMovie • 1963
KapoMovie • 1960
Three Swedish Girls in Upper BavariaMovie • 1977
The BossMovie • 1973
Body PuzzleMovie • 1992
Heads or Tails?Movie • 2025
In nome del popolo sovranoMovie • 1990