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.
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
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Filmography (Movies)
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Character:Self
Release Date:18/10/2025
Heads or Tails?
Character:Mr. Rupè
Release Date:02/10/2025
George Hilton - The World Belongs to the Daring
Character:Himself
Release Date:08/10/2019
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
Character:Lui-même
Release Date:01/01/2014
Giallo Western
Character:self
Release Date:01/06/2010
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
Character:Self
Release Date:06/03/2008
Do You Remember Lucio Fulci?
Character:Self
Release Date:08/10/2006
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
Character:Self
Release Date:23/04/2006
Mondo Garko
Character:Himself
Release Date:02/09/2005
Western all'italiana
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2004
Family Flaw
Character:
Release Date:26/05/2002
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
Character:Self - Actor
Release Date:22/09/2001
Con rabbia e con amore
Character:
Release Date:24/04/1997
Body Puzzle
Character:Police Chief
Release Date:20/03/1992
Una prova d'innocenza
Character:Cremonese
Release Date:02/01/1991
In nome del popolo sovrano
Character:Nicolas Charles Victor Oudinot
Release Date:21/12/1990
Skipper
Character:
Release Date:10/06/1987
Gila and Rik
Character:Giovanni
Release Date:01/01/1987
Black Tunnel
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1986
Drei und eine halbe Portion
Character:Fabo
Release Date:18/01/1985
Devil Fish
Character:Sheriff Gordon
Release Date:07/09/1984
Hercules
Character:Valcheus
Release Date:12/08/1983
Il passo falso
Character:
Release Date:06/07/1983
Babystrich im Sperrbezirk
Character:
Release Date:06/05/1983
Amok
Character:Le journaliste Breyten
Release Date:01/04/1983
L'Occhio di Giuda
Character:Harry
Release Date:04/03/1982
Star Odyssey
Character:Dirk
Release Date:26/10/1979
Dracula Blows His Cool
Character:Stan / Count Stanislaus
Release Date:12/10/1979
Lo scugnizzo
Character:
Release Date:08/10/1979
The New Godfathers
Character:Capitano Ivano Radovich
Release Date:24/08/1979
Encounters in the Deep
Character:Mike
Release Date:04/04/1979
Summer Night Fever
Character:Jacky / Playboy
Release Date:31/08/1978
Maldoror
Character:Il regista
Release Date:18/10/1977
Three Swedish Girls in Upper Bavaria
Character:Otto Gruber
Release Date:07/10/1977
Joy of Flying
Character:Jörg Bronner
Release Date:09/09/1977
The Psychic
Character:Francesco Ducci
Release Date:10/08/1977
Seven Jackals
Character:Luis
Release Date:01/01/1974
The Flower with Petals of Steel
Character:Dr. Andrea Valenti
Release Date:13/11/1973
Those Dirty Dogs!
Character:Korano
Release Date:01/03/1973
The Heroes
Character:Schreiber
Release Date:23/02/1973
The Boss
Character:Police Commissioner Torri
Release Date:01/02/1973
The Night of the Devils
Character:Nicola
Release Date:29/04/1972
His Name Was Holy Ghost
Character:Holy Ghost
Release Date:30/03/1972
Bad Man's River
Character:Ed Pace
Release Date:14/10/1971
They Call Him Cemetery
Character:Camposanto / 'The Stranger'
Release Date:23/09/1971
The Price of Death
Character:Silver
Release Date:17/09/1971
Cold Eyes of Fear
Character:Peter Flower
Release Date:06/04/1971
Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming
Character:Sartana
Release Date:24/12/1970
Waterloo
Character:Drouot
Release Date:26/10/1970
Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay
Character:Sartana
Release Date:08/10/1970
The Cop
Character:Dan Rover
Release Date:05/10/1970
Sartana Kills Them All
Character:Santana
Release Date:11/09/1970
Tulips of Haarlem
Character:Bernardo
Release Date:07/06/1970
I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death
Character:Sartana
Release Date:20/11/1969
Thunder from the West
Character:Riccardo Cloro
Release Date:10/07/1969
Five for Hell
Character:Lt. Glenn Hoffmann
Release Date:18/01/1969
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
Character:Sartana
Release Date:14/08/1968
Lucrezia
Character:Fabrizio Aldobrandi
Release Date:07/07/1968
Red Roses for the Fuhrer
Character:Alex Rostov / il tenente Mann
Release Date:24/04/1968
Bloody Days
Character:
Release Date:10/04/1968
Taste of Vengeance
Character:Bryan Clarke
Release Date:02/04/1968
Vengeance Is Mine
Character:John Forest
Release Date:30/11/1967
$10,000 for a Massacre
Character:Django
Release Date:03/03/1967
$1,000 on the Black
Character:Sartana Liston
Release Date:18/12/1966
Almost a Man
Character:Michele's Brother
Release Date:22/09/1966
Don Camillo in Moscow
Character:Scamoggia
Release Date:18/09/1965
Saul and David
Character:David
Release Date:31/12/1964
The Shortest Day
Character:Uomo alla stazione (uncredited)
Release Date:14/02/1963
The Avenger
Character:Turno, King of the Rusalie
Release Date:28/11/1962
Eighteen in the Sun
Character:Nicola Molino
Release Date:11/08/1962
Crazy Desire
Character:Piero
Release Date:15/03/1962
Pontius Pilate
Character:Jonathan
Release Date:15/02/1962
Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules
Character:Kathar - Kahab's Son
Release Date:10/10/1961
The Mongols
Character:Henry de Valois
Release Date:31/08/1961
One Night at the Beach
Character:Heinrich
Release Date:14/06/1961
Kapo
Character:Karl
Release Date:27/09/1960
Death of a Friend
Character:Aldo
Release Date:19/01/1960
Hello, Hello Baby! (Rains)
Character:
Release Date:06/05/1959
Cannon Serenade
Character:Un altro ufficiale
Release Date:30/07/1958
Television Appearances
Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends
Character:Tancredi Lombardi
Vivere
Character:Pierfrancesco Moretti
Uno di noi
Character:
Italian Restaurant
Character:Henken
Italian Restaurant
Character:
I promessi sposi
Character:fratello gentiluomo
Morte a passo di valzer
Character:Jack Cheviot
Space: 1999
Character:Tony Cellini
the famous escapes
Character:Benvenuto Cellini
L'isola del tesoro
Character:Harry
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