Giuliano Gemma (2 September 1938 – 1 October 2013) was an Italian actor. He is best known internationally for his work in Spaghetti Westerns, particularly for his performances as the title character in Duccio Tessari's A Pistol for Ringo (1965), Captain Montgomery Brown/'Ringo' in Tessari's The Return of Ringo (1965), the title character in Michele Lupo's Arizona Colt (1966), Scott Mary in Tonino Valerii's Day of Anger (1967) and Michael "California" Random in Lupo's California (1977). 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 in films such as A Pistol for Ringo (Una pistola per Ringo), Blood for a Silver Dollar (Un dollaro bucato), Wanted 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 remained active on Italian television. Gemma played in a variety of movies, including art-house offerings such as Valerio Zurlini's The Desert of the 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 The Desert of Tartars. Gemma also starred in a web comic named "Man Born Again" (2012) by Eclypsed Word. His daughter, Vera Gemma, is also an actress. Giuliano Gemma also worked as a sculptor. On 1 October 2013, Gemma died following a car accident in Cerveteri, near Rome. He was taken to a hospital in Civitavecchia and pronounced dead shortly after his arrival. Two other passengers, a man and his son, were also injured in the accident. Source: Article "Giuliano Gemma" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

• 2012To Rome with Love — Hotel Manager
• 2009Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
• L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII — Saulo
• Pompeii — Tito
• 2007The Final Inquiry — Saulo
• Butta la luna
• Il Capitano — Colonel Fioravanti
• La bambina dalle mani sporche — Procuratore Concato
• Pope John Paul II — Dr. Joaquín Navarro-Valls
• 2001Mad Love — De Veyre
• First On The Rope — Mr. Ruspoli
• 1999Un uomo perbene — Avvocato Alberto Dall'Ora
• 1997Desert of Fire — Emir Tafud
• Desert of Fire — Emir Tafud
• 1996Un bel dì vedremo — Gianfranco
• Una storia italiana
• 1991Florence My Love
• La moglie nella cornice — Alberto Fortis
• 1991Ya no hay hombres
• Dagli Appennini alle Ande — Vittorio Vigano
• The Betrothed — Il Gringo
• Rally — Alain Costa
• 1988The Opponent — Martin Duranti
• 1987Al acecho — Roca
• 1987Châteauroux district — Greg Norman
• 1986Let's Hope It's a Girl — Nardoni
• Hunting for the Art Thief — Capitano Maffei
• 1985Tex and the Lord of the Deep — Tex Willer
• 1984Claretta — Marcello Petacci
• 1983Circle of Passions — Anthony Tursi
• 1983Pájaros de ciudad
• 1982Tenebre — Detective Germani
• 1982The Odd Squad — Lt. Joe Kirby
• 1980La baraonda — Federico Salvi
• 1980Operation Leopard — Adjudant-chef Federico
• 1980The Warning — Commissario Antonio Baresi
• 1979A Man on His Knees — Nino Peralta
• 1978Closed Circuit — Il pistolero
• 1978Corleone — Vito Gargano
• 1978Silver Saddle — Roy Blood
• 1978The Biggest Battle — Capitano Martin Scott
• 1977California — Michael 'California' Random
• 1977I Am the Law — Mori
• 1977Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
• 1976Safari Express — John Baxter
• 1976The Desert of the Tartars — Mattis
• 1975Africa Express — John Baxter
• 1975The White, The Yellow, and The Black — Blanc de Blanc / Stetson
• 1974Charleston — Sunny Abernati
• 1974Somewhere Beyond Love — Nullo Branzi
• 1973Even Angels Eat Beans — Sonny
• 1973Il maschio ruspante — Romolo
• 1973The Magnificent Dare Devil — Rudy Patti
• 1972Ben & Charlie — Ben Bellew
• 1972The Master Touch — Marco
• 1971Long Live Robin Hood — Robin Hood
• 1971The Smugglers — Vladek
• 1970Corbari — Silvio Corbari
• 1970When Women Had Tails — Ulli
• 1969Alive or Preferably Dead — Monty Mulligan
• 1969Blow Hot, Blow Cold — Giulio
• 1969The Price of Power — Bill Willer
• 1968A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof — Billy Boy aka Tim Hawkins
• 1968The Bastard — Jason
• 1967Day of Anger — Scott Mary
• 1967Long Days of Vengeance — Ted Barnett
• 1967Wanted — Gary Ryan
• 1966Arizona Colt — Arizona Colt
• 1966Fort Yuma Gold — Gary Diamond
• 1966Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang — Kirk Warren
• 1965A Pistol for Ringo — Ringo
• 1965Adiós Gringo — Brent Landers
• 1965Angelique: The Road to Versailles — Nicolas, alias Calembredaine
• 1965Blood for a Silver Dollar — Gary O'Hara
• 1965Erik the Viking — Erik
• 1965La ragazzola — Raoul
• 1965The Return of Ringo — Capt. Montgomery Brown / 'Ringo'
• 1964Angelique — Nicolas Merlot
• 1964Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun — Prince Maytha
• 1964Revolt of the Praetorians — Cocceio Nerva
• 1964The Two Gladiators — Orazio
• 1963Goliath and the Sins of Babylon — Xandros
• 1963Scheherazade — Didier
• 1963The Leopard — Garibaldi's General
• 1963The Shortest Day — Soldato (uncredited)
• 1962Boccaccio '70 — Hercules (segment "La riffa") (uncredited)
• 1962I Love, You Love — Giovane in spiaggia
• 1962My Son, the Hero — Krios
• 1961Battle of the Worlds — Moran
• 1960Messalina — Marcello
• 1959Ben-Hur — Roman Officer with Messala (uncredited)
• 1959Hercules Unchained — Melanippo (uncredited)
• 1959My Wife's Enemy — Figlio di Nando Terenzi
• 1959You're on Your Own — Pugile (uncredited)
• 1958Venice, the Moon and You — Brando, giovane gondoliere nella sala da ballo

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2023Vera — Self (archival footage)
• 2010L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo — Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self