Gianni Garko, often billed as John Garko and occasionally Gary Hudson, is a Dalmatian Italian actor who found fame as a leading man in 1960s Spaghetti Westerns. He is perhaps best known for his lead role as Sartana, starting with the first official film If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death and starring in three sequels as this character, the role played by George Hilton in the third film in the series.
Sartana is a series of Spaghetti Western films which follows the adventures of the title character, a gunfighter and gambler who uses mechanical gadgets and seemingly supernatural powers to trick his rivals. The series features five official entries: If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death (1968), I am Sartana, Your Angel of Death (1969), Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin, Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay and Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming. The first film was directed by Gianfranco Parolini, with the remaining four directed by Giuliano Carnimeo. Sartana is portrayed by Gianni Garko in all films in the series except for Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin, in which he was portrayed by George Hilton.
George Hilton was a Uruguayan actor well known for his many Spaghetti Western performances. Sometimes credited as Jorge Hilton, he appeared in over 20 Euro-Westerns as well as several giallo and action films.
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death is a 1968 Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. The film stars Gianni Garko, William Berger, Fernando Sancho and Klaus Kinski, and features a musical score by Piero Piccioni.
I am Sartana, Your Angel of Death is a 1969 Italian Western film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo and starring Gianni Garko as Sartana. The film is presented on some DVD reissues under its German title, Sartana - Töten war sein täglich Brot.
Per 100.000 dollari ti ammazzo is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western film. It represents the directorial debut film of Giovanni Fago. On the set of this film Gianni Garko got to know Susanna Martinkova, a Czechoslovakian actress at her debut in an Italian production, who little later married the actor and had a daughter with him.
Giuliano Carnimeo was an Italian director and screenwriter, sometimes credited as Anthony Ascott or Antony Ascot.
Aldo Addobbati was an Italian film producer. In 1968 he produced Gianfranco Parolini's Se incontri Sartana prega per la tua morte, a western starring Gianni Garko, William Berger, Fernando Sancho and Klaus Kinski. He followed this by producing another of Parolini's and Kinski's in 1969 with the war picture 5 per l'inferno and he also co-produced the western Sono Sartana, il vostro becchino with Paolo Moffa. The film was directed by Giuliano Carnimeo and starred Gianni Garko.
Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay is a 1970 Spaghetti Western film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo, written by Roberto Gianviti and starring Gianni Garko as Sartana.
Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin AKA A Fistful of Lead is a 1970 Spaghetti Western that is the third of the Sartana film series with George Hilton taking over the lead role from Gianni Garko. The film was shot in Italy and directed by Giuliano Carnimeo.
Those Dirty Dogs is a 1973 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Giuseppe Rosati and starring Gianni Garko and Stephen Boyd. The film was made in the later part of the Spaghetti Western boom. As such it features such latter-day genre elements as self-parody, guffaw humour, near-slapstick fight scenes, machine guns hidden in everyday household items, and bombastic villains.
Fantozzi – Il ritorno is a 1996 Italian comedy film directed by Neri Parenti. It is the ninth chapter in the Fantozzi film series of the unlucky clerk Ugo Fantozzi, played by its creator, Paolo Villaggio.
Zorro and the Three Musketeers is a 1963 Italian comedy-adventure film directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Gordon Scott.
Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming is a 1970 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo and starring Gianni Garko as Sartana.
Ciao, ciao bambina! is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Grieco and starring Elsa Martinelli and Antonio Cifariello. It grossed 220 million lire at the Italian box office.
They Call Me Hallelujah is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo and starring George Hilton. The film spawned a 1972 sequel, Return of Hallelujah, also directed by Carnimeo and starring many of the same actors as in the original.
Return of Halleluja is a 1972 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo and starring George Hilton. It is the sequel to They Call Me Hallelujah.
His Name Was Holy Ghost is a 1972 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo and starring Gianni Garko, and is the sequel to They Call Him Cemetery. It received a belated UK release in 1976 under the title Blazing Guns as a supporting film to Monsters From an Unknown Planet
Pierino medico della S.A.U.B. is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo and starring Alvaro Vitali.
I carabbimatti is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo and starring Andy Luotto.
