Today’s page is exceptionally dedicated to Giuliano
Gemma who suddenly left us at the age of 75. The Roman actor starred in many movies
, especially spaghetti western, which in the 60s made the Italian movie
industry famous all over the world, meaning that it had no longer be so highly
regarded if only directed by Fellini or Antonioni.
“I remember, as a boy, passing entire afternoons at essay cinemas, imagining to live in an other
era where bandits and redskins faught against
one another and then applauded when the good guys came to defeat the bad guys”.
Goodbye Giuliano, or Ciao Giuliano, I am sure that you are now
riding together with your friends John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Gian Maria Volontè
and lots of others on the blue prairy in the sky.
A short biography:
Giuliano Gemma
started working for the movie industry since he was a young man, thanks to his
physique-du-role he was engaged as a stuntman
and later noted for his beauty and got roles in many movies such as “Venezia, la luna e
tu”, ”Ben Hur”, “The Titans”, “Il Gattopardo”, “Angelica" e "Angelica alla Corte
del Re”.
With Spaghetti Western made its exploite he was consecrated as a divo,
starring in “Una Pistola Per Ringo”, “Il
Ritorno di Ringo”, “Adiòs Gringo”, “Un Dollaro Bucato”, “ I lunghi giorni della
vendetta”, “ Per pochi dollari ancora”, and “I giorni dell’Ira” which were all great hit movies. We should add to his filmography of the time,
that Giuliano acted with the pseudonym Mongtomery
Wood.
He also starred with Bud Spencer
in ”Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli” and goes back to the genre,
starring with Ricky Bruch, in “Anche gli
angeli tirano di destro”.
Giuliano also starred
in hard-task movies such as “Il Deserto dei Tartari” directed by
Valerio Zurlini, one of his most convincing performances, and “Il Prefetto di Ferro” by Pasquale Squitieri. He also gave proof of his
dramaticity in “Un uomo in ginocchio” by Damiano Damiani in 1979.
In the 80s we wish to
underline his starring in ”Tenebre”
directed by Dario Argento and “Speriamo che sia Femmina” directed by the
great Mario Monicelli.
By the end of the
eightieis, he mostly worked for the Italian television.
We can legitimately
say that Giuliano Gemma starred in more than one hundred movies, won
prestigious awards such as David di Donatello, Festival Internazionale of Karlovy Vary as best best actor, the Golden Globe, The
Nastro d’Argento and for three times the Premio De Sica Award.
