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Biography
Gian Maria Volonté (9 April 1933 – 6 December 1994) was an Italian actor. He is perhaps most famous outside of Italy for his roles as the main villain in Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars (credited in the USA as "Johnny Wels") and For a Few Dollars More.
In Italy and much of Europe, he was notable for his roles in high-profile social dramas depicting the political and social stirrings of Italian and European society in the 1960s and 1970s, including four films directed by Elio Petri - We Still Kill the Old Way (1967), Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1971), The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971) and Todo modo (1976). He is also recognized for his performances in Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Cercle Rouge (1970) and Giuliano Montaldo's Sacco & Vanzetti (1971).
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Filmography
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Interesting facts
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At the actor's request, his ashes were buried under a tree in a small cemetery on the island of Magdalene (off the coast of Sardinia).
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Volonte died in Greece, during the filming of the movie "Ulysses' Gaze" by the famous Greek director Theo Angelopoulos.
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Gian Maria Volonté graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome in 1957.
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His father, Mario Volonté, was a fascist soldier from Saronno (province of Varese), and in 1944 became the commander of a brigade responsible for capturing communist partisans operating in the area, while his mother, Carolina Bianchi, came from a wealthy industrial family from Milan.
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Volonté took part in Italy's political life and was a member of the Italian Communist Party.
Family & relationships
Armenia Balducci
wife
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