Deceased

How Did Gian Maria Volonté Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 61

Also known asJohnny Wels, Gian-Maria Volonte, Джан Мария ВолонтеGenderMaleNationalityKingdom of ItalyBorn09/04/1933Born inMilano, Lombardia, ItalyDied06/12/1994 (aged 61)Died inFlorinaCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ317110 ↗TMDb#14276 ↗

Gian Maria Volonté was an Italian actor and activist. He is known for his roles in Italian Western films: Ramón Rojo in Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars (1964), El Indio in Leone's For a Few Dollars More (1965), El Chuncho Munoz in Damiano Damiani's A Bullet for the General (1966) and Professor Brad Fletcher in Sergio Sollima's Face to Face (1967) as well as high-profile social dramas depicting the political and social stirrings of Italian and European society in the 1960s and 1970s, includin

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Filmography46 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2022	Rosi About EboliMovie	Self	89
2021	We Are CinemaMovie	Self (archive footage)	88
2015	Spanish WesternMovie	The Indian (archive footage)	82
2005	Elio Petri: Notes About a FilmmakerMovie	Self (archive footage)	72
2004	Investigation of a Citizen Named VolontéMovie	Self (archive footage)	71
1993	Banderas, the TyrantMovie	Tirano Banderas	60
1991	A Simple StoryMovie	Carmelo Franzò	58
1990	Open DoorsMovie	Giudice Vito Di Francesco	57
1990	Tre colonne in cronacaMovie	Alberto Landolfi	57
1989	Pestalozzi's MountainMovie	Pestalozzi	56
1987	A Boy from CalabriaMovie	Felice	54
1983	The Death of Mario RicciMovie	Bernard Fontana	50
1982	The Charterhouse of ParmaSeries	Count Mosca	49
1981	La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle CamelieSeries	Plessis	48
1980	Stark SystemMovie	Stark	47
1979	Christ Stopped at EboliMovie	Carlo Levi	46
1978	Ciné regardsSeries	Self	45
1978	Reflections on a Political CinemaMovie	Self - Interviewee	45
1976	One Way or AnotherMovie	M.	43
1974	Spécial cinémaSeries	Self	41
1973	Lucky LucianoMovie	Charles 'Lucky' Luciano	40
1973	Giordano BrunoMovie	Giordano Bruno	40
1972	Slap the Monster on Page OneMovie	Bizanti	39
1971	The Working Class Goes to HeavenMovie	Lulù Massa	38
1971	Sacco & VanzettiMovie	Bartolomeo Vanzetti	38
1970	Le Cercle RougeMovie	Vogel	37
1970	Many Wars AgoMovie	Lt. Ottolenghi	37
1969	The BanditMovie	Gramigna	36
1968	The Violent FourMovie	Piero Cavallero	35
1968	SummitMovie	Paolo	35
1967	Diamoci del tuSeries	Self	34
1967	A Bullet for the GeneralMovie	Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'	34
1967	Face to FaceMovie	Professor Brett Fletcher	34
1967	We Still Kill the Old WayMovie	Professore Paolo Laurana	34
1965	For a Few Dollars MoreMovie	El Indio	32
1965	Una vita in giocoSeries	Radek	32
1965	La strada più lungaMovie	Michele	32
1964	A Fistful of DollarsMovie	Ramón Rojo	31
1964	The Magnificent CuckoldMovie	Assessore	31
1962	A Man for BurningMovie	Salvatore	29
1961	Girl with a SuitcaseMovie	Piero Benotti	28
1961	On the Tiger's BackMovie	Papaleo	28
1961	Hercules and the Captive WomenMovie	Re di Sparta	28
1961	Journey Beneath the DesertMovie	Tarath	28
1960	Under Ten FlagsMovie	Samuel Braunstein	27
1959	SaulMovie	David	26