--- name: "Giuliano Gemma" canonical: "https://film.one/person/giuliano-gemma" fi1m_id: "giuliano-gemma" imdb_id: "nm0312575" tmdb_id: 15139 wikidata_id: "Q463944" roles: ["Actor"] born: "2 September 1938" died: "1 October 2013" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T15:06:06.375071+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Giuliano Gemma ## Identity Giuliano Gemma - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/giuliano-gemma - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** giuliano-gemma - **IMDb ID:** nm0312575 - **TMDB ID:** 15139 - **Wikidata ID:** Q463944 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuliano_Gemma, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q463944, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0312575/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15139 Actor. Born 2 September 1938 in Rome, Italy. Died 1 October 2013. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 2 September 1938, Rome, Italy - **Died:** 1 October 2013 - **Also known as:** Montgomery Wood, モンゴメリー・ウッド - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 76 (1), 1960s 88 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuliano_Gemma, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q463944, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0312575/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15139 ## Biography Giuliano Gemma (2 September 1938 – 1 October 2013) was an Italian actor. He began his career as a stuntman before taking acting roles, with his first major part coming in Duccio Tessari's *Arrivano i titani* (1962). He appeared as Garibaldi's General in Luchino Visconti's *The Leopard* (1963). Gemma became known for his work in Spaghetti Westerns, often credited as Montgomery Wood, including the title role in *A Pistol for Ringo* (1965) and its sequel *The Return of Ringo* (1965), as well as *Day of Anger* (1967). He later appeared in films such as *The Desert of the Tartars* (1976), for which he won a David di Donatello, and *Tenebre* (1982). His daughter Vera Gemma is also an actress. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these - *The Leopard* (1963), Fi1m 88, as Garibaldi's General — [page](https://film.one/film/the-leopard.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Ben-Hur* (1959), Fi1m 76, as Roman Officer with Messala (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/ben-hur.md) ## Complete filmography (95) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *To Rome with Love* (2012), as Hotel Manager - *Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso* (2009), Actor - *The Final Inquiry* (2007), as Saulo - *L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII* (2007), series, as Saulo - *Pompeii* (2007), series, as Tito - *Butta la luna* (2006), series, Actor - *Pope John Paul II* (2005), series, as Dr. Joaquín Navarro-Valls - *La bambina dalle mani sporche* (2005), series, as Procuratore Concato - *Il Capitano* (2005), series, as Colonel Fioravanti - *Mad Love* (2001), as De Veyre - *Un uomo perbene* (1999), as Avvocato Alberto Dall'Ora - *First On The Rope* (1999), series, as Mr. Ruspoli - *Desert of Fire* (1997), series, as Emir Tafud - *Desert of Fire* (1997), as Emir Tafud - *Un bel dì vedremo* (1996), as Gianfranco - *Una storia italiana* (1993), series, Actor - *Ya no hay hombres* (1991), Actor - *La moglie nella cornice* (1991), series, as Alberto Fortis - *Florence My Love* (1991), Actor - *Dagli Appennini alle Ande* (1990), series, as Vittorio Vigano - *The Betrothed* (1990), series, as Il Gringo - *Rally* (1989), series, as Alain Costa - *The Opponent* (1988), as Martin Duranti - *Al acecho* (1987), as Roca - *Châteauroux district* (1987), as Greg Norman - *Let's Hope It's a Girl* (1986), as Nardoni - *Hunting for the Art Thief* (1985), series, as Capitano Maffei - *Tex and the Lord of the Deep* (1985), as Tex Willer - *Claretta* (1984), as Marcello Petacci - *Circle of Passions* (1983), as Anthony Tursi - *Pájaros de ciudad* (1983), Actor - *Tenebre* (1982), as Detective Germani - *The Odd Squad* (1982), as Lt. Joe Kirby - *La baraonda* (1980), as Federico Salvi - *The Warning* (1980), as Commissario Antonio Baresi - *Operation Leopard* (1980), as Adjudant-chef Federico - *A Man on His Knees* (1979), as Nino Peralta - *Corleone* (1978), as Vito Gargano - *Silver Saddle* (1978), as Roy Blood - *Closed Circuit* (1978), as Il pistolero - *The Biggest Battle* (1978), as Capitano Martin Scott - *I Am the Law* (1977), as Mori - *California* (1977), as Michael 'California' Random - *Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti* (1977), Actor - *The Desert of the Tartars* (1976), as Mattis - *Safari Express* (1976), as John Baxter - *Africa Express* (1975), as John Baxter - *The White, The Yellow, and The Black* (1975), as Blanc de Blanc / Stetson - *Charleston* (1974), as Sunny Abernati - *Somewhere Beyond Love* (1974), as Nullo Branzi - *The Magnificent Dare Devil* (1973), as Rudy Patti - *Il maschio ruspante* (1973), as Romolo - *Even Angels Eat Beans* (1973), as Sonny - *The Master Touch* (1972), as Marco - *Ben & Charlie* (1972), as Ben Bellew - *The Smugglers* (1971), as Vladek - *Long Live Robin Hood* (1971), as Robin Hood - *When Women Had Tails* (1970), as Ulli - *Corbari* (1970), as Silvio Corbari - *The Price of Power* (1969), as Bill Willer - *Alive or Preferably Dead* (1969), as Monty Mulligan - *Blow Hot, Blow Cold* (1969), as Giulio - *The Bastard* (1968), as Jason - *A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof* (1968), as Billy Boy aka Tim Hawkins - *Day of Anger* (1967), as Scott Mary - *Wanted* (1967), as Gary Ryan - *Long Days of Vengeance* (1967), as Ted Barnett - *Fort Yuma Gold* (1966), as Gary Diamond - *Arizona Colt* (1966), as Arizona Colt - *Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang* (1966), as Kirk Warren - *Adiós Gringo* (1965), as Brent Landers - *The Return of Ringo* (1965), as Capt. Montgomery Brown / 'Ringo' - *Erik the Viking* (1965), as Erik - *La ragazzola* (1965), as Raoul - *Blood for a Silver Dollar* (1965), as Gary O'Hara - *Angelique: The Road to Versailles* (1965), as Nicolas, alias Calembredaine - *A Pistol for Ringo* (1965), as Ringo - *Angelique* (1964), as Nicolas Merlot - *Revolt of the Praetorians* (1964), as Cocceio Nerva - *Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun* (1964), as Prince Maytha - *The Two Gladiators* (1964), as Orazio - *Goliath and the Sins of Babylon* (1963), as Xandros - *Scheherazade* (1963), as Didier - *The Leopard* (1963), as Garibaldi's General — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-leopard.md) - *The Shortest Day* (1963), as Soldato (uncredited) - *My Son, the Hero* (1962), as Krios - *Boccaccio '70* (1962), as Hercules (segment "La riffa") (uncredited) - *I Love, You Love* (1962), as Giovane in spiaggia - *Battle of the Worlds* (1961), as Moran - *Messalina* (1960), as Marcello - *Ben-Hur* (1959), as Roman Officer with Messala (uncredited) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/ben-hur.md) - *You're on Your Own* (1959), as Pugile (uncredited) - *My Wife's Enemy* (1959), as Figlio di Nando Terenzi - *Hercules Unchained* (1959), as Melanippo (uncredited) - *Venice, the Moon and You* (1958), as Brando, giovane gondoliere nella sala da ballo ## Gallery - ![L'acteur Giuliano Gemma dans Le cercle des passions, film de Claude d'Anna, avec également Assumpta Serna, Max Von Sydow, Marcel Bozzuffi et Françoise Fabian. (1983)](https://film.one/media/person/449755/gallery-789e9e44804f.jpg) L'acteur Giuliano Gemma dans Le cercle des passions, film de Claude d'Anna, avec également Assumpta Serna, Max Von Sydow, Marcel Bozzuffi et Françoise Fabian. (1983) — Claude d'Anna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Giuliano_Gemma_dans_Le_cercle_des_passions_de_Claude_d%27Anna_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Giuliano Gemma](https://film.one/media/person/449755/gallery-104dfd6fd3f4.jpg) Giuliano Gemma — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Gemma_scott.jpg/1280px-Gemma_scott.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Giuliano Gemma](https://film.one/media/person/449755/gallery-764c34127a25.jpg) Giuliano Gemma — Thomas Peter Schulz at https://www.flickr.com/photos/t_p_s/, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/GiulianoGemma08.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Giuliano Gemma](https://film.one/media/person/449755/gallery-d31cc952f9f1.jpg) Giuliano Gemma — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actor 1979: Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actor (won), for *A Man on His Knees* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/giuliano-gemma