Giuliano Gemma was an Italian actor. He is best known internationally for his work in Spaghetti Westerns, particularly for his performances as the title character in Duccio Tessari's A Pistol for Ringo (1965), Captain Montgomery Brown/'Ringo' in Tessari's The Return of Ringo (1965), the title character in Michele Lupo's Arizona Colt (1966), Scott Mary in Tonino Valerii's Day of Anger (1967) and Michael "California" Random in Lupo's California (1977).
Gemma in 2008, celebrating his 70th birthday
The spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's filmmaking style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most of these Westerns were produced and directed by Italians.
Clint Eastwood as the Man with No Name in a publicity image for A Fistful of Dollars, directed by Sergio Leone
Decorations from the film The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Sergio Leone in Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Sergio Leone, one of the most representative directors of the genre
A Pistol for Ringo by Duccio Tessari