George Ardisson

Italian actor

George Ardisson

Born	Giorgio Ardisson (1931-12-31)31 December 1931 Turin, Italy
Died	11 December 2014(2014-12-11) (aged 82) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1960–1992

Giorgio Ardisson, best known as George Ardisson (31 December 1931 – 11 December 2014), was an Italian actor.

Life and career

Born in Turin, Ardisson debuted in a minor role in Mauro Bolognini's 1959 film Arrangiatevi!.^[1]^[2] After several secondary roles in sword-and-sandal and adventure films, he gained a huge success playing Agent 3S3 in the eurospy films Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell and Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun.^[2] According to director Sergio Sollima he was chosen for this role thanks to his physical appearance that made him credible as American.^[3]

Later Ardisson starred in several more spy films and spanned different genres, including Spaghetti Western and Italo-horror films.

Partial filmography

You're on Your Own (1959) - Walter
Morgan, the Pirate (1960)
The Last of the Vikings (1961) - Guntar
Hercules in the Haunted World (1961) - Teseo
Erik the Conqueror (1961) - Erik
Zorro in the Court of Spain (1962) - Riccardo Di Villa Verde / Zorro
A Queen for Caesar (1962) - Achilles
Twist, lolite e vitelloni (1962) - Massimo Mauri
Katarsis (1963) - Gugo, the poet
Grand Canyon Massacre (1964)
The Long Hair of Death (1965) - Baron Kurt Humboldt
Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell (1965) - Walter Ross, Agent 3S3
Hercules and the Princess of Troy (1965, TV Movie) - Leander
Juliet of the Spirits (1965) - Dolores' model
Operation Counterspy (1965) - Lord George Moriston
Agent 3S3: Massacre in the Sun (1966) - Walter Ross, Agent 3S3
Countdown to Doomsday (1966) - Jeff Milton
Omicidio per appuntamento (1967) - Vince Dreyser
La lunga sfida [de] (1967) - Patrick Gordon
Either All or None (1968) - Amen / Johnny
May God Forgive You... But I Won't (1968) - Cjamango McDonald
Zorro the Fox (1968) - Don Diego di Alcantara / Zorro
Una ragazza di Praga (1969) - Adam Kryl
Django Defies Sartana (1970) - Sartana
A Suitcase for a Corpse (1970) - Clive Ardington
Chapaqua's Gold (1970) - Doc Harrison
The Females [de] (1970) - Tommy
L'uomo più velenoso del cobra (1971) - Tony Garden
La vergine di Bali (1972) - David Rank
Sixteen (1973) - Giorgio
Commissariato di notturna (1974) - Amedeo Furlan aka il Laureando
La nipote (1974) - Piero / Luigi's friend
Ciak si muore (1974) - Inspector Menzel
Il torcinaso (1975) - Police Chief
La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu (1975) - Trudot
Faccia di spia (1975) - Patrick
Una vergine in famiglia (1975) - Ivan Fnrnesi
Lo stallone (1975) - Guido, padre di Daniela
L'ingenua (1975) - Piero Spazin
Il signor Ministro li pretese tutti e subito (1977) - Pietro Santini
Polizia selvaggia (1977)
L'assassino speranza delle donne (1977)
Eyes Behind the Stars (1978) - Agent for 'The Silencers'
Supersexymarket (1979)
Il viziaccio (1980)
Las verdes vacaciones de una familia bien (1980) - Mario Nicosia
Eroina (1980) - The Trafficant
Carcerato (1981) - The Police Commissioner
Don't Look in the Attic (1982) - Casati
Pin il monello (1982)
Apocalisse di un terremoto (1982) - Anthony Starace
Amok (1983) - Le chef de la police
La donna del mare (1984) - Alfred Wanfel
I mercenari raccontano (1985)
Cattivi Pierrot (1985) - Victim
Delitti (1987) - Chief of Police
La trasgressione (1987)
Cross of the Seven Jewels (1987) - Boss from Sicily
La tempesta (1988)
La vendetta (1989) - Agent Roberts
Viaggio di nozze in giallo (1990)
Una donna da guardare (1991) - prof. Mueller
Shadow Warriors (1992) - Ninja Master (final film role)

References

^ Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gremese Editore, 2003.
^ ^a ^b Marco Giusti. 007 all'italiana. Isbn Edizioni, 2010.
^ Fabio Zanello (4 August 2004). "La regia come match di boxe - Intervista a Sergio Sollima". Sentieri Selvaggi. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2012.