George Ardisson

George Ardisson
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!. 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. According to director Sergio Sollima he was chosen for this role thanks to his physical appearance that made him credible as American.
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
(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
Die Weibchen (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
Further reading
Matt Blake. Giorgio Ardisson: The Italian James Bond. The WildEye Press, 2014. .
External links
1931 births
2014 deaths
Italian male film actors
Male actors from Turin
20th-century Italian male actors
People from Rocca Canavese