Gianni Garko

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Gianni Garko ( born Giovanni Garcovich in 1935 and often billed as John Garko) is a Yugoslavian actor who found much fame in Italian westerns especially as the enigmatic Sartana. He also played two other spaghetti western characters Holy Ghost and an unofficial Django. He began his film career in 1958. He first played Sartana in 1967. He was replaced by George Hilton in I Am Sartana, Trade Your Guns for a Coffin. Garko also appeared on the science fiction series Space 1999.