Giacomo Rossi-Stuart Biography

Italian actor"Jack Stuart" redirects here. For the British magician, see Jack Godwin.

Giacomo Rossi Stuart (25 August 1925 – 20 October 1994) was an Italian film actor often credited as Jack Stuart or Giacomo Rossi-Stuart. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1953 and 1989. including the Gamma One science fiction film series.

Biography

Born in Todi to an Italian father and a Scottish mother, Stuart was a highly successful athlete when young; he competed in the pentathlon. After getting interested in acting, he studied at Actors Studio in New York City.

Between the late 1950s and the late 1970s he was a major actor in Italian genre cinema. His children also went into acting: son Kim Rossi Stuart and daughter Valentina Rossi Stuart, who also is a stuntwoman.

Selected filmography

  • Jeunes mariés (1953)
  • The Red Cloak (1955)
  • War and Peace (1956) - Young Cossack (uncredited)
  • Londra chiama Polo Nord (1956) - Henry
  • A Farewell to Arms (1957) - Carabiniere (uncredited)
  • The Silent Enemy (1958) - Rosati
  • Il Conte di Matera (1958) - Duca Paolo Bressi
  • The Day the Sky Exploded (1958) - Stuart (uncredited)
  • Knight Without a Country (1959) - Ruggero
  • Caltiki - The Immortal Monster (1959) - Prof. Rodríguez's *istant
  • The Night of the Great Attack (1959) - Count Fabio
  • Five Branded Women (1960)
  • Slave of Rome (1961) - Claudius
  • Invasion 1700 (1962)
  • Sodom and Gomorrah (1962) - Ishmael
  • The Reluctant Saint (1962)
  • The Avenger (1962) - Euryalus
  • Catherine of Russia (1963) - Count Poniatowski
  • Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963) - Athos
  • Duello nel Texas (1963) - Sheriff Lance Corbett
  • I diavoli di Spartivento (1963)
  • The Last Man on Earth (1964) - Ben Cortman
  • Temple of the White Elephant (1964) - Reginald Milliner
  • Grand Canyon M*acre (1964) - Sheriff Burt Cooley
  • Seven Slaves Against the World (1964) - Gaius
  • The Revenge of Spartacus (1964) - Fulvius
  • Kidnapped to Mystery Island (1964) - Tremal Naik
  • Badmen of the West (1964) - Marshal Gary Smith
  • Duel at Sundown (1965) - Quents
  • Degueyo (1966) - Norman Sandel
  • Knives of the Avenger (1966) - King Arald
  • Kill, Baby, Kill (1966) - Dr. Paul Eswai
  • War Between the Planets (1966) - Cmdr. Rod Jackson
  • Ring Around the World (1966) - The Killer
  • Perry Grant, agente di ferro (1966) - Roland
  • Snow Devils (1967) - Cmdr. Rod Jackson
  • The Gl* Sphinx (1967) - Ray
  • Occhio per occhio, dente per dente (1967) - Jeff Gordon
  • Ragan (1968) - Kohler
  • Zorro the Fox (1968) - Don Pedro
  • Colpo sensazionale al servizio del Sifar (1968)
  • Indovina chi viene a merenda? (1969) - Comandante del Lager
  • The Battle of the Damned (1969) - Major Carter
  • Viaje al vacío (1969) - Gert Muller
  • El 'Che' Guevara (1969) - Prado
  • The Five Man Army (1969) - Mexican Officer
  • Rendezvous with Dishonour (1970) - Lt. Tibbitt
  • El último día de la guerra (1970) - Pvt. Kendall
  • Churchill's Leopards (1970) - Major Powell
  • Hornets' Nest (1970) - Sgt. Schwalberg
  • The Weekend Murders (1970) - Ted Collins
  • Kill Django... Kill First (1971) - Johnny
  • Something Creeping in The Dark (1971) - Donald Forres
  • The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971) - Dr. Richard Timberlane
  • The Double (1971) - Giovanni's Brother
  • Ben and Charlie (1972) - Hawkins, Pinkerton detective
  • The Godfather (1972) - G.I. (uncredited)
  • Sei iellato, amico hai incontrato Sacramento (1972) - Tom Murdock
  • Sette scialli di seta gialla (1972) - Victor Morgan
  • Super * (1973) - Marco
  • Death Smiles at a Murderer (1973) - Dr. von Ravensbrück / Walter's Father
  • La ragazza fuoristrada (1973) - Giulio Morganti
  • The Lonely Woman (1973) - Richard Leighton
  • My Name Is Shanghai Joe (1973) - Tricky the Gambler
  • La ragazza dalla pelle di luna (1974)
  • Last Days of Mussolini (1974) - Jack Donati
  • La minorenne (1974) - Carlo Salvi
  • Drama of the Rich (1974) - Riccardo Murri
  • Zorro (1975) - Fritz von Merkel
  • Reflections in Black (1975) - Anselmi
  • The Bloodsucker Leads the Dance (1975) - Count Richard Marnack
  • Emanuelle in Bangkok (1976) - Jimmy
  • Terror in Rome (1976) - Stefano's father
  • Casanova & Co. (1977) - Marquis Coppafrata (uncredited)
  • La notte dell'alta marea (1977) - Guide
  • The Biggest Battle (1978) - American Commando Leader
  • War of the Robots (1978) - Roger
  • Covert Action (1978) - Grant
  • Blue Nude (1978) - Donovan
  • 7 ragazze di cl*e (1979) - Enrico Cavallari
  • Velvet Hands (1979) - Aufsichtsrat bei Suisse *urance (uncredited)
  • Tempi di guerra (1987) - Professor Amundsen
  • Le porte dell'inferno (1989) - Dr. Johns

References

    External links

    • Giacomo Rossi Stuart at IMDb
    • Giacomo Rossi Stuart at AllMovie

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