George Ardisson

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

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)