Giacomo Rossi Stuart

"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.^[1] including the Gamma One science fiction film series.

Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Stuart in a La minorenne screenshot (1974)
Born	(1925-08-25)25 August 1925 Todi, Italy
Died	20 October 1994(1994-10-20) (aged 69) Rome, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1953–1989
Spouse	Klara Müller
Children	Kim Rossi Stuart, Loretta Rossi Stuart, Valentina Rossi Stuart

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.^[2]

Between the late 1950s and the late 1970s he was a major actor in Italian genre cinema.^[2] His children also went into acting: son Kim Rossi Stuart and daughter Valentina Rossi Stuart, who also is a stuntwoman.^[2]

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 Assistant
• 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 Massacre (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 Glass 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 Bitch (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 classe (1979) - Enrico Cavallari
• Velvet Hands (1979) - Aufsichtsrat bei Suisse Assurance (uncredited)
• Tempi di guerra (1987) - Professor Amundsen
• Le porte dell'inferno (1989) - Dr. Johns

References

1. "Giacomo Rossi Stuart". My Movies. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
2. Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.

External links

• Giacomo Rossi Stuart at IMDb