RIP Giovanni Ukmar

 

Italian actor, stuntman, stunt coordinator, master of arms Giovanni Ukmar died in Rome on July 10^th he had just turned 86 two weeks earlier. Giovanni was born in Pisa, Tuscany n June 26, 1940. He and his five brothers: Franco, Giancarlo, Sergio, Bruno and Clemente were some of the best and most active stuntmen and supporting actors in Italian films in the 1960s and 1970s. Giovanni alone appeared in around 140 films between 1959 and 2000. If an Ukmar was seen or credited in a film most likely one or more were also present. Ukmar was married and has three children. Giovani Ukmar appeared in 45 Spaghetti westerns: “The Colt is My Law” as an O'Brien henchman in 1965, “Fort Yuma Gold” as a saloon patron and stunts, “Johnny Yuma” as a brawler and stunts, “Seven Dollars to Kill” as a saloon bouncer, “Two Sons of Ringo” as a henchman and “Zorro the Rebel” as a brawler and stunts all in 1966, “Beyond the Law” as a shootout victim and stunts, “The Great Silence” as an outlaw and stunts and “Last of the Badmen” as a Mendoza henchman all in 1967, “Ciccio Forgives…I Don’t!” as a brawler, “God Made Them, I Kill Them” as a member of the welcoming committee, “The Longest Hunt” as a brawler and “No Graves on Boot Hill” as a Fletcher henchman and stunts all in 1968, “Boot Hill” as a miner, “Death on High Mountain” as a brawler, “The 5-Man Army” as a Mexican soldier, “The Forgotten Pistolero” as a Francisco henchman and stunts, “God Will Forgive My Pistol” as a Clayton henchman, “Night of the Serpent” as a Hernandez soldier, “No Room to Die” as a Fargo henchman and stunts, and “The Stranger’s Gundown” as a Murdock henchman all in 1969, “Arizona Returns” as a saloon patron, “Have a Nice Funeral My Friend” as a casino brawler and stunts, “Shango” as a Martinez soldier all in 1970, “Kill Django… Kill First” as a saloon brawler, “Paid in Blood” as a Shannon henchman, “Trinity Is STILL My Name!” as a Parker henchman and stunts and “Two Sons of Trinity” as a Chan henchman all in 1971, “The Ballad of Ben and Charlie” as a brawler, “Beyond the Frontiers of Hate” as a brawler, “Alleluia and Sartana, Sons of God” as a McGregor henchman and stunts, “God is My Colt .45” as a Collins’ henchman, “Now They Call Him Sacramento” as a saloon patron and stunts, “They Call Me Providence” as a James’ henchman, “They Still Call Me Amen” as a saloon brawler, and “Trinity & Sartana Those Sons of Bitches” as a McGregor henchman all in 1972, “Hallelujah to Vera Cruz” as a Don Felipe henchman and stunts, “The Man Called Invincible” as a party guard, “The Three Musketeers of the West” as a gangster all in 1973, “Return of Shanghai Joe” as a peasant and “White Fang and the Gold Diggers” as a Taft henchman both in 1974 and “Keoma” as a Caldwell henchman, “White Fang and the Hunter” as a Ferguson henchman and “Zorro” as a dungeon guard all in 1975 and “A Man Called Blade” as a Valler henchman in 1977.