{{Short description|Italian actor (1931–2014)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = George Ardisson | image = Giorgio Ardisson.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Giorgio Ardisson | birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|12|31|df=yes}} | birth_place = Turin, Italy | death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|12|11|1931|12|31|df=yes}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | other_names = | alma_mater = | occupation = Actor | spouse = | children = | relatives = | website = | years_active = 1960–1992 }}
'''Giorgio Ardisson''', best known as '''George Ardisson''' (31 December 1931 – 11 December 2014), was an Italian actor.
== Life and career == Born in Turin, Ardisson debuted in a minor role in Mauro Bolognini's 1959 film ''Arrangiatevi!''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003}}</ref><ref name=jdh>{{cite book|last=Marco Giusti|title=007 all'italiana|publisher=Isbn Edizioni, 2010}}</ref> 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''.<ref name=jdh/> According to director Sergio Sollima, he was chosen for this role thanks to his physical appearance that made him credible as American.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fabio Zanello|title=La regia come match di boxe - Intervista a Sergio Sollima|url=http://www.sentieriselvaggi.it/articolo.asp?sez0=6&sez1=0&art=7993|publisher=Sentieri Selvaggi|accessdate=16 January 2012|date=4 August 2004|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925095136/http://www.sentieriselvaggi.it/articolo.asp?sez0=6&sez1=0&art=7993|archivedate=25 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
Later Ardisson starred in several more spy films and spanned different genres, including Spaghetti Western and Italo-horror films.
== Partial filmography == {{Div col}} * ''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 * ''Date for a Murder'' (1967) - Vince Dreyser * ''{{Interlanguage link|La lunga sfida|de|3=Du stirbst um sechs in Tetuan|lt=La lunga sfida}}'' (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 * ''{{ill|The Females|de|Die Weibchen}}'' (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) {{div col end}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Further reading == * Matt Blake. ''Giorgio Ardisson: The Italian James Bond''. The WildEye Press, 2014. {{ISBN|0956997317}}.
== External links == * {{IMDb name|0034068}}
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