Jeff Cameron

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Jeff Cameron in Sette contro tutti (1965)

Jeff Cameron was born Giovanni Goffredo Scarciofolo on April 11th 1934 in Rome, Italy. He died in 1985, aged 51, exact date unknown. In a recent broadcast on his Once Upon A Time In Spaghetti Westerns podcast dedicated to Jeff, Tom Betts revealed these details as confirmed by Jeff's nephew, also informing us that Jeff had a wife, Anna Maria Collieri, and a son, Massimo. The podcast can be watched on You Tube here. Unfortunately there's no information known on why he retired or died so young.

Jeff worked steadily as a stuntman from 1962-1967, first in peplums then moving into eurospies and spaghetti westerns, with occasional credits. 1968 saw him rise rapidly through the western credit lists (with several under his real name) and in 1969 he became a fully fledged lead actor, scoring 10 lead or featured roles over the next 4 years. Then in 1973, just as his career could have taken off internationally, he mysteriously vanished from the screen.

I think Jeff's latter filmography must be pretty complete, but there is a possibility that there may be a few undocumented appearances in peplums or eurospies still to be uncovered.


FILMOGRAPHY

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1962

1. Arrivano i titani (uncredited) .... City guard (uncertain identification)
2. Io Semiramide (uncredited) .... Darak
3. Le sette fatiche di Alì Babà (uncredited) .... Strong man pushing wheel
4. Maciste, il gladiatore più forte del mondo (uncredited) .... Gladiator x 2 + 3 other roles
   
   1963
5. Ercole contro Moloch (uncredited) .... Gladiator
6. Il Duca nero (uncredited) .... Soldier
7. Maciste, l'eroe più grande del mondo (uncredited) .... Guard / Rebel
   
   1964
8. Coriolano eroe senza patria (uncredited) .... Soldier
9. Ercole contro i tiranni di Babilonia (uncredited) .... Soldier
10. Ercole contro Roma (uncredited) .... Soldier
11. Gli invincibili dieci gladiatori (credited) .... Gladiator
12. Golia alla conquista di Bagdad (uncredited) .... role?
13. Il gladiatore che sfidò l'impero (uncredited) .... Gladiator
14. Il trionfo dei dieci gladiatori (credited) .... Fario
15. La rivolta dei Barbari (uncredited) .... Barbarian soldier
16. La rivolta dei sette (uncredited) .... Gladiator
17. La vendetta dei gladiatori (uncredited) .... Gladiator
18. Maciste nelle miniere di Re Salomone (uncredited) .... Guard / Fighter
    
    1965
19. Adios gringo (uncredited) .... Citizen with rope to hang Brent
20. Agente 3S3 passaporto per l'inferno (credited) .... Customer in nightclub
21. I criminali della galassia (uncredited) .... Astronaut
22. Il vendicatore dei Mayas (uncredited) .... One of Manur's men
23. La decima vittima (uncredited) .... Gladiator
24. Un dollaro bucato (uncredited) .... Soldier
25. Sette contro tutti (credited) .... Rebel gladiator
    
    1966
26. Arizona Colt (uncredited) .... Rancher
27. Modesty Blaise (uncredited) .... Cell guard
28. Password: Uccidete agente Gordon (uncredited) .... Thug
29. Sugar Colt (credited as Giovanni Scarciofolo) .... Marky
30. Un fiume di dollari (uncredited) .... Randall
31. Zorro il ribelle (uncredited) .... Rebel
    
    1967
32. 7 donne per i Mac Gregor (credited as Nino Scarciofolo) .... 1st bandit
33. Da uomo a uomo (uncredited) .... Cavanaugh's Henchman
34. I fantastici 3 Supermen (credited as Giovanni Scarciofolo) .... role?
35. La più grande rapina del West (credited as Giovanni Scarciofolo) .... Mark
36. Ray Master, l'inafferrabile (uncredited) .... O'Connor thug
37. Strategic Command chiama Jo Walker (uncredited) .... Thug in bar
    
    1968
38. Ed ora... raccomanda l'anima a Dio! (credited) .... Sanders
39. Oggi a me... domani a te (credited) .... Moreno
40. Prega Dio... e scavati la fossa! (credited) .... Cipriano
41. Straniero... fatti il segno della croce! (credited) .... as Lucas Carson
    
    1969
42. ... e vennero in quattro per uccidere Sartana! (credited) .... Sartana
43. Passa Sartana... è l'ombra della tua morte (credited) .... Sartana
    
    1971
44. Anche per Django le carogne hanno un prezzo (credited) .... Django
45. Giù la testa... hombre! (credited) .... Macho Callagan
46. I giardini del diavolo (credited) .... Lt. Bellings
47. Per una bara piena di dollari (credited) .... George Hamilton aka Nevada Kid
48. Quelle sporche anime dannate (credited) .... Tom Carter
    
    1972
49. Al di là dell'odio... (credited) .... Cervo Volante
50. La colt era il suo Dio (credited) .... Mike Jackson
51. Un bounty killer a Trinità (credited) .... Alan Boyd
    
    1973
52. La legge della camorra (credited) .... Mike Artusi

and one more!

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I'm reasonably sure that he plays a pirate in Sansone contro il Corsaro Nero (1964), but with the available copies it's impossible to be certain or to get an image that isn't a blur.

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Maciste, il gladiatore più forte del mondo (1962) as Gladiator

Jeff actually gets killed 5 times in this film, so I guess he plays 5 different roles! Is this a record?

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Le sette fatiche di Alì Babà (1962) as Strong man pushing wheel

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Io Semiramide (1962) as Darak

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Il Duca nero (1963) as Soldier

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Maciste, l'eroe più grande del mondo (1963) duel roles as a Guard and a Rebel

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Ercole contro Moloch (1963) as Gladiator

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Il gladiatore che sfidò l'impero (1964) as Gladiator

Images upgraded

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Coriolano eroe senza patria (1964) as Soldier

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Golia alla conquista di Bagdad (1964) Role uncertain