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