Biography

Jeff Cameron was born Giovanni Goffredo Scarciofolo 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 sword and sandal then moving into euro spies 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.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Sargon