In movies, he achieved fame relatively early in his career, starring or having significant roles in such films as Once a Thief (1965), The Incident (1967), The Detective (1968) and The Last Run (1971), and also in a number of Italian productions, including The Mercenary (1968), Metti, una sera a cena (1969) and The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970).
ɪn mˈuːvɪz, hiː ɐtʃˈiːvd fˈeɪm ɹˈɛlətˌɪvli ˈɜːli ɪn hɪz kɚɹˈɪɹ, stˈɑːɹɹɪŋ ɔːɹ hˌævɪŋ sɪɡnˈɪfɪkənt ɹˈoʊlz ɪn sˈʌtʃ fˈɪlmz æz wˈʌns ɐ θˈiːf nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈaɪv, ðɪ ˈɪnsɪdənt nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti sˈɛvən, ðə dɪtˈɛktɪv nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti ˈeɪt ænd ðə lˈæst ɹˈʌn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti wˈʌn, ænd ˈɔːlsoʊ ɪn ɐ nˈʌmbɚɹ ʌv ɪtˈæliən pɹədˈʌkʃənz, ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ ðə mˈɜːsənˌɛɹi nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti ˈeɪt, mˈɛɾi, jˈuːnə sˈiəɹə ɐ sˈiːnə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti nˈaɪn ænd ðə bˈɜːd wɪððə kɹˈɪstəl plˈuːmɪdʒ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti.