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Gino Cervi
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Gino Cervi (3 May 1901 - 3 January 1974) was an Italian actor of international fame.
Cervi was born in Bologna. His father was the theatre critic Antonio Cervi. In 1928, he married Nini Gordini (one of his partners) and they had a son, Tonino Cervi. Gino Cervi later became the grandfather of actress Valentina Cervi and producer Antonio Levesi Cervi.
Cervi was best known for his role of Giuseppe Bottazzi ("Peppone"), the Communist mayor in the Don Camillo movies of the 1950s and the 1960s. He shared great complicity and friendship with co-star Fernandel during the 15 years playing their respective roles in Don Camillo movies.
At the end of his career, he played Commissioner Maigret for six…
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Gino Cervi (3 May 1901 - 3 January 1974) was an Italian actor of international fame. Cervi was born in Bologna. His father was the theatre critic Antonio Cervi. In 1928, he married Nini Gordini (one of his partners) and they had a son, Tonino Cervi. Gino Cervi later became the grandfather of actress Valentina Cervi and producer Antonio Levesi Cervi. Cervi was best known for his role of Giuseppe Bottazzi ("Peppone"), the Communist mayor in the Don Camillo movies of the 1950s and the 1960s. He shared great complicity and friendship with co-star Fernandel during the 15 years playing their respective roles in Don Camillo movies. At the end of his career, he played Commissioner Maigret for six years in the Italian version of those murder stories, which ended with a movie Maigret in Pigalle (Mario Landi, 1966), produced by his son Antonio Cervi. He died at Punta Ala in 1974. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gino Cervi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Racconti romani di una ex-novizia
as Pope Leone
Fratello ladro
as Don Lino
To Kill in Silence
as Nono Devoto
Il latitante
as Inspector
No Poster
Del vento tra i rami del Sassofrasso
as John-Emery Rockefeller
Maigret at the Pigalle
as Commissaire Maigret
Gli altri, gli altri e noi
as Chief of the Night Guard
Don Camillo in Moscow
as Giuseppe 'Peppone' Bottazzi
No Poster
Un'ombra su Maigret
as Maigret
Becket
as Cardinal Zambelli
Full Hearts and Empty Pockets
as Botta
No Poster
Biblioteca di Studio Uno: I tre moschettieri
as Card.Richelieu
Good King Dagobert
as Saint Éloi
Gli onorevoli
as Sen. Rossani-Breschi
The Eye of the Needle
as D'Angelo, lawyer
The Shortest Day
as Colonnello Daini
Adventure at the Motel
as commendatore
The Changing of the Guard
as Mario Venicio
Crime Does Not Pay
as L'Inquisiteur
The Nun of Monza
as Cardinale Borromeo
Roaring Years
as Salvatore Acquamano
Ten Italians for One German
as Baron Alfonso di San Severino
The Orderly
as Maggiore Penna
Don Camillo: Monsignor
as Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi
The Joy of Living
as Olinto Fossati
Un figlio d'oggi
as Andrea
The Revolt of the Slaves
as Fabio
Love, the Italian Way
as Comm. Lemeni
Le Olimpiadi dei mariti
as direttore del giornale
Long Night in '43
as Carlo 'Sciagura' Aretusi
Mistress of the World - Part II
as Professor Johanson
Mistress of the World - Part I
as Professor Johanson
Siege of Syracuse
as Gerone
The Black Chapel
as Polizeipräfekt Ferrari
Vacations in Majorca
as André Breton, industriale
Gangster Boss
as Paolo
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
as Suonatore ambulante (uncredited)
Sign of the Gladiator
as Aurelianus, Emperor of Rome
The Naked Maja
as King Carlos IV of Spain
El pasado te acusa
as Comisario
Love and Chatter
as Paseroni
Sans famille
as Vitalis
Le belle dell'aria
as Don Fogazza
Las aeroguapas
as Don Fogazza
Desert Warrior
as Ibrahim
Ambush in Tangier
as Bolevasco
Moglie e buoi...
as Giovanni Cattabriga
Castle of the Banned Lovers
as Francesco Cenci
Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo
as Maresciallo
Il coraggio
as Comm. Aristide Paoloni
Don Camillo's Last Round
as Peppone
Non c'è amore più grande
as Andrea
Frou-Frou
as Prince Vladimir Bilinsky
Wild Love
as Sir Cesare
A Free Woman
as Massimo Marchi
Il cardinale Lambertini
as Cardinale Lambertini
Maddalena
as Don Vincenzo
No Poster
La grande avventura
Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Cagliostro
La Dame aux camélias
as Monsieur Duval
Dappled Mare
as Ruggero Pascoli
Farewell, My Beautiful Lady!
as Conte Riccardo Salluzzo
The Three Musketeers
as Porthos
Nero and the Burning of Rome
as Nero
The Return of Don Camillo
as Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi
Indiscretion of an American Wife
as Police Commissioner
The Lady Without Camelias
as Ercole 'Ercolino' Borra
The Queen of Sheba
as King Solomon of Jerusalem
Three Forbidden Stories
as Prof. Aragona
Wife for a Night
as Count D'Origo
The Little World of Don Camillo
as Giuseppe Bottazzi "Peppone"
O.K. Nero
as Nero
Position Wanted
as Filiberto 'Berto' Morucchi
The Forbidden Christ
as Küster
Il caimano del Piave
as Colonel of Torrebruna
Sigillo rosso
Story of a Love Affair
as (uncredited)
Women Without Names
as Pietro Zanini
Yvonne of the Night
as Baretti
La sposa non può attendere
as Anselmo
The Flame that Never Dies
as Luigi Manfredi
Fabiola
as Quadratus
Islands in the Lagoon
as Narrator(voice)
William Tell
as Guglielmo Tell
Anna Karenina
as Enrico
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
as Jean Valjean
Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean
Romantici a Venezia
as Narrator (voice)
Daniele Cortis
as Marito di Elena
Furia
as Oreste
Cronaca nera
Aquila Nera
as Kirila Petrovic
No Poster
L'angelo e il diavolo
as Giulio Serra
Malìa
as Don Alfonso
Revenge
as Sergio Tibaldi
Umanità
as Jack
The Misery of Mr. Travet
as Il commandatore Francesco Battilocchio
Lo sbaglio di essere vivo
as signor Guglielmi
No Poster
Che distinta famiglia!
as Michele Montischi
Crazy Quartet
as Roberto
No Poster
Vivere ancora
I'll Love You Forever
as Mario Fabbrini
Tristi amori
as Giulio Scarli
Gente dell’aria
as Il capitano Pietro Sandri
Four Steps in the Clouds
as Paolo Bianchi
Quarta pagina
as Ex detenuto
Acque di primavera
as Francesco
Don Cesare of Bazan
as Don Cesare di Bazan
No Poster
La regina di Navarra
L'ultimo addio
as Dottor Gino Landi
The Betrothed
as Renzo Tramaglino
The Iron Crown
as Sedemondo
No Poster
Il sogno di tutti
as il padre del neonato
Eternal Melody
as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
A Romantic Adventure
as Luigi Ferrero
The Sinner
as Alberto
An Adventure of Salvator Rosa
as Salvador Rosa, il "Formica"
I figli del marchese Lucera
as Ermanno
Inventiamo l'amore
as Carlo Morelli
Ettore Fieramosca
as Ettore Fieramosca
L'argine
as Zvanì
Gli uomini non sono ingrati
as Ferencz Korvath
Voglio vivere con Letizia
as Bebe
Amore
as Paolo Venieri
The Two Sergeants
as Commander Federico Martelli / sergent Guglielmo Salvoni
Aldebaran
as Corrado Valeri
