- Gino Cervi
Gino Cervi (
May 3 ,1901 -January 3 1974 ) was an Italian actor of international fame.Cervi was born in
Bologna . His father was the theatre criticAntonio 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 actressValentina Cervi and producerAntonio Levesi Cervi .Cervi was best known for his role of Giuseppe Bottazzi ("
Peppone "), the Communist mayor in theDon Camillo movies of the 1950s and the 1960s. He shared great complicity and friendship with co-starFernandel 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.Selected filmography
He acted in more than 100 films. The most remembered are.
* "
I due sergenti " (1936)
* "Ettore Fieramosca" (1938)
* "Un'avventura di Salvator Rosa " (1939)
* "Una romantica avventura " (1940)
* "The Iron Crown " (1941)
* "I promessi sposi (1941 film) " (1941)
* "Four Steps in the Clouds " (1942)
* "Le miserie del signor Travet " (1946)
* "I miserabili " (1948)
* "Cameriera bella presenza offresi... " (1951)
* "Don Camillo " (1952)
* "La signora senza camelie " (1952)
* "Il ritorno di Don Camillo " (1953)
* "Royal Affairs in Versailles " (1954)
* "Il Cardinale Lambertini" (1954)
* "Don Camillo e l'onorevole Peppone " (1955)
*"Long Night in 1943 " (1960)
*"L'assedio di Siracusa " (1960)
*"Don Camillo monsignore ma non troppo " (1961)
*"Anni ruggenti " (1962)
*"Il compagno Don Camillo " (1965)
*"Fratello ladro " (1972)He dubbed to
Clark Gable into Italian language in "It Happened One Night " byFrank Capra , 1934); andLaurence Olivier in three films: ("Henry V", 1944, "Hamlet", 1948 and "Richard III", (1955).External links
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