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Gino Cervi

Gino Cervi

Acting1901 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Biography

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.

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Acting History

1973
1972
Fratello ladro
as Don Lino
To Kill in Silence
as Nono Devoto
1967
Del vento tra i rami del Sassofrasso
as John-Emery Rockefeller
Il latitante
as Inspector
1966
Maigret at the Pigalle
as Commissaire Maigret
Gli altri, gli altri e noi
as Chief of the Night Guard
1965
Don Camillo in Moscow
as Giuseppe 'Peppone' Bottazzi
Una vita in gioco
TVas Maigret
1964
Becket
as Cardinal Zambelli
1963
The Eye of the Needle
as D'Angelo, lawyer
Good King Dagobert
as Saint Éloi
The Shortest Day
as Colonnello Daini
Gli onorevoli
as Sen. Rossani-Breschi
Adventure at the Motel
as commendatore
1962
Roaring Years
as Salvatore Acquamano
Crime Does Not Pay
as L'Inquisiteur
The Nun of Monza
as Cardinale Borromeo
1961
The Joy of Living
as Olinto Fossati
The Orderly
as Maggiore Penna
Don Camillo: Monsignor
as Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi
Ten Italians for One German
as Baron Alfonso di San Severino
1960
Love, the Italian Way
as Comm. Lemeni
Long Night in '43
as Carlo 'Sciagura' Aretusi
Le Olimpiadi dei mariti
as direttore del giornale
Mistress of the World - Part I
as Professor Johanson
Mistress of the World - Part II
as Professor Johanson
1959
Vacations in Majorca
as André Breton, industriale
Sign of the Gladiator
as Aurelianus, Emperor of Rome
The Black Chapel
as Polizeipräfekt Ferrari
1958
Sans famille
as Vitalis
The Naked Maja
as King Carlos IV of Spain
Love and Chatter
as Paseroni
El pasado te acusa
as Comisario
Cinépanorama
TVas Self• 1 eps
1957
Desert Warrior
as Ibrahim
Ambush in Tangier
as Bolevasco
Las aeroguapas
as Don Fogazza
1956
Moglie e buoi...
as Giovanni Cattabriga
Castle of the Banned Lovers
as Francesco Cenci
1955
Il coraggio
as Comm. Aristide Paoloni
Frou-Frou
as Prince Vladimir Bilinsky
Wild Love
as Sir Cesare
1954
A Free Woman
as Massimo Marchi
Maddalena
as Don Vincenzo
Il cardinale Lambertini
as Cardinale Lambertini
1953
Dappled Mare
as Ruggero Pascoli
The Return of Don Camillo
as Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi
The Lady Without Camelias
as Ercole 'Ercolino' Borra
Farewell, My Beautiful Lady!
as Conte Riccardo Salluzzo
La Dame aux camélias
as Monsieur Duval
Indiscretion of an American Wife
as Police Commissioner
1952
Wife for a Night
as Count D'Origo
The Little World of Don Camillo
as Giuseppe Bottazzi "Peppone"
The Queen of Sheba
as King Solomon of Jerusalem
Three Forbidden Stories
as Prof. Aragona
1951
Il caimano del Piave
as Colonel of Torrebruna
O.K. Nero
as Nero
Position Wanted
as Filiberto 'Berto' Morucchi
1950
Story of a Love Affair
as (uncredited)
Women Without Names
as Pietro Zanini
1949
Fabiola
as Quadratus
Yvonne of the Night
as Il colonnello Baretti
The Flame that Never Dies
as Luigi Manfredi
1948
Romantici a Venezia
as Narrator (voice)
Islands in the Lagoon
as Narrator(voice)
Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean
Anna Karenina
as Enrico
William Tell
as Guglielmo Tell
1947
Furia
as Oreste
Daniele Cortis
as Marito di Elena
1946
Aquila Nera
as Kirila Petrovic
Revenge
as Sergio Tibaldi
Umanità
as Jack
1945
The Misery of Mr. Travet
as Il commandatore Francesco Battilocchio
Lo sbaglio di essere vivo
as signor Guglielmi
Quartetto pazzo
as Roberto
Che distinta famiglia!
as Michele Montischi
1943
I'll Love You Forever
as Mario Fabbrini
Tristi amori
as Giulio Scarli
Gente dell’aria
as Il capitano Pietro Sandri
1942
Don Cesare of Bazan
as Don Cesare di Bazan
Four Steps in the Clouds
as Paolo Bianchi
Acque di primavera
as Francesco
Quarta pagina
as Ex detenuto
L'ultimo addio
as Dottor Gino Landi
1941
The Betrothed
as Renzo Tramaglino
The Iron Crown
as Sedemondo
1940
A Romantic Adventure
as Luigi Ferrero
The Sinner
as Alberto
Eternal Melody
as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1939
An Adventure of Salvator Rosa
as Salvador Rosa, il "Formica"
1938
Inventiamo l'amore
as Carlo Morelli
Ettore Fieramosca
as Ettore Fieramosca
L'argine
as Zvanì
1937
Gli uomini non sono ingrati
as Ferencz Korvath
1936
The Two Sergeants
as Commander Federico Martelli / sergent Guglielmo Salvoni
Amore
as Paolo Venieri
1935
Aldebaran
as Corrado Valeri
1932

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Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
5/3/1901
Day of Death
1/3/1974
Place of Birth
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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