Gino Cervi
Known for Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gino Cervi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
Becket
1964
as Cardinal Zambelli
The Little World of Don Camillo
1952
as Giuseppe Bottazzi "Peppone"
Royal Affairs in Versailles
1953
as Cagliostro
The Black Chapel
1959
as Polizeipräfekt Ferrari
The Shortest Day
1963
as Colonnello Daini
Three Forbidden Stories
1952
as Prof. Aragona
Il coraggio
1955
as Comm. Aristide Paoloni
Anna Karenina
1948
as Enrico
Indiscretion of an American Wife
1953
as Police Commissioner
Don Camillo in Moscow
1965
as Giuseppe 'Peppone' Bottazzi
The Return of Don Camillo
1953
as Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi
Ambush in Tangier
1957
as Bolevasco
Farewell, My Beautiful Lady!
1953
as Conte Riccardo Salluzzo
William Tell
1948
as Guglielmo Tell
Sans famille
1958
as Vitalis
The Three Musketeers
1953
as Porthos
Crime Does Not Pay
1962
as L'Inquisiteur
The Naked Maja
1958
as King Carlos IV of Spain
Aldebaran
1935
as Corrado Valeri
The Forbidden Christ
1951
as Küster