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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 3, 1901
Place of Birth:
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Gino Cervi
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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Racconti romani di una ex-novizia | Pope Leone |
| 1972 | To Kill in Silence | Nono Devoto |
| 1972 | Fratello ladro | Don Lino |
| 1967 | Il latitante | Inspector |
| 1967 | Del vento tra i rami del Sassofrasso | John-Emery Rockefeller |
| 1966 | Maigret at the Pigalle | Commissaire Maigret |
| 1966 | Gli altri, gli altri e noi | Chief of the Night Guard |
| 1965 | Don Camillo in Moscow | Giuseppe 'Peppone' Bottazzi |
| 1964 | Becket | Cardinal Zambelli |
| 1964 | Biblioteca di Studio Uno: I tre moschettieri | Card.Richelieu |
| 1964 | Un'ombra su Maigret | Maigret |
| 1964 | Full Hearts and Empty Pockets | Botta |
| 1963 | Gli onorevoli | Sen. Rossani-Breschi |
| 1963 | Good King Dagobert | Saint Éloi |
| 1963 | The Shortest Day | Colonnello Daini |
| 1963 | The Eye of the Needle | D'Angelo, lawyer |
| 1963 | Adventure at the Motel | commendatore |
| 1962 | Roaring Years | Salvatore Acquamano |
| 1962 | The Changing of the Guard | Mario Venicio |
| 1962 | Crime Does Not Pay | L'Inquisiteur |
| 1962 | The Nun of Monza | Cardinale Borromeo |
| 1961 | Don Camillo: Monsignor | Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi |
| 1961 | The Joy of Living | Olinto Fossati |
| 1961 | Ten Italians for One German | Baron Alfonso di San Severino |
| 1961 | Un figlio d'oggi | Andrea |
| 1961 | The Orderly | Maggiore Penna |
| 1960 | Le Olimpiadi dei mariti | direttore del giornale |
| 1960 | Long Night in '43 | Carlo 'Sciagura' Aretusi |
| 1960 | The Revolt of the Slaves | Fabio |
| 1960 | Mistress of the World - Part I | Professor Johanson |
| 1960 | Love, the Italian Way | Comm. Lemeni |
| 1960 | Mistress of the World - Part II | Professor Johanson |
| 1960 | Siege of Syracuse | Gerone |
| 1959 | Gangster Boss | Paolo |
| 1959 | Vacations in Majorca | André Breton, industriale |
| 1959 | Sign of the Gladiator | Aurelianus, Emperor of Rome |
| 1959 | The Black Chapel | Polizeipräfekt Ferrari |
| 1958 | Sans famille | Vitalis |
| 1958 | The Naked Maja | King Carlos IV of Spain |
| 1958 | Love and Chatter | Paseroni |
| 1958 | El pasado te acusa | Comisario |
| 1957 | Desert Warrior | Ibrahim |
| 1957 | Ambush in Tangier | Bolevasco |
| 1957 | Las aeroguapas | Don Fogazza |
| 1956 | Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo | Maresciallo |
| 1956 | Castle of the Banned Lovers | Francesco Cenci |
| 1956 | Moglie e buoi... | Giovanni Cattabriga |
| 1955 | Don Camillo's Last Round | Peppone |
| 1955 | Il coraggio | Comm. Aristide Paoloni |
| 1955 | Frou-Frou | Prince Vladimir Bilinsky |
| 1955 | Non c'è amore più grande | Andrea |
| 1955 | Wild Love | Sir Cesare |
| 1954 | Il cardinale Lambertini | Cardinale Lambertini |
| 1954 | La grande avventura | |
| 1954 | Maddalena | Don Vincenzo |
| 1954 | Royal Affairs in Versailles | Cagliostro |
| 1954 | A Free Woman | Massimo Marchi |
| 1953 | The Return of Don Camillo | Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi |
| 1953 | Dappled Mare | Ruggero Pascoli |
| 1953 | The Three Musketeers | Porthos |
| 1953 | Indiscretion of an American Wife | Police Commissioner |
| 1953 | The Lady Without Camelias | Ercole 'Ercolino' Borra |
| 1953 | Farewell, My Beautiful Lady! | Conte Riccardo Salluzzo |
| 1953 | La Dame aux camélias | Monsieur Duval |
| 1953 | Nero and the Burning of Rome | Nero |
| 1952 | The Little World of Don Camillo | Giuseppe Bottazzi "Peppone" |
| 1952 | Wife for a Night | Count D'Origo |
| 1952 | The Queen of Sheba | King Solomon of Jerusalem |
| 1952 | Three Forbidden Stories | Prof. Aragona |
| 1951 | Position Wanted | Filiberto 'Berto' Morucchi |
| 1951 | The Forbidden Christ | Küster |
| 1951 | O.K. Nero | Nero |
| 1951 | Il caimano del Piave | Colonel of Torrebruna |
| 1950 | Women Without Names | Pietro Zanini |
| 1950 | Story of a Love Affair | (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Sigillo rosso | |
| 1949 | Yvonne of the Night | Il colonnello Baretti |
| 1949 | La sposa non può attendere | Anselmo |
| 1949 | The Flame that Never Dies | Luigi Manfredi |
| 1949 | Fabiola | Quadratus |
| 1948 | Les Misérables | Jean Valjean |
| 1948 | Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris | Jean Valjean |
| 1948 | William Tell | Guglielmo Tell |
| 1948 | Islands in the Lagoon | Narrator(voice) |
| 1948 | Romantici a Venezia | Narrator (voice) |
| 1948 | Anna Karenina | Enrico |
| 1947 | Cronaca nera | |
| 1947 | Furia | Oreste |
| 1947 | Daniele Cortis | Marito di Elena |
| 1946 | Umanità | Jack |
| 1946 | Aquila Nera | Kirila Petrovic |
| 1946 | Revenge | Sergio Tibaldi |
| 1945 | The Misery of Mr. Travet | Il commandatore Francesco Battilocchio |
| 1945 | Vivere ancora | |
| 1945 | Lo sbaglio di essere vivo | signor Guglielmi |
| 1945 | Che distinta famiglia! | Michele Montischi |
| 1945 | Quartetto pazzo | Roberto |
| 1943 | T'amerò sempre | Mario Fabbrini |
| 1943 | Tristi amori | Giulio Scarli |
| 1943 | Gente dell’aria | Il capitano Pietro Sandri |
| 1942 | Four Steps in the Clouds | Paolo Bianchi |
| 1942 | Don Cesare of Bazan | Don Cesare di Bazan |
| 1942 | Quarta pagina | Ex detenuto |
| 1942 | La regina di Navarra | |
| 1942 | Acque di primavera | Francesco |
| 1941 | The Iron Crown | Sedemondo |
| 1941 | The Betrothed | Renzo Tramaglino |
| 1940 | Una romantica avventura | Luigi Ferrero |
| 1940 | The Sinner | Alberto |
| 1940 | Eternal Melody | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1939 | I figli del marchese Lucera | Ermanno |
| 1939 | An Adventure of Salvator Rosa | Salvador Rosa, il "Formica" |
| 1938 | Inventiamo l'amore | Carlo Morelli |
| 1938 | L'argine | Zvanì |
| 1938 | Ettore Fieramosca | Ettore Fieramosca |
| 1937 | Voglio vivere con Letizia | Bebe |
| 1937 | Gli uomini non sono ingrati | Ferencz Korvath |
| 1936 | The Two Sergeants | Commander Federico Martelli / sergent Guglielmo Salvoni |
| 1936 | Amore | Paolo Venieri |
| 1935 | Aldebaran | Corrado Valeri |
| 1932 | The Blue Fleet |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Le inchieste del commissario Maigret | Maigret |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self |