Gino Cervi
Known For
Acting
Born
1901-05-03 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Died
1974-01-03
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
Most Known For
Cinépanorama
as Self
Aldebaran
as Corrado Valeri
Amore
as Paolo Venieri
Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
as Maigret
Wild Love
as Sir Cesare
The Naked Maja
as King Carlos IV of Spain
Dappled Mare
as Ruggero Pascoli
Il cardinale Lambertini
as Cardinale Lambertini
Quarta pagina
as Ex detenuto
Becket
as Cardinal Zambelli
William Tell
as Guglielmo Tell
Adventure at the Motel
as commendatore
Sans famille
as Vitalis
Il coraggio
as Comm. Aristide Paoloni
Don Camillo's Last Round
as Peppone
Don Camillo in Moscow
as Giuseppe 'Peppone' Bottazzi
The Shortest Day
as Colonnello Daini
Sign of the Gladiator
as Aurelianus, Emperor of Rome
The Little World of Don Camillo
as Giuseppe Bottazzi "Peppone"
The Three Musketeers
as Porthos