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Gabriele Ferzetti
Actor
Born March 17, 1925Died December 2, 2015 (90 years)
Gabriele Ferzetti (born Pasquale Ferzetti; 17 March 1925 – 2 December 2015) was an Italian actor with more than 160 credits across film, television, and stage. His career was at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s.
Ferzetti's first leading role was in the film Lo Zappatore (1950). He portrayed Puccini twice in the films Puccini (1953) and Casa Ricordi (1954). He made his international breakthrough in Michelangelo Antonioni's controversial L'Avventura (1960) as a restless playboy. After a series of romantic performances, he acquired a reputation in Italy as an elegant, debonair, and somewhat aristocratic looking leading man.
Ferzetti starred as Lot in John Huston's biblical epic, The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966), and played railroad baron Morton in Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). Perhaps his best known role, internationally, was in the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) as Marc Ange Draco, although his voice was dubbed by British actor David de Keyser. He was perhaps best known to non-mainstream audiences for his role as the psychiatrist, Hans, in Liliana Cavani's The Night Porter (1974). In the 1970s, he appeared in a significant number of crime films, often as an inspector.
He appeared in Julia and Julia, opposite Laurence Olivier in Inchon (1982), and the cult film, First Action Hero. Later in his career, he played the role of Nono in the TV series Une famille formidable, while also appearing in Luca Guadagnino's 2009 film I Am Love.
Ferzetti died on 2 December 2015, aged 90.
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Ferzetti's first leading role was in the film Lo Zappatore (1950). He portrayed Puccini twice in the films Puccini (1953) and Casa Ricordi (1954). He made his international breakthrough in Michelangelo Antonioni's controversial L'Avventura (1960) as a restless playboy. After a series of romantic performances, he acquired a reputation in Italy as an elegant, debonair, and somewhat aristocratic looking leading man.
Ferzetti starred as Lot in John Huston's biblical epic, The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966), and played railroad baron Morton in Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). Perhaps his best known role, internationally, was in the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) as Marc Ange Draco, although his voice was dubbed by British actor David de Keyser. He was perhaps best known to non-mainstream audiences for his role as the psychiatrist, Hans, in Liliana Cavani's The Night Porter (1974). In the 1970s, he appeared in a significant number of crime films, often as an inspector.
He appeared in Julia and Julia, opposite Laurence Olivier in Inchon (1982), and the cult film, First Action Hero. Later in his career, he played the role of Nono in the TV series Une famille formidable, while also appearing in Luca Guadagnino's 2009 film I Am Love.
Ferzetti died on 2 December 2015, aged 90.
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Known For
Filmography
| 2017 | Becoming Bond · as Draco |
| 2017 | Archaeology of a Set: Return to Lisca Bianca · as Sandro (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2010 | 18 Years Later · as Enrico |
| 2009 | I Am Love · as Edoardo Recchi Senior |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | Pope John Paul I: The Smile of God · as Card. Giuseppe Siri |
| 2006 | Pope John Paul I: The Smile of God (TV Series) · as Card. Giuseppe Siri |
| 2005 | Callas & Onassis · as Livanos |
| 2004 | Concorso di colpa · as Vito Santamaria |
| 2003 | Lost Love · as Tommaso Pasini |
| 2002 | Best Ever Bond · as Draco (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2000 | The Sands of Time · as Father Jacob |
| 1997 | Porzûs · as Strono Vecchio |
| 1995 | Natale con papà · as Vittorio |
| 1995 | Othello · as The Duke Of Venice |
| 1994 | Black as the Heart · as Signor Noé Alga Croce |
| 1994 | First Action Hero · as Ben Costa |
| 1993 | Private Crimes (TV Series) · as Dottor Guido Braschi |
| 1992 | Une Famille Formidable (TV Series) · as Nono |
| 1990 | Edouard et ses filles (TV Series) · as Antoine Di Marco |
| 1990 | |
| 1989 | Around the World in 80 Days (TV Series) · as Italian Chief Of Police |
| 1987 | Julia and Julia · as Alfredo |
| 1985 | Quo Vadis? (TV Series) · as Pisone |
| 1983 | Delitto e castigo (IT) (TV Series) · as Svidrigajlov |
| 1983 | The Scarlet and the Black · as Prince Mataeo |
| 1982 | Il quartetto Basileus · as Mario Cantone |
| 1982 | Grog · as Alberto |
| 1982 | Vatican Conspiracy · as Cardinale Ixaguirre |
| 1981 | The Devil's Game (TV Series) · as Master Gomin |
| 1981 | Inchon · as Turkish Brigadier |
| 1979 | Bloodline · as Maresciallo Campagna |
| 1979 | Encounters of the Deep · as Miles |
| 1978 | I vecchi e i giovani (TV Series) · as Flaminio Salvo |
| 1978 | Mon premier amour · as Georges |
| 1978 | Last In, First Out · as Herzog |
| 1977 | The Psychic · as Emilio Rospini |
| 1977 | Oedipus orca · as Valerio |
| 1976 | A Matter of Time · as Antonio Vicari |
| 1976 | Nick the Sting · as Maurice |
| 1976 | The Hornet's Nest · as Gaspard |
| 1976 | Snatch · as Valerio |
| 1975 | End of the Game · as Dr. Lutz |
| 1975 | Calling All Police Cars · as Professor Andrea Icardi |
| 1975 | Smiling Maniacs · as Prandó |
| 1974 | Kidnap · as Don Francesco Salvatore |
| 1974 | Processo per direttissima · as L'avvocato Finaldi |
| 1974 | Appassionata · as Dr. Emilio Rutelli |
| 1974 | The Night Porter · as Hans |
| 1973 | Secrets of a Nurse · as Prof. Daniele Vallotti |
| 1973 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days · as Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel |
| 1973 | Divorce His - Divorce Hers · as Turi Livicci |
| 1973 | Divorce His, Divorce Hers (TV Series) · as Turi Livicci |
| 1972 | 3000 Million Without an Elevator · as Raphaël |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | Alta tensión · as Pablo Moncada |
| 1972 | The Boxer · as Nick La Caterina / Tony La Monica |
| 1971 | Million Dollar Eel · as Vasco |
| 1970 | Cold Sweat · as Cast |
| 1970 | The Mafia Wants Blood · as Inspector Bardeche |
| 1970 | The Confession · as Kohoutek |
| 1969 | L'amica · as Paolo Marchesi |
| 1969 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service · as Marc Ange Draco |
| 1969 | That Splendid November · as Biagio |
| 1969 | Machine Gun McCain · as Don Francesco Demarco |
| 1968 | Once Upon a Time in the West · as Morton |
| 1968 | Bandits in Rome · as Commissioner |
| 1968 | L'età del malessere · as Guido |
| 1968 | Better a Widow · as Don Calogero Minniti |
| 1968 | Come Play with Me · as Stefano |
| 1968 | The Protagonists · as Il Commissario |
| 1968 | Escalation · as Augusto Lambertinghi |
| 1968 | Un diablo bajo la almohada · as Anselmo |
| 1967 | We Still Kill the Old Way · as Avvocato Rosello |
| 1966 | The Devil in Love · as Lorenzo De' Medici |
| 1966 | The Bible in the Beginning... · as Lot |
| 1965 | Three Rooms in Manhattan · as Le Comte Larsi |
| 1965 | I Spy (TV Series) · as Aldo |
| 1965 | Crime on a Summer Morning · as Victor Dermott |
| 1964 | Crucero de verano · as Carlos Brul Y Betancourt |
| 1964 | La calda vita · as Guido |
| 1963 | Torpedo Bay · as Leonardi |
| 1963 | The Shortest Day · as Tenente In Trincea |
| 1962 | Imperial Venus · as Freron |
| 1962 | Beach Casanova · as Avvocato Leblanc |
| 1962 | Cross of the Living · as L'abbé Delcourt |
| 1962 | Crime Does Not Pay · as Angelo Giraldi (segment "le Masque") |
| 1962 | Eruption · as Roberto Santi |
| 1962 | Jessica · as Edmondo Raumo |
| 1960 | Love, the Italian Way · as Alberto Bressan |
| 1960 | It Happened in '43 · as Franco Villani |
| 1960 | L'Avventura · as Sandro |
| 1960 | Red Lips · as Avvocato Paolo Martini |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon · as Bernard Turquet De Mayenne |
| 1958 | Love on the Riviera · as Giulio Ferrari |
| 1958 | Angel in a Taxi · as Andrea |
| 1958 | March's Child · as Sandro |
| 1957 | It Happened in Rome · as Lawyer Alberto Cortini |
| 1957 | Honor Among Thieves · as Desiderio |
| 1956 | Donatella · as Maurizio |
| 1956 | Defend My Love · as Pietro Leonardi |
| 1955 | Le Amiche · as Lorenzo |
| 1955 | Sins of Casanova · as Casanova |
| 1954 | House of Ricordi · as Giacomo Puccini |
| 1954 | Camilla · as Dott. Mario Rossetti |
| 1954 | 100 Years of Love · as Carlo, The Political Prisoner (segm. "gli Ultimi Dieci Minuti") |
| 1953 | Empty Eyes · as Fernando Maestrelli |
| 1953 | Puccini · as Giacomo Puccini |
| 1953 | The Wayward Wife · as Franco Vagnuzzi |
| 1952 | Three Forbidden Stories · as Mario |
| 1951 | The Forbidden Christ · as (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Mountain Smugglers · as Lieutenant Berti |
| 1950 | Welcome Reverend · as The Veteran |
| 1949 | Fabiola · as Claudius |
| 1948 | Les Misérables · as (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Countess of Castiglione · as (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Bengasi · as Cast |