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Gino Cervi
Actor
Born May 3, 1901Died January 3, 1974 (72 years)
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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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
| 2020 | The Truth About La Dolce Vita · as Giuseppe 'peppone' Bottazzi |
| 1970 | Don Camillo e i giovani d'oggi · as Giuseppe 'peppone' Bottazzi |
| 1967 | Il latitante · as Inspector |
| 1966 | Maigret à Pigalle · as Commissaire Maigret |
| 1965 | Don Camillo in Moscow · as Giuseppe 'peppone' Bottazzi |
| 1964 | Le inchieste del commissario Maigret (TV Series) · as Maigret |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | Full Hearts and Empty Pockets · as Botta |
| 1963 | Good King Dagobert · as Saint Éloi |
| 1963 | Gli onorevoli · as Sen. Rossani-Breschi |
| 1963 | The Eye of the Needle · as D'angelo, Lawyer |
| 1963 | The Shortest Day · as Colonnello Daini |
| 1963 | Avventura al motel · as Commendatore |
| 1962 | The Changing of the Guard · as Mario Venicio |
| 1962 | Crime Does Not Pay · as L'inquisiteur |
| 1962 | Roaring Years · as Salvatore Acquamano |
| 1962 | Dieci italiani per un tedesco (Via Rasella) · as Baron Alfonso Di San Severino |
| 1961 | The Orderly · as Maggiore Penna |
| 1961 | Don Camillo monsignore... ma non troppo · as Giuseppe "peppone" Bottazzi |
| 1961 | The Joy of Living · as Olinto Fossati |
| 1961 | Un figlio d'oggi · as Andrea |
| 1960 | The Revolt of the Slaves · as Fabio |
| 1960 | Love, the Italian Way · as Comm. Lemeni |
| 1960 | Le olimpiadi dei mariti · as Direttore Del Giornale |
| 1960 | Mistress of the World · as Professor Johanson |
| 1960 | It Happened in '43 · as Carlo 'sciagura' Aretusi |
| 1960 | L'assedio di Siracusa · as Gerone |
| 1960 | L'impiegato · as Sé Stesso |
| 1959 | The Black Chapel · as Polizeipräfekt Ferrari |
| 1959 | Brevi amori a Palma di Majorca · as André Breton, Industriale |
| 1959 | Gangster Boss · as Paolo |
| 1959 | Sign of the Gladiator · as Aurelianus, Emperor Of Rome |
| 1958 | The Naked Maja · as King Carlos Iv Of Spain |
| 1958 | The Adventures of Remi · as Vitalis |
| 1958 | Love and Chatter · as Paseroni |
| 1957 | Agguato a Tangeri · as Bolevasco |
| 1957 | Desert Warrior · as Ibrahim |
| 1956 | Wild Love · as Sir Cesare |
| 1956 | Wives and Obscurities · as Giovanni Cattabriga |
| 1956 | Castle of the Banned Lovers · as Francesco Cenci |
| 1956 | Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo · as Maresciallo |
| 1955 | Il coraggio · as Comm. Aristide Paoloni |
| 1955 | Don Camillo e l'on. Peppone · as Peppone |
| 1955 | Frou-Frou · as Prince Vladimir Bilinsky |
| 1954 | A Free Woman · as Massimo Marchi |
| 1954 | Il cardinale Lambertini · as Cardinale Lambertini |
| 1954 | Maddalena · as Don Vincenzo |
| 1954 | Royal Affairs in Versailles · as Cagliostro |
| 1953 | A Lady with Camelias · as Monsieur Duval |
| 1953 | The Three Musketeers · as Porthos |
| 1953 | Nerone e Messalina · as Nero |
| 1953 | The Return of Don Camillo · as Giuseppe "peppone" Bottazzi |
| 1953 | Terminal Station · as Police Commissioner |
| 1953 | The Lady Without Camelias · as Ercole 'ercolino' Borra |
| 1952 | The Queen of Sheba · as King Solomon Of Jerusalem |
| 1952 | Three Forbidden Stories · as Prof. Aragona |
| 1952 | Wife for a Night · as Count D'origo |
| 1952 | The Little World of Don Camillo · as Giuseppe Bottazzi "peppone" |
| 1952 | Hello Elephant · as Narrator |
| 1951 | O.K. Nero · as Nero |
| 1951 | Position Wanted · as Filiberto 'berto' Morucchi |
| 1951 | The Forbidden Christ · as Küster |
| 1950 | Story of a Love Affair · as (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Women Without Names · as Pietro Zanini |
| 1950 | Il cielo è rosso · as Cast |
| 1949 | Yvonne of the Night · as Il Colonnello Baretti |
| 1949 | La sposa non può attendere · as Anselmo |
| 1949 | Fiamma che non si spegne · as Luigi Manfredi |
| 1949 | Fabiola · as Quadratus |
| 1948 | Anna Karenina · as Enrico |
| 1948 | Tempesta su Parigi · as Jean Valjean |
| 1948 | Les Misérables · as Jean Valjean |
| 1947 | Furia · as Oreste |
| 1946 | Return of the Black Eagle · as Kirila Petrovic |
| 1946 | Revenge · as Sergio Tibaldi |
| 1945 | Le miserie del signor Travet · as Il Commandatore Francesco Battilocchio |
| 1945 | Crazy Quartet · as Roberto |
| 1943 | T'amerò sempre · as Mario Fabbrini |
| 1942 | The Bigamist · as Paolo Bianchi |
| 1942 | Don Cesare di Bazan · as Don Cesare Di Bazan |
| 1941 | The Spirit and the Flesh · as Renzo Tramaglino |
| 1941 | The Iron Crown · as Sedemondo |
| 1940 | Eternal Melodies · as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1940 | A Romantic Adventure · as Luigi Ferrero |
| 1940 | The Sinner · as Alberto |
| 1939 | An Adventure of Salvator Rosa · as Salvador Rosa, Il "formica" |
| 1938 | Ettore Fieramosca · as Ettore Fieramosca |
| 1935 | Aldebaran · as Corrado Valeri |