Gino Cervi
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1901-05-03
Day of Death
1974-01-03 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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
Acting
(1973)
Racconti romani di una ex-novizia
as Pope Leone
(1972)
Fratello ladro
as Don Lino
(1972)
To Kill in Silence
as Nono Devoto
(1967)
Il latitante
as Inspector
(1967)
Del vento tra i rami del Sassofrasso
as John-Emery Rockefeller
(1966)
Maigret at the Pigalle
as Commissaire Maigret
(1966)
Gli altri, gli altri e noi
as Chief of the Night Guard
(1965)
Don Camillo in Moscow
as Giuseppe 'Peppone' Bottazzi
(1964)
Becket
as Cardinal Zambelli
(1964)
Biblioteca di Studio Uno: I tre moschettieri
as Card.Richelieu
(1964)
Full Hearts and Empty Pockets
as Botta
(1964)
Un'ombra su Maigret
as Maigret
(1963)
The Shortest Day
as Colonnello Daini
(1963)
Good King Dagobert
as Saint Éloi
(1963)
Gli onorevoli
as Sen. Rossani-Breschi
(1963)
Adventure at the Motel
as commendatore
(1963)
The Eye of the Needle
as D'Angelo, lawyer
(1962)
The Changing of the Guard
as Mario Venicio
(1962)
Crime Does Not Pay
as L'Inquisiteur
(1962)
Roaring Years
as Salvatore Acquamano
(1962)
The Nun of Monza
as Cardinale Borromeo
(1961)
Don Camillo: Monsignor
as Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi
(1961)
The Joy of Living
as Olinto Fossati
(1961)
Un figlio d'oggi
as Andrea
(1961)
The Orderly
as Maggiore Penna
(1961)
Ten Italians for One German
as Baron Alfonso di San Severino
(1960)
The Revolt of the Slaves
as Fabio
(1960)
Mistress of the World - Part I
as Professor Johanson
(1960)
Long Night in '43
as Carlo 'Sciagura' Aretusi
(1960)
Mistress of the World - Part II
as Professor Johanson
(1960)
Siege of Syracuse
as Gerone
(1960)
Love, the Italian Way
as Comm. Lemeni
(1960)
Le Olimpiadi dei mariti
as direttore del giornale
(1959)
Sign of the Gladiator
as Aurelianus, Emperor of Rome
(1959)
Gangster Boss
as Paolo
(1959)
The Black Chapel
as Polizeipräfekt Ferrari
(1959)
Vacations in Majorca
as André Breton, industriale
(1958)
The Naked Maja
as King Carlos IV of Spain
(1958)
Sans famille
as Vitalis
(1958)
Love and Chatter
as Paseroni
(1958)
El pasado te acusa
as Comisario
(1957)
Desert Warrior
as Ibrahim
(1957)
Ambush in Tangier
as Bolevasco
(1957)
Las aeroguapas
as Don Fogazza
(1956)
Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo
as Maresciallo
(1956)
Castle of the Banned Lovers
as Francesco Cenci
(1956)
Moglie e buoi...
as Giovanni Cattabriga
(1955)
Don Camillo's Last Round
as Peppone
(1955)
Wild Love
as Sir Cesare
(1955)
Frou-Frou
as Prince Vladimir Bilinsky
(1955)
Il coraggio
as Comm. Aristide Paoloni
(1955)
Non c'è amore più grande
as Andrea
(1954)
Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Cagliostro
(1954)
Il cardinale Lambertini
as Cardinale Lambertini
(1954)
Maddalena
as Don Vincenzo
(1954)
A Free Woman
as Massimo Marchi
(1954)
(1953)
The Return of Don Camillo
as Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi
(1953)
Indiscretion of an American Wife
as Police Commissioner
(1953)
The Lady Without Camelias
as Ercole 'Ercolino' Borra
(1953)
The Three Musketeers
as Porthos
(1953)
La Dame aux camélias
as Monsieur Duval
(1953)
Nero and the Burning of Rome
as Nero
(1953)
Dappled Mare
as Ruggero Pascoli
(1953)
Farewell, My Beautiful Lady!
as Conte Riccardo Salluzzo
(1952)
The Little World of Don Camillo
as Giuseppe Bottazzi "Peppone"
(1952)
The Queen of Sheba
as King Solomon of Jerusalem
(1952)
Wife for a Night
as Count D'Origo
(1952)
Three Forbidden Stories
as Prof. Aragona
(1951)
O.K. Nero
as Nero
(1951)
Position Wanted
as Filiberto 'Berto' Morucchi
(1951)
The Forbidden Christ
as Küster
(1951)
Il caimano del Piave
as Colonel of Torrebruna
(1950)
Story of a Love Affair
as (uncredited)
(1950)
Women Without Names
as Pietro Zanini
(1950)
(1949)
Fabiola
as Quadratus
(1949)
Yvonne of the Night
as Il colonnello Baretti
(1949)
The Flame that Never Dies
as Luigi Manfredi
(1949)
La sposa non può attendere
as Anselmo
(1948)
Anna Karenina
as Enrico
(1948)
Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean
(1948)
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
as Jean Valjean
(1948)
Romantici a Venezia
as Narrator (voice)
(1948)
William Tell
as Guglielmo Tell
(1948)
Islands in the Lagoon
as Narrator(voice)
(1947)
Daniele Cortis
as Marito di Elena
(1947)
(1947)
Furia
as Oreste
(1946)
Aquila Nera
as Kirila Petrovic
(1946)
Revenge
as Sergio Tibaldi
(1946)
Umanità
as Jack
(1945)
The Misery of Mr. Travet
as Il commandatore Francesco Battilocchio
(1945)
(1945)
Quartetto pazzo
as Roberto
(1945)
Che distinta famiglia!
as Michele Montischi
(1945)
Lo sbaglio di essere vivo
as signor Guglielmi
(1943)
Tristi amori
as Giulio Scarli
(1943)
Gente dell’aria
as Il capitano Pietro Sandri
(1943)
T'amerò sempre
as Mario Fabbrini
(1942)
Four Steps in the Clouds
as Paolo Bianchi
(1942)
Don Cesare of Bazan
as Don Cesare di Bazan
(1942)
Quarta pagina
as Ex detenuto
(1942)
(1942)
Acque di primavera
as Francesco
(1941)
The Iron Crown
as Sedemondo
(1941)
The Betrothed
as Renzo Tramaglino
(1940)
The Sinner
as Alberto
(1940)
Eternal Melody
as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1940)
Una romantica avventura
as Luigi Ferrero
(1939)
An Adventure of Salvator Rosa
as Salvador Rosa, il "Formica"
(1939)
I figli del marchese Lucera
as Ermanno
(1938)
Ettore Fieramosca
as Ettore Fieramosca
(1938)
Inventiamo l'amore
as Carlo Morelli
(1938)
L'argine
as Zvanì
(1937)
Voglio vivere con Letizia
as Bebe
(1937)
Gli uomini non sono ingrati
as Ferencz Korvath
(1936)
Amore
as Paolo Venieri
(1936)
The Two Sergeants
as Commander Federico Martelli / sergent Guglielmo Salvoni
(1935)
Aldebaran
as Corrado Valeri
(1932)