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)
To Kill in Silence
as Nono Devoto
(1972)
Fratello ladro
as Don Lino
(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)
Full Hearts and Empty Pockets
as Botta
(1964)
Un'ombra su Maigret
as Maigret
(1964)
Biblioteca di Studio Uno: I tre moschettieri
as Card.Richelieu
(1963)
The Shortest Day
as Colonnello Daini
(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)
Adventure at the Motel
as commendatore
(1962)
Roaring Years
as Salvatore Acquamano
(1962)
The Nun of Monza
as Cardinale Borromeo
(1962)
Crime Does Not Pay
as L'Inquisiteur
(1962)
The Changing of the Guard
as Mario Venicio
(1961)
Don Camillo: Monsignor
as Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi
(1961)
The Joy of Living
as Olinto Fossati
(1961)
The Orderly
as Maggiore Penna
(1961)
Ten Italians for One German
as Baron Alfonso di San Severino
(1961)
Un figlio d'oggi
as Andrea
(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)
Siege of Syracuse
as Gerone
(1960)
Love, the Italian Way
as Comm. Lemeni
(1960)
Mistress of the World - Part II
as Professor Johanson
(1960)
Le Olimpiadi dei mariti
as direttore del giornale
(1959)
Sign of the Gladiator
as Aurelianus, Emperor of Rome
(1959)
The Black Chapel
as Polizeipräfekt Ferrari
(1959)
Gangster Boss
as Paolo
(1959)
Vacations in Majorca
as André Breton, industriale
(1958)
Sans famille
as Vitalis
(1958)
The Naked Maja
as King Carlos IV of Spain
(1958)
Love and Chatter
as Paseroni
(1958)
El pasado te acusa
as Comisario
(1957)
Desert Warrior
as Ibrahim
(1957)
Las aeroguapas
as Don Fogazza
(1957)
Ambush in Tangier
as Bolevasco
(1956)
Castle of the Banned Lovers
as Francesco Cenci
(1956)
Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo
as Maresciallo
(1956)
Moglie e buoi...
as Giovanni Cattabriga
(1955)
Don Camillo's Last Round
as Peppone
(1955)
Frou-Frou
as Prince Vladimir Bilinsky
(1955)
Wild Love
as Sir Cesare
(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)
Indiscretion of an American Wife
as Police Commissioner
(1953)
The Three Musketeers
as Porthos
(1953)
The Return of Don Camillo
as Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi
(1953)
The Lady Without Camelias
as Ercole 'Ercolino' Borra
(1953)
Nero and the Burning of Rome
as Nero
(1953)
Farewell, My Beautiful Lady!
as Conte Riccardo Salluzzo
(1953)
Dappled Mare
as Ruggero Pascoli
(1953)
La Dame aux camélias
as Monsieur Duval
(1952)
The Little World of Don Camillo
as Giuseppe Bottazzi "Peppone"
(1952)
Wife for a Night
as Count D'Origo
(1952)
The Queen of Sheba
as King Solomon of Jerusalem
(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)
Yvonne of the Night
as Il colonnello Baretti
(1949)
Fabiola
as Quadratus
(1949)
La sposa non può attendere
as Anselmo
(1949)
The Flame that Never Dies
as Luigi Manfredi
(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)
Islands in the Lagoon
as Narrator(voice)
(1948)
William Tell
as Guglielmo Tell
(1947)
Furia
as Oreste
(1947)
Daniele Cortis
as Marito di Elena
(1947)
(1946)
Aquila Nera
as Kirila Petrovic
(1946)
Revenge
as Sergio Tibaldi
(1946)
Umanità
as Jack
(1945)
Che distinta famiglia!
as Michele Montischi
(1945)
(1945)
The Misery of Mr. Travet
as Il commandatore Francesco Battilocchio
(1945)
Lo sbaglio di essere vivo
as signor Guglielmi
(1945)
Quartetto pazzo
as Roberto
(1943)
T'amerò sempre
as Mario Fabbrini
(1943)
Tristi amori
as Giulio Scarli
(1943)
Gente dell’aria
as Il capitano Pietro Sandri
(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)
Eternal Melody
as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1940)
The Sinner
as Alberto
(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)
Gli uomini non sono ingrati
as Ferencz Korvath
(1937)
Voglio vivere con Letizia
as Bebe
(1936)
The Two Sergeants
as Commander Federico Martelli / sergent Guglielmo Salvoni
(1936)
Amore
as Paolo Venieri
(1935)
Aldebaran
as Corrado Valeri
(1932)