Gino Cervi
Known for ActingBorn 1901-05-03 — died 1974-01-03 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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.
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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
Becket
1964 · as Cardinal Zambelli
The Little World of Don Camillo
1952 · as Giuseppe Bottazzi "Peppone"
Anna Karenina
1948 · as Enrico
Roaring Years
1962 · as Salvatore Acquamano
Sans famille
1958 · as Vitalis
Wild Love
1955 · as Sir Cesare
The Naked Maja
1958 · as King Carlos IV of Spain
The Return of Don Camillo
1953 · as Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi
Indiscretion of an American Wife
1953 · as Police Commissioner
William Tell
1948 · as Guglielmo Tell
Don Camillo's Last Round
1955 · as Peppone
Don Camillo: Monsignor
1961 · as Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi
Don Camillo in Moscow
1965 · as Giuseppe 'Peppone' Bottazzi
The Shortest Day
1963 · as Colonnello Daini
Love, the Italian Way
1960 · as Comm. Lemeni
The Three Musketeers
1953 · as Porthos
Sign of the Gladiator
1959 · as Aurelianus, Emperor of Rome
L'argine
1938 · as Zvanì