Raf Vallone

Raf Vallone

17 Feb 1916 (108 years old) in Tropea, Calabria, Italy

Raffaele "Raf" Vallone (17 February 1916 – 31 October 2002) was an Italian actor and an international film star. Born in Tropea, Calabria, the son of a lawyer, Vallone attended Liceo classico Cavour in Turin, and studied Law and Philosophy at the University of Turin and entered his father's law firm. He played professional Football at a young age, playing in Serie A for Torino. He won an Italian Cup with his team in season 1935-1936. Subsequently, he became the editorial head of the culture section of L'Unità, then the official newspaper of the Italian Communist Party, and also a film and drama critic for the Turin newspaper La Stampa. During World War II, Vallone served with the Communist resistance. His first film appearance was as a sailor in We the Living (1942), but Vallone was not interested in an acting career. Nevertheless, he was cast as a soldier competing with Vittorio Gassman for the love of Silvana Mangano in Riso amaro (Bitter Rice) (1949). The film became a neo-realist classic and Vallone was launched on an international career. In 2001 he published his autobiography, L'alfabeto della memoria, with Gremese (Rome). Vallone was married to the actress Elena Varzi from 1952 until his death. They had three children, two of whom are actors, Eleonora Vallone and Saverio Vallone. He died in Rome on 31 October 2002. Description above from the Wikipedia article Raf Vallone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Credits

  • 2001 · Vino Santo – Es lebe die Liebe, es lebe der Wein as Nonno
  • 1999 · Toni as The Old Man
  • 1992 · Mit dem Herzen einer Mutter as Fedrico DeConti
  • 1992 · The First Circle as Pyotr Makaraguine
  • 1991 · Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as actor 'The Cardinal' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • 1990 · The Godfather Part III as Cardinal Lamberto
  • 1990 · A Season of Giants as Ambasciatore spagnolo
  • 1989 · Sabbath as Alejandro VI
  • 1988 · Der Bierkönig as Der Baron
  • 1985 · Power Of Evil as
  • 1985 · Goya as Canónigo Duaso
  • 1985 · Christopher Columbus as Jose Vizinho
  • 1983 · The Scarlet and the Black as Father Vittorio
  • 1982 · I Remember Nelson as Caracciolo
  • 1982 · A Time To Die as Genco Bari
  • 1981 · Season of Peace in Paris as
  • 1981 · Lion of the Desert as Colonel Diodiece
  • 1980 · Retour à Marseille as Michel - un émigré de retour à Marseille
  • 1979 · An Almost Perfect Affair as Freddie
  • 1978 · The Greek Tycoon as Spyros Tomasis
  • 1978 · Fame as Driver
  • 1977 · The Devil's Advocate as Bishop Aurelio
  • 1977 · The Other Side of Midnight as Constantin Demeris
  • 1975 · The Human Factor as Dr. Lupo
  • 1975 · That Lucky Touch as General Peruzzi
  • 1975 · Rosebud as George Nikolaos
  • 1974 · The Girl in Room 2A as Mr. Dreese
  • 1974 · Simona as Marcelle's Uncle
  • 1973 · The Catholics as Father General
  • 1973 · Honor Thy Father as Joseph Bonnano
  • 1972 · Summertime Killer as Lazaro Alfredi
  • 1970 · Cannon for Cordoba as Córdoba
  • 1970 · Death Occurred Last Night as Amanzio Berzaghi
  • 1970 · The Kremlin Letter as Puppet Maker
  • 1969 · The Italian Job as Altabani
  • 1968 · 1001 Nights as Hixxum
  • 1968 · Volver a vivir as Luis Rubio
  • 1967 · The Desperate Ones as Victor
  • 1966 · Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die as Mr. Ardonian
  • 1966 · Nevada Smith as Father Zaccardi
  • 1965 · Harlow as Marino Bello
  • 1965 · Dangerous Pleasures as Suo Marito
  • 1964 · The Secret Invasion as Roberto Rocca
  • 1963 · The Cardinal as Cardinal
  • 1963 · Il mulino del Po as Lazzaro Scacerni
  • 1962 · Phaedra as Thanos Kyrilis
  • 1962 · A View from the Bridge as Eddie Carbone
  • 1961 · El Cid as Count Ordóñez
  • 1960 · Two Women as Giovanni
  • 1960 · Recourse in Grace as Mario di Donati
  • 1960 · The Apartment as Alberto Fiorini
  • 1958 · No Escape as Gino Carsone
  • 1958 · Revenge as Luis el Torcido
  • 1958 · The Violet Seller as Fernando
  • 1957 · Guendalina as Guido Redaelli, padre di Guendalina
  • 1957 · Jane Eyre as Rochester
  • 1957 · Rose Bernd as Arthur Streckmann
  • 1956 · Liebe as Andrea Ambaros
  • 1956 · Passionate Summer as Angelo
  • 1956 · Sister Angele's Secret as Marcello Maglione
  • 1956 · Cinépanorama as Self
  • 1955 · The Sign of Venus as Ignazio Bolognini
  • 1955 · Le souffle de la liberté as Gérard
  • 1954 · Obsession as Aldo Giovanni
  • 1954 · Human Torpedoes as Carlo Ferri
  • 1954 · Storm as André
  • 1954 · The Boarder as Silvio, il sindaco di Pontorno
  • 1954 · Daughters of Destiny as Callias (segment "Lysistrata")
  • 1953 · Thérèse Raquin as Laurent
  • 1953 · Perdonami! as Marco Gerace
  • 1952 · Sunday Heroes as Gino Bardi
  • 1952 · The Eyes Leave a Trace as Martín Jordán
  • 1952 · Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi as Giuseppe Garibaldi
  • 1952 · Don Juan's Night of Love as Mandrin
  • 1952 · Rome 11:00 as Carlo the artist
  • 1951 · Anna as Andrea
  • 1951 · The Forbidden Christ as Bruno Baldi
  • 1951 · Il bivio as Aldo Marchi
  • 1950 · The Path of Hope as Saro Cammarata
  • 1950 · The White Line as Domenico
  • 1950 · Under the Olive Tree as Francesco Dominici
  • 1949 · Bitter Rice as Marco