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Raf Vallone

Raf Vallone

Birthday: 1916-02-17 | Place of Birth: Tropea, Calabria, Italy

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2020
The Godfather Part III

as    Cardinal Lamberto

2020
1992
The First Circle

as    Pyotr Makaraguine

1983
The Scarlet and the Black

as    Father Vittorio

1981
Lion of the Desert

as    Colonel Diodiece

1979
An Almost Perfect Affair

as    Freddie

1978
The Greek Tycoon

as    Spyros Tomasis

1977
The Other Side of Midnight

as    Constantin Demeris

1975
The Human Factor

as    Dr. Lupo

1975
Rosebud

as    George Nikolaos

1974
Simona

as    Marcelle's Uncle

1974
The Girl in Room 2A

as    Mr. Dreese

1973
Honor Thy Father

as    Joseph Bonnano

1973
Summertime Killer

as    Lazaro Alfredi

1970
Death Occurred Last Night

as    Amanzio Berzaghi

1970
Cannon for Cordoba

as    Córdoba

1967
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die

as    Mr. Ardonian

1966
Nevada Smith

as    Father Zaccardi

1964
The Secret Invasion

as    Roberto Rocca

1962
Phaedra

as    Thanos Kyrilis

1961
El Cid

as    Count Ordóñez

1961
Two Women

as    Giovanni

1958
The Violet Seller

as    Fernando

1954
Obsession

as    Aldo Giovanni

1951
Anna

as    Andrea

1949
Bitter Rice

as    Marco