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Gino Cervi

Gino Cervi

Birthday: 1901-05-03 | Place of Birth: Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gino Cervi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1966
Maigret at the Pigalle

as    Commissaire Maigret

1964
Becket

as    the Cardinal / Cardinal Zambelli

1963
Good King Dagobert

as    Saint Éloi

1961
Don Camillo: Monsignor

as    Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi

1960
The Revolt of the Slaves

as    Fabio

1960
Siege of Syracuse

as    Gerone

1958
The Naked Maja

as    King Carlos IV of Spain

1957
Desert Warrior

as    Ibrahim

1955
Don Camillo's Last Round

as    Peppone

1955
Frou-Frou

as    Prince Vladimir Bilinsky

1954
Royal Affairs in Versailles

as    Cagliostro

1953
The Return of Don Camillo

as    Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi

1953
The Three Musketeers

as    Porthos

1952
Wife for a Night

as    Count D'Origo

1952
The Little World of Don Camillo

as    Giuseppe Bottazzi "Peppone"

1941
The Iron Crown

as    Sedemondo