Gino Cervi
AKA: Luigi Cervi
Birthday: 1901-05-03
Died: 1974-01-03
Birthplace: 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.
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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Filmography
Character: Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi
Character: Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi
Character: Giuseppe Bottazzi "Peppone"
Character: Maggiore Penna
Character: Salvatore Acquamano
Character: the Cardinal / Cardinal Zambelli
Character: Carlo 'Sciagura' Aretusi
Character: Giuseppe 'Peppone' Bottazzi
Character: Sen. Rossani-Breschi
Character: Il colonnello Baretti
Character: Comm. Aristide Paoloni
Character: Cardinale Lambertini
Character: Prince Vladimir Bilinsky
Character: Police Commissioner
Character: Filiberto 'Berto' Morucchi
Character: Ercole 'Ercolino' Borra
Character: Card.Richelieu
Character: André Breton, industriale
Character: King Carlos IV of Spain
Character: Commander Federico Martelli / sergent Guglielmo Salvoni
Character: Renzo Tramaglino
Character: Olinto Fossati
Character: Colonnello Daini
Character: Francesco Cenci
Character: Don Cesare di Bazan
Character: Il commandatore Francesco Battilocchio
Character: Giovanni Cattabriga
Character: D'Angelo, lawyer
Character: King Solomon of Jerusalem
Character: Kirila Petrovic
Character: Commissaire Maigret
Character: Professor Johanson
Character: Corrado Valeri
Character: Salvador Rosa, il "Formica"
Character: signor Guglielmi
Character: Conte Riccardo Salluzzo
Character: Aurelianus, Emperor of Rome
Character: Mario Fabbrini
Character: Cardinale Borromeo
Character: Chief of the Night Guard
Character: Michele Montischi
Character: Monsieur Duval
Character: Professor Johanson
Character: Polizeipräfekt Ferrari
Character: Baron Alfonso di San Severino
Character: Luigi Manfredi
Character: Narrator(voice)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Massimo Marchi
Character: Colonel of Torrebruna
Character: Sergio Tibaldi
Character: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Character: Marito di Elena
Character: Il capitano Pietro Sandri
Character: Ettore Fieramosca
Character: Ferencz Korvath
Character: Ruggero Pascoli
Character: Guglielmo Tell
Character: direttore del giornale