Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1916-02-17
Day of Death
2002-10-31
Place of Birth
Tropea, Calabria, Italy
Raf Vallone
Biography
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.
Filmography (80)
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
2020
Vino Santo – Es lebe die Liebe, es lebe der Wein
2001
Toni
1999Mit dem Herzen einer Mutter
1992
The First Circle
1992
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
The Godfather Part III
1990
A Season of Giants
1990Der Bierkönig
1988
Power Of Evil
1985
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
I Remember Nelson
1982
A Time to Die
1982
Season of Peace in Paris
1981
