Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1901-05-03
Day of Death
1974-01-03
Place of Birth
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Gino Cervi
Biography
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
Filmography (123)
Racconti romani di una ex-novizia
1973
To Kill in Silence
1972
Fratello ladro
1972
Il latitante
1967Del vento tra i rami del Sassofrasso
1967
Maigret at the Pigalle
1966
Gli altri, gli altri e noi
1966
Don Camillo in Moscow
1965Un'ombra su Maigret
1964
Becket
1964
Full Hearts and Empty Pockets
1964Biblioteca di Studio Uno: I tre moschettieri
1964
Good King Dagobert
1963
Gli onorevoli
1963
