Person Details

Birthday: 1916-02-17 12:43:50

Death: 2002-10-31 12:43:50

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Tropea, Calabria, Italy

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Movie Involvements: 61

TV Involvements: 4


Most Famous Work

Biography

​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.

Most Famous Work

The Godfather Part III
Average
7

The Godfather Part III

(1990) Cardinal Lamberto
Lion of the Desert
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7

Lion of the Desert

(1981) Colonel Diodiece
The Secret Invasion
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6

The Secret Invasion

(1964) Roberto Rocca
El Cid
Average
7

El Cid

(1961) Count Ordóñez
Two Women
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8

Two Women

(1960) Giovanni
Nevada Smith
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7

Nevada Smith

(1966) Father Zaccardi
Bitter Rice
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8

Bitter Rice

(1949) Marco
Thérèse Raquin
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7

Thérèse Raquin

(1953) Laurent

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2001 Nonno
1999 The Old Man
1992 Fedrico DeConti
Pyotr Makaraguine
1991 actor 'The Cardinal' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990 Cardinal Lamberto
Ambasciatore spagnolo
1988 Der Baron
1985 Jose Vizinho
Canónigo Duaso
1983 Father Vittorio
1982 Caracciolo
Genco Bari
1981 N/A
Colonel Diodiece
1980 Michel - un émigré de retour à Marseille
1979 Freddie
1978 Spyros Tomasis
Driver
1977 Bishop Aurelio
Constantin Demeris
1975 Dr. Lupo
General Peruzzi
George Nikolaos
1974 Mr. Dreese
Marcelle's Uncle
1973 Father General
Joseph Bonnano
1972 Lazaro Alfredi
1970 Córdoba
Amanzio Berzaghi
Puppet Maker
1969 Altabani
1968 Hixxum
Luis Rubio
1967 Victor
1966 Mr. Ardonian
Father Zaccardi
1965 Marino Bello
Suo Marito
1964 Roberto Rocca
1963 Cardinal
Lazzaro Scacerni
1962 Thanos Kyrilis
Eddie Carbone
1961 Count Ordóñez
1960 Giovanni
Mario di Donati
Alberto Fiorini
1958 Gino Carsone
Luis 'El Torcido'
Fernando
1957 Guido Redaelli, padre di Guendalina
Rochester
Arthur Streckmann
1956 Andrea Ambaros
Angelo
Self
1955 Ignazio Bolognini
Gérard
1954 Aldo Giovanni
Silvio, il sindaco di Pontorno
André
Callias (segment "Lysistrata")
Carlo Ferri
1953 Laurent
Marco Gerace
1952 Gino Bardi
Martín Jordán
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Mandrin
Carlo the artist
1951 Andrea
Bruno Baldi
Aldo Marchi
1950 Saro Cammarata
Domenico
Francesco Dominici
1949 Marco
Year Character Movie/Tv

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