Gino Cervi
Birthday: 1901-05-03 | Place of Birth: Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, ItalyFrom 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
Known For
Acting
Role
as Commissaire Maigret
as the Cardinal / Cardinal Zambelli
as Saint Éloi
as Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi
as Fabio
as Gerone
as Aurelianus, Emperor of Rome
as King Carlos IV of Spain
as Ibrahim
as Peppone
as Prince Vladimir Bilinsky
as Cagliostro
as Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi
as Porthos
as Count D'Origo
as Giuseppe Bottazzi "Peppone"
as Sedemondo
