Raf Vallone
77 movies · 8 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 17, 1916
- Died
- Oct 31, 2002 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- Tropea, Calabria, Italy
- Also known as
- Раф Валлоне · Raffaele 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.
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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.
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Raf Vallone: movies and TV shows
Acting (85)
- 2001
- 1999 Toni
as The Old Man
- 1992 Mit dem Herzen einer Mutter
as Fedrico DeConti
- 1992 The First Circle
as Pyotr Makaraguine
- 1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor 'The Cardinal' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1990 The Godfather Part III
as Cardinal Lamberto
- 1990 A Season of Giants
as Ambasciatore spagnolo
- 1990
- 1989
- 1988 Der Bierkönig
as Der Baron
- 1985
- 1985
- 1985
- 1983 The Scarlet and the Black
as Father Vittorio
- 1982
- 1982 A Time to Die
as Genco Bari
- 1981
- 1981 Lion of the Desert
as Colonel Diodiece
- 1980 Retour à Marseille
as Michel - un émigré de retour à Marseille
- 1979 An Almost Perfect Affair
as Freddie
- 1978 Fame
as Driver
- 1978 The Greek Tycoon
as Spyros Tomasis
- 1977 The Devil's Advocate
as Bishop Aurelio
- 1977 The Other Side of Midnight
as Constantin Demeris
- 1975 The Human Factor
as Dr. Lupo
- 1975 That Lucky Touch
as General Peruzzi
- 1975 Rosebud
as George Nikolaos
- 1974 The Girl in Room 2A
as Mr. Dreese
- 1974 Simona
as Marcelle's Uncle
- 1973 The Catholics
as Father General
- 1973 The Small Miracle
as Father Superior
- 1973 Honor Thy Father
as Joseph Bonnano
- 1972 Summertime Killer
as Lazaro Alfredi
- 1971 A Gunfight
as Francisco Alvarez
- 1970 Cannon for Cordoba
as Córdoba
- 1970 Death Occurred Last Night
as Amanzio Berzaghi
- 1970 The Kremlin Letter
as Puppet Maker
- 1969 The Italian Job
as Altabani
- 1969
- 1968 1001 Nights
as Hixxum
- 1968 Volver a vivir
as Luis Rubio
- 1967 The Desperate Ones
as Victor
- 1966 Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
as Mr. Ardonian
- 1966 Nevada Smith
as Father Zaccardi
- 1965 Harlow
as Marino Bello
- 1965 Dangerous Pleasures
as Suo Marito
- 1964 The Secret Invasion
as Roberto Rocca
- 1963 The Cardinal
as Cardinal
- 1963
- 1962 Phaedra
as Thanos Kyrilis
- 1962 A View from the Bridge
as Eddie Carbone
- 1961 El Cid
as Count Ordóñez
- 1960 Two Women
as Giovanni
- 1960 Recourse in Grace
as Mario di Donati
- 1960 The Apartment
as Alberto Fiorini
- 1958 No Escape
as Gino Carsone
- 1958 Revenge
as Luis el Torcido
- 1958 The Violet Seller
as Fernando
- 1957 Guendalina
as Guido Redaelli, padre di Guendalina
- 1957
- 1957 The Sins of Rose Bernd
as Arthur Streckmann
- 1956 Liebe
as Andrea Ambaros
- 1956 Passionate Summer
as Angelo
- 1956 Sister Angele's Secret
as Marcello Maglione
- 1955 Le souffle de la liberté
as Gérard
- 1955 The Sign of Venus
as Ignazio Bolognini
- 1954 Obsession
as Aldo Giovanni
- 1954 Human Torpedoes
as Carlo Ferri
- 1954 Storm
as André
- 1954 The Boarder
as Silvio, il sindaco di Pontorno
- 1954 Daughters of Destiny
as Callias (segment "Lysistrata")
- 1953 Thérèse Raquin
as Laurent
- 1953 Perdonami!
as Marco Gerace
- 1952 Sunday Heroes
as Gino Bardi
- 1952 The Eyes Leave a Trace
as Martín Jordán
- 1952 Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi
as Giuseppe Garibaldi
- 1952 Don Juan's Night of Love
as Mandrin
- 1952 Rome 11:00
as Carlo the artist
- 1951 Anna
as Andrea
- 1951 The Forbidden Christ
as Bruno Baldi
- 1951 Il bivio
as Aldo Marchi
- 1950 The Path of Hope
as Saro Cammarata
- 1950 The White Line
as Domenico
- 1950 Under the Olive Tree
as Francesco Dominici
- 1949 Bitter Rice
as Marco
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 1979
- 1956 Cinépanorama
1 episode