Raf Vallone

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

82

Gender

Male

Birthday

1916-02-17

Deathday

2002-10-31 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Tropea, Calabria, Italy

Also Known As

  • Раф Валлоне

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.

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Known For

The Godfather Part III
7.4%

The Godfather Part III

Dec 25, 1990

The Italian Job
7.0%

The Italian Job

Jun 2, 1969

Two Women
7.8%

Two Women

Dec 22, 1960

El Cid
6.9%

El Cid

Oct 24, 1961

Bitter Rice
7.4%

Bitter Rice

Sep 30, 1949

Lion of the Desert
7.3%

Lion of the Desert

Apr 17, 1981

Nevada Smith
6.8%

Nevada Smith

Jun 10, 1966

The Sign of Venus
6.8%

The Sign of Venus

Mar 12, 1955

Thérèse Raquin
6.6%

Thérèse Raquin

Nov 6, 1953

The Secret Invasion
5.7%

The Secret Invasion

Sep 16, 1964

The Cardinal
6.5%

The Cardinal

Dec 12, 1963

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Acting

2001
Vino Santo – Es lebe die Liebe, es lebe der Wein as Nonno
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
1989
Sabbath as Alejandro VI
1988
Der Bierkönig as Der Baron
1985
Power Of Evil
1985
Goya as Canónigo Duaso
1985
Christopher Columbus as Jose Vizinho
1983
The Scarlet and the Black as Father Vittorio
1982
I Remember Nelson as Caracciolo
1982
A Time To Die as Genco Bari
1981
Season of Peace in Paris
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
The Greek Tycoon as Spyros Tomasis
1978
Fame as Driver
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
Honor Thy Father as Joseph Bonnano
1972
Summertime Killer as Lazaro Alfredi
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
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
Il mulino del Po as Lazzaro Scacerni
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
Jane Eyre as Rochester
1957
Rose Bernd as Arthur Streckmann
1956
Love as Andrea Ambaros
1956
Passionate Summer as Angelo
1956
Sister Angele's Secret as Marcello Maglione
1956
Cinépanorama as Self
1955
The Sign of Venus as Ignazio Bolognini
1955
Le souffle de la liberté as Gérard
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
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