Gino Cervi
May 3, 1901 – 1974
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.
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Known For
Cinépanorama
1956
Becket
1964
Royal Affairs in Versailles
1953
Eternal Melody
1940
Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
1964
The Little World of Don Camillo
1952
Anna Karenina
1948
Mistress of the World - Part II
1960
The Naked Maja
1958
The Shortest Day
1963
Mistress of the World - Part I
1960
Indiscretion of an American Wife
1953
The Three Musketeers
1953
Desert Warrior
1957
Crime Does Not Pay
1962