Raf Vallone

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.

Cast

The Godfather Part III

(Cardinal Lamberto)

The Italian Job

(Altabani)

Liebe

(Andrea Ambaros)

Rosebud

(George Nikolaos)

Season of Peace in Paris

Nevada Smith

(Father Zaccardi)

Bitter Rice

(Marco)

Two Women

(Giovanni)

Harlow

(Marino Bello)

The Human Factor

(Dr. Lupo)

Lion of the Desert

(Colonel Diodiece)

Obsession

(Aldo Giovanni)

The Secret Invasion

(Roberto Rocca)

The Scarlet and the Black

(Father Vittorio)

El Cid

(Count Ordóñez)

Phaedra

(Thanos Kyrilis)

Thérèse Raquin

(Laurent)

Summertime Killer

(Lazaro Alfredi)

The Other Side of Midnight

(Constantin Demeris)

The Sign of Venus

(Ignazio Bolognini)

The Greek Tycoon

(Spyros Tomasis)

The Path of Hope

(Saro Cammarata)

Honor Thy Father

(Joseph Bonnano)

Cannon for Cordoba

(Córdoba)

The Girl in Room 2A

(Mr. Dreese)

Death Occurred Last Night

(Amanzio Berzaghi)

The Eyes Leave a Trace

(Martín Jordán)

Revenge

(Luis el Torcido)

Under the Olive Tree

(Francesco Dominici)

Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die

(Mr. Ardonian)

An Almost Perfect Affair

(Freddie)

The Violet Seller

(Fernando)

Rome 11:00

(Carlo the artist)

Anna

(Andrea)

A View from the Bridge

(Eddie Carbone)

The White Line

(Domenico)

Guendalina

(Guido Redaelli, padre di Guendalina)

Rose Bernd

(Arthur Streckmann)

Le souffle de la liberté

(Gérard)

Fame

(Driver)

Vino Santo – Es lebe die Liebe, es lebe der Wein

(Nonno)

The Boarder

(Silvio, il sindaco di Pontorno)

A Season of Giants

(Ambasciatore spagnolo)

The Cardinal

(Cardinal)

Retour à Marseille

(Michel - un émigré de retour à Marseille)

Don Juan's Night of Love

(Mandrin)

Simona

(Marcelle's Uncle)

Storm

(André)

1001 Nights

(Hixxum)

The Devil's Advocate

(Bishop Aurelio)

Der Bierkönig

(Der Baron)

Mit dem Herzen einer Mutter

(Fedrico DeConti)

Il bivio

(Aldo Marchi)

Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi

(Giuseppe Garibaldi)

Perdonami!

(Marco Gerace)

Sunday Heroes

(Gino Bardi)

The First Circle

(Pyotr Makaraguine)

Recourse in Grace

(Mario di Donati)

Sister Angele's Secret

(Marcello Maglione)

A Time To Die

(Genco Bari)

Power Of Evil

The Apartment

(Alberto Fiorini)

Human Torpedoes

(Carlo Ferri)

The Forbidden Christ

(Bruno Baldi)

That Lucky Touch

(General Peruzzi)

No Escape

(Gino Carsone)

The Kremlin Letter

(Puppet Maker)

I Remember Nelson

(Caracciolo)

The Desperate Ones

(Victor)

The Catholics

(Father General)

Passionate Summer

(Angelo)

Dangerous Pleasures

(Suo Marito)

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

(actor 'The Cardinal' (archive footage) (uncredited))

Daughters of Destiny

(Callias (segment "Lysistrata"))

Volver a vivir

(Luis Rubio)

Toni

(The Old Man)

Il mulino del Po

(Lazzaro Scacerni)

Christopher Columbus

(Jose Vizinho)

Jane Eyre

(Rochester)

Sabbath

(Alejandro VI)

Cinépanorama

(Self)

Goya

(Canónigo Duaso)