Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 17, 1916
Died
Oct 31, 2002
Place of Birth
Tropea, Calabria, Italy
Credits
87 titles
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Raf Vallone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Cardinal Lamberto
Vino Santo – Es lebe die Liebe, es lebe der Wein
Nonno
Toni
The Old Man
Mit dem Herzen einer Mutter
Fedrico DeConti
The First Circle
Pyotr Makaraguine
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
actor 'The Cardinal' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Godfather Part III
Cardinal Lamberto
A Season of Giants
Ambasciatore spagnolo
Sabbath
Alejandro VI
Der Bierkönig
Der Baron
Power Of Evil
Goya
Canónigo Duaso
Christopher Columbus
Jose Vizinho
The Scarlet and the Black
Father Vittorio
I Remember Nelson
Caracciolo
A Time to Die
Genco Bari
Season of Peace in Paris
Lion of the Desert
Colonel Diodiece
Retour à Marseille
Michel - un émigré de retour à Marseille
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
An Almost Perfect Affair
Freddie
Fame
Driver
The Greek Tycoon
Spyros Tomasis
The Devil's Advocate
Bishop Aurelio
The Other Side of Midnight
Constantin Demeris
The Human Factor
Dr. Lupo
That Lucky Touch
General Peruzzi
Rosebud
George Nikolaos
The Girl in Room 2A
Mr. Dreese
Simona
Marcelle's Uncle
The Catholics
Father General
The Small Miracle
Father Superior
Honor Thy Father
Joseph Bonnano
Summertime Killer
Lazaro Alfredi
A Gunfight
Francisco Alvarez
Cannon for Cordoba
Córdoba
Death Occurred Last Night
Amanzio Berzaghi
The Kremlin Letter
Puppet Maker
The Italian Job
Altabani
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Father General
1001 Nights
Hixxum
Volver a vivir
Luis Rubio
The Desperate Ones
Victor
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
Mr. Ardonian
Nevada Smith
Father Zaccardi
Harlow
Marino Bello
Dangerous Pleasures
Suo Marito
The Secret Invasion
Roberto Rocca
The Cardinal
Cardinal
Il mulino del Po
Lazzaro Scacerni