Raf Vallone

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1916-02-17 (86 years old)

Deathday

2002-10-31

Place of Birth

Tropea, Calabria, Italy

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. Durin...

Acting

1990

The Godfather Part III

as Cardinal Lamberto

1969

The Italian Job

as Altabani

1956

Liebe

as Andrea Ambaros

1975

Rosebud

as George Nikolaos

1966

Nevada Smith

as Father Zaccardi

1949

Bitter Rice

as Marco

1960

Two Women

as Giovanni

1965

Harlow

as Marino Bello

1975

The Human Factor

as Dr. Lupo

1981

Lion of the Desert

as Colonel Diodiece

1954

Obsession

as Aldo Giovanni

1964

The Secret Invasion

as Roberto Rocca

1983

The Scarlet and the Black

as Father Vittorio

1961

El Cid

as Count Ordóñez

1962

Phaedra

as Thanos Kyrilis

1953

1972

Summertime Killer

as Lazaro Alfredi

1977

The Other Side of Midnight

as Constantin Demeris

1955

The Sign of Venus

as Ignazio Bolognini

1978

The Greek Tycoon

as Spyros Tomasis

1950

The Path of Hope

as Saro Cammarata

1973

Honor Thy Father

as Joseph Bonnano

1970

1974

The Girl in Room 2A

as Mr. Dreese

1970

Death Occurred Last Night

as Amanzio Berzaghi

1952

The Eyes Leave a Trace

as Martín Jordán

1958

Revenge

as Luis el Torcido

1950

Under the Olive Tree

as Francesco Dominici

1958

1952

Rome 11:00

as Carlo the artist

1951

Anna

as Andrea

1962

A View from the Bridge

as Eddie Carbone

1950

The White Line

as Domenico

1957

Guendalina

as Guido Redaelli, padre di Guendalina

1957

Rose Bernd

as Arthur Streckmann

1978

Fame

as Driver

1954

The Boarder

as Silvio, il sindaco di Pontorno

1990

A Season of Giants

as Ambasciatore spagnolo

1963

The Cardinal

as Cardinal

1980

Retour à Marseille

as Michel - un émigré de retour à Marseille

1974

Simona

as Marcelle's Uncle

1954

Storm

as André

1968

1001 Nights

as Hixxum

1977

The Devil's Advocate

as Bishop Aurelio

1988

Der Bierkönig

as Der Baron

1992

Mit dem Herzen einer Mutter

as Fedrico DeConti

1951

Il bivio

as Aldo Marchi

1952

Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi

as Giuseppe Garibaldi

1953

Perdonami!

as Marco Gerace

1952

Sunday Heroes

as Gino Bardi

1992

The First Circle

as Pyotr Makaraguine

1960

Recourse in Grace

as Mario di Donati

1956

Sister Angele's Secret

as Marcello Maglione

1982

A Time to Die

as Genco Bari

1960

The Apartment

as Alberto Fiorini

1954

Human Torpedoes

as Carlo Ferri

1951

The Forbidden Christ

as Bruno Baldi

1975

That Lucky Touch

as General Peruzzi

1958

No Escape

as Gino Carsone

1970

The Kremlin Letter

as Puppet Maker

1982

I Remember Nelson

as Caracciolo

1967

1973

The Catholics

as Father General

1956

1965

Dangerous Pleasures

as Suo Marito

1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

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

1954

Daughters of Destiny

as Callias (segment "Lysistrata")

1968

Volver a vivir

as Luis Rubio

1999

Toni

as The Old Man

1973

The Small Miracle

as Father Superior

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