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Gino Cervi
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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Racconti romani di una ex-novizia
To Kill in Silence
Fratello ladro
Il latitante
Del vento tra i rami del Sassofrasso
Maigret at the Pigalle
Gli altri, gli altri e noi
Don Camillo in Moscow
Becket
Biblioteca di Studio Uno: I tre moschettieri
Un'ombra su Maigret
Full Hearts and Empty Pockets
Gli onorevoli
Good King Dagobert
The Shortest Day
The Eye of the Needle
Adventure at the Motel
Roaring Years
The Changing of the Guard
Crime Does Not Pay
The Nun of Monza
Don Camillo: Monsignor
The Joy of Living
Ten Italians for One German
Un figlio d'oggi
The Orderly
Le Olimpiadi dei mariti
Long Night in '43
The Revolt of the Slaves
Mistress of the World - Part I