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Adolfo Celi
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Celi in La mala ordina (1972)
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| Born | 27 July 1922 |
| Died | 19 February 1986 (aged 63) |
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| Years active | 1946–1985 |
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Marília Branco (m. 1963; div. 19??) |
| Children | Alessandra (1966), Leonardo (1968) |
Adolfo Celi was an Italian actor and director. He was born in Curcuraci, Sicily, on July 27, 1922. Adolfo Celi acted in almost 100 movies. He was often known for playing bad guys from different countries. Many people remember him best as Emilio Largo in the 1965 James Bond movie Thunderball. He even made fun of his Largo role in another movie called OK Connery.
Life and Career
Adolfo Celi started acting in movies after World War II. He moved to Brazil and helped start a theater group called the Teatro Brasileiro de Comédia. He was a very successful stage actor in both Argentina and Brazil. In the 1950s, he directed three movies in South America. One of these was a popular Brazilian film called Tico-Tico no Fubá in 1952.
Celi became famous again when he played a villain in the movie That Man from Rio. This movie was very popular. Because of this, he was chosen to play Major Battaglia in the 1965 World War II movie Von Ryan's Express. In this film, he acted alongside Frank Sinatra.
This led him to his most famous role as Largo in Thunderball. He was also known for playing Ralph Valmont in the action movie Danger: Diabolik. Another important role was Don Vito Tressoldi in the film Hired to Kill (1972).
Adolfo Celi also starred in some Italian comedy movies. These included Amici Miei and Brancaleone alle Crociate. He worked on television too. He played the famous Italian-American police officer Joseph Petrosino in a mini-series called Petrosino (1972). He also played the Baron of Carini in another popular mini-series, La Baronessa di Carini (1975).
Celi spoke many languages very well. Besides his native Italian and Sicilian, he could speak English, Spanish, French, German, and Portuguese. Even though he was good at English, his strong accent meant that other actors often spoke his lines for him in English movies. However, in the 1981 BBC show The Borgias, Celi played Rodrigo Borgia and used his own voice.
Personal Life
Adolfo Celi was married three times. He passed away from a heart attack in Siena, Italy, in 1986. His daughter, Alessandra Celi, is also an actress.
Filmography
- A Yank in Rome (1946) as Tom
- Christmas at Camp 119 (1947) as John, the American sergeant
- Hey Boy (1948)
- Immigrants (1948) as The Professor
- Caiçara (1950) as Genovés
- Tico-Tico no Fubá (1952) (uncredited)
- Sandokan the Great (1963) as James Brooke
- That Man from Rio (1964) as Mário de Castro
- Three Nights of Love (1964)
- Male Companion (1964) as Benvenuto
- Beautiful Families (1964) as Professor Della Porta
- Crime on a Summer Morning (1965) as Van Willie
- Von Ryan's Express (1965) as Major Battaglia
- The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) as Giovanni de' Medici
- Slalom (1965) as Riccardo
- A Man Named John (1965) as Msgr. Radini Tedeschi
- Thunderball (1965) as Emilio Largo
- El Greco (1966) as Don Miguel de Las Cuervas
- Yankee (1966) as Grande Concho
- Target for Killing (1966) as Henry Perkins
- Pleasant Nights (1966) as Bernadozzo
- Grand Prix (1966) as Agostini Manetta
- King of Hearts (1966) as Colonel Alexander MacBibenbrook
- Dirty Heroes (1967) as Luc Rollman
- Master Stroke (1967) as Mr. Bernard
- The Honey Pot (1967) as Inspector Rizzi
- OK Connery (1967) as Mr. Thai - 'Beta'
- The Bobo (1967) as Francisco Carbonell
- Grand Slam (1967) as Mark Milfford
- Fantabulous Inc. (1967) as Karl Maria van Beethoven
- Death Sentence (1968) as Friar Baldwin
- Seven Times Seven (1968) as Warden
- Diabolik (1968) as Ralph Valmount
- It's Your Move (1969) as Bayon / Guinet
- Alibi (1969) as Adolfo
- Midas Run (1969) as General Ferranti
- Detective Belli (1969) as Avvocato Fontana
- A Man for Emmanuelle (1969) as Sandri
- The Archangel (1969) as Marco Tarrochi Roda
- In Search of Gregory (1969) as Max
- Death Knocks Twice (1969) as Professor Max Spigler
- Rendezvous with Dishonour (1970) as Hermes
- Fragment of Fear (1970) as Signor Bardoni
- The Cop (1970) as Chief of police
- Brancaleone at the Crusades (1970) as King Boemondo
- Finale di partita (1970)
- They Have Changed Their Face (1971) as Giovanni Nosferatu
- Una chica casi decente (1971) as César Martín de Valdés 'Duque'
- Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971) as Inspector Vidocq
- 1931: Once Upon a Time in New York (1972) as The Pole
- Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) as Consul
- Eye in the Labyrinth (1972) as Frank
- Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why? (1972) as Inspector Vezzi
- Who Saw Her Die? (1972) as Serafian
- Long Arm of the Godfather (1972) as Don Carmelo
- Hired to Kill (1972) as Vito
- Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) as Gen. Krebs
- Le Mataf (1973) as Me Desbordes
- Black Holiday (1973) as Commissioner Rizzuto
- The Devil Is a Woman (1974) as Father Borrelli
- The Phantom of Liberty (1974) as Doctor Pasolini
- And Then There Were None (1974) as Gen. André Salvé
- The Balloon Vendor (1974) as Dr. Monforte
- Libera, My Love (1975) as Felice Valente – Libera's father
- My Friends (1975) as Professor Sassaroli
- L'amaro caso della baronessa di Carini (1975) as Don Mariano D'Agrò
- Sandokan (1976) as James Brooke
- Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976) as Captain
- Pure as a Lily (1976) as The Honorable
- Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife (1976) as Antonio Lenzini
- Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976) as Vladimiro Palese
- The Next Man (1976) as Al Sharif
- The Big Operator (1976) as Rifai
- Merciless Man (1976) as Commissioner Lo Gallo
- Febbre da cavallo (1976) as Judge
- Che notte quella notte! (1977)
- The Passengers (1977) as Boetani
- Pane, burro e marmellata (1977) as Aristide Bertelli
- Holocaust 2000 (1977) as Dr. Kerouac
- La tigre è ancora viva: Sandokan alla riscossa! (1977) as James Brooke
- Man of Corleone (1977)
- The Perfect Crime (1978) as Sir Harold Boyd
- Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania (1978) as Carcamano
- Le braghe del padrone (1978) as Euginio – the president
- L'affittacamere (1979)
- Café Express (1980) as Chief Inspector of the Ministry
- Car-napping (1980) as Head of police in Palermo
- Madly in Love (1981) as Gustavo VI di San Tulipe
- Perdóname, amor (1982) as Ruggero Rivelli
- Monsignor (1982) as Cardinal Vinci
- All My Friends Part 2 (1982) as Professor Sassaroli
- Cenerentola '80 (1984) as Prince Goncalvo Gherardeschi
- Passaporto segnalato (1985) as Lawyer Santi
- All My Friends Part 3 (1985) as Professor Sassaroli
- Il giocatore invisibile (1985)
- Due assi per un turbo (1987) as The Station Master
Images for kids
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Adolfo Celi in the movie La mala ordina (1972).
See also
In Spanish: Adolfo Celi para niños
