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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Known For
Becket
(1964)
the Cardinal / Cardinal Zambelli
The Little World of Don Camillo
(1952)
Giuseppe Bottazzi "Peppone"
The Three Musketeers
(1953)
Porthos
Don Camillo's Last Round
(1955)
Peppone
Don Camillo in Moscow
(1965)
Giuseppe 'Peppone' Bottazzi
Indiscretion of an American Wife
(1953)
Police Commissioner
Gli onorevoli
(1963)
Sen. Rossani-Breschi
The Return of Don Camillo
(1953)
Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi
The Shortest Day
(1963)
Colonnello Daini
Don Camillo: Monsignor
(1961)
Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi
Royal Affairs in Versailles
(1954)
Cagliostro
Full Filmography
Acting
The Blue Fleet
(1932)
Aldebaran
(1935)
Corrado Valeri
The Two Sergeants
(1936)
Commander Federico Martelli / sergent Guglielmo Salvoni
Amore
(1936)
Paolo Venieri
Gli uomini non sono ingrati
(1937)
Ferencz Korvath
Voglio vivere con Letizia
(1937)
Bebe
Inventiamo l'amore
(1938)
Carlo Morelli
L'argine
(1938)
Zvanì
Ettore Fieramosca
(1938)
Ettore Fieramosca
An Adventure of Salvator Rosa
(1939)
Salvador Rosa, il "Formica"
I figli del marchese Lucera
(1939)
Ermanno
Una romantica avventura
(1940)
Luigi Ferrero
The Sinner
(1940)
Alberto
Eternal Melody
(1940)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Iron Crown
(1941)
Sedemondo
The Betrothed
(1941)
Renzo Tramaglino
Don Cesare di Bazan
(1942)
Don Cesare di Bazan
Four Steps in the Clouds
(1942)
Paolo Bianchi
Acque di primavera
(1942)
Francesco
Quarta pagina
(1942)
Ex detenuto
La regina di Navarra
(1942)
T'amerò sempre
(1943)
Mario Fabbrini
Tristi amori
(1943)
Giulio Scarli
Gente dell’aria
(1943)
Il capitano Pietro Sandri
The Misery of Mr. Travet
(1945)
Il commandatore Francesco Battilocchio
Lo sbaglio di essere vivo
(1945)
signor Guglielmi
Che distinta famiglia!
(1945)
Michele Montischi
Quartetto pazzo
(1945)
Roberto
Vivere ancora
(1945)
Aquila Nera
(1946)
Kirila Petrovic
Revenge
(1946)
Sergio Tibaldi
Umanità
(1946)
Jack
Cronaca nera
(1947)
Daniele Cortis
(1947)
Marito di Elena
Furia
(1947)
Oreste
Les Misérables - Manhunt
(1948)
Jean Valjean
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
(1948)
Jean Valjean
Islands in the Lagoon
(1948)
Narrator(voice)
Romantici a Venezia
(1948)
Narrator (voice)
William Tell
(1948)
Guglielmo Tell
Yvonne of the Night
(1949)
Il colonnello Baretti
La sposa non può attendere
(1949)
Anselmo
The Flame that Never Dies
(1949)
Luigi Manfredi
Fabiola
(1949)
Quadratus
Story of a Love Affair
(1950)
(uncredited)
Women Without Names
(1950)
Pietro Zanini
Sigillo rosso
(1950)
Position Wanted
(1951)
Filiberto 'Berto' Morucchi
The Forbidden Christ
(1951)
Küster
O.K. Nero
(1951)
Nero
Il caimano del Piave
(1951)
Colonel of Torrebruna
The Little World of Don Camillo
(1952)
Giuseppe Bottazzi "Peppone"
Wife for a Night
(1952)
Count D'Origo
The Queen of Sheba
(1952)
King Solomon of Jerusalem
Three Forbidden Stories
(1952)
Prof. Aragona
The Return of Don Camillo
(1953)
Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi
The Three Musketeers
(1953)
Porthos
Indiscretion of an American Wife
(1953)
Police Commissioner
The Lady Without Camelias
(1953)
Ercole 'Ercolino' Borra
Farewell, My Beautiful Lady!
(1953)
Conte Riccardo Salluzzo
La dame aux camélias
(1953)
Monsieur Duval
Nero and the Burning of Rome
(1953)
Nero
Dappled Mare
(1953)
Ruggero Pascoli
Il cardinale Lambertini
(1954)
Cardinale Lambertini
Royal Affairs in Versailles
(1954)
Cagliostro
Maddalena
(1954)
Don Vincenzo
A Free Woman
(1954)
Massimo Marchi
La grande avventura
(1954)
Don Camillo's Last Round
(1955)
Peppone
Il coraggio
(1955)
Comm. Aristide Paoloni
Frou-Frou
(1955)
Prince Vladimir Bilinsky
Non c'è amore più grande
(1955)
Andrea
Wild Love
(1955)
Sir Cesare
Castle of the Banned Lovers
(1956)
Francesco Cenci
Moglie e buoi...
(1956)
Giovanni Cattabriga
Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo
(1956)
Maresciallo
Desert Warrior
(1957)
Ibrahim
Ambush in Tangier
(1957)
Bolevasco
Sans famille
(1958)
Vitalis
The Naked Maja
(1958)
King Carlos IV of Spain
Love and Chatter
(1958)
Paseroni
El pasado te acusa
(1958)
Comisario
Gangster Boss
(1959)
Paolo
Vacations in Majorca
(1959)
André Breton, industriale
Sign of the Gladiator
(1959)
Aurelianus, Emperor of Rome
The Black Chapel
(1959)
Polizeipräfekt Ferrari
It Happened in '43
(1960)
Carlo 'Sciagura' Aretusi
The Revolt of the Slaves
(1960)
Fabio
Mistress of the World - Part I
(1960)
Professor Johanson
Love, the Italian Way
(1960)
Comm. Lemeni
Mistress of the World - Part II
(1960)
Professor Johanson
Siege of Syracuse
(1960)
Gerone
Le Olimpiadi dei mariti
(1960)
direttore del giornale
Don Camillo: Monsignor
(1961)
Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi
The Orderly
(1961)
Maggiore Penna
The Joy of Living
(1961)
Olinto Fossati
Un figlio d'oggi
(1961)
Andrea
Ten Italians for One German
(1961)
Baron Alfonso di San Severino
Roaring Years
(1962)
Salvatore Acquamano
The Changing of the Guard
(1962)
Mario Venicio
Crime Does Not Pay
(1962)
L'Inquisiteur
The Nun of Monza
(1962)
Cardinale Borromeo
Gli onorevoli
(1963)
Sen. Rossani-Breschi
Good King Dagobert
(1963)
Saint Éloi
The Shortest Day
(1963)
Colonnello Daini
The Eye of the Needle
(1963)
D'Angelo, lawyer
Avventura al motel
(1963)
commendatore
Becket
(1964)
the Cardinal / Cardinal Zambelli
Biblioteca di Studio Uno: I tre moschettieri
(1964)
Card.Richelieu
Un'ombra su Maigret
(1964)
Maigret
Full Hearts and Empty Pockets
(1964)
Botta
Don Camillo in Moscow
(1965)
Giuseppe 'Peppone' Bottazzi
Maigret at the Pigalle
(1966)
Commissaire Maigret
Gli altri, gli altri e noi
(1966)
Chief of the Night Guard
Il latitante
(1967)
Inspector
To Kill in Silence
(1972)
Nono Devoto
Fratello ladro
(1972)
Don Lino
Racconti romani di una ex-novizia
(1973)
Pope Leone