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