Gabriele Ferzetti
- Acting
- March 17, 1925 · Rome, Italy
- December 2, 2015
Biography
Gabriele Ferzetti (born Pasquale Ferzetti; 17 March 1925 – 2 December 2015) was an Italian actor with more than 160 credits across film, television, and stage. His career was at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s. Ferzetti's first leading role was in the film Lo Zappatore (1950). He portrayed Puccini twice in the films Puccini (1953) and Casa Ricordi (1954). He made his international breakthrough in Michelangelo Antonioni's controversial L'Avventura (1960) as a restless playboy. After a series of romantic performances, he acquired a reputation in Italy as an elegant, debonair, and somewhat aristocratic looking leading man. Ferzetti starred as Lot in John Huston's biblical epic, The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966), and played railroad baron Morton in Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). Perhaps his best known role, internationally, was in the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) as Marc Ange Draco, although his voice was dubbed by British actor David de Keyser. He was perhaps best known to non-mainstream audiences for his role as the psychiatrist, Hans, in Liliana Cavani's The Night Porter (1974). In the 1970s, he appeared in a significant number of crime films, often as an inspector. He appeared in Julia and Julia, opposite Laurence Olivier in Inchon (1982), and the cult film, First Action Hero. Later in his career, he played the role of Nono in the TV series Une famille formidable, while also appearing in Luca Guadagnino's 2009 film I Am Love. Ferzetti died on 2 December 2015, aged 90. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gabriele Ferzetti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- 18 Years Later · Enrico
- I Am Love · Edoardo Recchi Senior
- 1612: Chronicles of the Dark Time
- Pope John Paul I: The Smile of God · Card. Giuseppe Siri
- Pope John Paul I: The Smile of God · Card. Giuseppe Siri
- Callas & Onassis · Livanos
- Callas & Onassis · Livanos
- Concorso di colpa · Vito Santamaria
- An Opera of Violence · Self
- The Wages of Sin · Self
- Something to Do with Death · Self
- Lost Love · Tommaso Pasini
- L'avvocato de Gregorio · Alfonso
- Le ragazze di Miss Italia · professor De Lollis
- Tower of the First Born · Father Jacob
- Porzûs · Strono vecchio
- Con rabbia e con amore · Leone
- Othello · The Duke of Venice
- Black as the Heart · Signor Noé Alga Croce
- Weihnachtsfest mit Hindernissen · Vittorio
- First Action Hero · Ben Costa
- Die Ringe des Saturn
- Private Crimes · Dr. Guido Braschi
- Suffocating Heat · Gaetano Castelli
- Édouard et ses filles · Antoine di Marco
- Una fredda mattina di maggio · Signor Mantoni
- Gli angeli del potere · Dr. Donhal
- Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair
- Around the World in 80 Days · Italian Chief of Police
- Computron 22 · Il Nonno
- Julia and Julia · Alfredo
- La voglia di vincere · Professor Besson
- Quo Vadis? · Pisone
- Die goldenen Schuhe · Marquesade Buenaventa
- Return to Lisca Bianca Island · Sandro (voice) (archive footage)
- Delitto e castigo · Svidrigajlov
- The Basileus Quartet · Mario Cantone
- Grog · Alberto
- Death in the Vatican · Cardinale Ixaguirre
- Quasi quasi mi sposo · Ingegnere
- The Possessed Hand · Maestro Gomin
- The Devil's Game · Master Gomin
- Inchon · Turkish Brigadier
- I Vecchi E I Giovani
- Encounters in the Deep · Miles
- The Burning Years · Padre di Saverio
- Pigs with a P.38 · Max Astarita
- Last In, First Out · Herzog
- Mon Premier Amour · Georges
- Suggestionata · Gregorio
- The Psychic · Emilio Rospini
- Oedipus Orca · Valerio
- A Matter of Time · Antonio Vicari
- Nick the Sting · Maurice
- La Orca · Valerio
- The Hornet's Nest · Gaspard
- Lezioni di violoncello con toccata e fuga · Il padre di Stella
- Calling All Police Cars · Professor Andrea Icardi
- End of the Game · Dr. Lutz
- A Curious Man · Moriondo
- Smiling Maniacs · Prandó
- The Proof of love · Angela Father
- Kidnap · Don Francesco Salvatore
- Quick Trial · L'avvocato Finaldi
- Appassionata · Dr. Emilio Rutelli
- The Night Porter · Hans
- Hospitals: The White Mafia · Prof. Daniele Vallotti
- Hitler: The Last Ten Days · Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
- Divorce His, Divorce Hers · Turi Livicci
- 3000 Million Without an Elevator · Raphaël
- Beggars and Proud Ones
- High Voltage · Pablo Moncada
- The Boxer · Nick La Caterina / Tony La Monica
- Million Dollar Eel · Vasco
- Cold Sweat · (uncredited)
- Cannabis · Inspector Bardeche
- The Confession · Kohoutek
- L'amica · Paolo Marchesi
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service · Marc Ange Draco
- That Splendid November · Biagio