Raf Vallone
Raf Vallone
Raffaele "Raf" Vallone (17 February 1916 – 31 October 2002) was an Italian actor and an international film star. Born in Tropea, Calabria, the son of a lawyer, Vallone attended Liceo classico Cavour in Turin, and studied Law and Philosophy at the University of Turin and entered his father's law firm. He played professional Football at a young age, playing in Serie A for Torino. He won an Italian Cup with his team in season 1935-1936. Subsequently, he became the editorial head of the culture section of L'Unità, then the official newspaper of the Italian Communist Party, and also a film and drama critic for the Turin newspaper La Stampa. During World War II, Vallone served with the Communist resistance. His first film appearance was as a sailor in We the Living (1942), but Vallone was not interested in an acting career. Nevertheless, he was cast as a soldier competing with Vittorio Gassman for the love of Silvana Mangano in Riso amaro (Bitter Rice) (1949). The film became a neo-realist classic and Vallone was launched on an international career. In 2001 he published his autobiography, L'alfabeto della memoria, with Gremese (Rome). Vallone was married to the actress Elena Varzi from 1952 until his death. They had three children, two of whom are actors, Eleonora Vallone and Saverio Vallone. He died in Rome on 31 October 2002. Description above from the Wikipedia article Raf Vallone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted Movies
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Writers: Mario Puzo,
Cast: Al Pacino, Andy García, Bridget Fonda, Diane Keaton, Eli Wallach, George Hamilton, Joe Mantegna, Raf Vallone, Sofia Coppola, Talia Shire,
Director: Moustapha Akkad
Writers: H.A.L. Craig,
Cast: Adolfo Lastretti, Andrew Keir, Anthony Quinn, Gastone Moschin, Irene Papas, John Gielgud, Oliver Reed, Raf Vallone, Rod Steiger, Stefano Patrizi,
Director: Peter Collinson
Writers: Troy Kennedy Martin,
Cast: Benny Hill, Fred Emney, Irene Handl, John Le Mesurier, Margaret Blye, Michael Caine, Noël Coward, Raf Vallone, Rossano Brazzi, Tony Beckley,
Director: Henry Hathaway
Writers: John Michael Hayes,
Cast: Arthur Kennedy, Brian Keith, Howard Da Silva, Janet Margolin, Karl Malden, Martin Landau, Pat Hingle, Raf Vallone, Steve McQueen, Suzanne Pleshette,
Director: Anthony Mann
Writers: Ben Barzman,
Cast: Charlton Heston, Frank Thring, Gary Raymond, Geneviève Page, Hurd Hatfield, John Fraser, Massimo Serato, Michael Hordern, Raf Vallone, Sophia Loren,
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Writers: Cesare Zavattini,
Cast: Andrea Checchi, Antonella Della Porta, Bruna Cealti, Carlo Ninchi, Eleonora Brown, Emma Baron, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Pupella Maggio, Raf Vallone, Sophia Loren,
Director: Giuseppe De Santis
Writers: Gianni Puccini,
Cast: Adriana Sivieri, Checco Rissone, Dedi Ristori, Doris Dowling, Lia Corelli, Maria Grazia Francia, Nico Pepe, Raf Vallone, Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman,