Raf Vallone

Raf Vallone (86)

1916-02-17 - 2002-10-31 | Tropea, Calabria, Italy

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.

On Movies

  • Toni
  • Mit dem Herzen einer Mutter
  • The First Circle
  • The Godfather Part III
  • A Season of Giants
  • Power Of Evil
  • The Scarlet and the Black
  • I Remember Nelson
  • A Time to Die
  • Season of Peace in Paris
  • Lion of the Desert
  • An Almost Perfect Affair
  • The Greek Tycoon
  • Fame
  • The Devil's Advocate
  • The Other Side of Midnight
  • The Human Factor
  • That Lucky Touch
  • Rosebud
  • The Girl in Room 2A
  • Simona
  • The Catholics
  • The Small Miracle
  • Honor Thy Father
  • Summertime Killer
  • Cannon for Cordoba
  • Death Occurred Last Night
  • The Kremlin Letter
  • The Italian Job
  • 1001 Nights
  • Volver a vivir
  • The Desperate Ones
  • Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
  • Nevada Smith
  • Harlow
  • Dangerous Pleasures
  • The Secret Invasion
  • The Cardinal
  • Phaedra
  • A View from the Bridge
  • El Cid
  • Two Women
  • Recourse in Grace
  • The Apartment
  • No Escape
  • Revenge
  • The Violet Seller
  • Guendalina
  • Rose Bernd
  • Liebe
  • Passionate Summer
  • Sister Angele's Secret
  • The Sign of Venus
  • Le souffle de la liberté
  • Obsession
  • Human Torpedoes
  • Storm
  • The Boarder
  • Daughters of Destiny
  • Thérèse Raquin
  • Perdonami!
  • Sunday Heroes
  • The Eyes Leave a Trace
  • Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi
  • Don Juan's Night of Love
  • Rome 11:00
  • Anna
  • The Forbidden Christ
  • Il bivio
  • The Path of Hope
  • The White Line
  • Under the Olive Tree
  • Bitter Rice

On Series

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