Raf Vallone
Biography
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.
Known For
Cardinal Lamberto
The Godfather Part III
Altabani
The Italian Job
Andrea Ambaros
Liebe
George Nikolaos
Rosebud
Сезона мира у Паризу
Father Zaccardi
Nevada Smith
Marco
Riso amaro
Giovanni
La ciociara
Marino Bello
Harlow
Dr. Lupo
The 'Human' Factor
Colonel Diodiece
Lion Of The Desert
Aldo Giovanni
Obsession
Roberto Rocca
The Secret Invasion
Father Vittorio
The Scarlet and the Black
Count Ordóñez
El Cid
Thanos Kyrilis
Phaedra
Laurent
Thérèse Raquin
Lazaro Alfredi
Un verano para matar
Constantin Demeris
The Other Side of Midnight
Ignazio Bolognini
Il segno di Venere
Spyros Tomasis
The Greek Tycoon
Saro Cammarata
Il cammino della speranza
Joseph Bonnano
Honor Thy Father
Córdoba
Cannon for Cordoba
Mr. Dreese
La casa della paura
Amanzio Berzaghi
La morte risale a ieri sera
Martín Jordán
Los ojos dejan huellas
Luis el Torcido
La venganza
Francesco Dominici
Non c'è pace tra gli ulivi
Mr. Ardonian
Se tutte le donne del mondo
Freddie
An Almost Perfect Affair
Fernando
La violetera
Carlo the artist
Roma, ore 11
Andrea
Anna
Eddie Carbone
Vu du pont
Domenico
Cuori senza frontiere
Arthur Streckmann
Rose Bernd
Guido Redaelli, padre di Guendalina
Guendalina
Gérard
Le souffle de la liberté
Driver
Fame
Nonno
Vino Santo – Es lebe die Liebe, es lebe der Wein
Silvio, il sindaco di Pontorno
La spiaggia
Ambasciatore spagnolo
A Season of Giants
Cardinal
The Cardinal
Michel - un émigré de retour à Marseille
Retour à Marseille
Mandrin
Le avventure di Mandrin
Marcelle's Uncle
Simona
André
Delirio
Hixxum
La esclava del paraíso
Bishop Aurelio
Des Teufels Advokat
Der Baron
Der Bierkönig
Fedrico DeConti
Mit dem Herzen einer Mutter
Aldo Marchi
Il bivio
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Camicie rosse
Marco Gerace
Perdonami!
Gino Bardi
Gli eroi della domenica
Pyotr Makaraguine
The First Circle
Mario di Donati
Recours en grâce
Marcello Maglione
Le Secret de sœur Angèle
Genco Bari
A Time to Die
Le pouvoir du mal
Alberto Fiorini
La garçonnière
Carlo Ferri
Siluri umani
Bruno Baldi
Il Cristo proibito
General Peruzzi
That Lucky Touch
Gino Carsone
Le Piège
Puppet Maker
The Kremlin Letter
Caracciolo
I Remember Nelson
Victor
The Desperate Ones
Father General
The Catholics
Angelo
Les possédées
Suo Marito
Una voglia da morire
actor 'The Cardinal' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Callias (segment "Lysistrata")
Destinées
Luis Rubio
Volver a vivir
The Old Man
Toni
Father Superior
The Small Miracle
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
77
Gender
Male
Birthday
1916-02-17
Place of Birth
Tropea, Calabria, Italy
Also Known As
Раф Валлоне