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Raf Vallone
Known for: ActingRaffaele "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.
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The Godfather Part III
as Cardinal Lamberto 
Nevada Smith
as Father Zaccardi 
The Italian Job
as Altabani 
Lion of the Desert
as Colonel Diodiece 
Two Women
as Giovanni 
El Cid
as Count Ordóñez 
The Cardinal
as Cardinal 
The Scarlet and the Black
as Father Vittorio 
Guendalina
as Guido Redaelli, padre di Guendalina 
The Other Side of Midnight
as Constantin Demeris 
Cannon for Cordoba
as Córdoba 
A Gunfight
as Francisco Alvarez 
The Kremlin Letter
as Puppet Maker 
Bitter Rice
as Marco 
The Greek Tycoon
as Spyros Tomasis 
The Secret Invasion
as Roberto Rocca 
The Sign of Venus
as Ignazio Bolognini 
The Catholics
as Father General 
Goya
as Canónigo Duaso 
Thérèse Raquin
as Laurent 
Death Occurred Last Night
as Amanzio Berzaghi 
That Lucky Touch
as General Peruzzi 
Phaedra
as Thanos Kyrilis 
Harlow
as Marino Bello 
A View from the Bridge
as Eddie Carbone 
A Time to Die
as Genco Bari 
The Human Factor
as Dr. Lupo 
Rosebud
as George Nikolaos 
The Girl in Room 2A
as Mr. Dreese 
An Almost Perfect Affair
as Freddie 
Honor Thy Father
as Joseph Bonnano