Adolfo Celi
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Adolfo Celi (27 July 1922 –19 February 1986) was an Italian film actor and director.
Born: July 27, 1922
Place of Birth: Messina, Sicily, Italy
Known For
The bitter case of the Baroness of Carini
Sicily 1812: the first liberal constitution shall put an end to the privileges of the feudal lords. Luca Corbara, sent by the Minister of Finance to control the landed properties, begins to suspect that the current Carini feud is made up of lands usurped more than two centuries before by the lover of the killed Baroness.
My Friends
Four inseparable friends try to face their midlife crisis with daytrips and pranks at the expense of their families and the people around them.
The Borgias
A a serial in ten parts on the lives of one of the most intriguing families in history.
My Friends Act II
The four old friends meet on the grave of the fifth of them, Perozzi, who died at the end of the first episode. Time has passed but they are still up for adventures and cruel jokes, and while they recall the one they created together with the late friend, new ones are on their way, starting right there at the cemetery.
The Phantom of Liberty
This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film features an array of characters, including a sick father and incompetent police officers.
That Man from Rio
French military man Adrien Dufourquet gets an eight-day furlough to visit his fiancée, Agnès. But when he arrives in Paris, he learns that her late father's partner, museum curator Professor Catalan, has just been kidnapped by a group of Amazon tribesmen who have also stolen a priceless statue from the museum. Adrien and Agnès pursue the kidnappers to Brazil, where they learn that the statue is the key to a hidden Amazon treasure.
Horse Fever
Bruno Fioretti, known as "Mandrake", is an inveterate gambler who never misses a day at the horse racing track in Rome. He is doubly unlucky: he bets too much on one horse, and his wife is sleeping with his best friend because Mandrake is always at the track. Penniless and cuckolded, Mandrake decides to make one last bet.
Grand Prix
The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a series of races, American wheelman Pete Aron is dropped by his sponsor. Refusing to quit, he joins a Japanese racing team. While juggling his career with a torrid love affair involving an ex-teammate's wife, Pete must also contend with Jean-Pierre Sarti, a French contestant who has previously won two world titles.
Brancaleone at the Crusades
After saving an infant of royal blood, knight Brancaleone forms a new army and sets out to return the baby to his father: a prince fighting in the Crusades.
Sandokan
In this mini-series in six parts from 1976 the Indian actor Kabir Bedi plays the lead role. Carol Andre plays Lady Marianna Guillonk and as Sandokans best friend Yanez de Gomera we see Phillipe Leroy. The noble prince Sandokan is a fighter of the first rank who are cruel to their enemies, but always loyal to his friends.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Professor Sassaroli
as Oreste Balestrini
as Goncalvo Gherardeschi
as Professeur Sassaroli
as Cardinal Vinci
as Sir Henry
as Taladis
as Self
as Gustav
as Rodrigo Borgia
as Polizeipräsident
as Chief Inspector Ramacci Pisanelli
as Sir Harold Boyd
as Eugenio - the president
as Carcamano
as James Brooke
as Dr. Kerouac
as Aristide Bertelli
as Boetani
as Dottore
as Commissario Lo Gallo
as Rifai
as Al Sharif
as President of the Court
as Vladimiro Palese
as Giudice Damiani
as Antonio
as Polizeichef
as L'onorevole
as James Brooke
as Don Mariano D'Agrò
as Il Professor Sassaroli
as Felice Valente - Libera's father
as Dr. Monforte
as Father Borelli
as General André Salvé
as The Doctor
as Me Desbordes
as General Hans Krebs
as The Pole
as Commissioner Rizzuto
as Joe Petrosino
as Don Vito Tressoldi
as Don Carmelo
as Inspector Huber
as Serafian
as Inspector Vezzi
as Frank
as Konsul
as César Martín de Valdés 'Duque'
as Inspector Vidocq
as Giovanni Nosferatu
as Re Boemondo
as Le commissaire divisionnaire
as Signor Bardoni
as Hermes
as "der Professor"
as Max
as Sandri
as Avvocato Fontana
as Marco Tarocchi Roda
as General Ferranti
as Adolfo
as Karl Maria van Beethoven
as Bayon / Guinet
as Gefängnisdirektor
as Ralph Valmont
as Friar Baldwin
as Mark Milford
as Luc Rollman
as Inspector Rizzi
as Mr. Thai - 'Beta'
as Francisco Carbonell
as Mr. Bernard
as Agostini Manetta
as Schottischer Colonel
as Bernardozzo
as Henry Perkins
as Grande Concho
as Don Miguel de las Cuevas
as Emilio Largo
as Msgr. Radini Tedeschi
as Riccardo
as Giovanni de' Medici
as Battaglia
as Mr. Van Willie
as Professor Della Porta
as Benvenuto
as Alberto
as Señor Mario De Castro
as Il professore
as Don Pietro Tassinare
as John, il sergente americano
as Tom
as Goncalvo Gherardeschi