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Adolfo Celi
Adolfo Celi was an Italian film actor and director. He was born on 27 July 1922 in Curcuraci, Messina, Sicily, and appeared in almost 100 films, specializing as international villains. Celi gained fame for various roles, but is primarily remembered for his portrayal of Emilio Largo in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball. He later went on to spoof his Thunderball role in the movie OK Connery (aka Operation Double 007), playing opposite Sean Connery's brother, Neil Connery. Celi migrated to Brazil, leaving the Italian film industry, where he co-founded the Teatro Brasileiro de Comédia together with Paulo Autran and Tônia Carrero in São Paulo. His career in South America blossomed, where he found success on stage in Argentina and Brazil, and directed three films in the 1950s, including the Brazilian hit Tico-Tico no Fubá in 1952. The actor was also multilingual, fluent in Sicilian, Italian, English, Spanish, French, German and Portuguese. Celi left his last mark on the 1981 BBC serial The Borgias, playing Rodrigo Borgia, despite having a thick Sicilian accent that proved hard to understand for some viewers.
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Given Name: Adolfo Celi
Born: Curcuraci, Messina, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy
Citizenship: Italian
Birthday: July 27, 1922
Occupations: Actor, Director
Years Active: 1946-1985
Children: 2
Spouses: Tônia Carrero, Marília Branco, Veronica Lazăr
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Movies Featuring Adolfo Celi
The Phantom of Liberty (re-release)
The Next Man
Grand Prix
Paulo Autran – O Senhor dos Palcos
Bond Girls Are Forever
Best Ever Bond
Carnapping - Ordered, Stolen and Sold
Cafè Express
Madly in Love
Monsignor
My Friends Act II
Cinderella ’80
My Friends Act III
The Borgias
Caiçara
The Tiger Is Still Alive: Sandokan to the Rescue
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
The Long Arm of the Godfather
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
Holocaust 2000
Eye in the Labyrinth
The Honey Pot
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Beautiful Families
A Man Named John
Crime on a Summer Morning
Von Ryan’s Express
Christmas at Camp 119
The Tempter
The Balloon Vendor
El Greco
The Perfect Crime
The Passengers
Horse Fever
Brancaleone at the Crusades
Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania
King of Hearts
The Big Operator
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
The Cop
Midas Run
The Bobo
Grand Slam
Naked Girl Killed in the Park
Tico-Tico no Fubá
Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife
In Search of Gregory
The Archangel
Who Saw Her Die?
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Dirty Heroes
Detective Belli
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
Master Stroke
Merciless Man
Pure as a Lily
Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?
Death Knocks Twice
Fragment of Fear
Sandokan
Male Companion
Death Sentence
That Man from Rio
And Then There Were None
They Have Changed Their Face
Yankee
Operation Kid Brother
Danger: Diabolik
Le Mataf
Pleasant Nights
My Friends
Career Timeline
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2002
The Phantom of Liberty (re-release)
Bond Girls Are Forever
Emilio Largo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Best Ever Bond
Largo (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980
Carnapping - Ordered, Stolen and Sold
Polizeipräsident
Cafè Express
Chief Inspector Ramacci Pisanelli
1977
The Tiger Is Still Alive: Sandokan to the Rescue
James Brooke
Holocaust 2000
Dr. Kerouac
The Passengers
Boetani
1976
The Next Man
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
Vladimiro Palese
Horse Fever
President of the Court
The Big Operator
Rifai
Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife
Antonio
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
Polizeichef
Merciless Man
Commissario Lo Gallo
Pure as a Lily
L'onorevole
1974
The Tempter
Father Borelli
The Balloon Vendor
Dr. Monforte
And Then There Were None
General André Salvé
1973
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
General Hans Krebs
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
The Pole
Le Mataf
Me Desbordes
1972
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Konsul
The Long Arm of the Godfather
Don Carmelo
Eye in the Labyrinth
Frank
Naked Girl Killed in the Park
Inspector Huber
Who Saw Her Die?
Serafian
Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?
Inspector Vezzi
1970
Brancaleone at the Crusades
Re Boemondo
The Cop
Le commissaire divisionnaire
Fragment of Fear
Signor Bardoni
1969
Midas Run
General Ferranti
In Search of Gregory
Max
The Archangel
Marco Tarocchi Roda
Detective Belli
Avvocato Fontana
Death Knocks Twice
"der Professor"
1967
The Honey Pot
Inspector Rizzi
The Bobo
Francisco Carbonell
Grand Slam
Mark Milford
Dirty Heroes
Luc Rollman
Master Stroke
Mr. Bernard
Operation Kid Brother
Mr. Thai - 'Beta'
1966
Grand Prix
El Greco
Don Miguel de las Cuevas
King of Hearts
Schottischer Colonel
Yankee
Grande Concho
Pleasant Nights
Bernardozzo
1965
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Giovanni de' Medici
A Man Named John
Msgr. Radini Tedeschi
Crime on a Summer Morning
Mr. Van Willie
Von Ryan’s Express
Battaglia
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