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Birth Day: 1916-02-17
Place of birth: 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.
Credits
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As Nonno
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As The Old Man
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As Pyotr Makaraguine
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As Fedrico DeConti
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As actor 'The Cardinal' (archive footage) (uncredited)
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As Ambasciatore spagnolo
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As Cardinal Lamberto
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As Der Baron
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As Father Vittorio
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As Caracciolo
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As Genco Bari
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As Colonel Diodiece
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As Michel - un émigré de retour à Marseille
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As Freddie
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As Spyros Tomasis
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As Driver
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As Bishop Aurelio
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As Constantin Demeris
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As General Peruzzi
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As Dr. Lupo
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As George Nikolaos
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As Marcelle's Uncle
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As Mr. Dreese
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As Joseph Bonnano
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As Father General
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As Lazaro Alfredi
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As Amanzio Berzaghi
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As Puppet Maker
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As Córdoba
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As Altabani
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As Hixxum
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As Luis Rubio
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As Victor
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As Mr. Ardonian
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As Father Zaccardi
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As Suo Marito
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As Marino Bello
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As Roberto Rocca
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As Cardinal
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As Eddie Carbone
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As Thanos Kyrilis
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As Count Ordóñez
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As Alberto Fiorini
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As Mario di Donati
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As Giovanni
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As Gino Carsone
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As Luis el Torcido
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As Fernando
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As Guido Redaelli, padre di Guendalina
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As Arthur Streckmann
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As Marcello Maglione
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As Andrea Ambaros
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As Angelo
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As Ignazio Bolognini
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As Gérard
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As Callias (segment "Lysistrata")
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As Aldo Giovanni
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As Silvio, il sindaco di Pontorno
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As Carlo Ferri
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As André
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As Marco Gerace
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As Laurent
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As Mandrin
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As Carlo the artist
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As Gino Bardi
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As Giuseppe Garibaldi
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As Martín Jordán
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As Andrea
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As Bruno Baldi
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As Aldo Marchi
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As Saro Cammarata
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As Domenico
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As Francesco Dominici
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As Marco