Raf Vallone

Known for ActingBorn 1916-02-17Died 2002-10-31Tropea, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Mit dem Herzen einer Mutter

Arthur Miller on Home Ground

Liebe

Storm

Der Bierkönig

Fame

The Small Miracle

Volver a vivir

Sister Angele's Secret

Cinépanorama

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Goya

The Desperate Ones

A Season of Giants

Il bivio

Two Women

The Godfather Part III

Toni

Rome 11:00

Lion of the Desert

The Devil's Advocate

The Apartment

Human Torpedoes

The Path of Hope

Don Juan's Night of Love

Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi

Bitter Rice

The Scarlet and the Black

Anna

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Under the Olive Tree

The Italian Job

Il mulino del Po

Vino Santo – Es lebe die Liebe, es lebe der Wein

The Violet Seller

El Cid

Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die

Nevada Smith

The Sign of Venus

Obsession

The Cardinal

Thérèse Raquin

The Sins of Rose Bernd

That Lucky Touch

Guendalina

The Forbidden Christ

Revenge

Christopher Columbus