Gabriele Ferzetti
Born
March 17, 1925
Died
December 2, 2015 (90 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Rome, Italy
Gabriele Ferzetti (born Pasquale Ferzetti; 17 March 1925 – 2 December 2015) was an Italian actor with more than 160 credits across film, television, and stage. His career was at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s.
Ferzetti's first leading role was in the film Lo Zappatore (1950). He portrayed Puccini twice in the films Puccini (1953) and Casa Ricordi (1954). He made his international breakthrough in Michelangelo Antonioni's controversial L'Avventura (1960) as a restless playboy. After a series of romantic performances, he acquired a reputation in Italy as an elegant, debonair, and somewhat aristocratic looking leading man.
Ferzetti starred as Lot in John Huston's biblical epic, The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966), and played railroad baron Morton in Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). Perhaps his best known role, internationally, was in the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) as Marc Ange Draco, although his voice was dubbed by British actor David de Keyser. He was perhaps best known to non-mainstream audiences for his role as the psychiatrist, Hans, in Liliana Cavani's The Night Porter (1974). In the 1970s, he appeared in a significant number of crime films, often as an inspector.
He appeared in Julia and Julia, opposite Laurence Olivier in Inchon (1982), and the cult film, First Action Hero. Later in his career, he played the role of Nono in the TV series Une famille formidable, while also appearing in Luca Guadagnino's 2009 film I Am Love.
Ferzetti died on 2 December 2015, aged 90.
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Known For

Archaeology of a Set: Return to Lisca Bianca
Sandro (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017

18 Years Later
Enrico
2010

I Am Love
Edoardo Recchi Senior
2010

1612: Chronicles of the Dark Time
2007

Pope John Paul I: The Smile of God
Card. Giuseppe Siri
2006

Papa Luciani - il sorriso di Dio
Card. Giuseppe Siri · (2 episodes)
2006

Callas & Onassis
Livanos
2005

Concorso di colpa
Vito Santamaria
2005

An Opera of Violence
Self - Actor
2003

The Wages of Sin
Self - Actor
2003

Something to Do with Death
Self - Actor
2003

Lost Love
Tommaso Pasini
2003

L'avvocato de Gregorio
Alfonso
2003
Best Ever Bond
Draco (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Le ragazze di Miss Italia
professor De Lollis
2002

Porzûs
Strono vecchio
1997
Con rabbia e con amore
1997

Black as the Heart
Signor Noé Alga Croce
1994
Weihnachtsfest mit Hindernissen
Vittorio
1994

First Action Hero
Ben Costa
1994
Die Ringe des Saturn
1993

Private Crimes
Dottor Guido Braschi · (4 episodes)
1993

Suffocating Heat
Gaetano Castelli
1991

Édouard et ses filles
Antoine di Marco · (6 episodes)
1990

Una fredda mattina di maggio
Signor Mantoni
1990
Gli angeli del potere
Dr. Donhal
1990

Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair
1990

Around the World in 80 Days
Italian Chief of Police · (3 episodes)
1989

Computron 22
Il Nonno
1988

Julia and Julia
Alfredo
1988

La voglia di vincere
Professor Besson · (3 episodes)
1987

Quo Vadis?
Pisone · (6 episodes)
1985
Die goldenen Schuhe
Marquesade Buenaventa · (5 episodes)
1983

Return to Lisca Bianca Island
Sandro (voice) (archive footage)
1983

Delitto e castigo
Svidrigajlov · (1 episode)
1983

The Basileus Quartet
Mario Cantone
1983

Grog
Alberto
1982

Death in the Vatican
Cardinale Ixaguirre
1982

The Possessed Hand
Maestro Gomin
1981

The Devil's Game
Master Gomin · (1 episode)
1981

Inchon
Turkish Brigadier
1981

Encounters in the Deep
Miles
1979

The Burning Years
Padre di Saverio
1979

Pigs with a P.38
Max Astarita
1978

Last In, First Out
Herzog
1978
Mon premier amour
Georges
1978

End of the Game
Dr. Lutz
1978

Suggestionata
Gregorio
1978

The Psychic
Emilio Rospini
1977

Oedipus Orca
Valerio
1977

A Matter of Time
Antonio Vicari
1976

Nick the Sting
Maurice
1976

La Orca
Valerio
1976

The Hornet's Nest
Gaspard
1976

Lezioni di violoncello con toccata e fuga
Il padre di Stella
1976

Calling All Police Cars
Professor Andrea Icardi
1975

A Curious Man
Moriondo
1975

Smiling Maniacs
Prandó
1975

Kidnap
Don Francesco Salvatore
1974

Quick Trial
L'avvocato Finaldi
1974

Appassionata
Dr. Emilio Rutelli
1974

The Night Porter
Hans
1974

La prova d'amore
Angela Father
1974

Hospitals: The White Mafia
Prof. Daniele Vallotti
1973

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
1973

Divorce His, Divorce Hers
Turi Livicci · (2 episodes)
1973

3000 Million Without an Elevator
Raphaël
1972

Beggars and Proud Ones
1972

High Voltage
Pablo Moncada
1972

The Boxer
Nick La Caterina / Tony La Monica
1972

Million Dollar Eel
Vasco
1971

Cannabis
Inspector Bardeche
1970

The Confession
Kohoutek
1970

L'amica
Paolo Marchesi
1969

On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Marc Ange Draco
1969

That Splendid November
Biagio
1969

Machine Gun McCain
Don Francesco DeMarco
1969

Once Upon a Time in the West
Morton
1968

Bandits in Rome
Commissioner
1968

Love Problems
Guido
1968

Better a Widow
Don Calogero Minniti
1968

The Protagonists
Il Commissario
1968

Come Play With Me
Stefano
1968

Escalation
Augusto Lambertinghi
1968

A Devil Under the Pillow
Anselmo
1968

We Still Kill the Old Way
Avvocato Rosello
1967

The Devil in Love
Lorenzo de' Medici
1966

The Bible: In the Beginning...
Lot
1966

Three Rooms in Manhattan
le comte Larsi
1965

Crime on a Summer Morning
Victor Dermott
1965

Crucero de verano
Carlos Brul y Betancourt
1964

Desideri d'estate
1964

La calda vita
Guido
1964

Death, Where Is Your Victory?
Max
1964

A Sentimental Attempt
Giulio
1963

Torpedo Bay
Leonardi
1963

The Shortest Day
Tenente in trincea
1963

Imperial Venus
Freron
1962

Beach Casanova
Avvocato Leblanc
1962

Cross of the Living
L'abbé Delcourt
1962

The Nun of Monza
Gian Paolo Osio
1962

Jessica
Edmondo Raumo
1962

Eruption
Roberto Santi
1962

Rencontres
Ralph Scaffari
1962

Love, the Italian Way
Alberto Bressan
1960

Il carro armato dell'8 settembre
Tommaso
1960

Long Night in '43
Franco Villani
1960

L'Avventura
Sandro
1960

Red Lips
Avvocato Paolo Martini
1960

Hannibal
Senator Quintus Fabius
1959

The Great Deception
Bernard Turquet de Mayenne
1959

Everyone's in Love
Arturo
1959

Love on the Riviera
Giulio Ferrari
1958

So Much Love Lost
Frédéric Solingen
1958

Angel in a Taxi
Andrea
1958

March's Child
Sandro
1958

It Happened in Rome
Lawyer Alberto Cortini
1957

Parola di ladro
Desiderio
1957

Il prezzo della gloria
Comandante Alberto Bruni
1956

Donatella
Maurizio
1956

Defend My Love
Pietro Leonardi
1956

Un po' di cielo
Frank Lo Giudice
1955

Le Amiche
Lorenzo
1955

Adriana Lecouvreur
Maurizio di Sassonia
1955

Sins of Casanova
Casanova
1954

House of Ricordi
Giacomo Puccini
1954

Camilla
Dott. Mario Rossetti
1954

Modern Virgin
Gabriele Demico
1954

100 Years of Love
Carlo, the Political Prisoner (segm. "Gli ultimi dieci Minuti")
1954

Clothing the Naked
Ludovico Nota
1954

Empty Eyes
Fernando Maestrelli
1953

Puccini
Giacomo Puccini
1953

The Wayward Wife
Professor Franco Vagnuzzi
1953

Three Forbidden Stories
Mario
1952

Inganno
Andrea Vannini
1952

The Counterfeiters
Dario
1951

The Forbidden Christ
(uncredited)
1951

Gli amanti di Ravello
Sandro Deodata
1951

Lo zappatore
1950

Welcome Reverend!
The veteran
1950

Fabiola
Claudio
1949

William Tell
1948

Les Misérables
(uncredited)
1948

Vertigine d'amore
1948

La contessa Castiglione
(uncredited)
1942
Il burattinaio
Ben Costa