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