Actor
Gabriele Ferzetti
Born 17 March 1925 · Rome, Italy — died 2 December 2015
Gabriele Ferzetti (1925–2015) was an Italian actor with more than 160 credits across film, television and stage. He became known as an elegant leading man after Antonioni's L'Avventura. Internationally, he is remembered for Sergio Leone's Western and a James Bond film, and for Liliana Cavani's The Night Porter.
Key films
L'Avventura (1960)
His international breakthrough, as a restless playboy in Antonioni's landmark drama.
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)On Cinespective
Played railroad baron Morton in Sergio Leone's celebrated Western.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
As Marc Ange Draco, he had his best-known international role, in a Bond film.
The Night Porter (1974)
Played the psychiatrist Hans in Liliana Cavani's controversial drama.
I Am Love (2010)
A late-career role in Luca Guadagnino's acclaimed film.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 142
- 1942La contessa Castiglione · as (uncredited)Actor
- 1946Felicità perdutaActor
- 1948Les Misérables · as (uncredited)Actor
- 1948William TellActor
- 1948Vertigine d'amoreActor
- 1949Fabiola · as ClaudioActor
- 1949Rondini in volo · as Ufficiale d'aviazioneActor
- 1950Welcome Reverend! · as The veteranActor
- 1950Mountain Smugglers · as Leutnant BertiActor
- 1950Sigillo rossoActor
- 1950Lo zappatoreActor
- 1951The Forbidden Christ · as (uncredited)Actor
- 1951The Counterfeiters · as DarioActor
- 1951Gli amanti di Ravello · as Sandro DeodataActor
- 1952Three Forbidden Stories · as MarioActor
- 1952Inganno · as Andrea VanniniActor
- 1953Empty Eyes · as Fernando MaestrelliActor
- 1953The Wayward Wife · as Professor Franco VagnuzziActor
- 1953Puccini · as Giacomo PucciniActor
- 1954House of Ricordi · as Giacomo PucciniActor
- 1954Sins of Casanova · as CasanovaActor
- 1954Camilla · as Dott. Mario RossettiActor
- 1954Modern Virgin · as Gabriele DemicoActor
- 1954100 Years of Love · as Carlo, the Political Prisoner (segm. "Gli ultimi dieci Minuti")Actor
- 1954Clothing the Naked · as Ludovico NotaActor
- 1955Le Amiche · as LorenzoActor
- 1955Adriana Lecouvreur · as Maurizio di SassoniaActor
- 1955Un po' di cielo · as Frank Lo GiudiceActor
- 1956Donatella · as MaurizioActor
- 1956Il prezzo della gloria · as Comandante Alberto BruniActor
- 1956Defend My Love · as Pietro LeonardiActor
- 1957It Happened in Rome · as Lawyer Alberto CortiniActor
- 1957Parola di ladro · as DesiderioActor
- 1958Love on the Riviera · as Giulio FerrariActor
- 1958March's Child · as SandroActor
- 1958Angel in a Taxi · as AndreaActor
- 1958So Much Love Lost · as Frédéric SolingenActor
- 1959Hannibal · as Senator Quintus FabiusActor
- 1959The Great Deception · as Bernard Turquet de MayenneActor
- 1959Everyone's in Love · as ArturoActor
- 1960L'Avventura · as SandroActor
- 1960Long Night in '43 · as Franco VillaniActor
- 1960Love, the Italian Way · as Alberto BressanActor
- 1960Il carro armato dell'8 settembre · as TommasoActor
- 1960Red Lips · as Avvocato Paolo MartiniActor
- 1962Jessica · as Edmondo RaumoActor
- 1962Imperial Venus · as FreronActor
- 1962Beach Casanova · as Avvocato LeblancActor
- 1962Rencontres · as Ralph ScaffariActor
- 1962Cross of the Living · as Abbot DelcourtActor
- 1962The Nun of Monza · as Gian Paolo OsioActor
- 1962Eruption · as Roberto SantiActor
- 1963The Shortest Day · as Tenente in trinceaActor
- 1963A Sentimental Attempt · as GiulioActor
- 1963Torpedo Bay · as LeonardiActor
- 1964La calda vita · as GuidoActor
- 1964Crucero de verano · as Carlos Brul y BetancourtActor
- 1964Desideri d'estateActor
- 1964Death, Where Is Your Victory? · as MaxActor
- 1965Three Rooms in Manhattan · as le comte LarsiActor
- 1965Crime on a Summer Morning · as Victor DermottActor
- 1966The Bible: In the Beginning... · as LotActor
- 1966The Devil in Love · as Lorenzo de' MediciActor
- 1967We Still Kill the Old Way · as Avvocato RoselloActor
- 1968Once Upon a Time in the West · as MortonActor
- 1968Come Play With Me · as StefanoActor
- 1968Escalation · as Augusto LambertinghiActor
- 1968The Protagonists · as Il CommissarioActor
- 1968Bandits in Rome · as CommissionerActor
- 1968A Devil Under the Pillow · as AnselmoActor
- 1968Better a Widow · as Don Calogero MinnitiActor
- 1968Love Problems · as GuidoActor
- 1969On Her Majesty's Secret Service · as Marc Ange DracoActor
- 1969Machine Gun McCain · as Don Francesco DeMarcoActor
- 1969That Splendid November · as BiagioActor
- 1969L'amica · as Paolo MarchesiActor
- 1970The Confession · as KohoutekActor
- 1970Cold Sweat · as (uncredited)Actor
- 1970Cannabis · as Inspector BardecheActor
- 1971Million Dollar Eel · as VascoActor
- 1972High Voltage · as Pablo MoncadaActor
- 1972The Boxer · as Nick La Caterina / Tony La MonicaActor
- 19723000 Million Without an Elevator · as RaphaëlActor
- 1972Beggars and Proud OnesActor
- 1973Hitler: The Last Ten Days · as Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm KeitelActor
- 1973Hospitals: The White Mafia · as Prof. Daniele VallottiActor
- 1973Divorce His - Divorce Hers · as Turi LivicciActor
- 1974The Night Porter · as HansActor
- 1974Appassionata · as Dr. Emilio RutelliActor
- 1974Kidnap · as Don Francesco SalvatoreActor
- 1974Quick Trial · as L'avvocato FinaldiActor
- 1974The Proof of love · as Angela FatherActor
- 1975End of the Game · as Dr. LutzActor
- 1975Calling All Police Cars · as Professor Andrea IcardiActor
- 1975Smiling Maniacs · as PrandóActor
- 1975A Curious Man · as MoriondoActor
- 1976La Orca · as ValerioActor
- 1976A Matter of Time · as Antonio VicariActor
- 1976Nick the Sting · as MauriceActor
- 1976The Hornet's Nest · as GaspardActor
- 1976Lezioni di violoncello con toccata e fuga · as Il padre di StellaActor
- 1977The Psychic · as Emilio RospiniActor
- 1977Oedipus Orca · as ValerioActor
- 1978Last In, First Out · as HerzogActor
- 1978Suggestionata · as GregorioActor
- 1978Pigs with a P.38 · as Max AstaritaActor
- 1978Mon Premier Amour · as GeorgesActor
- 1979Encounters in the Deep · as MilesActor
- 1979The Burning Years · as Padre di SaverioActor
- 1981Inchon · as Turkish BrigadierActor
- 1981The Possessed Hand · as Maestro GominActor
- 1982Death in the Vatican · as Cardinale IxaguirreActor
- 1982Grog · as AlbertoActor
- 1982Quasi quasi mi sposo · as IngegnereActor
- 1983Return to Lisca Bianca Island · as Sandro (voice) (archive footage)Actor
- 1983The Basileus Quartet · as Mario CantoneActor
- 1988Julia and Julia · as AlfredoActor
- 1988Computron 22 · as Il NonnoActor
- 1990Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro AffairActor
- 1990Una fredda mattina di maggio · as Signor MantoniActor
- 1990Gli angeli del potere · as Dr. DonhalActor
- 1991Suffocating Heat · as Gaetano CastelliActor
- 1993Die Ringe des SaturnActor
- 1994First Action Hero · as Ben CostaActor
- 1994Weihnachtsfest mit Hindernissen · as VittorioActor
- 1994Black as the Heart · as Signor Noé Alga CroceActor
- 1995Othello · as The Duke of VeniceActor
- 1997Porzûs · as Strono vecchioActor
- 1997Con rabbia e con amore · as LeoneActor
- 1998Tower of the First Born · as Father JacobActor
- 2002Le ragazze di Miss Italia · as professor De LollisActor
- 2003Lost Love · as Tommaso PasiniActor
- 2003The Wages of Sin · as Self - ActorActor
- 2003An Opera of Violence · as Self - ActorActor
- 2003Something to Do with Death · as Self - ActorActor
- 2003L'avvocato de Gregorio · as AlfonsoActor
- 2005Callas & Onassis · as LivanosActor
- 2005Concorso di colpa · as Vito SantamariaActor
- 2006Pope John Paul I: The Smile of God · as Card. Giuseppe SiriActor
- 20071612: Chronicles of the Dark TimeActor
- 2010I Am Love · as Edoardo Recchi SeniorActor
- 201018 Years Later · as EnricoActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.