Adolfo Celi

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Adolfo Celi (27 July 1922 –19 February 1986) was an Italian film actor and director.

Career Overview

Adolfo Celi has 99 screen credits in a career dating back to 1946. Their work spans 5 cinematic universes — most prominently My Friends Collection with 3 titles. Signature works include Thunderball, Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife, My Friends Act III. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Acting
Gender: male
Known Credits: 99
Birth Date: 1922-07-27 00:00:00
Birth Place: Messina, Sicily, Italy

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 5 universes

My Friends Collection (3 titles)
The Milieu Trilogy (1 titles)
Brancaleone Collection (1 titles)
Detective Belli (1 titles)
James Bond (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Nanni Loy (4 collaborations)
Leonardo Benvenuti (4 collaborations)
Piero De Bernardi (4 collaborations)
Bob Simmons (3 collaborations)
Kevin McClory (3 collaborations)
Claudio Riccardi (3 collaborations)
Mario Lanfranchi (3 collaborations)
Anthony Mendleson (2 collaborations)
Harry Saltzman (2 collaborations)
Albert R. Broccoli (2 collaborations)

Credits

actors (93 credits)
- Paulo Autran – O Senhor dos Palcos
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- O Construtor de Sonhos
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1994
- My Friends Act III
  Professor Sassaroli
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
- Cinderella '80
  Goncalvo Gherardeschi
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1984
- My Friends Act II
  Professeur Sassaroli
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1982
- Monsignor
  Cardinal Vinci
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1982
- L'occhio di Giuda
  Sir Henry
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1982
- La sconosciuta
  Taladis
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1982
- Di padre in figlio
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1982
- Madly in Love
  Gustav
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1981
- Carnapping - Ordered, Stolen and Sold
  Polizeipräsident
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1980
- Café Express
  Chief Inspector Ramacci Pisanelli
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1980
- The Perfect Crime
  Sir Harold Boyd
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1978
- Le braghe del padrone
  Eugenio - the president
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1978
- Professor Kranz german in Germany
  Carcamano
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1978
- The Tiger Is Still Alive: Sandokan to the Rescue
  James Brooke
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1977
- Edipo Re
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1977
- Holocaust 2000
  Dr. Kerouac
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1977
- Pane, burro e marmellata
  Aristide Bertelli
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1977
- The Passengers
  Boetani
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1977
- Che notte quella notte!
  Dottore
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1977
- Merciless Man
  Commissario Lo Gallo
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1976
- The Big Operator
  Rifai
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1976
- The Next Man
  Al Sharif
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1976
- Horse Fever
  President of the Court
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1976
- Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
  Vladimiro Palese
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1976
- The Landlord
  Giudice Damiani
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1976
- Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife
  Antonio
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1976
- Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
  Polizeichef
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1976
- Pure as a Lily
  L'onorevole
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1976
- Sandokan
  James Brooke
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  - The Battle (1976) ... James Brooke actor actors
  
  - Betrayal (1976) ... James Brooke actor actors
  
  - The Offer (1976) ... James Brooke actor actors
  
  - The Tiger Hunt (1976) ... James Brooke actor actors
  
  - The Mysterious Prince (1976) ... James Brooke actor actors
  
  1976
- My Friends
  Il Professor Sassaroli
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1975
- Libera, My Love
  Felice Valente - Libera's father
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1975
- The Balloon Vendor
  Dr. Monforte
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1974
- The Tempter
  Father Borelli
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1974
- And Then There Were None
  General André Salvé
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1974
- The Phantom of Liberty
  The Doctor
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1974
- Le Mataf
  Me Desbordes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1973
- Hitler: The Last Ten Days
  General Hans Krebs
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1973
- 1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
  The Pole
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1973
- Holidays
  Commissioner Rizzuto
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1973
- The Italian Connection
  Don Vito Tressoldi
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1972
- The Long Arm of the Godfather
  Don Carmelo
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1972
- Naked Girl Killed in the Park
  Inspector Huber
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1972
- Who Saw Her Die?
  Serafian
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1972
- Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?
  Inspector Vezzi
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1972
- Eye in the Labyrinth
  Frank
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1972
- Brother Sun, Sister Moon
  Konsul
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1972
- Una chica casi decente
  César Martín de Valdés 'Duque'
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1971
- Murders in the Rue Morgue
  Inspector Vidocq
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1971
- They Have Changed Their Face
  Giovanni Nosferatu
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1971
- Brancaleone at the Crusades
  Re Boemondo
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1970
- The Cop
  Le commissaire divisionnaire
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1970
- Fragment of Fear
  Signor Bardoni
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1970
- The Night of the Assassin
  Hermes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1970
- Death Knocks Twice
  "der Professor"
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1969
- In Search of Gregory
  Max
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1969
- A Man for Emmanuelle
  Sandri
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1969
- Detective Belli
  Avvocato Fontana
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1969
- The Archangel
  Marco Tarocchi Roda
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1969
- Midas Run
  General Ferranti
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1969
- Alibi
  Adolfo
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1969
- Fantabulous Inc.
  Karl Maria van Beethoven
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1968
- Seven Times Seven
  Gefängnisdirektor
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1968
- Danger: Diabolik
  Ralph Valmont
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1968
- Death Sentence
  Friar Baldwin
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1968
- Grand Slam
  Mark Milford
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1967
- Dirty Heroes
  Luc Rollman
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1967
- The Honey Pot
  Inspector Rizzi
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1967
- Operation Kid Brother
  Mr. Thai - 'Beta'
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1967
- The Bobo
  Francisco Carbonell
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1967
- Master Stroke
  Mr. Bernard
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1967
- King of Hearts
  Schottischer Colonel
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1966
- Grand Prix
  Agostini Manetta
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1966
- Pleasant Nights
  Bernardozzo
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1966
- Target for Killing
  Henry Perkins
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1966
- Yankee
  Grande Concho
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1966
- El Greco
  Don Miguel de las Cuevas
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1966
- Thunderball
  Emilio Largo
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1965
- A Man Named John
  Msgr. Radini Tedeschi
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1965
- Snow Job
  Riccardo
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1965
- The Agony and the Ecstasy
  Giovanni de' Medici
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1965
- Von Ryan's Express
  Battaglia
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1965
- Crime on a Summer Morning
  Mr. Van Willie
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1965
- Beautiful Families
  Professor Della Porta
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1964
- Male Companion
  Benvenuto
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1964
- Three Nights of Love
  Alberto
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1964
- That Man from Rio
  Señor Mario De Castro
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1964
- Emigrantes
  Il professore
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1948
- Guaglio
  Don Pietro Tassinare
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1948
- Christmas at Camp 119
  John, il sergente americano
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1947
- Un americano in vacanza
  Tom
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1946
directing (3 credits)
- Alibi
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1969
- Tico-Tico no Fubá
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1952
- Caiçara
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1950
writing (2 credits)
- Alibi
  
  story
  
  writing
  
  1969
- Caiçara
  
  story
  
  writing
  
  1950
production (1 credits)
- Tico-Tico no Fubá
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1952