Gino Cervi


Gino Cervi was an Italian actor.

Life and career

Cervi was born in Bologna as Luigi Cervi. His father was the theatre critic Antonio Cervi.
In 1928, he married Nini Gordini and they had a son, Tonino Cervi. Gino Cervi later became the grandfather of actress Valentina Cervi and producer Antonio Levesi Cervi.
and the Italian publisher Arnoldo Mondadori
Cervi was best known for his role of Giuseppe Bottazzi, the Communist mayor in the Don Camillo movies of the 1950s and the 1960s. He shared great understanding and friendship with co-star Fernandel during the 15 years playing their respective roles in Don Camillo movies.
Toward the end of his career he played Commissioner Maigret for eight years in the Italian TV adaptation of the celebrated series of crime novels by Georges Simenon, Le inchieste del commissario Maigret, during which he also starred in a spin-off movie Maigret a Pigalle, produced by his son Antonio Cervi..
Gino Cervi was initiated to the Italian Scottish Rite Freemasonry in the Lodge "Palingenesi" and later he joined the Lodge "Galvani" in Bologna
He died in Punta Ala in 1974.

Selected filmography

He dubbed to Clark Gable into Italian language in It Happened One Night by Frank Capra, 1934; and Laurence Olivier in three films: Henry V, Hamlet and Richard III.