Alfredo Varelli (born Alfredo Ciavarella,[1] 31 August 1914 – 18 August 1996) was an Italian film actor whose career spanned more than six decades. He debuted in Alessandro Blasetti's 1934 film Vecchia guardia.[2] Varelli played a leading role in the 1942 historical drama The Jester's Supper, but most of his work was post-Second World War.[3] He is also known for playing Lucan in Quo Vadis (1951). His last role was in the film Roseanna's Grave, released posthumously in 1997.
Alfredo Varelli | |
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 Varelli in 1954 | |
| Born | Alfredo Ciavarella 31 August 1914 Saracinesco, Lazio, Italy |
| Died | 18 August 1996 (aged 81) Rome, Italy |
| Other name | Alfredo Ciavarella |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1934–1996 |
Varelli died in Rome on 18 August 1996, at the age of 81.[4]
Selected filmography
edit- Vecchia guardia (1935)
- Giuseppe Verdi (1938) – Un ammiratore di Verdi al caffè
- Inventiamo l'amore (1938) – Il secondo giocatore di biliardo (uncredited)
- Crispino e la comare (1938)
- I, His Father (1939) – Un amico di Radesio
- Follie del secolo (1939) – Martin, il cameriere del conte
- The Secret Lover (1941) – Un amico di Renata
- L'amore canta (1941) – Il giovane Longo
- The Jester's Supper (1942) – Gabriello Chiaramantesi
- Fedora (1942) – Valeriano (uncredited)
- Measure for Measure (1943) – Il duca Vincenzo / il frate
- Vivere ancora (1945)
- All'ombra della gloria (1945) – Federico
- Fear No Evil (1945) – Marco, il pastore
- L'angelo e il diavolo (1946) – Giorgio Guarnelli
- The Devil's Gondola (1946) – Paolo Venier
- The Tyrant of Padua (1946) – Rodolfo degli Ezzelini
- L'apocalisse (1947)
- The Earth Cries Out (1949) – Josef
- Love and Poison (1950) – Egidio d'Averna
- Cavalcade of Heroes (1950) – Luciano Manara
- The Beggar's Daughter (1950)
- The Count of Saint Elmo (1951) – Don Paolo
- Quo Vadis (1951) – Lucan, poet in Nero's court [dubbed]
- Tizio, Caio, Sempronio (1951) – Lentulo
- Stranger on the Prowl (1952) – The Neighborhood Patrolman
- I, Hamlet (1952) – Jensen
- The Man from Cairo (1953) – Prof. H. M. Crespi
- The Pagans (1953) – Pope Clement VII
- Buon viaggio pover'uomo (1953) – Padre Antonio
- Non vogliamo morire (1954) – Louis
- Tripoli, Beautiful Land of Love (1954) – Lieutenant
- Io, Caterina (1957) – Cardinale Noellet
- Orizzonte infuocato (1957)
- Sheba and the Gladiator (1959) – Vithos
- The Night of the Great Attack (1959) – Nicola Renzi, 'Mezzanotte'
- Ben-Hur (1959) – Physician's Assistant (uncredited)
- The Siege of Syracuse (1960) – Kriton
- Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960) – Mercante #1
- The Giants of Thessaly (1960) – Argus
- Duel of Champions (1961) – Sabinus
- Pontius Pilate (1962) – Giuseppe d'Arimatea
- Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962) – Father Ben (uncredited)
- The Eye of the Needle (1963) – Maioli
- Vino, whisky e acqua salata (1963)
- The Cavern (1964)
- Last Plane to Baalbek (1964) – Major Fwad
- Die Letzten drei der Albatross (1965) – Medizinmann Namu
- Seven Dollars on the Red (1966) – 1st Sheriff
- Assassination (1967) – Morrison
- Commissariato di notturna (1974)
- The Assisi Underground (1985) – The Monsignore
- The Belly of an Architect (1987) – Julio
- Roseanna's Grave (1997) – Shoe Shop Owner (final film role)
References
edit- ↑ Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli artisti. Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. M - Z., Volume 3, pg. 266
- ↑ Lancia, Enrico; Poppi, Roberto (2003). Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Vol. 2 M–Z. Italy: Gremese Editore. p. 266. ISBN 978-8884402691.
- ↑ Reich & Garofalo, p. 159–160
- ↑ "Alfredo Varelli". Associazione Culturale on Facebook. Archived from the original on 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
Bibliography
edit- Reich, Jacqueline & Garofalo, Piero. Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922–1943. Indiana University Press, 2002.
External links
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