Born: March 17, 1925 – Died: December 2, 2015
Gabriele Ferzetti, born on March 17, 1925, in Rome, Italy, emerged as an elegant and sophisticated figure in the world of cinema during the 1950s and 60s. He initially found his love for acting while performing in university plays and later secured a scholarship at the Rome Academy of Dramatic Art. Although he faced expulsion for his involvement with a professional theatrical troupe, this setback couldn't deter his passion. Ferzetti's cinematic journey began at just seventeen, marking the start of a remarkable career that included roles in iconic films like 'Once Upon a Time in the West' and 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service.' His talent transcended borders, leaving an indelible mark on the international entertainment scene.
Early Life and Career
Gabriele Ferzetti's early life and upbringing in Rome laid the foundation for his remarkable career. After his scholarship at the Rome Academy of Dramatic Art, he embarked on his professional journey, making his motion picture debut at the age of seventeen. His first significant break came when he portrayed a cynical railway baron in a notable epic film.
However, it was his role as syndicate boss Marc-Ange Draco in 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' that catapulted him into international stardom. Despite occasional setbacks, Ferzetti's talent continued to shine, earning him awards and accolades from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists.
In his personal life, Gabriele Ferzetti was married to Claudia Verdini, and they had a child named Anna Ferzetti. Beyond acting, he made a lasting impact on Hollywood and the entertainment industry with his distinguished presence and versatile performances.
Considered an icon and legend, Ferzetti's elegant and urbane persona left an indelible mark on the world of cinema, making him a celebrated figure in Italian and international film history.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 18 Years Later | Enrico |
| 2009 | I Am Love | Edoardo Recchi Senior |
| 1992–2007 | Une famille formidable (TV Series) | Nono |
| 2006 | Pope John Paul I: The Smile of God (TV Series) | Cardinal Siri |
| 2005 | Callas e Onassis (TV Series) | Livanos |
| 2004 | Concorso di colpa | Vito Santamaria |
| 2003 | Lost Love | Tommaso Pasini |
| 2003 | L'avvocato de Gregorio | Alfonso |
| 2002 | Le ragazze di Miss Italia (TV Movie) | The Professor |
| 2000 | The Sands of Time (TV Movie) | Father Jacob |
| 1997 | Un prete tra noi (TV Series) | Ettore |
| 1997 | Porzûs | Storno vecchio |
| 1997 | Con rabbia e con amore | Leone |
| 1995 | Natale con papà (TV Movie) | Vittorio |
| 1995 | Othello | The Duke of Venice |
| 1994 | First Action Hero | Ben Costa |
| 1994 | Nero come il cuore (TV Movie) | Signor Noé Alga Croce |
| 1993 | Delitti privati (TV Mini Series) | Dottor Guido Braschi |
| 1992 | Die Ringe des Saturn (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1992 | Alta società (TV Mini Series) | Unknown |
| 1992 | Il coraggio di Anna (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1991 | Caldo soffocante | Gaetano Castelli |
| 1990 | Pronto soccorso (TV Series) | Il miliardario |
| 1990 | Una fredda mattina di maggio | Signor Mantoni |
| 1990 | Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1989 | Around the World in 80 Days (TV Mini Series) | Italian Chief of Police |
| 1988 | Gli angeli del potere (TV Movie) | Dr. Donhal |
| 1988 | Computron 22 | Il nonno |
| 1988 | Due fratelli (TV Mini Series) | Il procuratore |
| 1987 | Julia and Julia | Padre di Paolo |
| 1987 | La voglia di vincere (TV Mini Series) | Professor Besson |
| 1986 | Follia amore mio (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1985 | Quo Vadis? (TV Mini Series) | Piso |
| 1983 | Die goldenen Schuhe (TV Mini Series) | Marquesade Buenaventa |
| 1983 | Le ambizioni sbagliate (TV Movie) | Prof. Malacrida |
| 1983 | Delitto e castigo (TV Mini Series) | Svidrigàjlov |
| 1983 | The Scarlet and the Black (TV Movie) | Prince Mataeo (uncredited) |
| 1982 | Grog | Alberto |
| 1982 | Morte in Vaticano | Cardinale Ixaguirre |
| 1982 | Il quartetto Basileus | Mario Cantone |
| 1982 | Quasi quasi mi sposo (TV Movie) | The Engineer |
| 1981 | I giochi del diavolo (TV Mini Series) | Mastro Gomin |
| 1981 | Inchon | Turkish Brigadier General |
| 1979 | Gli anni struggenti | Prof. Bivona |
| 1979 | Bloodline | Maresciallo Campagna (uncredited) |
| 1978–1979 | I vecchi e i giovani (TV Mini Series) | Flaminio Salvo |
| 1979 | Encounters of the Deep | Miles |
| 1979 | A torto e a ragione (TV Series) | Gerardo Manara |
| 1978 | Porci con la P.38 | Max Astarita |
| 1978 | Last In, First Out | Herzog |
| 1978 | Mon premier amour | Georges |
| 1978 | Suggestionata | Gregorio Lori |
| 1977 | L'uomo di Corleone | Unknown |
| 1977 | Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes | Emilio Rospini |
| 1977 | Oedipus orca | Valerio |
| 1976 | A Matter of Time | Antonio Vicari |
| 1976 | Nick the Sting | Maurice |
| 1976 | Le guêpier | Gaspard |
| 1976 | Snatch | Valerio |
| 1976 | Lezioni di violoncello con toccata e fuga | Father of Stella |
| 1975 | End of the Game | Dr. Lucius Lutz |
| 1975 | ...a tutte le auto della polizia... | Professore Andrea Icardi |
| 1975 | Un uomo curioso (TV Movie) | Moriondo |
| 1975 | Smiling Maniacs | Prandó |
| 1974 | La prova d'amore | Angela Father |
| 1974 | Fatevi vivi, la polizia non interverrà | Don Francesco Salvatore |
| 1974 | Processo per direttissima | L'avvocato Finaldi |
| 1974 | Appassionata | Dr. Emilio Rutelli |
| 1974 | The Night Porter | Hans |
| 1973 | Secrets of a Nurse | Prof. Daniele Vallotti |
| 1973 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days | Fieldmarshall Keitel |
| 1973 | Divorce His - Divorce Hers (TV Movie) | Turi Livicci |
| 1972 | Trois milliards sans ascenseur | Monsieur Raphaël |
| 1972 | Mendiants et Orgueilleux | Unknown |
| 1972 | Alta tensión | Pablo Moncada |
| 1972 | The Boxer | Nick La Caterina | Tony La Monica |
| 1971 | Un'anguilla da 300 milioni | Vasco |
| 1970 | Cold Sweat | (uncredited) |
| 1970 | French Intrigue | Inspecteur Bardèche |
| 1970 | Die Welt des Pirandello - Liebe! - Liebe? (TV Movie) | Memmo Viola (segment "Wenn man das Spiel kennt") |
| 1970 | The Confession | Kohoutek |
| 1969 | L'amica | Paolo Marchesi |
| 1969 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service | Draco |
| 1969 | That Splendid November | Biagio |
| 1969 | Machine Gun McCain | Don Francesco DeMarco |
| 1968 | Il mondo di Pirandello (TV Series) | Memmo Viola |
| 1968 | Once Upon a Time in the West | Morton - Railroad Baron |
| 1968 | Bandits in Rome | Commissioner |
| 1968 | L'età del malessere | Guido |
| 1968 | Better a Widow | Don Calogero Minniti |
| 1968 | Come Play with Me | Stefano |
| 1968 | I protagonisti | Il Commissario |
| 1968 | Escalation | Augusto Lambertinghi |
| 1968 | Un diablo bajo la almohada | Anselmo |
| 1967 | Dossier Mata Hari (TV Mini Series) | Bouchardon |
| 1967 | We Still Kill the Old Way | Avvocato Rosello |
| 1966 | The Devil in Love | Lorenzo de' Medici |
| 1966 | I Spy (TV Series) | Aldo |
| 1966 | The Bible: In the Beginning... | Lot |
| 1966 | Luce a gas (TV Movie) | Rough |
| 1965 | Lo scippo | Gambetti |
| 1965 | Three Rooms in Manhattan | Comte Larsi |
| 1965 | Crime on a Summer Morning | Victor Dermott |
| 1964 | Crucero de verano | Carlos Brul y Betancourt (as Gabriel Ferzetti) |
| 1964 | Desideri d'estate | Unknown |
| 1964 | La calda vita | Guido |
| 1964 | Mort, où est ta victoire? | Max Gurgine |
| 1963 | Un tentativo sentimentale | Giulio, Carla's Husband |
| 1963 | Torpedo Bay | Leonardi |
| 1963 | The Shortest Day | Tenente in trincea |
| 1962 | Imperial Venus | Freron |
| 1962 | Beach Casanova | Avvocato Leblanc |
| 1962 | Cross of the Living | L'abbé Delcourt |
| 1962 | Crime Does Not Pay | Angelo Giraldi (segment "Le masque") |
| 1962 | La monaca di Monza | Gian Paolo Osio |
| 1962 | Eruption | Roberto Santi |
| 1962 | Rencontres | Ralph Scaffari |
| 1962 | Jessica | Edmondo Raumo |
| 1960 | Love, the Italian Way | Alberto Bressan |
| 1960 | Il carro armato dell'8 settembre | Tommaso |
| 1960 | Red Lips | Avvocato Paolo Martini |
| 1960 | It Happened in '43 | Franco Villani |
| 1960 | L'Avventura | Sandro |
| 1959 | Hannibal | Fabius Maximus |
| 1959 | Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon | Bernard Turquet de Mayenne (as Gabriel Ferzetti) |
| 1959 | Tutti innamorati | Arturo |
| 1958 | Love on the Riviera | Giulio Ferrari |
| 1958 | Tant d'amour perdu | Frédéric Solingen |
| 1958 | Angel in a Taxi | Andrea |
| 1958 | March's Child | Sandro |
| 1957 | It Happened in Rome | Lawyer Alberto Cortini |
| 1957 | Parola di ladro | Desiderio | Plebari |
| 1956 | Il prezzo della gloria | comandante Alberto Bruni |
| 1956 | Defend My Love | Pietro Leonardi |
| 1956 | Donatella | Maurizio |
| 1955 | Un po' di cielo | Frank Lo Giudice |
| 1955 | The Girlfriends | Lorenzo |
| 1955 | Adriana Lecouvreur | Maurizio di Sassonia |
| 1955 | Sins of Casanova | Giacomo Casanova |
| 1954 | House of Ricordi | Giacomo Puccini |
| 1954 | Camilla | Dott. Mario Rossetti |
| 1954 | Vergine moderna | Gabriele Demico |
| 1954 | Cento anni d'amore | Carlo, the Political Prisoner (segment "Gli ultimi dieci Minuti") |
| 1954 | Vestire gli ignudi | Ludovico Nota |
| 1953 | Il sole negli occhi | Fernando Maestrelli |
| 1953 | Puccini | Giacomo Puccini |
| 1953 | The Wayward Wife | Il professore Franco Vagnuzzi |
| 1952 | Three Forbidden Stories | Comm. Borsani (First segment) |
| 1952 | Inganno | Andrea Vannini |
| 1951 | Gli amanti di Ravello | Sandro Deodata |
| 1951 | The Naked and the Wicked | Giorgio Suprina |
| 1951 | The Counterfeiters | Dario |
| 1951 | The Forbidden Christ | (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Lo zappatore | Unknown |
| 1950 | Sigillo rosso | Unknown |
| 1950 | Mountain Smugglers | Lieutenant Berti |
| 1950 | Benvenuto reverendo! | Il reduce |
| 1949 | Vespro siciliano | Unknown |
| 1949 | Rondini in volo | Ufficiale D'aviazione |
| 1949 | Guglielmo Tell | Corrado Hant |
| 1949 | Fabiola | Claudius |
| 1949 | Vertigine d'amore | (as Gaetano Ferzetti) |
| 1948 | Caccia all'uomo | Tholomyes l'amante di Fantina (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Lost Happiness | Unknown |
| 1942 | La contessa Castiglione | (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Bengasi | (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Via delle cinque lune | Unknown |
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