Adolfo Celi
Biography
Date of Birth 27 July 1922, Messina, Sicily, Italy Date of Death 19 February 1986, Siena, Tuscany, Italy (aortic aneurysm) Mini Biography Sicilian born actor / writer / director was very popular with European audiences, but largely unknown to the west apart from his portrayal of the villainous SPECTRE agent "Emilio Largo" in the spectacular James Bond film Thunderball (1965). However, due to his heavy accent, Celi's voice was dubbed by Robert Rietty. Two years later Celi popped up in the appalling James Bond spoof OK Connery (1967) starring Neil Connery brother of Sean Connery. Additional to his many film appearances in Italian productions, Celi spent many years on stage in South America to very positive reviews, and directed three films made in South America _Caicara (1950)_, Tico-Tico no fuba (1952)_ and Alibi, L' (1969)_. He passed away on February 19th 1986 from a heart attack. IMDb Mini Biography By: firehouse44@hotmail.com Spouse Veronica Lazar (1966 - 19 February 1986) (his death) 2 children Marília Branco (1963 - ?) (divorced) Tônia Carrero (1951 - 1962) (divorced) Trivia His voice was dubbed by another actor in most of his movies throughout his career, even in his native Italy, to hide his distinctive Sicillian accent. Despite speaking fluent English, Spanish, French, Portugues, and German in addition to his native Italian, his voice was often dubbed by another actor in both Italian language and foreign language movie productions. Father of director Leonardo Celi and actress Alessandra Celi.
Thunderball
Largo
Madly in Love
Gustav
Brancaleone Alle Crociate
Re Boemondo
Danger: Diabolik
Ralph Valmont
Amici miei atto II
Professor Sassaroli
Amici miei atto III
Professor Sassaroli
The Phantom of Liberty
Le docteur de Legendre / Doctor Pasolini
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
Captain
Cinderella 87
Principe Goncalvo Gherardeschi
The Italian Connection
Don Vito Tressoldi
Deodato Holocaust
Captain (archive footage)
Adolfo Celi, un Uomo per due Culture
Self
Best Ever Bond
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bond Girls Are Forever
Emilio Largo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Amici miei atto III
Professor Sassaroli
Cinderella 87
Principe Goncalvo Gherardeschi
Amici miei atto II
Professor Sassaroli
Monsignor
Vinci
Madly in Love
Gustav
Car Napping: bestellt - geklaut - geliefert
Polizeipräsident
Café Express
Ispettore capo Ministero
The Landlord
Giudice Damiani
Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania
Carcamano
Le braghe del padrone
Eugenio - the president
The Tiger Is Still Alive: Sandokan to the Rescue
James Brooke
Rain of Fire
Dr. Kerouac
Pane, burro e marmellata
Aristide Bertelli
Les passagers
Boetani
The Big Operator
Rifai
Next Man
Al Sharif
Horse Fever
Judge
My Father's Wife
Antonio
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
Captain
Pure as a Lily
L'onorevole
Signore e signori, buonanotte
Vladimiro Palese
My Friends
Professor Sassaroli
Libera, My Love
Felice Valente - Libera's father
And Then There Were None
The General
The Phantom of Liberty
Le docteur de Legendre / Doctor Pasolini
The Devil Is a Woman
Father Borelli
Le mataf
Me Desbordes
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
General Krebs
Pete, Pearl & the Pole
The Pole
The Italian Connection
Don Vito Tressoldi
The Long Arm of the Godfather
Don Carmelo
Naked Girl Murdered in the Park
Inspector Huber
Who Saw Her Die?
Serafian
Inspector Vezzi
Eye in the Labyrinth
Frank
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Consul
Il sospetto
Dott. Fritz Emmemberger
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Inspector Vidocq
They Have Changed Their Face
Giovanni Nosferatu
Brancaleone Alle Crociate
Re Boemondo
Ein Bulle sieht rot
Le commissaire principal / Chief of police
Fragment of Fear
Signor Bardoni
Rendezvous with Dishonor
Hermes
A Man for Emmanuelle
Sandri
Detective Belli
Avvocato Fontana
One on Top of the Other
Mr. Bernard (archive footage) (uncredited)
Midas Run
General Ferranti
6 simpatiche carogne - Uno scacco tutto matto
Bayon / Guinet
Seven Times Seven
Warden
Danger: Diabolik
Ralph Valmont
Death Sentence
Friar Baldwin
Grand Slam
Mark Milford
Dirty Heroes
Luc Rollman
Operation Kid Brother
Mr. Thai - 'Beta'
The Bobo
Francisco Carbonell
The Honey Pot
Inspector Rizzi
King of Hearts
Le Colonel Mac Bibenbrook (as Adolfo Celli)
Grand Prix
Agostini Manetta
Pleasant Nights
Bernardozzo
Yankee
Grande Concho
Don Miguel de las Cuevas
Thunderball
Largo
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Giovanni de' Medici
Von Ryan's Express
Battaglia
Crime on a Summer Morning
Van Willie
Beautiful Families
Professore Della Porta (segment "Amare è un po' morire")
3 Notti d'Amore
Alberto (segment "La moglie bambina")
That Man From Rio
Mário de Castro
Der Erzengel
Marco Tarocchi Roda
Genoese Man
Immigrants
Il professore
Guaglio
Don Pietro
Natale al Campo 119
John, il sergente americano
