Raf Vallone


Actor

About

Also Known As
Raffaele Vallone
Birth Place
Italy
Born
February 17, 1916
Died
November 03, 2002

Biography

A former journalist turned handsome, muscle-bound lead of international films, Vallone came to prominence co-starring in Giuseppe De Santis' eroticized neorealist landmark, "Riso Amaro/Bitter Rice" (1949). He subsequently appeared opposite Sophia Loren in "Two Women" (1960), won praise for his performance in Sidney Lumet's "A View From the Bridge" (1962). He has played a number of priest...

Family & Companions

Elena Varzi
Wife
Actor. Born in 1920 in Rome.

Biography

A former journalist turned handsome, muscle-bound lead of international films, Vallone came to prominence co-starring in Giuseppe De Santis' eroticized neorealist landmark, "Riso Amaro/Bitter Rice" (1949). He subsequently appeared opposite Sophia Loren in "Two Women" (1960), won praise for his performance in Sidney Lumet's "A View From the Bridge" (1962). He has played a number of priest roles, notably in Otto Preminger's "The Cardinal" (1963), Henry Hathaway's "Nevada Smith" (1966) and Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather, Part III" (1990).

Life Events

1939

Gave up his sporting activities as result of unlucky competition in Vienna

1945

Wrote for a newspaper in Turin, while also reviewing film and theater for the Italian journal, "La Stampa"

1948

Film debut, "Bitter Rice"

1961

English-speaking debut, "El Cid"

Companions

Elena Varzi
Wife
Actor. Born in 1920 in Rome.

Bibliography