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Adolfo Celi was an Italian film actor and director. Born in Curcuraci, Messina, Sicily, Celi appeared in nearly 100 films, specialising in international villains. Although a prominent actor in Italian cinema and famed for many roles, he is best remembered internationally for his portrayal of Emilio Largo in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball. Celi later spoofed his Thunderball role in the film OK Connery opposite Sean Connery's brother, Neil Connery.
Born
Thursday, 27 July 1922
Died
Wednesday, 19 February 1986
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Deodato Holocaust | Captain | 2020 |
| Adolfo Celi, un uomo per due culture | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2006 |
| Best Ever Bond | Largo | 2002 |
| Bond Girls Are Forever | Emilio Largo | 2002 |
| 30 Years of James Bond | Largo | 1992 |
| All My Friends Part 3 | Professor Sassaroli | 1985 |
| Cindy - Cinderella '80 | Prince Gherardeschi / Goncalvo Gherardeschi | 1984 |
| All My Friends Part 2 | Professor Alfeo Sassaroli / Professeur Sassaroli | 1982 |
| Monsignor | Vinci / Cardinal Vinci | 1982 |
| Madly in Love | Gustav / Gustavo VI di San Tulipe | 1981 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Deodato Holocaust | Captain | 2020 |
| Adolfo Celi, un uomo per due culture | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2006 |
| Best Ever Bond | Largo | 2002 |
| Bond Girls Are Forever | Emilio Largo | 2002 |
| 30 Years of James Bond | Largo | 1992 |
| All My Friends Part 3 | Professor Sassaroli | 1985 |
| Cindy - Cinderella '80 | Prince Gherardeschi / Goncalvo Gherardeschi | 1984 |
| All My Friends Part 2 | Professor Alfeo Sassaroli / Professeur Sassaroli | 1982 |
| Monsignor | Vinci / Cardinal Vinci | 1982 |
| Madly in Love | Gustav / Gustavo VI di San Tulipe | 1981 |
| The Borgias | Rodrigo Borgia | 1981 |
| Café Express | Ispettore Capo Ramacci Pisanelli / Ispettore Capo Ministero | 1980 |
| Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania | Carcamano | 1978 |
| Le braghe del padrone | Eugenio - the president | 1978 |
| The Chosen | Dr. Kerouac | 1977 |
| Pane, burro e marmellata | Aristide Bertelli | 1977 |
| The Passengers | Boetani / Le commissaire Boetani | 1977 |
| Che notte quella notte! | Dottore | 1977 |
| Merciless Man | Commissario Lo Gallo | 1976 |
| The Big Operator | Rifai | 1976 |
| The Next Man | Al Sharif | 1976 |
| Horse Fever | Judge / President of the Court | 1976 |
| Signore e signori, buonanotte | Commendatore Vladimiro Palese / Vladimiro Palese | 1976 |
| L'affittacamere | Giudice Damiani | 1976 |
| My Father's Wife | Antonio | 1976 |
| Come una rosa al naso | L'onorevole | 1976 |
| Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man | Captain / Polizeichef / The Captain | 1976 |
| Sandokan | James Brooke | 1976 |
| L'amaro caso della baronessa di Carini | Don Mariano D'Agrò | 1975 |
| Amici miei | Professor Sassaroli / Il Professor Sassaroli | 1975 |
| Libera, My Love | Felice Valente - Libera's father | 1975 |
| Last Moments | Dr. Monforte | 1974 |
| Ten Little Indians | The General / General André Salvé | 1974 |
| The Phantom of Liberty | Le docteur de Legendre / Le médécin / Doctor Pierre Pasolini | 1974 |
| The Devil Is a Woman | Father Borelli | 1974 |
| Le mataf | Me Desbordes | 1973 |
| Hitler: The Last Ten Days | General Krebs / General Hans Krebs | 1973 |
| La villeggiatura | Commissioner Rizzuto | 1973 |
| The Italian Connection | Don Vito Tressoldi | 1972 |
| La mano lunga del padrino | Don Carmelo | 1972 |
| Naked Girl Murdered in the Park | Inspector Huber | 1972 |
| Who Saw Her Die? | Serafian | 1972 |
| Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why? | Inspector Vezzi | 1972 |
| Eye in the Labyrinth | Frank | 1972 |
| Brother Sun, Sister Moon | Consul / Konsul | 1972 |
| Pete, Pearl & the Pole | The Pole | 1972 |
| Murders in the Rue Morgue | Inspector Vidocq | 1971 |
| They Have Changed Their Face | Giovanni Nosferatu | 1971 |
| Brancaleone at the Crusades | Re Boemondo | 1970 |
| The Cop | Le commissaire principal / le commissaire divisionnaire | 1970 |
| Fragment of Fear | Signor Bardoni | 1970 |
| The Night of the Assassin | Hermes | 1970 |
| The Blonde Connection | Professor Max Spiegler / "der Professor" | 1969 |
| In Search of Gregory | Max | 1969 |
| A Man for Emmanuelle | Sandri | 1969 |
| Detective Belli | Avvocato Fontana | 1969 |
| One on Top of the Other | Mr. Bernard | 1969 |
| Midas Run | General Ferranti | 1969 |
| The Archangel | Marco Tarocchi Roda | 1969 |
| Alibi | Adolfo | 1969 |
| Seven Times Seven | Gefängnisdirektor / Warden | 1969 |
| Fantabulous Inc. | Karl Maria van Beethoven | 1968 |
| It's Your Move | Bayon / Guinet | 1968 |
| Danger: Diabolik | Ralph Valmont | 1968 |
| It Takes a Thief | Eric 'The Red' Redman / Eric Redman | 1968 |
| Death Sentence | Friar Baldwin | 1968 |
| Grand Slam | Mark Milford | 1967 |
| Dirty Heroes | Luc Rollman | 1967 |
| The Honey Pot | Inspector Rizzi | 1967 |
| Operation Kid Brother | Mr. Thai - 'Beta' | 1967 |
| The Bobo | Francisco Carbonell | 1967 |
| Master Stroke | Mr. Bernard | 1967 |
| Grand Prix | Agostini Manetta | 1966 |
| King of Hearts | Le Colonel Mac Bibenbrook / schottischer Colonel | 1966 |
| Das Geheimnis der gelben Mönche | Henry Perkins | 1966 |
| Pleasant Nights | Bernardozzo | 1966 |
| El Greco | Don Miguel de las Cuevas | 1966 |
| Thunderball | Largo / Emilio Largo | 1965 |
| E venne un uomo | Msgr. Radini Tedeschi | 1965 |
| Slalom | Riccardo | 1965 |
| The Agony and the Ecstasy | Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici (pope Leo X) / Giovanni de' Medici | 1965 |
| Von Ryan's Express | Battaglia | 1965 |
| Crime on a Summer Morning | Van Willie | 1965 |
| Beautiful Families | Professor Della Porta / Professore Della Porta (segment "Amare è un po' morire") | 1964 |
| Male Companion | Benvenuto | 1964 |
| 3 notti d'amore | Alberto (segment "La moglie bambina") | 1964 |
| That Man from Rio | Mário de Castro / Señor Mario De Castro | 1964 |
| Sandokan the Great | 1963 | |
| Caiçara | Genovês | 1950 |
| Christmas at Camp 119 | John, il sergente americano | 1947 |
| Un americano in vacanza | Tom | 1946 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Alibi | 1969 |
| Tico-Tico no Fubá | 1952 |
| Caiçara | 1950 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Tico-Tico no Fubá | 1952 |
