Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Adolfo Celi (27 July 1922 –19 February 1986) was an Italian film actor and director.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Paulo Autran – O Senhor dos Palcos
2017
as Self (archive footage)
A portrait of the evolution of theater in the 20th century and a deep reflection on the art of acting through the career of Paulo Autran (1922-2007), ...
Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
2006
as Self (archive footage)
italian documentary
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Largo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.
Bond Girls Are Forever
2002
as Emilio Largo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Through vintage film clips of past Bond movie epics, and with the participation of several former "Bond Girls" as interviewees (among them Dr. No's Ur...
O Construtor de Sonhos
1994
My Friends Act III
1985
as Professor Sassaroli
This time the "amici" (friends) are just four: Necchi, Meandri, Mascetti and Sassaroli. Nevertheless they are older they still love to spend their tim...
Cinderella '80
1984
as Goncalvo Gherardeschi
A feisty 18-year-old Italian-American New Yorker named Cindy is sent off to Rome with her irascible stepmother and vain stepsisters. On the way, she m...
My Friends Act II
1982
as Professeur Sassaroli
The four old friends meet on the grave of the fifth of them, Perozzi, who died at the end of the first episode. Time has passed but they are still up ...
Monsignor
1982
as Cardinal Vinci
The vows of an ambitious young American priest are tested during World War II. Not only does Father John Flaherty get involved with the black market t...
L'Occhio di Giuda
1982
as Sir Henry
The plot revolves around a mysterious murder that occurs during a storm, with the victim found in a room locked from the inside. The investigation foc...
La sconosciuta
1982
as Taladis
The story begins with the mysterious death of a foreigner in Rome. The man, who has just found traces of his wife disappeared four years earlier, is k...
Di padre in figlio
1982
as Self
Madly in Love
1981
as Gustav
Cristina is a rich, spoiled princess visiting Rome with her royal parents. The mission of their visit is to marry her off to a super-wealthy corporate...
Carnapping - Ordered, Stolen and Sold
1980
as Polizeipräsident
When designer Robert Meering returns from vacation, he discovers the company he worked for unexpectedly went bankrupt so he decides to visit his old b...
Cafè Express
1980
as Chief Inspector Ramacci Pisanelli
An Italian laborer foils anyone who tries to stop him from selling espresso on the Milan-to-Naples night train.
The Perfect Crime
1978
as Sir Harold Boyd
The death of a multinational company’s chairman induces the three candidates for the chairmanship to plot against one another for control of the busin...
Le braghe del padrone
1978
as Eugenio - the president
The young Vittorio Pieroni throws himself from a railway overpass when a train is passing by; escaped suicide and rescued by an ambulance, remembers t...
Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania
1978
as Carcamano
The story of a German scientist/stage magician eking out a miserly life in Rio de Janeiro's favelas until getting involved in an improbable kidnapping...
The Tiger Is Still Alive: Sandokan to the Rescue
1977
as James Brooke
The pirate Sandokan, the Bengal tiger and the East India Company's terror, fighting the British Empire and the ondeskefulla James Brooke, rahjan of Sa...
Edipo Re
1977
Holocaust 2000
1977
as Dr. Kerouac
An executive in charge of a nuclear power plant in the Mid-East must stop his son-- who turns out to be the Anti Christ -- from blowing it up.
Pane, burro e marmellata
1977
as Aristide Bertelli
Bruno De Santis, successful TV presenter, was left by his wife Sofia. One day he decides to call her to convince her to come back but her device is br...
The Passengers
1977
as Boetani
A man and his stepson driving across Europe are terrorized by a man following them in a pickup truck.
Che notte quella notte!
1977
as Dottore
Merciless Man
1976
as Commissario Lo Gallo
The city suffers and succumbs unarmed, but an ex secret agent succeeds in winning the struggle against the gangsterism. Intrigue and violence grip a s...
The Big Operator
1976
as Rifai
The aging villain Émile Morland talks his old friend Aristide into helping him with to kidnap the son of a millionaire.
The Next Man
1976
as Al Sharif
Khalil is an Arab diplomat who wants to not only make peace with Israel, but admit the Jewish state as a member of OPEC. This instantly makes him a ta...
Horse Fever
1976
as President of the Court
Bruno Fioretti, known as "Mandrake", is an inveterate gambler who never misses a day at the horse racing track in Rome. He is doubly unlucky: he bets ...
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
1976
as Vladimiro Palese
An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel.
The Landlord
1976
as Giudice Damiani
Giorgia and her sister inherit a villa and decide to turn it into a pension. When the sister orders the advertising, the brochure, together with the n...
Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife
1976
as Antonio
A wealthy man suffers from impotence whenever he tries to make love to his wife. Since Viagara hadn't been invented yet, his swinging liberal doctor i...
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
1976
as Polizeichef
Fred and Tony are members of an elite 'special squad' of police in Rome, Italy who are licensed-to-kill, undercover cops and who love to live dangero...
Pure as a Lily
1976
as L'onorevole
Anthony M. Wilson is an English gentleman. He has a string of restaurants in London plus a beautiful house decorated with all the trendy art he can ge...
My Friends
1975
as Il Professor Sassaroli
Four inseparable friends try to face their midlife crisis with daytrips and pranks at the expense of their families and the people around them.
Libera, My Love
1975
as Felice Valente - Libera's father
A strong-willed woman risks everything to support the cause of anti-fascism in World War II Italy.
The Balloon Vendor
1974
as Dr. Monforte
A young boy tries to make living out of a puppet show when his mother abandons him and his father.
The Tempter
1974
as Father Borelli
A young writer is invited to stay in a religious hostel run by a sinister, manipulative nun who plays deadly psychological games with the inhabitants.
And Then There Were None
1974
as General André Salvé
Ten people are invited to a hotel in the Iranian desert, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the kille...
The Phantom of Liberty
1974
as The Doctor
This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Pr...
Le Mataf
1973
as Me Desbordes
When intruders interfere in the robbery of Le Mataf (Michel Constantin) and his gang and a girl is murdered, they are set up for blackmail by an under...
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as General Hans Krebs
Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provide...
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
1973
as The Pole
In 1931, when the late American Prohibition major bosses have now divided the territory to exploit, the family of one of them - killed in a clash - de...
Holidays
1973
as Commissioner Rizzuto
Rossini, history teacher and son of another professor, for his liberal ideas refuses to sign the oath of allegiance to the the fascist regime that Mus...
The Italian Connection
1972
as Don Vito Tressoldi
When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispa...
The Long Arm of the Godfather
1972
as Don Carmelo
A treacherous low-level mafioso greedily rips off a shipment of arms from his powerful godfather and tries to sell them to an especially dubious grou...
Naked Girl Killed in the Park
1972
as Inspector Huber
Johan Wallenberger, a rich financier, is killed in the House of Horrors at an amusement park in Madrid. His insurance company assign Chris Buyer, one ...
Who Saw Her Die?
1972
as Serafian
Between a four-year gap in the murder of a young girl, the daughter of a well-known sculptor is discovered dead, and her parents conduct an investigat...
Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?
1972
as Inspector Vezzi
Carlo, a young photographer, is making love with his girlfriend at the beach when he witnesses a murder being feebly staged to look like a car acciden...
Eye in the Labyrinth
1972
as Frank
Julie is disturbed by the disappearance of her psychiatrist boyfriend Luca following a bizarre dream where she witnessed him murdered. She travels to ...
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972
as Konsul
In his delirium from his return from war, Francesco Bernardone goes back in his memories to the days when he lived for parties and carnal pleasures. H...
Una chica casi decente
1971
as César Martín de Valdés 'Duque'
Cesar Martin, better known as El Duque, is an elegant, charming and intelligent man, who has been obliged to be known by heart the Penal Code, as thei...
Murders in the Rue Morgue
1971
as Inspector Vidocq
In Paris, in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Cesar Charron owns a theater at the Rue Morgue where he performs the play "Murders in the Rue Mor...
They Have Changed Their Face
1971
as Giovanni Nosferatu
A mid-level automotive company employee is summoned to the mountain villa of owner Giovanni Nosferatu, only to discover a glossy netherworld where cap...
Brancaleone at the Crusades
1970
as Re Boemondo
After saving an infant of royal blood, knight Brancaleone forms a new army and sets out to return the baby to his father: a prince fighting in the Cru...
The Cop
1970
as Le commissaire divisionnaire
A crackdown on drugs leads a burned out cop to take the law into his own hands and seek revenge against villainous drug dealers. Word comes down from ...
Fragment of Fear
1970
as Signor Bardoni
A reformed drug addict travels to Italy to find out who murdered his aunt.
The Night of the Assassin
1970
as Hermes
During the civil war in Cyprus, an island nation split between the Greeks and the Turks, a British peacekeeping officer is trying to prevent a Greek g...
Death Knocks Twice
1969
as "der Professor"
When private detective Bob Martin looking for a stolen diamond necklace, he also has a clever serial killer on the trail ...
In Search of Gregory
1969
as Max
Young Catherine Morelli, who lives in Rome, goes to Geneva to find romance at her father's wedding. There she begins a near nymphomaniac pursuit of a ...
A Man for Emmanuelle
1969
as Sandri
Detective Belli
1969
as Avvocato Fontana
A crooked detective begins investigating a situation on behalf of a friend and gets involved in murder, deception and double-cross.
The Archangel
1969
as Marco Tarocchi Roda
Furio Bertuccia, a corruptible lawyer who defends lost causes, is hired by the glamorous model Gloria Bianchi to defend her from the alleged murder of...
Midas Run
1969
as General Ferranti
A veteran secret service officer from Britain hijacks a government shipment of $15 million of gold out of an irritation for never being knighted.
Alibi
1969
as Adolfo
Three friends meeting after the absence of one of them for 15 years out of the country. This sudden gathering give them the opportunity to examine the...
Alibi
1969
Director, Story, Screenplay
Three friends meeting after the absence of one of them for 15 years out of the country. This sudden gathering give them the opportunity to examine the...
Fantabulous Inc.
1968
as Karl Maria van Beethoven
An ordinary man is snatched off the streets and turned into a man with incredible powers by an insidious company hell bent on world domination.
It's Your Move
1968
as Bayon / Guinet
A criminal plots a bank robbery hinging on doubles of the employees.
Seven Times Seven
1968
as Gefängnisdirektor
A gang of prison inmates escape and rob the Royal Mint. They then sneak back to prison.
Danger: Diabolik
1968
as Ralph Valmont
International man of mystery Diabolik and his sensuous lover Eva Kant pull off heist after heist, all while European cops led by Inspector Ginko and e...
Death Sentence
1968
as Friar Baldwin
Four men killed Django's brother a long time ago. A withdrawn rancher, a notorious card player, a despotic priest and a crazy albino with an obsession...
Grand Slam
1967
as Mark Milford
Professor James Anders is a seemingly mild-mannered teacher, an American working in Rio De Janeiro. Anders, bored with years of teaching, decides to p...
Dirty Heroes
1967
as Luc Rollman
Set near the end of World War II in the Netherlands, Dirty Heroes concerns a group of ex-convicts recruited into the U.S. Army to recover Dutch jewels...
The Honey Pot
1967
as Inspector Rizzi
A millionaire fakes a terminal illness to fleece his former girlfriends.
Operation Kid Brother
1967
as Mr. Thai - 'Beta'
The evil crime syndicate Thanatos is bent on taking over the world, using a magnetic wave generator that will cause all metal-based machinery to grind...
The Bobo
1967
as Francisco Carbonell
Unsuccessful singing bullfighter Juan arrives in Barcelona to try his luck in a big town. He finally persuades a devious local impresario to book him,...
Master Stroke
1967
as Mr. Bernard
An actor is approached by a group of men offering him a job posing as an executive at a diamond exchange to help them pull off a robbery.
Grand Prix
1966
as Agostini Manetta
The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a serie...
King of Hearts
1966
as Schottischer Colonel
An ornithologist mistaken for an explosives expert is sent alone into a small French town during WWI to investigate a garbled report from the resistan...
Target for Killing
1966
as Henry Perkins
A secret agent is charged with preventing a crime syndicate's plot to assassinate a young heiress.
Pleasant Nights
1966
as Bernardozzo
A trilogy of comedic tales set in the Middle Ages.
Yankee
1966
as Grande Concho
A man referred to only as "Yankee" rides into a dying, desolate town in frontier New Mexico which is completely controlled by a man called the "Grand ...
El Greco
1966
as Don Miguel de las Cuevas
Greek painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos (Mel Ferrer) woos a beauty (Rosanna Schiaffino) and faces the Inquisition in 16th-century Spain.
Thunderball
1965
as Emilio Largo
A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they wil...
A Man Named John
1965
as Msgr. Radini Tedeschi
Based on the diary Pope John XXIII kept between the ages of 14 and 18, his lifelong concern for tolerance, the underprivileged, and world peace is tol...
Snow Job
1965
as Riccardo
Lucio sees his holiday on the Italian Alps interrupted when he is suddenly and unwillingly involved in an International plot involving fake dollar bil...
The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965
as Giovanni de' Medici
During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to sculpt 40 statues for his tomb. When the pope changes ...
Von Ryan's Express
1965
as Battaglia
Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from WWII Italy by taking over a freight train, but he has to win ov...
Crime on a Summer Morning
1965
as Mr. Van Willie
An ill-assorted group of international criminals executes a tightly-planned ransom sting in Spain. Things go along swimmingly until various tensions w...
Beautiful Families
1964
as Professor Della Porta
The film's theme is four episodes that offer the public a glimpse into the lives of rich and poor families in Italy in the 1960s.
Male Companion
1964
as Benvenuto
A dedicated layabout (Jean-Pierre Cassel) bounces from relationship to relationship, moving on only when the prospect of employment presents itself.
Three Nights of Love
1964
as Alberto
Omnibus film with individual segments directed by Renato Castellani, Luigi Comencini and Franco Rossi; all of them starring the radiant Catherine Spaa...
That Man from Rio
1964
as Señor Mario De Castro
French military man Adrien Dufourquet gets an eight-day furlough to visit his fiancée, Agnès. But when he arrives in Paris, he learns that her late fa...
Tico-Tico no Fubá
1952
Director, Producer
Tico-Tico no Fubá is a 1952 Brazilian comedy film directed by Adolfo Celi and starring Anselmo Duarte. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festiv...
Caiçara
1950
Director, Screenplay, Story
Caiçara is a 1950 Brazilian drama film directed by and starring Adolfo Celi. It was nominated for the Grand Prize of the Festival at the 1951 Cannes F...
Emigrantes
1948
as Il professore
Guaglio
1948
as Don Pietro Tassinare
On his way to Africa, Don Pietro, a young missionary priest has his suitcase stolen in the station of Naples. While trying to retrieve his baggage he ...
Christmas at Camp 119
1947
as John, il sergente americano
Second World War . Field 119 in California (USA ) . War is long over , but the Italian Prisoners Still waiting to return home , preparing to celebrate...
Un americano in vacanza
1946
as Tom