Adolfo Celi

Adolfo Celi

1922-07-27 Messina, Sicily, Italy 98 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Adolfo Celi (27 July 1922 –19 February 1986) was an Italian film actor and director.

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Paulo Autran – O Senhor dos Palcos

Paulo Autran – O Senhor dos Palcos

2017

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

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

Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds

2006

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

italian documentary

Best Ever Bond

2002

as Largo (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

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

Bond Girls Are Forever

2002

as Emilio Largo (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

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

O Construtor de Sonhos

1994

Acting
My Friends Act III

My Friends Act III

1985

as Professor Sassaroli

6.4
Acting

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

Cinderella '80

1984

as Goncalvo Gherardeschi

6.9
Acting

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

My Friends Act II

1982

as Professeur Sassaroli

7.6
Acting

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

Monsignor

1982

as Cardinal Vinci

4.4
Acting

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

L'Occhio di Giuda

1982

as Sir Henry

Acting

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

La sconosciuta

1982

as Taladis

Acting

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

Di padre in figlio

1982

as Self

4.0
Acting
Madly in Love

Madly in Love

1981

as Gustav

6.6
Acting

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

Carnapping - Ordered, Stolen and Sold

1980

as Polizeipräsident

6.6
Acting

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

Cafè Express

1980

as Chief Inspector Ramacci Pisanelli

7.0
Acting

An Italian laborer foils anyone who tries to stop him from selling espresso on the Milan-to-Naples night train.

The Perfect Crime

The Perfect Crime

1978

as Sir Harold Boyd

5.3
Acting

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

Le braghe del padrone

1978

as Eugenio - the president

6.0
Acting

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

Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania

1978

as Carcamano

4.9
Acting

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

The Tiger Is Still Alive: Sandokan to the Rescue

1977

as James Brooke

6.0
Acting

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

Edipo Re

1977

Acting
Holocaust 2000

Holocaust 2000

1977

as Dr. Kerouac

5.9
Acting

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

Pane, burro e marmellata

1977

as Aristide Bertelli

3.8
Acting

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

The Passengers

1977

as Boetani

6.1
Acting

A man and his stepson driving across Europe are terrorized by a man following them in a pickup truck.

Che notte quella notte!

Che notte quella notte!

1977

as Dottore

Acting
Merciless Man

Merciless Man

1976

as Commissario Lo Gallo

6.2
Acting

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

The Big Operator

1976

as Rifai

4.5
Acting

The aging villain Émile Morland talks his old friend Aristide into helping him with to kidnap the son of a millionaire.

The Next Man

The Next Man

1976

as Al Sharif

4.6
Acting

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

Horse Fever

1976

as President of the Court

7.3
Acting

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

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

1976

as Vladimiro Palese

6.7
Acting

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

The Landlord

1976

as Giudice Damiani

5.5
Acting

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

Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife

1976

as Antonio

6.4
Acting

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

Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man

1976

as Polizeichef

6.2
Acting

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

Pure as a Lily

1976

as L'onorevole

2.0
Acting

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

My Friends

1975

as Il Professor Sassaroli

8.1
Acting

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

Libera, My Love

1975

as Felice Valente - Libera's father

5.7
Acting

A strong-willed woman risks everything to support the cause of anti-fascism in World War II Italy.

The Balloon Vendor

The Balloon Vendor

1974

as Dr. Monforte

7.0
Acting

A young boy tries to make living out of a puppet show when his mother abandons him and his father.

The Tempter

The Tempter

1974

as Father Borelli

5.4
Acting

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

And Then There Were None

1974

as General André Salvé

5.7
Acting

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

The Phantom of Liberty

1974

as The Doctor

7.4
Acting

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

Le Mataf

1973

as Me Desbordes

4.7
Acting

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

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973

as General Hans Krebs

6.1
Acting

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

1931: Once Upon a Time in New York

1973

as The Pole

Acting

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

Holidays

1973

as Commissioner Rizzuto

7.0
Acting

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

The Italian Connection

1972

as Don Vito Tressoldi

7.0
Acting

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

The Long Arm of the Godfather

1972

as Don Carmelo

Acting

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

Naked Girl Killed in the Park

1972

as Inspector Huber

6.0
Acting

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?

Who Saw Her Die?

1972

as Serafian

6.4
Acting

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?

Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?

1972

as Inspector Vezzi

6.3
Acting

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

Eye in the Labyrinth

1972

as Frank

5.7
Acting

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

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

1972

as Konsul

7.0
Acting

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

Una chica casi decente

1971

as César Martín de Valdés 'Duque'

3.0
Acting

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

Murders in the Rue Morgue

1971

as Inspector Vidocq

5.1
Acting

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

They Have Changed Their Face

1971

as Giovanni Nosferatu

6.5
Acting

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

Brancaleone at the Crusades

1970

as Re Boemondo

7.2
Acting

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

The Cop

1970

as Le commissaire divisionnaire

6.4
Acting

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

Fragment of Fear

1970

as Signor Bardoni

5.9
Acting

A reformed drug addict travels to Italy to find out who murdered his aunt.

The Night of the Assassin

The Night of the Assassin

1970

as Hermes

Acting

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

Death Knocks Twice

1969

as "der Professor"

4.3
Acting

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

In Search of Gregory

1969

as Max

4.8
Acting

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

A Man for Emmanuelle

1969

as Sandri

3.3
Acting
Detective Belli

Detective Belli

1969

as Avvocato Fontana

5.6
Acting

A crooked detective begins investigating a situation on behalf of a friend and gets involved in murder, deception and double-cross.

The Archangel

The Archangel

1969

as Marco Tarocchi Roda

6.0
Acting

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

Midas Run

1969

as General Ferranti

4.0
Acting

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

Alibi

1969

as Adolfo

5.0
Acting

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

Alibi

1969

Director, Story, Screenplay

5.0
Directing Writing

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.

Fantabulous Inc.

1968

as Karl Maria van Beethoven

6.0
Acting

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

It's Your Move

1968

as Bayon / Guinet

5.0
Acting

A criminal plots a bank robbery hinging on doubles of the employees.

Seven Times Seven

Seven Times Seven

1968

as Gefängnisdirektor

6.8
Acting

A gang of prison inmates escape and rob the Royal Mint. They then sneak back to prison.

Danger: Diabolik

Danger: Diabolik

1968

as Ralph Valmont

6.4
Acting

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

Death Sentence

1968

as Friar Baldwin

6.4
Acting

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

Grand Slam

1967

as Mark Milford

7.1
Acting

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

Dirty Heroes

1967

as Luc Rollman

5.2
Acting

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

The Honey Pot

1967

as Inspector Rizzi

6.5
Acting

A millionaire fakes a terminal illness to fleece his former girlfriends.

Operation Kid Brother

Operation Kid Brother

1967

as Mr. Thai - 'Beta'

4.4
Acting

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

The Bobo

1967

as Francisco Carbonell

6.0
Acting

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

Master Stroke

1967

as Mr. Bernard

Acting

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

Grand Prix

1966

as Agostini Manetta

7.2
Acting

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

King of Hearts

1966

as Schottischer Colonel

6.9
Acting

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

Target for Killing

1966

as Henry Perkins

6.1
Acting

A secret agent is charged with preventing a crime syndicate's plot to assassinate a young heiress.

Pleasant Nights

Pleasant Nights

1966

as Bernardozzo

6.3
Acting

A trilogy of comedic tales set in the Middle Ages.

Yankee

Yankee

1966

as Grande Concho

5.3
Acting

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

El Greco

1966

as Don Miguel de las Cuevas

5.0
Acting

Greek painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos (Mel Ferrer) woos a beauty (Rosanna Schiaffino) and faces the Inquisition in 16th-century Spain.

Thunderball

Thunderball

1965

as Emilio Largo

6.7
Acting

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

A Man Named John

1965

as Msgr. Radini Tedeschi

6.3
Acting

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

Snow Job

1965

as Riccardo

6.0
Acting

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

The Agony and the Ecstasy

1965

as Giovanni de' Medici

7.1
Acting

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

Von Ryan's Express

1965

as Battaglia

7.1
Acting

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

Crime on a Summer Morning

1965

as Mr. Van Willie

6.5
Acting

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

Beautiful Families

1964

as Professor Della Porta

6.7
Acting

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

Male Companion

1964

as Benvenuto

4.8
Acting

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

Three Nights of Love

1964

as Alberto

5.8
Acting

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

That Man from Rio

1964

as Señor Mario De Castro

7.4
Acting

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

Tico-Tico no Fubá

1952

Director, Producer

8.0
Directing Producing

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

Caiçara

1950

Director, Screenplay, Story

7.0
Directing Writing

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

Emigrantes

1948

as Il professore

6.5
Acting
Guaglio

Guaglio

1948

as Don Pietro Tassinare

6.9
Acting

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

Christmas at Camp 119

1947

as John, il sergente americano

6.4
Acting

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

Un americano in vacanza

1946

as Tom

Acting