Gabriele Ferzetti

Gabriele Ferzetti born Pasquale Ferzetti 17 March 1925 2 December 2015 was an Italian actor with more than 160 credits across film television and stage His career was at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s Ferzettis first leading role was in the film Lo Zappatore 1950 He portrayed Puccini twice in the films Puccini 1953 and Casa Ricordi 1954 He made his international breakthrough in Michelangelo Antonionis controversial LAvventura 1960 as a restless playboy After a series of romantic performances he acquired a reputation in Italy as an elegant debonair and somewhat aristocratic looking leading man Ferzetti starred as Lot in John Hustons biblical epic The Bible In the Beginning 1966 and played railroad baron Morton in Sergio Leones Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 Perhaps his best known role internationally was in the James Bond movie On Her Majestys Secret Service 1969 as Marc Ange Draco although his voice was dubbed by British actor David de Keyser He was perhaps best known to nonmainstream audiences for his role as the psychiatrist Hans in Liliana Cavanis The Night Porter 1974 In the 1970s he appeared in a significant number of crime films often as an inspector He appeared in Julia and Julia opposite Laurence Olivier in Inchon 1982 and the cult film First Action Hero Later in his career he played the role of Nono in the TV series Une famille formidable while also appearing in Luca Guadagninos 2009 film I Am Love Ferzetti died on 2 December 2015 aged 90 Description above from the Wikipedia article Gabriele Ferzetti licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia