About
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. Ferzetti's 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 Antonioni's controversial L'Avventura (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 Huston's biblical epic, The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966), and played railroad baron Morton in Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). Perhaps his best known role, internationally, was in the James Bond movie On Her...
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the WestMovie • 1968
On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceMovie • 1969
Around the World in 80 DaysSeries • 1989
The Bible: In the Beginning...Movie • 1966
L'AvventuraMovie • 1960
The Night PorterMovie • 1974
I Am LoveMovie • 2010
AppassionataMovie • 1974
Cold SweatMovie • 1970
Machine Gun McCainMovie • 1969
The PsychicMovie • 1977
HannibalMovie • 1959
The ConfessionMovie • 1970
Hitler: The Last Ten DaysMovie • 1973
OthelloMovie • 1995
Julia and JuliaMovie • 1988
The Shortest DayMovie • 1963
1612: Chronicles of the Dark TimeMovie • 2007
We Still Kill the Old WayMovie • 1967
End of the GameMovie • 1975
La OrcaMovie • 1976
Le AmicheMovie • 1955
That Splendid NovemberMovie • 1969
Calling All Police CarsMovie • 1975