Romolo Valli was an Italian

Italy

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 actor

Actor

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.

Valli was born in Reggio Emilia

Reggio Emilia

Reggio Emilia is an affluent city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 170,000 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....

. He was one of the best known Italian actors from the 1950s to his death. He worked both for the stage and the silver screen. Among the directors he collaborated with were Vittorio De Sica

Vittorio de Sica

Vittorio De Sica was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement....

, Sergio Leone

Sergio Leone

Sergio Leone was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter most associated with the "Spaghetti Western" genre.Leone's film-making style includes juxtaposing extreme close-up shots with lengthy long shots...

, Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski

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, Roger Vadim

Roger Vadim

Roger Vadim was a French screenwriter, director, and producer as well as a journalist, author and actor, who launched Brigitte Bardot's career in the film And God Created Woman.-Early life:...

, and Luchino Visconti

Luchino Visconti

Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard and Death in Venice .-Life:...

, who cast Valli in three feature films (Il Gattopardo

Il gattopardo

Il gattopardo may refer to:*The Leopard, a novel*The Leopard , a film based on the novel...

, Morte a Venezia, Gruppo di famiglia in un interno) and the episode Il lavoro of Boccaccio '70

Boccaccio '70

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. Valli died in a car accident.

Filmography

• Policarpo ufficiale di scrittura (1959)
• The Great War (1959 film)
  The Great War (1959 film)
  The Great War is a 1959 Italian film directed by Mario Monicelli. It tells the story of an odd couple of army buddies in World War I; the movie, while played on a comedic register, does not hide from the viewer the horrors and grimness of trench warfare...
  
  (1959)
• Jovanka e le altre (1960)
• I piaceri del sabato notte (1960)
• La viaccia
  La Viaccia
  The Lovemakers is a 1961 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini based on a novel by Mario Pratesi. The film stars Claudia Cardinale and Jean-Paul Belmondo. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...
  
  (1961)
• Un giorno da leoni (1961)
• La ragazza con la valigia (1961)
• Una storia milanese (1962)
• Boccaccio '70
  Boccaccio '70
  Boccaccio '70 is a 1962 Italian portmanteau film directed by Mario Monicelli, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti and Vittorio de Sica, from an idea by Cesare Zavattini...
  
  (1962)
• Peccati d'estate (1962)
• I fuorilegge del matrimonio (1963)
• Il Gattopardo
  Il gattopardo
  Il gattopardo may refer to:*The Leopard, a novel*The Leopard , a film based on the novel...
  
  (1963)
• Sweet and Sour
  Sweet and Sour (film)
  Sweet and Sour is a 1963 French-Italian comedy film directed by Jacques Baratier and starring Guy Bedos.-Cast:* Jean Babilée - Oscar* Guy Bedos - Gerard* Jean-Paul Belmondo - Raymond* Claude Brasseur - Plumber* Françoise Brion - Striptease Girl...
  
  (1963)
• La vendetta della signora (1964)
• E venne un uomo
  A Man Named John
  A Man Named John is a 1965 drama film directed by Ermanno Olmi and starring Rod Steiger.-Cast:* Rod Steiger - The Intermediary* Adolfo Celi - Msgr...
  
  (1965)
• La Mandragola (1965)
• I complessi
  I complessi
  I complessi is a 1965 commedia all'italiana film compesed by three episodes.- Episodes :*Una giornata decisiva, directed by Dino Risi, starring Nino Manfredi. It was written by Marcello Fondato, Ruggero Maccari and Dino Risi....
  
  (1965)
• Non stuzzicate la zanzara (1967)
• Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare (1967)
• Barbarella
  Barbarella
  Barbarella is a female given name, variant of Barbara. It may also refer to:* Barbarella by Jean-Claude Forest; the origin of the story** Barbarella , based on the comic book; starring Jane Fonda...
  
  (1967)
• Scacco alla regina (1969)
• Il giardino dei Finzi Contini (1970)
• Morte a Venezia (1971)
• Giù la testa (1971)
• Er Più - Storia d'amore e di coltello (1971)
• What? (film) (1972)
• Gruppo di famiglia in un interno (1974)
• Nipoti miei diletti (1974)
• Holocaust 2000
  Holocaust 2000
  Holocaust 2000 is a 1977 horror film directed by Alberto De Martino and starring Kirk Douglas.-Plot:Despite doomsday warnings from throngs of locals, wealthy industrialist Robert Caine makes the controversial decision to build a nuclear power plant near a sacred cave in the Middle East...
  
  (1975)
• Novecento (1976)
• Un borghese piccolo piccolo
  Un borghese piccolo piccolo
  An Average Little Man is a 1977 Italian drama film directed by Mario Monicelli. It is based on on the novel of the same name written by Vincenzo Cerami. The first hour is a fine example of commedia all'italiana but the second part is a psychological drama and a tragedy...
  
  (1977)
• Un attimo, una vita (1977)
• Chiaro di donna (1979)

External links

• Romolo Valli at The Internet Movie Database