1. Gino Cervi was best known for portraying Peppone in a series of comedies based on the character Don Camillo, and police detective Jules Maigret on the television series Le inchieste del commissario Maigret.
12 Facts About Gino Cervi
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Gino Cervi's father was Antonio Cervi, a theatre critic for Il Resto del Carlino.
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Gino Cervi's family held close ties to the town of Casalbuttano ed Uniti, where the elder Cervi would eventually be buried.
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Gino Cervi was best known for his role of Giuseppe Bottazzi, the Communist mayor in the Don Camillo movies of the 1950s and the 1960s.
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Gino Cervi shared great understanding and friendship with co-star Fernandel during the 15 years playing their respective roles in Don Camillo movies.
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Gino Cervi was a stage actor, particularly known for his interpretations of Shakespeare, and co-founded the Teatro Eliseo's stable company with Paolo Stoppa and Rina Morelli in 1939.
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Gino Cervi was a voice actor, and dubbed into Italian the films of Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, Clark Gable, and James Stewart.
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Gino Cervi dubbed Alec Guinness' voice in the Italian version of Brother Sun, Sister Moon and Charles Boyer in Lucky to Be a Woman.
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In 1928, Gino Cervi married actress Nini Gordini and they had a son, Tonino Gino Cervi.
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Gino Cervi later became the grandfather of actress Valentina Cervi and producer Antonio Levesi Cervi.
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Gino Cervi was initiated to the Italian Scottish Rite Freemasonry in the Lodge "Palingenesi" and later he joined the Lodge "Galvani" in Bologna.
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Gino Cervi supported the Christian Democrats during the 1968 general election, and later joined the Italian Liberal Party, winning an election as councilor for the Lazio region.