Massimo Serato

Massimo Serato
Massimo Serato
	Serato in the movie Domenica d'agosto (1950)
Born	Giuseppe Segato; 31 May 1917; Oderzo, Veneto, Kingdom of Italy
Died	22 December 1989 (aged 72); Rome, Italy
Years active	1938–1989
Partner	Anna Magnani
Children	1

Massimo Serato (born Giuseppe Segato; 31 May 1917 – 22 December 1989) was an Italian film actor with a career spanning over 40 years.^[1]

Biography

Serato was born in Oderzo, Veneto, Italy and started appearing in films in 1938. He played leading roles in several historical dramas and sword-and-sandal epics, mainly Italian, as well as roles in major international films. His notable appearances include Piccolo mondo antico (1941), The Naked Maja (1958), David and Goliath (1960), The Loves of Hercules (1960), El Cid (1961), 55 Days at Peking (1963) Camille 2000 (1969) and Don't Look Now (1973).^[2] In 1947 he won a Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the neorealist war-drama film The Sun Still Rises.^[3]

He had an affair with the actress Anna Magnani who bore him a son, Luca, whom she affectionately called Cellino.^[4] Luca contracted polio at an early age; "In time he was able to walk with steel braces but [he] spent much of his time in a wheelchair."^[5]

Serato died in Rome in 1989.

Selected filmography

Inventiamo l'amore (1938) − Un altro giocatore nella sala da biliardo
Le Père Lebonnard (1939) − Un giovanetto al ballo (uncredited)
L'ispettore Vargas (1940)
Piccolo mondo antico (1941) − Franco Maironi
Due cuori sotto sequestro (1941) − Il compositore
L'amore canta (1941) − Alberto
L'uomo venuto dal mare (1942) − Il marinaio
I sette peccati (1942) − Mario Venier
Luisa Sanfelice (1942) − Ferdinando Ferri
Giacomo the Idealist (1943) − Giacomo Lanzavecchia
The Materassi Sisters (1944) − Remo, il nipote
In High Places (1945) − Giorgio Zanetti
The Sun Still Rises (1946) − Major Heinrich
Sangue a Ca' Foscari (1946) − cavaliere della Rosa
L'apocalisse (1947)
The Courier of the King (1947) − Maurice Croisenois
La revanche de Baccarat (1947)
The Lady of the Camellias (1947) − Alexandre Dumas fils (prologue)
Rocambole (1947)
Il principe ribelle (1947) − Francesco di Sant'Agata
I cavalieri dalle maschere nere (1948) − Il contino de la Motte
The Dance of Death (1948) − Stéphane / Stefano
The Monastery of Santa Chiara (1949) − Rudolf, ufficiale delle SS
Il mondo vuole così (1949) − Alberto
The Pirates of Capri (1949) − Baron Holstein
Marechiaro (1949) − Luca Salvatori
Flying Squadron (1949) − Ufficiale D'aviazione
Sunday in August (1950) − Roberto
Fugitive Lady (1950) − Jim West
The Thief of Venice (1950) − Il grande inquisitore Garbia
The Rival of the Empress (1951) − Orloff − Italian language version (voice)
Love and Blood (1951) − Peppuccio detto Peppe
Shadows Over Naples (1951) − Peppuccio
Tragic Spell (1951) − Berto
Without a Flag (1951) − Leutnant Morassi
I due derelitti (1951) − Ramon
Anita Garibaldi (1952) − (uncredited)
Milady and the Musketeers (1952) − Comte de Rochefort
La figlia del diavolo (1952) − Adolfo Santagata
Red Love (1952) − Simone Sole
The Merchant of Venice (1953) − Antonio
I Piombi di Venezia (1953) − Orsenigo
Gioventù alla sbarra (1953) − Gigi
Eager to Live (1953) − Massimo Fontana
The Man from Cairo (1953) − Basil Constantine
Lucrèce Borgia (1953) − Alfonso of Aragon
The Story of William Tell (1953) − Hermann Gessler
Il Conte di Sant'Elmo (1953) − Conte di Sant'Elmo
Public Opinion (1954) − Massimo Gorini
Pietà per chi cade (1954) − Livio Vanini
Madame du Barry (1954) − Choiseul
Loves of Three Queens (1954) − Paride (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)
L'eterna femmina (1954)
Foglio di via (1954) − Andrea
Cartouche (1955) − Henri de Vauboranche
The Widow (1955) − Vittorio
Il falco d'oro (1955) − Massimo Montefalco
Il piccolo vetraio (1955) − barone de la Motte
Mermaid of Naples (1956) − Salvatore Aiello
Tormento d'amore (1956) − Pietro Martínez
Supreme Confession (1956) − Marco Neri
La trovatella di Milano (1956)
Peppino, le modelle e chella là (1957) − Carlo Rosani
La grande ombra (1957) − Franco Donati
The Silent Enemy (1958) − Forzellini
Slave Women of Corinth (1958) − Quinto Rufo
The Naked Maja (1958) − Conte Rodrigo Sanchez
Captain Falcon (1958) − Baron Oddo di Serra
The Sword and the Cross (1958) − Anan
Cavalier in Devil's Castle (1959) − Capitano Ugone di Collefeltro
Tunis Top Secret (1959) − Nikos
The Magistrate (1959) − Ugo
The Pirate and the Slave Girl (1959) − Roberto Diego
David and Goliath (1960) − Abner
The Loves of Hercules (1960) − Licos
Queen of the Pirates (1960) − Cesare di Santacroce
Ti aspetterò all'inferno [it] (1960) − Al
Femmine di lusso (1960) − Sicilian Nobleman
Constantine and the Cross (1961) − Maxentius
El Cid (1961) − Fanez
Pontius Pilate (1962) −Nicodemus
Venus Against the Son of Hercules (1962) − Antarus
The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan (1962) − Cardinal Richelieu
Hypnosis (1962) − Georg von Cramer
The Invincible Masked Rider (1963) − Don Rodrigo
55 Days at Peking (1963) − Menotti Garibaldi
Samson and the Slave Queen (1963) − Garcia de Higuera
Goliath and the Rebel Slave (1963) − Marcius
Gli invincibili sette (1963) − Axel
Brennus, Enemy of Rome (1963) − Marcus Furius Camillus
Jacob and Esau (1963) − Ismaele − Ishmael
Full Hearts and Empty Pockets [it] (1964) − Corbelli, Editor−in−chief
Samson vs. the Giant King (1964) − Czar Nicola Nicolajevic
Hero of Rome (1964) − Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
The Lion of Thebes (1964) − Tutmes
Desafío en Río Bravo (1964) − Leo
Gladiators Seven (1964) − Baxo
La Celestina P... R... (1965) − Marcello
Challenge of the Gladiator (1965) − Senator Lucio Quintilio
100.000 dollari per Ringo (1965) − Guy
The 10th Victim (1965) − Lawyer Rossi
Super Seven Calling Cairo (1965) − Alex
Operation Yellow Viper [de] (1966)
The Almost Perfect Crime (1966) − Preston
Wild, Wild Planet (1966) − Mr. Nurmi
The Lost Woman (1966) − D. Rafael Valcálcer
00/ciak operazione mondo (1966)
The Honey Pot (1967) − The Pretender (scenes deleted)
The Strange Night (1967) − ing. Pariante
Il magnifico texano (1967) − Blackie Stark
È stato bello amarti (1968) − Luca
Catch as Catch Can (1968) − Agent
Camille 2000 (1969) − Armand's father
L'amore breve [it] (1969) − Crusich
The Naughty Cheerleader (1970) − Capitano di Montecucculi
The Gamblers (1970) − Del Isolla
Il divorzio (1970) − Mario Gherardi
Cloud of Dust... Cry of Death... Sartana Is Coming (1970) − Sheriff Jim Manassas
Edipeon (1970)
La califfa (1970) − L'industriale fallito
Historia de una traición (1971) − Hugo
Il ritorno del gladiatore più forte del mondo (1971) − Caio Appio Quintilliano
Dead Men Ride (1971) − Emiliano
Il sergente Klems (1971) − French General
Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why? (1972) − Uncle Fifi
Un apprezzato professionista di sicuro avvenire (1972) − Bishop
Beau Masque (1972) − Valério
Number one (1973) − Mino Cattani
Women in Cell Block 7 (1973) − Prison Director
Don't Look Now (1973) − Bishop Barbarrigo
Salvo D'Acquisto (1974) − Halder
Autopsy (1975) − Gianni Sanna
Cattivi pensieri (1976) − Carlo Bocconi
Il ginecologo della mutua (1977) − Doctor Guido Lo Bianco
Convoy Busters (1978) − Degan
The Bloodstained Shadow (1978) − Count Pedrazzi
The Humanoid (1979) − Great Brother
Killer Nun (1979) − Dr. Poirret
Eden no sono (1980) − Alessandra's Father
Estigma (1980)
Pin il monello (1982)
Via degli specchi (1983) − Councillor Bianchi
Nana (1983) − Faucherie
Il ragazzo di campagna (1984) − Rower
Saving Grace (1986) − Monsignor Betti
Le lunghe ombre (1987)
32 dicembre (1988) − Ferruccio, il fidanzato (segment "La gialla farfalla")
Singolo (1989)
Fratelli d'Italia (1989)
Viaggio di nozze in giallo (1990)
L'avvoltoio può attendere (1991) − Prince (final film role)

References

^ "Massimo Serato". BFI. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017.
^ "Massimo Serato - Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
^ Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
^ "Massimo Serato - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos". AllMovie.
^ http://www.classicimages.com/articles/2009/04/15/current_issue/annamagnani.txt^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

Massimo Serato at IMDb
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[1] "Massimo Serato". BFI. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017.

[2] "Massimo Serato - Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.

[premi-3] Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.

[4] "Massimo Serato - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos". AllMovie.

[5] ttp://www.classicimages.com/articles/2009/04/15/current_issue/annamagnani.txt^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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