Full Name Giuseppe Segato Children Luca Magnani Role Film actor | Name Massimo Serato Years active 1938-1991 Grandchildren Olivia Magnani | |
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Movies Don't Look Now, Old‑Fashioned World, Hero of Rome, The Loves of Hercules, The 10th Victim Similar People Luca Magnani, Anna Magnani, Giorgio Ferroni, Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Luigi Capuano | ||
MASSIMO SERATO TRIBUTE
Massimo Serato, born Giuseppe Segato, (31 May 1916 – 22 December 1989) was an Italian film actor with a career spanning over 40 years.
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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). In 1947 he won a Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the neorealist war-drama film Il sole sorge ancora.
He had an affair with the actress Anna Magnani who bore him a son, Cellino, whom she affectionately called Luca. 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."
Serato died in Rome in 1989.
Filmography
Actor
1991
L'avvoltoio sa attendere (TV Mini Series) as
Prince
1989
Fratelli d'Italia as
Fabiano Bassi
1989
Il vigile urbano (TV Series) as
Sua Maestà
- Campa cavallo (1989) - Sua Maestà
1989
Singolo
1988
Chéri (TV Movie)
1988
32 dicembre as
Ferruccio, il fidanzato (segment "La gialla farfalla")
1987
Le lunghe ombre as
Il Divo
1987
Garibaldi the General (TV Mini Series) as
Giuseppe Ritucci
- Episode #1.3 (1987) - Giuseppe Ritucci
- Episode #1.1 (1987) - Giuseppe Ritucci
1986
Honor Thy Father (TV Movie) as
Bishop of Siena
1986
La porta chiusa (TV Movie) as
Ippolito
1986
Saving Grace as
Monsignor Betti
1985
Colui che non sta al gioco (TV Movie) as
Il generale
1984
Quei trentasei gradini (TV Mini Series) as
Ingegner Martori
- Episode #1.1 (1984) - Ingegner Martori
1984
Il ragazzo di campagna as
Rower
1984
Black Sequence (TV Series) as
Dante Corbino
- Neige à Capri (1984) - Dante Corbino
1983
Nana as
Faucherie
1983
Un povero ricco as
Navigli pusher
1983
Via degli specchi as
Councillor Bianchi
1982
Pin il monello
1980
Estigma as
Padre de Miguel
1980
The Garden of Eden as
Alessandra's Father
1979
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (TV Series) as
Count Passevant / Count Tennow
- The Case of the Deadly Prophecy (1979) - Count Passevant
- The Case of the Baker Street Nursemaids (1979) - Count Tennow
1979
The Killer Nun as
Dr. Poirret
1979
The Humanoid as
Great Brother
1978
Convoy Busters as
Degan
1978
The Bloodstained Shadow as
Count Pedrazzi
1977
La granduchessa e i camerieri (TV Movie) as
Principe di Sassonia
1977
Spia - Il caso Philby (TV Movie) as
Sir Stewart
1977
Il ginecologo della mutua as
Dr. Guido Lo Bianco
1976
Cattivi pensieri as
Carlo Bocconi
1976
Alle origini della mafia (TV Mini Series) as
Marquis Tarcone
- La speranza (1976) - Marquis Tarcone
1976
The Omen as
Man at gas station (uncredited)
1975
Ritratto di donna velata (TV Series) as
Grimaldi
- Episode #1.5 (1975) - Grimaldi
- Episode #1.4 (1975) - Grimaldi
- Episode #1.3 (1975) - Grimaldi
1975
Salvo D'Acquisto as
Halder
1975
Autopsy as
Gianni Sanna
1973
Don't Look Now as
Bishop Barbarrigo
1973
Women in Cell Block 7 as
Prison Director
1973
Number one as
Mino Cattani - Editor
1973
All'ultimo minuto (TV Series) as
Commendator Seganti
- Scala reale (1973) - Commendator Seganti
1972
Beau masque as
Valério
1972
Cool Million (TV Series) as
Pascal
- Mask of Marcella (1972) - Pascal
1972
Un apprezzato professionista di sicuro avvenire as
Bishop
1972
Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why? as
Uncle Fifi
1971
Il sergente Klems as
French General
1971
Dead Men Ride as
Emiliano
1971
Il ritorno del gladiatore più forte del mondo as
Caio Appio Quintilliano (as John Barracuda)
1971
The Great Swindle as
Hugo
1971
I racconti di Padre Brown (TV Series) as
Paul
- Le colpe del principe Saradine (1971) - Paul
1970
Edipeon as
Lamberto
1970
Lady Caliph as
L'industriale fallito
1970
Vivere insieme (TV Series) as
Ruggero
- Una nuova vita (1970) - Ruggero
1970
Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming as
Sheriff Jim Manassas
1970
Upon This Rock (TV Movie) as
Words of Pope John XXIII (as Massimo Serrato)
1970
Il divorzio as
Mario Gherardi
1970
The Gamblers as
Del Isolla
1970
Mir hat es immer Spaß gemacht as
Capitano di Montecucculi
1969
It Takes a Thief (TV Series) as
Inspector Sabatini
- The Three Virgins of Rome (1969) - Inspector Sabatini
1969
Lo stato d'assedio as
Crusich
1969
Camille 2000 as
Armand's father
1969
Nero Wolfe (TV Series) as
Claude Gebert
- Veleno in sartoria (1969) - Claude Gebert
1968
È stato bello amarti as
Luca
1967
Catch As Catch Can as
Agent
1967
Il magnifico Texano as
Blackie Stark (as John Barracuda)
1967
Delitto impossibile (TV Movie) as
Brian Cartwright
1967
La notte pazza del conigliaccio as
Ing. Pariante
1967
The Honey Pot as
The Pretender (scenes deleted)
1966
Melissa (TV Mini Series) as
Don Page
- Episode #1.6 (1966) - Don Page
- Episode #1.5 (1966) - Don Page
- Episode #1.4 (1966) - Don Page
- Episode #1.3 (1966) - Don Page
- Episode #1.2 (1966) - Don Page
- Episode #1.1 (1966) - Don Page
1966
La mujer perdida as
D. Rafael Valcálcer
1966
I Spy (TV Series) as
Emilio Paolo
- Vendetta (1966) - Emilio Paolo
1966
The Wild, Wild Planet as
Mr. Nurmi
1966
The Almost Perfect Crime as
Preston
1966
Im Nest der gelben Viper - Das FBI schlägt zu
1965
SuperSeven Calling Cairo as
Alex
1965
The 10th Victim as
Lawyer Rossi
1965
One Hundred Thousand Dollars for Ringo as
Guy (as John Barracuda)
1965
Challenge of the Gladiator as
Senator Lucio Quintilio
1965
La Celestina P... R... as
Marcello
1964
Gunmen of Rio Grande as
Leo
1964
The Lion of Thebes as
Tutmes
1964
Hero of Rome as
Tarquin
1964
The Revolt of the Seven as
Baxo
1964
Atlas Against the Czar as
Czar Nicola Nicolajevic
1964
Full Hearts and Empty Pockets as
Chefredakteur
1963
Giacobbe ed Esau as
Ismaele - Ishmael
1963
Brennus, Enemy of Rome as
Marco Furio Camillo
1963
The Secret Seven as
Axel
1963
Goliath and the Rebel Slave as
Marcius
1963
Samson and the Slave Queen as
Garcia de Higuera
1963
55 Days at Peking as
Garibaldi
1963
Invincible Masked Rider as
Don Rodrigo
1963
The Danny Thomas Show (TV Series) as
Francesco
- The Roman Patriot (1963) - Francesco
1963
The Shortest Day as
Ufficiale (uncredited)
1962
Hypnosis as
Georg von Cramer
1962
The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan as
Cardinale Richelieu
1962
Mars, God of War as
Antarus
1962
Pontius Pilate as
Nicodemus
1961
La trovatella di Milano as
Gabriele aka Erich Grüber
1961
El Cid as
Fanez
1961
Constantine and the Cross as
Maxentius
1960
Love, the Italian Way as
Sicilian Nobleman
1960
I'll See You in Hell as
Al
1960
The Queen of the Pirates as
Cesare di Santacroce
1960
The Loves of Hercules as
Licos
1960
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series) as
Wilnow
- Thunder in the Night (1960) - Wilnow
1960
David and Goliath as
Abner
1959
The Pirate and the Slave Girl as
Roberto Diego
1959
Il magistrato as
Ugo
1959
Tunis Top Secret as
Nikos
1959
Cavalier in Devil's Castle as
Capitano Ugone di Collefeltro
1958
Captain Falcon as
Barone Oddo di Serra
1958
La spada e la croce as
Anan
1958
The Naked Maja as
Conte Rodrigo Sanchez
1958
Aphrodite, Goddess of Love as
Quinto Rufo
1958
The Silent Enemy as
Forzellini
1957
La grande ombra as
Franco Donati
1957
Peppino, le modelle e.... 'chella llà' as
Carlo Rosani
1956
Suprema confessione as
Marco Neri
1956
Tormento d'amore as
Pietro Martínez
1956
Mermaid of Naples as
Salvatore Aiello
1955
Il piccolo vetraio as
barone de la Motte
1955
Il falco d'oro as
Massimo Montefalco
1955
La vedova X as
Vittorio
1955
Cartouche as
Henri de Vauboranche
1954
Foglio di via as
Andrea
1954
L'eterna femmina
1954
Loves of Three Queens as
Paride (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)
1954
Madame du Barry as
Choiseul
1954
Pietà per chi cade as
Livio Vanini
1954
Opinione pubblica as
Massimo Gorini
1953
The Story of William Tell (Short) as
Hermann Gessler
1953
Lucrèce Borgia as
Alphonse d'Aragon
1953
The Man from Cairo as
Basil Constantine
1953
Febbre di vivere as
Massimo Fontana
1953
Gioventù alla sbarra as
Gigi
1953
I Piombi di Venezia as
Orsenigo
1953
Le marchand de Venise as
Antonio
1952
Amore rosso (Marianna Sirca) as
Simone Sole
1952
La figlia del diavolo as
Adolfo Santagata
1952
The Executioner of Lille as
Rochefort
1952
Anita Garibaldi (uncredited)
1951
I due derelitti as
Ramon
1951
Senza bandiera as
Leutnant Morassi
1951
Incantesimo tragico as
Berto
1951
Schatten über Neapel as
Peppuccio - alias Peppe
1951
The Count of Saint Elmo as
Conte di Sant'Elmo
1951
Amore e sangue as
Peppuccio detto Peppe
1951
La rivale dell'imperatrice as
Voice of Orloff - Italian language version (voice, unconfirmed)
1950
The Thief of Venice as
Il grande inquisitore Garbia
1950
La strada buia as
Jim West
1950
Sunday in August as
Roberto
1949
Marechiaro as
Luca Salvatori
1949
Rondini in volo as
Ufficiale D'aviazione
1949
The Pirates of Capri as
Baron Holstein (as Rudolph Serato)
1949
Monastero di Santa Chiara as
Rudolf, ufficiale delle SS
1948
La danse de mort as
Stéphane / Stefano
1948
I cavalieri dalle maschere nere (I beati paoli) as
Il contino de la Motte
1947
Il principe ribelle as
Francesco di Sant'Agata
1947
Rocambole (uncredited)
1947
The Lost One as
Alexandre Dumas fils (prologue)
1947
La revanche de Baccarat (uncredited)
1947
Il corriere del re as
Maurice Croisenois
1947
L'apocalisse
1946
Il mondo vuole così as
Alberto
1946
Sangue a Ca' Foscari as
cavaliere della Rosa
1946
Outcry as
Major Heinrich
1945
Quartieri alti as
Giorgio Zanetti
1944
The Materassi Sisters as
Remo, il nipote
1943
Giacomo l'idealista as
Giacomo Lanzavecchia
1942
Luisa Sanfelice as
Ferdinando Ferri
1942
I sette peccati as
Mario Venier
1942
Man of the Sea as
Il marinaio
1941
L'amore canta as
Alberto
1941
Due cuori sotto sequestro as
Il compositore
1941
Piccolo mondo antico as
Franco Maironi
1940
L'ispettore Vargas
1939
Le père Lebonnard as
Un giovanetto al ballo (uncredited)
1938
Inventiamo l'amore as
Un altro giocatore nella sala da biliardo (uncredited)
1938
Jeanne Doré as
Extra in ball scene
Self
1966
00/ciak operazione mondo (Documentary)
1954
Reflets de Cannes (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 11 April 1954 (1954) - Self
Archive Footage
2012
Dai nostri inviati: La Rai e l'Istituto Luce raccontano la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1932-1953 (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2011
On the Set of Camille 2000 (Video documentary short) as
Self
1990
Viaggio di nozze in giallo as
Pino's father
1977
Kolossal - i magnifici Macisti (Documentary) as
Conte Rodrigo Sanchez (as M. Serato)
1962
Kraft Mystery Theater (TV Series) as
Wilnow
- Thunder in the Night (1962) - Wilnow
References
Massimo Serato Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA