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Gabriele Ferzetti

Gabriele Ferzetti

Actor · Died December 2, 2015, aged 90 · Rome, Italy

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 Majesty's Secret Service (1969) as Marc Ange Draco, although his voice was dubbed by British actor David de Keyser. He was perhaps best known to non-mainstream audiences for his role as the psychiatrist, Hans, in Liliana Cavani's The Night Porter (1974). In the 1970s, he appeared in a significant number of crime films, often as an inspector. He appeared in Julia and Julia, opposite Laurence Olivier in Inchon (1982), and the cult film, First Action Hero. Later in his career, he played the role of Nono in the TV series Une famille formidable, while also appearing in Luca Guadagnino's 2009 film I Am Love. Ferzetti died on 2 December 2015, aged 90. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gabriele Ferzetti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 17, 1925
Died
December 2, 2015 (aged 90)
From
Rome, Italy
Works as
Actor
Titles
42 on MovieCove · 151 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 15% in 30 days

What are Gabriele Ferzetti's films like?

Across their 35 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 33 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 10 · Dark 18

Grounded 13 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 6

Gentle 5 · Charged 15 · Intense 13

Steady 13 · Shifting 18 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced 24 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 2

Slow burn 15 · Even-paced 17 · Relentless 1

Casual 8 · Engaged 18 · Full focus 7

Easy watch 9 · Affecting 13 · Heavy 11

A split, not a type: Resolved 18 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 5

Roles they play

17 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 5 of 17 analyzed roles.

Ally
5 of 17
Threshold guardian
4 of 17
Shadow
3 of 17
Hero
1 of 17
Trickster
1 of 17
Shapeshifter
1 of 17
Herald
1 of 17
Mentor
1 of 17
Show the 17 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
26
Melancholic
21
Dread
9
Romantic
10
Joyful
3
Other
19

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet16
  • Tragic10
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Gabriele Ferzetti's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 42 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Subscription and free streaming for Gabriele Ferzetti's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

151 credits, 42 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • 18 Years Later (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Enrico

  • I Am Love(2009)

    as Edoardo Recchi Senior

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • Pope John Paul I: The Smile of God (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Card. Giuseppe Siri

  • Pope John Paul I: The Smile of God (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 2 episodes · as Card. Giuseppe Siri

  • Callas & Onassis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Livanos

  • Callas & Onassis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · as Livanos

  • Concorso di colpa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Vito Santamaria

  • Lost Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Tommaso Pasini

  • L'avvocato de Gregorio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Alfonso

  • Le ragazze di Miss Italia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as professor De Lollis

  • The Sands of Time(2000)

    as Father Jacob

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
  • Porzûs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Strono vecchio

  • Con rabbia e con amore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Leone

  • Othello(1995)

    as The Duke of Venice

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • Black as the Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Signor Noé Alga Croce

  • First Action Hero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Ben Costa

  • Weihnachtsfest mit Hindernissen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Vittorio

  • Die Ringe des Saturn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Actor

  • Private Crimes(1993)

    Show 4 episodes · as Dr. Guido Braschi

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
  • Suffocating Heat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Gaetano Castelli

  • Édouard et ses filles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 6 episodes · as Antoine di Marco

  • Una fredda mattina di maggio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Signor Mantoni

  • Gli angeli del potere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Dr. Donhal

  • Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • Around the World in 80 Days(1989)

    Show 3 episodes · as Italian Chief of Police

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
  • Computron 22 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Il Nonno

  • Julia and Julia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Alfredo

  • La voglia di vincere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 3 episodes · as Professor Besson

  • Quo Vadis?(1985)

    Show 6 episodes · as Pisone

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
  • Die goldenen Schuhe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 5 episodes · as Marquesade Buenaventa

  • Return to Lisca Bianca Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Sandro (voice) (archive footage)

  • Delitto e castigo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 5 episodes · as Svidrigajlov

  • The Basileus Quartet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Mario Cantone

  • Grog(1982)

    as Alberto

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Death in the Vatican (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Cardinale Ixaguirre

  • Quasi quasi mi sposo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Ingegnere

  • The Possessed Hand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Maestro Gomin

  • The Devil's Game(1981)

    Show 1 episode · as Master Gomin

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Inchon(1981)

    as Turkish Brigadier

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
  • I Vecchi E I Giovani (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 5 episodes · Actor

  • Encounters in the Deep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Miles

  • The Burning Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Padre di Saverio

  • Pigs with a P.38 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Max Astarita

  • Last In, First Out(1978)

    as Herzog

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
  • Mon Premier Amour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Georges

  • Suggestionata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Gregorio

  • The Psychic(1977)

    as Emilio Rospini

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Oedipus orca(1977)

    as Valerio

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
  • A Matter of Time(1976)

    as Antonio Vicari

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • Nick the Sting(1976)

    as Maurice

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • Snatch(1976)

    as Valerio

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • The Hornet's Nest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Gaspard

  • Lezioni di violoncello con toccata e fuga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Il padre di Stella

  • Calling All Police Cars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Professor Andrea Icardi

  • End of the Game(1975)

    as Dr. Lutz

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • A Curious Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Moriondo

  • Smiling Maniacs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Prandó

  • The Proof of love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Angela Father

  • Fatevi vivi, la polizia non interverrà(1974)

    as Don Francesco Salvatore

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
  • Quick Trial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as L'avvocato Finaldi

  • Appassionata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Dr. Emilio Rutelli

  • The Night Porter(1974)

    as Hans

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • Secrets of a Nurse(1973)

    as Prof. Daniele Vallotti

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Hitler: The Last Ten Days(1973)

    as Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • Divorce His, Divorce Hers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 2 episodes · as Turi Livicci

  • Divorce His - Divorce Hers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Turi Livicci

  • 3000 Million Without an Elevator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Raphaël

  • Beggars and Proud Ones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Actor

  • High Voltage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Pablo Moncada

  • The Boxer(1972)

    as Nick La Caterina / Tony La Monica

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
  • Million Dollar Eel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Vasco

  • Cold Sweat(1970)

    as (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • The Mafia Wants Blood(1970)

    as Inspector Bardeche

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
  • The Confession(1970)

    as Kohoutek

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • L'amica (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Paolo Marchesi

  • On Her Majesty's Secret Service(1969)

    as Marc Ange Draco

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • That Splendid November (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Biagio

  • Machine Gun McCain(1969)

    as Don Francesco DeMarco

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Bandits in Rome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Commissioner

  • Love Problems (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Guido

  • Better a Widow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Don Calogero Minniti

  • The Protagonists (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Il Commissario

  • Come Play With Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Stefano

  • Escalation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Augusto Lambertinghi

  • A Devil Under the Pillow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Anselmo

  • We Still Kill the Old Way(1967)

    as Avvocato Rosello

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • The Devil in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Lorenzo de' Medici

  • Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Three Rooms in Manhattan(1965)

    as le comte Larsi

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Crime on a Summer Morning(1965)

    as Victor Dermott

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • Crucero de verano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Carlos Brul y Betancourt

  • Desideri d'estate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Actor

  • La calda vita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Guido

  • Death, Where Is Your Victory? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Max

  • A Sentimental Attempt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Giulio

  • Torpedo Bay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Leonardi

  • The Shortest Day(1963)

    as Tenente in trincea

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Beach Casanova (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Avvocato Leblanc

  • Imperial Venus(1962)

    as Freron

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
  • Cross of the Living (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Abbot Delcourt

  • The Nun of Monza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Gian Paolo Osio

  • Jessica(1962)

    as Edmondo Raumo

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • Eruption (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Roberto Santi

  • Rencontres(1962)

    as Ralph Scaffari

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Love, the Italian Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Alberto Bressan

  • Il carro armato dell'8 settembre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Tommaso

  • Long Night in '43 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Franco Villani

  • L'Avventura(1960)

    as Sandro

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • Red Lips (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Avvocato Paolo Martini

  • Hannibal(1959)

    as Senator Quintus Fabius

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
  • The Great Deception (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Bernard Turquet de Mayenne

  • Everyone's in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Arturo

  • Love on the Riviera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Giulio Ferrari

  • So Much Love Lost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Frédéric Solingen

  • Angel in a Taxi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Andrea

  • March's Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Sandro

  • It Happened in Rome(1957)

    as Lawyer Alberto Cortini

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • Parola di ladro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Desiderio

  • Il prezzo della gloria (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Comandante Alberto Bruni

  • Donatella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Maurizio

  • Defend My Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Pietro Leonardi

  • Un po' di cielo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Frank Lo Giudice

  • Le amiche(1955)

    as Lorenzo

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Adriana Lecouvreur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Maurizio di Sassonia

  • Sins of Casanova(1955)

    as Casanova

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • House of Ricordi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Giacomo Puccini

  • Camilla (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Dott. Mario Rossetti

  • Modern Virgin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Gabriele Demico

  • 100 Years of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Carlo, the Political Prisoner (segm. "Gli ultimi dieci Minuti")

  • Clothing the Naked (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Ludovico Nota

  • Empty Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Fernando Maestrelli

  • Puccini (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Giacomo Puccini

  • The Wayward Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Professor Franco Vagnuzzi

  • Three Forbidden Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Mario

  • Inganno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Andrea Vannini

  • The Counterfeiters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Dario

  • The Forbidden Christ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as (uncredited)

  • Gli amanti di Ravello (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Sandro Deodata

  • Lo zappatore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Actor

  • Sigillo rosso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Actor

  • Mountain Smugglers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Leutnant Berti

  • Welcome Reverend! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as The veteran

  • Fabiola (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Claudio

  • Rondini in volo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Ufficiale d'aviazione

  • William Tell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Actor

  • Les Misérables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as (uncredited)

  • Vertigine d'amore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Actor

  • Felicità perduta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Actor

  • La contessa Castiglione (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as (uncredited)

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 151 titles from 1942 to 2010; peak year 1974.

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19422010

Peak 1974 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 8 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting151 of 151: 151 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score38th

By decade

1940s7 · acting1950s33 · acting1960s36 · acting1970s35 · acting1980s15 · acting1990s14 · acting2000s9 · acting2010s2 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 0% of 23 roles
55657075

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Gabriele Ferzetti's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38th percentile, the median of all 38; across their 33 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 33

Approval · how many liked their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 33

Reach · how many have seen their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 33

Midcredits score across 42 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th13
  • Below 25th14

Shape of the crowd

20 of their 42 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed20

Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 27 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Gabriele Ferzetti's work okay for kids?

Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and sex & nudity run heavier than most films and profanity lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles5–62 · median 60 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity9 titles24–77 · median 42 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles3–35 · median 21 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles26–38 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles15–56 · median 46 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Gabriele Ferzetti work with?

People who share at least 2 of Gabriele Ferzetti's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ennio Morricone shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles