Claudio Gora, '' Emilio Giordana '' (27 July 1913 – 13 March 1998) was an Italian

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

and

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

. He was particularly prolific, making some 155 appearances in film and television over nearly 60 years (from 1939 to 1997). In the 1950s he did dabble with directing and screenwriting and directed the film

Three Strangers in Rome ''Tre straniere a Roma'', also known as ''Three Strangers in Rome'', is a 1958 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Claudio Gora starring Claudia Cardinale. The film was one of the first movies with Cardinale in a leading role. Cast *Yvonne ...

in 1958 which was incidentally the first leading role by

Claudia Cardinale Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale (; born 15 April 1938) is an Italian actress. She has starred in some of the most iconic European films of the 1960s and 1970s, acting in Italian, French, and English. Born and raised in La Goulette, a ...

. Some of his notable roles includes ''

Adua e le compagne ''Adua and Her Friends'' ( it, Adua e le compagne), also known as ''Hungry For Love'', is a 1960 Italian film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli with a collaborative screenplay by the film's director together with Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola and ...

'', directed by

Antonio Pietrangeli Antonio Pietrangeli (19 January 191912 July 1968) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He was a major practitioner of the Commedia all'italiana genre. Biography Pietrangeli was born in Rome. He started in the film industry by writing ...

, '' Tutti a casa'' by

Luigi Comencini Luigi Comencini (; 8 June 1916 – 6 April 2007)
''The Guardian'' was an Italian

, and

Dino Risi Dino Risi (23 December 1916 – 7 June 2008) was an Italian film director. With Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy and Ettore Scola, he was one of the masters of ''commedia all'italiana''. Biography Risi was born in Milan. He had an o ...

's ''

A Difficult Life ''A Difficult Life'' (Italian: ''Una vita difficile'') is a ''Commedia all'italiana'' or Italian-style comedy film directed by Dino Risi in 1961. The film was included on the 100 Italian Films To Be Saved ( 100 film italiani da salvare). Plot T ...

'' and ''

Il Sorpasso ''Il sorpasso'' (, occasionally titled ''The Easy Life'') is a 1962 Italian cult comedy film co-written and directed by Dino Risi and starring Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Catherine Spaak. It is considered Risi's masterpiece and ...

''.

Selected filmography

* ''Torna, caro ideal!'' (1939) - Francesco Paolo Tosti * ''

Wealth Without a Future ''Wealth Without a Future'' (Italian: ''Ricchezza senza domani'') is a 1939 Italian drama film directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli and starring Lamberto Picasso, Paola Borboni and Doris Duranti.Moliterno p.258 A wealthy industrialist A busi ...

'' (1940) - Giovanni Di Cora * ' (1940) - Il fidanzato della segretaria * ''Il Bazar delle idee'' (1940) * ''

Love Me, Alfredo! ''Love Me, Alfredo!'' (Italian: ''Amami, Alfredo!'') is a 1940 Italian romantic drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Maria Cebotari, Claudio Gora and Lucie Englisch.Nowell-Smith p.57 It portrays the relationship between an establish ...

'' (1940) - Il compositore Giacomo Varni * ''

Eternal Melodies ''Eternal Melodies'' (Italian: ''Melodie eterne'') is a 1940 Italian historical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Gino Cervi, Conchita Montenegro and Luisella Beghi. It was one of several musical biopics directed by Gallone.Moli ...

'' (1940) - L'imperatore Giuseppe * ''Amore imperiale'' (1941) - Alessio Romowski * '' A Woman Has Fallen'' (1941) - Mario * ''

Document Z-3 ''Document Z-3'' (Italian:''Documento Z-3'') is a 1942 Italian spy film directed by Alfredo Guarini and starring Isa Miranda, Claudio Gora and Luis Hurtado. It was one of three Miranda films directed by Guarini that helped re-establish her in Ital ...

'' (1942) - Paolo Sullich * ''Quarta pagina'' (1942) - Claudio, l'avvocato * ''

Signorinette ''Signorinette'' is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Carla Del Poggio. Cast * Carla Del Poggio as Renata * Paola Veneroni as Iris * Anna Mari as Gisella * Nella Paoli as Paola * Claudio Gora as Marco Lancia, the w ...

'' (1942) - Marco Lancia, lo scrittore * ''Dove andiamo, signora?'' (1942) - Rudi Lindt, conte di Lerchmann * ''Mater dolorosa'' (1943) - Giorgio della Valle * ''L'amico delle donne'' (1943) - Il conte De Simerose * ''La storia di una capinera'' (1943) - Nino Valentini * ''

National Velvet ''National Velvet'' is a novel by Enid Bagnold (1889–1981), first published in 1935. It was illustrated by Laurian Jones, Bagnold's daughter, who was born in 1921. Plot summary ''National Velvet'' is the story of a 14-year-old girl named ...

'' (1944) - Andrea * ''Squadriglia Bianca'' (1944) - Alessandro, il pilota istruttore * ''

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'' (1944) - Dimitri Neklindoff * ''Il fiore sotto gli occhi'' (1944) - Silvio Aroca * ''Nessuno torna indietro'' (1945) - Andrea * ''

The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments ( Biblical Hebrew עשרת הדברים \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים, ''aséret ha-dvarím'', lit. The Decalogue, The Ten Words, cf. Mishnaic Hebrew עשרת הדיברות \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְ ...

'' (1945) - (segment "Non dire falsa testimonianza") * ''Il fabbro del convento'' (1945) - Des Measures * ''

I Met You in Naples ''I Met You in Naples'' (Italian: ''Io t'ho incontrata a Napoli'') is a 1946 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Pietro Francisci and starring Anna Nievo, Leo Dale and Peppino De Filippo. The film takes its name from a popular song of ...

'' (1946) * '' The Models of Margutta'' (1946) - Andrea Saveri * ''Trepidazione'' (1946) * ''

Fatal Symphony ''Fatal Symphony'' (Italian: ''Sinfonia fatale'') is a 1947 Italian war-melodrama film directed by Victor Stoloff and starring Douglass Montgomery, Marina Berti and Sarah Churchill. It was screened and awarded a prize at the Lugano Festival.Lov ...

'' (1947) * ''Preludio d'amore'' (1947) - Giovanni * ''

The Charterhouse of Parma ''The Charterhouse of Parma'' (french: La Chartreuse de Parme, links=no) is a novel by Stendhal published in 1839. Telling the story of an Italian nobleman in the Napoleonic era and later, it was admired by Honoré de Balzac, Balzac, Leo Tolstoy, ...

'' (1948) - Le marquis Crescenzi * ''Veglia nella notte'' (1948) * ''L'isola di Montecristo'' (1948) - Dott. Paolo Fabbri * ''I contrabbandieri del mare'' (1948) - Petropoulos * ''

The Enchanting Enemy ''The Enchanting Enemy'' (Italian: ''L'incantevole nemica'') is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Claudio Gora and starring Silvana Pampanini, Robert Lamoureux and Carlo Campanini.Gundle p.275 The film's sets were designed by the art direc ...

'' (1953) * '' Finishing School'' (1953) - Professor Charpentier * '' Marie Antoinette Queen of France'' (1956) - Kreutz * ''Il canto dell'emigrante'' (1956) - Il giudice * '' The Goddess of Love'' (1957) - Armodio * ''

Tempest Tempest is a synonym for a storm. '' The Tempest'' is a play by William Shakespeare. Tempest or The Tempest may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Films * ''The Tempest'' (1908 film), a British silent film * ''The Tempest'' (1911 film), a ...

'' (1958) - Ministro di Caterine II * '' The Facts of Murder'' (1959) - Il Marito * ''

Silver Spoon Set ''Silver Spoon Set'' ( it, I Delfini, also known as ''The Dauphins'') is a 1960 in film, 1960 Italy, Italian and France, French drama film directed and written by Francesco Maselli. The film stars Claudia Cardinale. Shot in Ascoli Piceno, Italy. ...

'' (1960) - Ridolfi * '' Adua and Her Friends'' (1960) - Ercoli * ''Via Margutta'' (1960) - Pippo Contigliani * '' Sweet Deceptions'' (1960) - (scenes deleted) * ''

Everybody Go Home ''Everybody Go Home'' ( it, Tutti a casa) is a 1960 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Luigi Comencini. It features an international cast including the U.S. actors Martin Balsam, Alex Nicol and the Franco-Italian Serge Reggiani. Nino Manfre ...

'' (1960) - Colonnello * ''

Love in Rome ''Un amore a Roma'' (internationally released as ''Love in Rome'') is a 1960 Italian romantic drama film directed by Dino Risi.Paolo D'Agostini, ''Dino Risi'', Editrice Il castoro, 1995 Plot Marcello (Baldwin), a young writer, loves Anna (Demonge ...

'' (1960) - Engineer Curtatoni * ''Sword Without a Country'' (1961) - Duca di Belvarco * ''A porte chiuse'' (1961) - Il presidente del tribunale * ''

Ghosts of Rome ''Ghosts of Rome'' ( it, Fantasmi a Roma) is a 1961 Italian comedy film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli. It was released in the UK in 1964 as ''The Phantom Lovers''. Plot Count di Roviano refuses to sell his palace to a developer, despite havin ...

'' (1961) - Ingegner Tellandi * ''Le Pavé de Paris'' (1961) - Agostino * ''Gioventù di notte'' (1961) - Padre di Marco * ''Les hommes veulent vivre'' (1961) - Rossi * ''

'' (1961) - Commendator Bracci * ''Ultimatum alla vita'' (1962) - Cap. Schneider * ''Quattro notti con Alba'' (1962) - Colonel Spallafredda * ''

La Poupée ''La poupée'' (''The Doll'') is an opéra comique in a prelude and three acts composed by Edmond Audran with a libretto by Maurice Ordonneau. The libretto was based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's ''Der Sandmann'', about a friar who falsely promises to ...

'' (1962) - Guillermo Moren * '' The Son of Spartacus'' (1962) - Crassus - governor of Egypt * ''

Swordsman of Siena ''Swordsman of Siena'' ( it, La congiura dei dieci; French: ''Le Mercenaire'') is a 1962 French-Italian adventure film directed by Étienne Périer and Baccio Bandini and starring Stewart Granger, Sylva Koscina and Christine Kaufmann. The film i ...

'' (1962) - Leoni * ''

'' (1962) - Danilo Borelli 'Bibi' * ''

Mathias Sandorf ''Mathias Sandorf'' is an 1885 adventure book by French writer Jules Verne. It was first serialized in ''Le Temps'' in 1885, and it was Verne's epic Mediterranean adventure. It employs many of the devices that had served well in his earlier novel ...

'' (1963) - Procureur * ''

The Verona Trial ''Il processo di Verona'' (internationally released as ''The Verona Trial'') is a 1963 Italian historical drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani. The film tells of the final phases of the Italian fascist regime, in particular the affair of the 1944 ...

'' (1963) - Cersosimo - Examining Magistrate * ''

Gidget Goes to Rome ''Gidget Goes to Rome'' is a 1963 Columbia Pictures Eastmancolor feature film starring Cindy Carol as the archetypal high school teen surfer girl originally portrayed by Sandra Dee in the 1959 film ''Gidget''. The film is the third of three Gidge ...

'' (1963) - Alberto * '' The Swindlers'' (1963) - Spianelli (segment "Medico e fidanzata") * ''

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'' (1964) - General Maxwell * ''Il treno del sabato'' (1964) - Michele Pallante * ''...e la donna creò l'uomo'' (1964) * '' The Secret of Dr. Mabuse'' (1964) - Direktor Botani / Dr. Mabuse * '' Monsieur'' (1964) - Danon * ''Via Veneto'' (1964) * '' White Voices'' (1964) - Marchionne * ''

My Wife "My Wife" is a song by the British rock band the Who, written by bass guitarist John Entwistle. It was originally released in 1971 on ''Who's Next'' and later as the B-side of the single "Baba O'Riley" on 6 November 1971 in Europe by Polydor R ...

'' (1964) - The Honourable (segment "Eritrea") * ''

Cover Girls The Cover Girls are an all-female, New York city-based freestyle group that achieved most of its chart success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Among the group's best-known songs are " Show Me, " " Because of You," “ Don't Stop Now,” ...

'' (1964) - Luciano Fraschetti * ''Le conseguenze'' (1964) * '' Destination Miami: Objective Murder'' (1964) * ''

Uncle Tom's Cabin ''Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly'' is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U. ...

'' (1965) - (uncredited) * ''

I complessi ''I complessi'' is a 1965 commedia all'italiana anthology film consisting of three episodes. Cast ;''Una giornata decisiva'' *Nino Manfredi: Quirino Raganelli *Ilaria Occhini: Gabriella * Riccardo Garrone: Alvaro Morandini *Umberto D'Orsi: ...

'' (1965) - The Antique Dealer (segment "Il Complesso della Schiava nubiana") * ''

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'' (1965) - Bored Diner's Husband (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 1") * ''

Gli uomini dal passo pesante ''The Tramplers'' is a 1965 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Albert Band and Mario Sequi based on the novel ''Guns of North Texas'' by Will Cook. Story When Lon Cordeen, an ex-Civil War soldier, returns home to his father Temple h ...

'' (1965) - Fred Wickett * ''

An Angel for Satan ''An Angel for Satan'' ( it, Un angelo per Satana) is a 1966 Italian horror film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. It stars Barbara Steele in a dual role, as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda, and is set in a small Italian village by a lake. It is ba ...

'' (1966) - Conte Montebruno * '' I nostri mariti'' (1966) - The Doctor at the Hospital (segment "Il Marito di Roberta") * '' Le Saint prend l'affût'' (1966) - Cesare Pavone * ''Gli amori di Angelica'' (1966) * ''

The Hellbenders ''The Hellbenders'' ( it, I crudeli, lit=The Cruel Ones, link=no) is a 1967 Spaghetti Western directed by Sergio Corbucci. Plot Colonel Jonas is a fanatical and unrepentant Confederate who led a regiment called the Hellbenders in the recently ...

'' (1967) - Reverend Pierce * ''

The Million Dollar Countdown ''The Million Dollar Countdown'' ( es, El gran golpe de Niza, it, Per favore... non sparate col cannone, also known as ''L'assalto al centro nucleare'') is a 1967 Spanish-Italian criminal comedy film directed by Mario Caiano and starring Frank ...

'' (1967) - Proprietario del Yacht * '' John the Bastard'' (1967) - Don Diego Tenorio * '' Danger: Diabolik'' (1968) - Police Chief * '' Be Sick... It's Free'' (1968) - The Primary * ''L'età del malessere'' (1968) * '' Catch As Catch Can'' (1968) - Cabinet Minister * ''Temptation'' (1969) - Cesare Veraldi * '' Zingara'' (1969) - Camillo Ricci * ''

The Five Man Army ''The Five Man Army'' ( it, Un esercito di 5 uomini) is a 1969 Italian Zapata Western film in which a group of five men are enlisted to rob a train of a gold shipment during the Mexican Revolution. Directed by Don Taylor, it featured a script b ...

'' (1969) - Esteban * ''

Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli, primario della clinica Villa Celeste, convenzionata con le mutue ''Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli, primario della clinica Villa Celeste, convenzionata con le mutue'' is a 1969 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce. It is the sequel of '' Be Sick... It's Free''. Plot Former family physician Guido Ter ...

'' (1969) - Prof. De Amatis * ''Dead End'' (1969) - Montenegro * '' Safety Catch'' (1969) - Le docteur Carrua * '' Strogoff'' (1970) - General Dubelt * '' Io non spezzo... rompo'' (1971) - Frank Mannata * ''

Confessions of a Police Captain ''Confessions of a Police Captain'' ( it, Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica, also known as ''Confessions of a Police Commissioner to the District Attorney'') is an Italian crime-drama film. The film won the ...

'' (1971) - District Attorney Malta * ''Equinozio'' (1971) - Il padre di Stefano * '' We Are All in Temporary Liberty'' (1971) - Foreign Office manager * ''Le belve'' (1971) - Giulio Bianchi (segment "Il caso Apposito") * ''Non commettere atti impuri'' (1971) - Giacomo * ''

Seven Blood-Stained Orchids ''Seven Blood-Stained Orchids'' ( it, Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso) is a 1972 ''giallo'' film directed by Umberto Lenzi, who also co-wrote the screenplay. Plot A killer is driving around the streets of Italy looking for a specific victim w ...

'' (1972) - Raffaele Ferri * '' Shadows Unseen'' (1972) - District Attorney * '' Valerie Inside Outside'' (1972) - 'Barone' * ''Rosina Fumo viene in città... per farsi il corredo'' (1972) - Father of Francesco * ''

The Nun and the Devil ''The Nun and the Devil'' (Italian: ''Le Monache di Sant'Arcangelo'') is an erotic 1973 Italian nunsploitation film directed by Domenico Paolella. It is also known as: ''Sisters of Satan'' (UK) and ''The Nuns of Saint Archangel'' (US). The action ...

'' (1973) - Cardinal d'Arezzo * '' Hospitals: The White Mafia'' (1973) - Prof. Calogeri * ''

The Great Kidnapping ''The Great Kidnapping'' ( it, La polizia sta a guardare, also known as ''The Police Look On'' and ''Ransom! Police Is Watching'') is a 1973 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Roberto Infascelli. Cast * Enrico Maria Salerno: Quaestor Cardo ...

'' (1973) - Samperi * ''

Mean Frank and Crazy Tony ''Mean Frank and Crazy Tony'' ( it, Il suo nome faceva tremare...Interpol in allarme or it, Dio, sei proprio un padreterno!) is a 1973 crime-comedy film directed by Michele Lupo, and starring Lee Van Cleef, Tony Lo Bianco and Edwige Fenech. Pl ...

'' (1973) - Director of 'Casa del Giovane' * ''Provaci anche tu Lionel'' (1973) * ''Buona parte di Paolina'' (1973) * '' Ante Up'' (1974) - Doctor Ferri * '' How to Kill a Judge'' (1975) - Film Actor Playing State Prosecutor * ''

Silent Action ''Silent Action'' ( it, La polizia accusa: il Servizio Segreto uccide, lit=The Police Accuse... The Secret Service Kills) is a 1975 Italian ''poliziottesco'' film directed by Sergio Martino. The film's plot alludes to the Golpe Borghese, a failed ...

'' (1975) - Martinetti * ''

Section spéciale ''Special Section'' (french: Section spéciale) is a 1975 French film directed by Costa-Gavras and based on the novel ''L'affaire de la Section Spéciale'' by Hervé Villeré. It stars Louis Seigner, Roland Bertin, Michael Lonsdale, Ivo Garrani, F ...

'' (1975) - Francis Villette, le premier président de la cour d'appel * ''

Manhunt in the City ''Manhunt in the City'' ( it, L'uomo della strada fa giustizia, lit=The Average Man Gets Justice ), also known as ''The Manhunt'', is a 1975 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Umberto Lenzi. It was co-written by Dardano Sacchetti and has a sco ...

'' (1975) - Attorney Ludovico Mieli * '' La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu'' (1975) - Stockell * ''

The Flower in His Mouth ''The Flower in His Mouth'' ( it, Gente di rispetto) is a 1975 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Jennifer O'Neill. Plot Teacher Elena Bardi transfers herself from Sondrio in a Sicilian town, where she is harassed by a ma ...

'' (1975) - Deputate Cataudella * '' The Sunday Woman'' (1975) - Garrone * '' The Net'' (1975) - Carlo Vanetti * '' The Diamond Peddlers'' (1976) - Mr. Robinson * ''Don Milani'' (1976) - Don Bensi * ''

A Man Called Magnum ''A Man Called Magnum'' (in original Italian ''Napoli si ribella'') is a 1977 ''poliziotteschi'' film. This film by Michele Massimo Tarantini stars Luc Merenda. Plot Cast * Luc Merenda: commissario Dario Mauri *Enzo Cannavale: maresciallo Nic ...

'' (1977) - Don Domenico Laurenzi * ''

La belva col mitra ''Beast with a Gun'' ( it, La belva col mitra) is a 1977 Italian noir- poliziotteschi crime film written and directed by Sergio Grieco. The film would be Grieco's final film, as he died in 1982. The main character of the film, Nanni Vitali, wa ...

'' (1977) - Judge * '' The Perfect Crime'' (1978) * ''

Lion of the Desert ''Lion of the Desert'' is a 1980 epic historical war film about the Second Italo-Senussi War, starring Anthony Quinn as Libyan tribal leader Omar Mukhtar, a Bedouin leader fighting the ''Regio Esercito'' ( Royal Italian Army) and Oliver Reed as ...

'' (1980) - President of Court * '' I Know That You Know That I Know'' (1982) - Ronconi * '' Count Tacchia'' (1982) - Duca Savello * '' Amok'' (1983) - M. Horn * ''Sono un fenomeno paranormale'' (1985) * ''Piccole stelle'' (1988) * ''Ombre d'amore'' (1990) - Daniele, l'attore * ''

Rossini! Rossini! ''Rossini! Rossini!'' is a 1991 Italian biographical film written and directed by Mario Monicelli. It depicts real life events of composer Gioachino Rossini. Monicelli replaced Robert Altman, who was experiencing differences with the producers. ...

'' (1991) - Dott. Bardos * ''

Vacanze di Natale '91 ''Vacanze di Natale '91'' () is a 1991 Italian comedy film directed by Enrico Oldoini Enrico Oldoini (born 4 May 1946) is an Italian director and screenwriter. Born in La Spezia, in 1966 Enrico Oldoini started attending the Silvio D'Amico Natio ...

'' (1991) - Onorevele Mariotti

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