Massimo Serato, born Giuseppe Segato, (31 May 1916 – 22 December 1989) was an Italian film actor with a career spanning over 40 years. Serato was born in Oderzo,

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, 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),''

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'' (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-

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'' The Sun Still Rises''. He had an affair with the actress

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who bore him a son, Luca, whom she affectionately called Cellino. Luca contracted polio at an early age; - " In time he was able to walk with steel braces but espent much of his time in a wheelchair."http://www.classicimages.com/articles/2009/04/15/current_issue/annamagnani.txt Serato died in

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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 ''The Courier of the King'' (Italian: ''Il corriere del re'') is a 1947 Italian historical film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Rossano Brazzi, Irasema Dilián and Valentina Cortese.Moliterno p.208 It is an adaptation of the 1830 novel '' ...

'' (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 * ''

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'' (1948) - Stéphane / Stefano * ''Monastero di 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 ''Sunday in August'' ( it, Domenica d'agosto) is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Emmer. The film was nominated for a BAFTA. Cast * Anna Baldini: Marcella Meloni *Vera Carmi: Adriana *Emilio Cigoli: Alberto Mantovani *Franco In ...

'' (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 ''Without a Flag'' (Italian: ''Senza bandiera'') is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Lionello De Felice and starring Massimo Serato, Paolo Stoppa and Walter Rilla. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori. It wa ...

'' (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 ''The Merchant of Venice'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock. Although classified as ...

'' (1953) - Antonio * ''I Piombi di Venezia'' (1953) - Orsenigo * '' Gioventù alla sbarra'' (1953) - Gigi * '' Eager to Live'' (1953) - Massimo Fontana * ''

The Man from Cairo ''The Man from Cairo'' ( it, Dramma nella Kasbah/Avventura ad Algeri) is a 1953 British/Italian/American international coproduction film noir starring George Raft, who plays a man who is mistaken for a detective and sent to find lost World ...

'' (1953) - Basil Constantine * '' Lucrèce Borgia'' (1953) - Alfonso of Aragon * ''

The Story of William Tell ''The Story of William Tell'' is an unfinished film about William Tell. It starred and was produced by Errol Flynn. It commenced filming in Italy in 1953 and was meant to be the directorial debut of Jack Cardiff. It was filmed in CinemaScop ...

'' (1953) - Hermann Gessler * ''

Il Conte di Sant'Elmo ''The Count of Saint Elmo'' (Italian: ''Il Conte di Sant'Elmo'') is a 1950 historical adventure film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Massimo Serato, Anna Maria Ferrero and Tino Buazzelli.Chiti & Poppi p.103-4 It was shot at the Farnesi ...

'' (1953) - Conte di Sant'Elmo * ''

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'' (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 ''Supreme Confession'' (Italian: ''Suprema confessione'', German: ''Die große Sünde'') is a 1956 Italian-West German melodrama film directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Anna Maria Ferrero, Massimo Serato and Sonja Ziemann.Bock & Bergfelder p ...

'' (1956) - Marco Neri * ''

La trovatella di Milano ''La trovatella di Milano'' (i.e. "The foundling of Milan") is a 1956 Italian historical melodrama film produced and directed by Giorgio Capitani and starring Massimo Serato and Franca Marzi. Set during the Five Days of Milan, it is loosely based o ...

'' (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 * ''

'' (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 * ' (1960) - Al * '' Femmine di lusso'' (1960) - Sicilian Nobleman * ''

Constantine and the Cross ''Constantine and the Cross'' (Italian: ''Costantino il grande'') is a 1961 historical drama film about the early career of the emperor Constantine, who first legalized and then adopted Christianity in the early 4th century. The fictionalised f ...

'' (1961) -

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* '' El Cid'' (1961) - Fanez * ''

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'' (1962) - Nicodemus * '' Venus Against the Son of Hercules'' (1962) - Antarus * '' The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan'' (1962) -

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* ''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) -

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* ''

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'' (1963) - Ismaele - Ishmael * ' (1964) - Chefredakteur * '' Samson vs. the Giant King'' (1964) - Czar Nicola Nicolajevic * '' Hero of Rome'' (1964) -

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* ''

The Lion of Thebes ''The Lion of Thebes'' ( it, Il leone di Tebe, french: Hélène, reine de Troie) is a ''peplum'' film written and directed by Giorgio Ferroni. Plot When the Greek army conquers Troy, Helen is exiled from her city. Her loyal guard Arion and He ...

'' (1964) - Tutmes * ''

Desafío en Río Bravo ''Desafío en Río Bravo''/''Gunmen of the Rio Grande'' ( it, Sfida a Rio Bravo, french: Duel à Rio Bravo is a 1964 Italian, Spanish and French international co-production Spaghetti Western film directed by Tulio Demicheli. Filmed at Almería ...

'' (1964) - Leo * '' Gladiators Seven'' (1964) - Baxo * '' La Celestina P... R...'' (1965) - Marcello * ''

Challenge of the Gladiator ''Challenge of the Gladiator'' ( it, Il gladiatore che sfidò l'impero) is a 1965 Italian peplum film directed by Domenico Paolella. Plot Treacherous Roman senator Lucius Quintilius plans a secret journey into Thrace to recover a legendary tre ...

'' (1965) - Senator Lucio Quintilio * ''

100.000 dollari per Ringo ''100.000 dollari per Ringo'' (or ''Centomilla dollari per Ringo'') is a 1965 Spaghetti Western film directed by Alberto De Martino. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Spaghetti Western at the 64th Venice International Film Festival. ...

'' (1965) - Guy * '' The 10th Victim'' (1965) - Lawyer Rossi * ''

Super Seven Calling Cairo ''Super Seven Calling Cairo'' (Italian: ''Superseven chiama Cairo'') is a 1965 Italian Eurospy film directed by Umberto Lenzi and adapted from his own novel of the same name written under the pseudonym "H. Humbert". It stars Roger Browne as the t ...

'' (1965) - Alex * ' (1966) * '' The Almost Perfect Crime'' (1966) - Preston * ''

Wild, Wild Planet ''Wild, Wild Planet'' ( it, I Criminali della Galassia, , lit=Criminals of the Galaxy) is a 1966 Italian science fiction film directed by Anthony Dawson and written by Renato Moretti and Ivan Reiner. Tony Russel stars as Commander Mike Halstead ...

'' (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 ''The Strange Night'' ( it, La notte pazza del conigliaccio) is a 1967 Italian film directed by Alfredo Angeli. It was entered into the 17th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Sandra Milo as Debora * Enrico Maria Salerno * Giulio Pla ...

'' (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 * ' (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 ''Dead Men Ride'' ( it, Anda muchacho, spara!, es, El sol bajo la tierra) is a 1971 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western The Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of S ...

'' (1971) - Emiliano * ''Il sergente Klems'' (1971) - French General * ''

Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why? ''Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?'' ( it, Terza ipotesi su un caso di perfetta strategia criminale) is a 1972 Italian thriller film directed by Giuseppe Vari and starring Lou Castel. The hardcore inserts were edited for some foreign markets.

'' (1972) - Uncle Fifi * ''

Un apprezzato professionista di sicuro avvenire ("One Appreciated Professional of Sure Future") is a 1971 Italian drama film written and directed by Giuseppe De Santis. It is his last film. Plot A young lawyer who married for money the wealthy daughter of a speculator discovers, on his wedd ...

'' (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 * ''

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'' (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 * ''

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'' (1979) - Great Brother * ''

Killer Nun ''Killer Nun'' ( Italian: ''Suor Omicidi'', ''Sister Murders'') is a 1979 Italian nunsploitation horror film directed and co-written by Giulio Berruti, co-written by Alberto Tarallo, and starring Anita Ekberg, Joe Dallesandro, Lou Castel, an ...

'' (1979) - Dr. Poirret * ''Eden no sono'' (1980) - Alessandra's Father * ''Estigma'' (1980) * ''Pin il monello'' (1982) * ''

Via degli specchi ''Via degli specchi'' is a 1982 Italian crime-drama film directed by Giovanna Gagliardo. It was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Nicole Garcia as Francesca * Milva as Veronica * Heinz Bennent as Gianfranco * ...

'' (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)

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Filmography
1916 births 1989 deaths People from Oderzo Italian male film actors Nastro d'Argento winners 20th-century Italian male actors {{Italy-actor-stub