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Filmmaker · Brazil

Adolfo Celi

Died in 1986

Adolfo Celi was born on 27 July 1922 in Curcuraci, near Messina, and in 1942, according to Il Post, entered the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Rome. Having stayed on in South America after a shoot, he took part in São Paulo in founding the Brazilian Comedy Theatre and married the actress Tônia Carrero. He directed films in Brazil in the 1950s, then pursued an acting career in Italy and abroad, often in villain roles, including that of Emilio Largo in a 1965 James Bond film. He died of a heart attack in Siena on 19 February 1986.

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