Massimo Serato

Massimo Serato (born Giuseppe Segato; 31 May 1917 – 22 December 1989) was an Italian film actor with a career spanning over 40 years.

Biography 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 The Sun Still Rises.

He had an affair with the actress Anna Magnani 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 [he] spent much of his time in a wheelchair."

Serato died in Rome 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 (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 The Dance of Death (1948) − Stéphane / Stefano The Monastery of 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 (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 (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 (1953) − Antonio I Piombi di Venezia (1953) − Orsenigo Gioventù alla sbarra (1953) − Gigi Eager to Live (1953) − Massimo Fontana The Man from Cairo (1953) − Basil Constantine Lucrèce Borgia (1953) − Alfonso of Aragon The Story of William Tell (1953) − Hermann Gessler Il Conte di Sant'Elmo (1953) − Conte di Sant'Elmo Public Opinion (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 (1956) − Marco Neri La trovatella di Milano (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 The Naked Maja (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 (1961) − Maxentius El Cid (1961) − Fanez Pontius Pilate (1962) −Nicodemus Venus Against the Son of Hercules (1962) − Antarus The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan (1962) − Cardinal Richelieu (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) − Marcus Furius Camillus Jacob and Esau (1963) − Ismaele − Ishmael Full Hearts and Empty Pockets (1964) − Corbelli, Editor−in−chief Samson vs. the Giant King (1964) − Czar Nicola Nicolajevic Hero of Rome (1964) − Lucius Tarquinius Superbus The Lion of Thebes (1964) − Tutmes Gunmen of the Rio Grande (1964) − Leo Gladiators Seven (1964) − Baxo La Celestina P... R... (1965) − Marcello Challenge of the Gladiator (1965) − Senator Lucio Quintilio 100.000 dollari per Ringo (1965) − Guy The 10th Victim (1965) − Lawyer Rossi Super Seven Calling Cairo (1965) − Alex (1966) The Almost Perfect Crime (1966) − Preston Wild, Wild Planet (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 (1967) − ing. Pariante The Magnificent Texan (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) Lady Caliph (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 (1971) − Emiliano Il sergente Klems (1971) − French General Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why? (1972) − Uncle Fifi Un apprezzato professionista di sicuro avvenire (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 Autopsy (1975) − Gianni Sanna Cattivi pensieri (1976) − Carlo Bocconi Ladies' Doctor (1977) − Doctor Guido Lo Bianco Convoy Busters (1978) − Degan The Bloodstained Shadow (1978) − Count Pedrazzi The Humanoid (1979) − Great Brother Killer Nun (1979) − Dr. Poirret Eden no sono (1980) − Alessandra's Father Estigma (1980) Pin il monello (1982) Via degli specchi (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)