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. 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 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'', directed by Antonio Pietrangeli, '' 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'' and '' Il Sorpasso''.

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!'' (1940) - Il compositore Giacomo Varni * '' Eternal Melodies'' (1940) - L'imperatore Giuseppe * ''Amore imperiale'' (1941) - Alessio Romowski * '' A Woman Has Fallen'' (1941) - Mario * '' Document Z-3'' (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 * ''

Resurrection Resurrection or anastasis is the concept of coming back to life after death. In a number of religions, a dying-and-rising god is a deity which dies and is resurrected. Reincarnation is a similar process hypothesized by other religions, whic ...

'' (1944) - Dimitri Neklindoff * ''Il fiore sotto gli occhi'' (1944) - Silvio Aroca * ''Nessuno torna indietro'' (1945) - Andrea * '' The Ten Commandments'' (1945) - (segment "Non dire falsa testimonianza") * ''Il fabbro del convento'' (1945) - Des Measures * '' I Met You in Naples'' (1946) * '' The Models of Margutta'' (1946) - Andrea Saveri * ''Trepidazione'' (1946) * '' Fatal Symphony'' (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 Balzac, Tolstoy, André Gide, di Lam ...

'' (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'' (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'' (1960) - Ridolfi * '' Adua and Her Friends'' (1960) - Ercoli * ''Via Margutta'' (1960) - Pippo Contigliani * '' Sweet Deceptions'' (1960) - (scenes deleted) * '' Everybody Go Home'' (1960) - Colonnello * '' Love in Rome'' (1960) - Engineer Curtatoni * ''Sword Without a Country'' (1961) - Duca di Belvarco * ''A porte chiuse'' (1961) - Il presidente del tribunale * '' Ghosts of Rome'' (1961) - Ingegner Tellandi * ''Le Pavé de Paris'' (1961) - Agostino * ''Gioventù di notte'' (1961) - Padre di Marco * ''Les hommes veulent vivre'' (1961) - Rossi * '' A Difficult Life'' (1961) - Commendator Bracci * ''Ultimatum alla vita'' (1962) - Cap. Schneider * ''Quattro notti con Alba'' (1962) - Colonel Spallafredda * '' La Poupée'' (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 * '' Il Sorpasso'' (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'' (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'' (1964) - The Honourable (segment "Eritrea") * '' Cover Girls'' (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'' (1965) - The Antique Dealer (segment "Il Complesso della Schiava nubiana") * ''

Made in Italy Made in Italy is a merchandise mark indicating that a product is all planned, manufactured and packed in Italy, especially concerning the design, fashion, food, manufacturing, craftsmanship, and engineering industries. History Made in Italy ...

'' (1965) - Bored Diner's Husband (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 1") * '' Gli uomini dal passo pesante'' (1965) - Fred Wickett * '' An Angel for Satan'' (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'' (1967) - Reverend Pierce * '' The Million Dollar Countdown'' (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'' (1969) - Esteban * '' Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli, primario della clinica Villa Celeste, convenzionata con le mutue'' (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'' (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'' (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'' (1973) - Cardinal d'Arezzo * '' Hospitals: The White Mafia'' (1973) - Prof. Calogeri * '' The Great Kidnapping'' (1973) - Samperi * '' Mean Frank and Crazy Tony'' (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'' (1975) - Attorney Ludovico Mieli * '' La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu'' (1975) - Stockell * '' The Flower in His Mouth'' (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'' (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!'' (1991) - Dott. Bardos * '' Vacanze di Natale '91'' (1991) - Onorevele Mariotti

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gora, Claudio 1913 births 1998 deaths Actors from Genoa Italian male film actors Italian film directors Nastro d'Argento winners 20th-century Italian male actors