ACTOR

Adolfo Celi

1922 - 1986

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Adolfo Celi (Italian pronunciation: [aˈdɔlfo ˈtʃɛːli]; 27 July 1922 – 19 February 1986) was an Italian film actor and director. Born in Curcuraci, Messina, Sicily, Celi appeared in nearly 100 films, specialising in international villains. Although a prominent actor in Italian cinema and famed for many roles, he is best remembered internationally for his portrayal of Emilio Largo in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolfo Celi has received more than 645,823 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Adolfo Celi is the 743rd most popular actor (down from 725th in 2019), the 1,280th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,225th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Italian Actor.

Adolfo Celi is most famous for his role as Colonel Landa in the movie, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Adolfo Celi ranks 743 out of 13,578. Before him are Adam West, Richard Farnsworth, Herbert Lom, Ben Gazzara, Ugo Tognazzi, and Jean-Louis Barrault. After him are Anthony Mann, Robin Wright, Antonella Lualdi, Capucine, Mack Sennett, and Maria Schneider.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Adolfo Celi ranks 66. Before him are Oskar Werner, Marek Edelman, Ken Noritake, Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Lucian Freud, and Ugo Tognazzi. After him are Enrico Berlinguer, Rajko Mitić, Toots Thielemans, Carlo M. Cipolla, Charles Mingus, and Arthur Penn. Among people deceased in 1986, Adolfo Celi ranks 48. Before him are Robert S. Mulliken, Erik Bruhn, Nikolay Semyonov, Raimundo Orsi, Altiero Spinelli, and Ray Milland. After him are Vincente Minnelli, Juan Rulfo, Michel de Certeau, Serge Lifar, Theodor Busse, and Gusztáv Sebes.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Adolfo Celi ranks 1,280 out of 5,161. Before him are Rafael Bombelli (1526), Ugo Tognazzi (1922), Publius Licinius Crassus (-86), Thomas Cajetan (1469), Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45), and Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily (1784). After him are Cornelius Gallus (-69), Iullus Antonius (-43), Agrippa Postumus (-12), Antonio Lotti (1667), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920), and Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700).

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Among ACTORS In Italy

Among actors born in Italy, Adolfo Celi ranks 36. Before him are Stefania Sandrelli (1946), Pier Angeli (1932), Raf Vallone (1916), Marisa Pavan (1932), Daniela Bianchi (1942), and Ugo Tognazzi (1922). After him are Rodolfo Gucci (1912), Elsa Martinelli (1935), Gabriele Ferzetti (1925), Amy Adams (1974), Anita Pallenberg (1942), and Lea Massari (1933).

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