Alfredo Varelli

Alfredo Varelli
Varelli in 1954
Born	Alfredo Ciavarella (1914-08-31)31 August 1914 Saracinesco, Lazio Italy
Other names	Alfredo Ciavarella
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1934–1997

Alfredo Varelli (born Alfredo Ciavarella,^[1] 31 August 1914) is an Italian former film actor whose career spanned more than six decades. Varelli was born Alfredo Ciavarella and debuted in Alessandro Blasetti's 1934 film Vecchia guardia.^[2] He emerged during the Fascist era, but most of his work was post-Second World War. He played a leading role in the 1942 historical drama The Jester's Supper.^[3] Varelli is also known for playing "Lucan" in Quo Vadis (1951). His last role was in the film Roseanna's Grave (1997).

Selected filmography[]

• Vecchia guardia (1934)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1938)
• I, His Father (1939)
• The Secret Lover (1941)
• Fedora (1942)
• The Jester's Supper (1942)
• Measure for Measure (1943)
• The Tyrant of Padua (1946)
• The Devil's Gondola (1946)
• The Beggar's Daughter (1950)
• Cavalcade of Heroes (1950)
• Quo Vadis (1951) as Lucan, poet in Nero's court [dubbed]
• The Barbarians (1953)
• Tripoli, Beautiful Land of Love (1954)
• The Siege of Syracuse (1960)
• The Giants of Thessaly (1960)
• Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960)
• Pontius Pilate (1962)
• Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators (1964)
• Seven Dollars on the Red (1966)
• Assassination (1967)
• Roseanna's Grave (1997)

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Reich, Jacqueline & Garofalo, Piero. Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943. Indiana University Press, 2002.

External links[]

• Alfredo Varelli at IMDb

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