# Alfredo Varelli > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alfredo_Varelli > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alfredo_Varelli.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Varelli > Source revision: 1356888440 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Italian actor (1914–1996) Alfredo Varelli Varelli in 1954 Born Alfredo Ciavarella (1914-08-31)31 August 1914 Saracinesco, Lazio, Italy Died 18 August 1996(1996-08-18) (aged 81) Rome, Italy Other name Alfredo Ciavarella Occupation Actor Years active 1934–1996 **Alfredo Varelli** (born **Alfredo Ciavarella**,[1] 31 August 1914 – 18 August 1996) was an Italian film actor whose career spanned more than six decades. He debuted in [Alessandro Blasetti](/source/Alessandro_Blasetti)'s 1934 film *Vecchia guardia*.[2] Varelli played a leading role in the 1942 historical drama *[The Jester's Supper](/source/The_Jester's_Supper_(film))*, but most of his work was post-[Second World War](/source/Second_World_War).[3] He is also known for playing [Lucan](/source/Lucan) in *[Quo Vadis](/source/Quo_Vadis_(1951_film))* (1951). His last role was in the film *[Roseanna's Grave](/source/Roseanna's_Grave)*, released posthumously in 1997. Varelli died in [Rome](/source/Rome) on 18 August 1996, at the age of 81.[4] ## Selected filmography - *[Vecchia guardia](/source/The_Old_Guard_(1934_film))* (1935) - *[Giuseppe Verdi](/source/Giuseppe_Verdi_(film))* (1938) – Un ammiratore di Verdi al caffè - *Inventiamo l'amore* (1938) – Il secondo giocatore di biliardo (uncredited) - *Crispino e la comare* (1938) - *[I, His Father](/source/I%2C_His_Father)* (1939) – Un amico di Radesio - *Follie del secolo* (1939) – Martin, il cameriere del conte - *[The Secret Lover](/source/The_Secret_Lover)* (1941) – Un amico di Renata - *L'amore canta* (1941) – Il giovane Longo - *[The Jester's Supper](/source/The_Jester's_Supper_(film))* (1942) – Gabriello Chiaramantesi - *[Fedora](/source/Fedora_(1942_film))* (1942) – Valeriano (uncredited) - *[Measure for Measure](/source/Measure_for_Measure_(1943_film))* (1943) – Il duca Vincenzo / il frate - *Vivere ancora* (1945) - *All'ombra della gloria* (1945) – Federico - *[Fear No Evil](/source/Fear_No_Evil_(1945_film))* (1945) – Marco, il pastore - *L'angelo e il diavolo* (1946) – Giorgio Guarnelli - *[The Devil's Gondola](/source/The_Devil's_Gondola)* (1946) – Paolo Venier - *[The Tyrant of Padua](/source/The_Tyrant_of_Padua)* (1946) – Rodolfo degli Ezzelini - *L'apocalisse* (1947) - *[The Earth Cries Out](/source/The_Earth_Cries_Out)* (1949) – Josef - *[Love and Poison](/source/Love_and_Poison_(film))* (1950) – Egidio d'Averna - *[Cavalcade of Heroes](/source/Cavalcade_of_Heroes)* (1950) – Luciano Manara - *[The Beggar's Daughter](/source/The_Beggar's_Daughter)* (1950) - *The Count of Saint Elmo* (1951) – Don Paolo - *[Quo Vadis](/source/Quo_Vadis_(1951_film))* (1951) – [Lucan](/source/Lucan), poet in Nero's court [dubbed] - *[Tizio, Caio, Sempronio](/source/Tizio%2C_Caio%2C_Sempronio)* (1951) – Lentulo - *[Stranger on the Prowl](/source/Stranger_on_the_Prowl)* (1952) – The Neighborhood Patrolman - *[I, Hamlet](/source/I%2C_Hamlet)* (1952) – Jensen - *[The Man from Cairo](/source/The_Man_from_Cairo)* (1953) – Prof. H. M. Crespi - *[The Pagans](/source/The_Pagans_(film))* (1953) – [Pope Clement VII](/source/Pope_Clement_VII) - *[Buon viaggio pover'uomo](/source/Buon_viaggio_pover'uomo)* (1953) – Padre Antonio - *Non vogliamo morire* (1954) – Louis - *[Tripoli, Beautiful Land of Love](/source/Tripoli%2C_Beautiful_Land_of_Love)* (1954) – Lieutenant - *Io, Caterina* (1957) – Cardinale Noellet - *Orizzonte infuocato* (1957) - *[Sheba and the Gladiator](/source/Sheba_and_the_Gladiator)* (1959) – Vithos - *The Night of the Great Attack* (1959) – Nicola Renzi, 'Mezzanotte' - *[Ben-Hur](/source/Ben-Hur_(1959_film))* (1959) – Physician's Assistant (uncredited) - *[The Siege of Syracuse](/source/Siege_of_Syracuse_(film))* (1960) – Kriton - *[Colossus and the Amazon Queen](/source/Colossus_and_the_Amazon_Queen)* (1960) – Mercante #1 - *[The Giants of Thessaly](/source/The_Giants_of_Thessaly)* (1960) – Argus - *[Duel of Champions](/source/Duel_of_Champions)* (1961) – Sabinus - *[Pontius Pilate](/source/Pontius_Pilate_(film))* (1962) – Giuseppe d'Arimatea - *[Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man](/source/Hemingway's_Adventures_of_a_Young_Man)* (1962) – Father Ben (uncredited) - *[The Eye of the Needle](/source/The_Eye_of_the_Needle_(film))* (1963) – Maioli - *Vino, whisky e acqua salata* (1963) - *[The Cavern](/source/The_Cavern_(1964_film))* (1964) - *[Last Plane to Baalbek](/source/Last_Plane_to_Baalbek)* (1964) – Major Fwad - *[Die Letzten drei der Albatross](/source/Die_Letzten_drei_der_Albatross)* (1965) – Medizinmann Namu - *[Seven Dollars on the Red](/source/Seven_Dollars_on_the_Red)* (1966) – 1st Sheriff - *[Assassination](/source/Assassination_(1967_film))* (1967) – Morrison - *Commissariato di notturna* (1974) - *[The Assisi Underground](/source/The_Assisi_Underground_(film))* (1985) – The Monsignore - *[The Belly of an Architect](/source/The_Belly_of_an_Architect)* (1987) – Julio - *[Roseanna's Grave](/source/Roseanna's_Grave)* (1997) – Shoe Shop Owner (final film role) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli artisti. Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. M - Z., Volume 3, pg. 266](https://books.google.com/books?id=oNyrpPD5eDcC&dq=Alfredo+Varelli+1914&pg=PA266) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Lancia_2-0)** Lancia, Enrico; Poppi, Roberto (2003). *Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Vol. 2 M–Z*. Italy: Gremese Editore. p. 266. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-8884402691](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8884402691). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Reich & Garofalo, p. 159–160 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Alfredo Varelli"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230622203001/https://www.facebook.com/groups/379611182665828/permalink/828794867747455/). *Associazione Culturale on Facebook*. Archived from [the original](https://www.facebook.com/groups/379611182665828/permalink/828794867747455/) on 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023. ## Bibliography - Reich, Jacqueline & Garofalo, Piero. *Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922–1943*. 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