Claudio Gora

Claudio Gora, Emilio Giordana (27 July 1913 – 13 March 1998) was an Italian actor 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. Some of his notable roles includes Adua e le compagne, directed by Antonio Pietrangeli, Tutti a casa by Luigi Comencini, and Dino Risi's A Difficult Life and Il Sorpasso.
Selected filmography
Torna, caro ideal! (1939) - Francesco Paolo Tosti
Wealth Without a Future (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 (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 (1944) - Andrea
Squadriglia Bianca (1944) - Alessandro, il pilota istruttore
Resurrection (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 (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 (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 (1962) - Leoni
Il Sorpasso (1962) - Danilo Borelli 'Bibi'
Mathias Sandorf (1963) - Procureur
The Verona Trial (1963) - Cersosimo - Examining Magistrate
Gidget Goes to Rome (1963) - Alberto
The Swindlers (1963) - Spianelli (segment "Medico e fidanzata")
Gibraltar (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 (1965) - (uncredited)
(1965) - The Antique Dealer (segment "Il Complesso della Schiava nubiana")
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
(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 (1975) - Martinetti
Section spéciale (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 (1977) - Don Domenico Laurenzi
La belva col mitra (1977) - Judge
The Perfect Crime (1978)
Lion of the Desert (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
External links
1913 births
1998 deaths
Actors from Genoa
Italian male film actors
Italian film directors
Nastro d'Argento winners
20th-century Italian male actors