Serge Reggiani (born Sergio Reggiani; 2 May 1922 – 23 July 2004) was an Italian-French actor and singer.

Biography

Early life

Reggiani was born in Reggio Emilia, Italy, Initially he trained as a barber, like his father, before winning a place at drama school.

Returning to acting after the liberation, he scored a success on film in Les portes de la nuit ("Gates of the Night"), released in 1946. and hired him to help with a production of Hamlet he was mounting in Paris: Anderson went on to become an acclaimed stage director. Act of Love (1953), a French-American co-production starring Kirk Douglas; and Paris Blues (1961) with Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier, filmed on location in Paris.

Singing career

In 1965, at the age of 43, he began a second career as a singer, and later with the assistance of the French singer Barbara. giving concerts despite his declining health and personal distress,

Legacy

In the film Moi qui t'aimais (2025), a biopic of Signoret and Montand, Thierry de Peretti plays Reggiani.

Selected filmography

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  • Boys' School (1938) – Pupil (uncredited)
  • Conflict (1938) – (uncredited)
  • Night in December (1940) – Un figurant
  • Saturnin de Marseille (1941)
  • Strange Inheritance (1943) – Bob Éloi
  • Le carrefour des enfants perdus (1944) – Joris
  • François Villon (1945) – François Villon
  • Star Without Light (1946) – Gaston Lansac
  • Gates of the Night (1946) – Guy Sénéchal
  • Coincidences (1947) – Jean Ménétrier
  • La fleur de l'âge (1947) - Petit-Louis
  • Manù il contrabbandiere (1948) – Manuel Ambrosini, aka 'Manù'
  • Under the Cards (1948) – Manu
  • The Lovers Of Verona (1949) – Angelo (Romeo)
  • Manon (1949) – Leon Lescaut
  • The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1949) – Joseph Rouletabille
  • Return to Life (1949) – Louis, young German girl's husband (segment 5: "Le retour de Louis")
  • The Sinners (1949) – Pierre Massot
  • The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1949) – Joseph Rouletabille
  • La Ronde (1950) – Franz the Soldier
  • Old Boys of Saint-Loup (1950) – L'abbé Paul Forestier
  • Good Enough to Eat (1951) – Jean-Louis aka Loup
  • Secret People (1952) – Louis
  • Casque d'or (1952) – Georges Manda
  • Red Shirts (Anita Garibaldi, 1952) – Lantini
  • The King and the Mockingbird (1952) – The chimney sweep (voice)
  • Storms (1953) – Sergio Parnell
  • The World Condemns Them (1953) – André
  • Act of Love (1953) – Claude Lacaud
  • Napoléon (1955) – Lucien Bonaparte
  • The Wicked Go to Hell (1955) – Rudel
  • The Doll That Took the Town (1957) – Mario Grimaldi
  • Élisa (1957) – Bernard Voisin
  • Not Delivered (1958) – Bastien Sassey
  • Les Misérables (1958) – Enjolras
  • The Stowaway (1958) – Alfred Mougins
  • Marie-Octobre (1959) – Antoine Rougier
  • Everybody Go Home (1960) – Assunto Ceccarelli
  • Paris Blues (1961) – Michel "Gypsy" Devigne
  • Warriors Five (1962) – Libero
  • Le Doulos (1962) – Maurice Faugel
  • The Leopard (1963) – Don Francisco ("Ciccio") Tumeo
  • L'enfer (1964) – Marcel #1
  • Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha (1965) – Ivanov
  • The 25th Hour (1967) – Trajan Koruga
  • The Last Adventure (1967) – The pilot
  • Il giorno della civetta (1968) – Parrinieddu
  • The Seven Cervi Brothers (1968) – Inmate Ferrari
  • Army of Shadows (L'Armée des ombres, 1969) – The hairdresser
  • ' (1971) – François Nolan
  • Trois milliards sans ascenseur (1972) – Pierrot
  • ' (1972) – Thia
  • Don't Touch the White Woman! (1974) – The Mad Indian
  • Vincent, François, Paul... et les autres (1974) – Paul
  • Le Chat et la souris (1975) – Lechat
  • The Good and the Bad (1976) – Resistance leader
  • Une fille cousue de fil blanc (1977) – Jérôme
  • Violette & François (1977) – François's father
  • Solemn Communion (1977) – Le récitant chanteur (voice)
  • La terrazza (1980) – Sergio
  • ' (1980) – Fouldroule
  • Fantastica (1980) – Euclide Brown
  • The Beekeeper (1986) – Sick Man
  • Mauvais Sang (1986) – Charlie
  • Let Sleeping Cops Lie (Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort, 1988) – Le Stéphanois
  • Coupe-franche (1989) – Mathieu
  • There Were Days... and Moons (1990) – Sophie's father
  • I Hired a Contract Killer (1990) – Vic of Vic's French Burgers
  • Plein fer (1990) – Emilio
  • De force avec d'autres (1993) – Sergio
  • ' (1993) – Dr. Levy
  • Le petit garçon (1995) – Germain
  • Héroïnes (1997) – Montgolfier
  • The Pianist (1998) – older Rossell

Notes

References

  • Biography