---
name: "Massimo Serato"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/massimo-serato"
fi1m_id: "massimo-serato"
imdb_id: "nm0784857"
tmdb_id: 14148
wikidata_id: "Q698211"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 May 1917"
died: "22 December 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:05:33.462572+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Massimo Serato

## Identity

Massimo Serato

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/massimo-serato
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** massimo-serato
- **IMDb ID:** nm0784857
- **TMDB ID:** 14148
- **Wikidata ID:** Q698211
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massimo_Serato, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q698211, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0784857/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14148

Actor. Born 31 May 1917 in Oderzo, Treviso. Died 22 December 1989.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 May 1917, Oderzo, Treviso
- **Died:** 22 December 1989
- **Also known as:** Массимо Серато, Джузеппе Сегато, Giuseppe Segato
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massimo_Serato, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q698211, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0784857/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14148

## Biography

Massimo Serato was an Italian film actor. Born Giuseppe Segato on 31 May 1917 in Oderzo, Veneto, he began appearing in films in 1938 and worked regularly until his death on 22 December 1989 in Rome.

He appeared in historical dramas and international productions, including *El Cid* (1961) as Fanez, *55 Days at Peking* (1963) as Garibaldi, *The 10th Victim* (1965) as Lawyer Rossi and *Don't Look Now* (1973) as Bishop Barbarrigo. In 1947 he received the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the neorealist war drama *The Sun Still Rises*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Don't Look Now* (1973), Fi1m 90, as Bishop Barbarrigo — [page](https://film.one/film/dont-look-now.md)

## Complete filmography (146)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Vulture Is a Patient Bird* (1991), as Prince
- *Fratelli d'Italia* (1989), as Fabiano Bassi
- *32nd of December* (1988), as Ferruccio Ceravolo
- *Singolo* (1987), Actor
- *Le lunghe ombre* (1987), series, Actor
- *Saving Grace* (1986), as Monsignor Betti
- *The Country Boy* (1984), as Drug Dealer
- *Nana* (1983), as Faucherie
- *Street of Mirrors* (1983), as Councillor Bianchi
- *Stigma* (1980), as Miguel's Father
- *The Garden of Eden* (1980), as Alessandra's Father
- *Killer Nun* (1979), as Dr. Poirret
- *The Humanoid* (1979), as Great Brother
- *Convoy Busters* (1978), as Mr. Degan
- *The Bloodstained Shadow* (1978), as Count Pedrazzi
- *Ladies' Doctor* (1977), as Guido Lo Bianco
- *Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti* (1977), Actor
- *Origins of the Mafia* (1976), series, as Marquis Tarcone
- *Evil Thoughts* (1976), as Carlo Bocconi
- *Ritratto di Donna Velata* (1975), series, as Grimaldi
- *Autopsy* (1975), as Gianni Sanna
- *Salvo D'Acquisto* (1974), as Halder
- *Don't Look Now* (1973), as Bishop Barbarrigo — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/dont-look-now.md)
- *Women in Cell Block 7* (1973), as Warden
- *Number One* (1973), as a
- *Handsome Face* (1972), as Valério
- *One Appreciated Professional of Sure Future* (1972), as Bishop
- *Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?* (1972), as Uncle Fifi
- *Sergeant Klems* (1971), as French General
- *At the End of the Rainbow* (1971), as Emiliano
- *Three Giants of the Roman Empire* (1971), as Caio Appio Quintilliano
- *The Great Swindle* (1971), as Hugo
- *Lady Caliph* (1970), as L'industriale fallito
- *Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming* (1970), as Sheriff Manassas
- *The Divorce* (1970), as Mario Gherardi
- *The Gamblers* (1970), as Del Isolla
- *How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business?* (1970), as Capitano
- *Edipeon* (1970), Actor
- *Camille 2000* (1969), as Armand's father
- *Nero Wolfe* (1969), series, as Claude Gebert
- *Besieged* (1969), as Crusich
- *It Was Good to Love You* (1968), as Luca
- *Catch As Catch Can* (1967), as Agente
- *The Magnificent Texan* (1967), as Blackie Stark
- *The Honey Pot* (1967), as The Pretender (uncredited) (scenes deleted)
- *The Strange Night* (1967), as Carlo Pariante
- *Melissa* (1966), series, as Don Page
- *La mujer perdida* (1966), as D. Rafael Valcálcer
- *The Wild, Wild Planet* (1966), as Mr. Nurmi
- *Almost Perfect Crime* (1966), as Preston
- *SuperSeven Calling Cairo* (1965), as Alex
- *The 10th Victim* (1965), as Lawyer Rossi
- *$100,000 for Ringo* (1965), as Ives
- *I Spy* (1965), series, Actor
- *Challenge of the Gladiator* (1965), as Senator Lucius Quintilius
- *La Celestina P… R…* (1965), as Marcello
- *The Revolt of the Seven* (1964), as Baxo
- *Gunmen Of The Rio Grande* (1964), as Leo
- *FBI Operation Yellow Viper* (1964), Actor
- *The Lion of Thebes* (1964), as Tutmes
- *Hero of Rome* (1964), as Tarquin
- *Samson vs. the Giant King* (1964), as Czar Nicola Nicolajevic
- *Full Hearts and Empty Pockets* (1964), as Chefredakteur
- *Brennus, Enemy of Rome* (1963), as Marco Furio Camillo
- *The Secret Seven* (1963), as Axel
- *The Tyrant of Lydia Against the Son of Hercules* (1963), as Marcius
- *Samson and the Slave Queen* (1963), as Garcia De Higuera
- *55 Days at Peking* (1963), as Garibaldi
- *The Invincible Masked Rider* (1963), as don Rodrigo
- *The Shortest Day* (1963), as Ufficiale (uncredited)
- *Giacobbe ed Esau* (1963), as Ismaele - Ishmael
- *Hypnosis* (1962), Actor
- *The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan* (1962), as Cardinal Richelieu
- *Pontius Pilate* (1962), as Nicodemus
- *El Cid* (1961), as Fanez
- *Constantine and the Cross* (1961), as Maxentius
- *Love, the Italian Way* (1960), as Nobile siciliano
- *Ti aspetterò all'inferno* (1960), as Al
- *The Loves of Hercules* (1960), as Licos
- *The Queen of the Pirates* (1960), as Cesare di Santacroce
- *David and Goliath* (1960), as Abner
- *The Pirate and the Slave Girl* (1959), as Roberto Diego
- *The Magistrate* (1959), as Ugo
- *Tunisi top secret* (1959), as Nikos
- *Cavalier in Devil's Castle* (1959), as Capitano Ugone di Collefeltro
- *The Sword and the Cross* (1958), as Anan
- *Captain Falcon* (1958), as Baron Oddo di Serra
- *The Naked Maja* (1958), as Conte Rodrigo Sanchez
- *Aphrodite, Goddess of Love* (1958), as Quinto Rufo
- *The Silent Enemy* (1958), as Forzenelli
- *Peppino, le modelle e... chella llà* (1957), as Carlo Rosati
- *Una grande ombra* (1957), as Franco Donati
- *Tormento d'amore* (1956), as Pietro Martínez
- *Supreme Confession* (1956), as Marco Neri
- *Maruzzella* (1956), as Salvatore
- *Der goldene Falke* (1955), as Massimo di Montefalco
- *Il piccolo vetraio* (1955), as barone de la Motte
- *The Widow* (1955), as Vittorio
- *Cartouche* (1955), as Henri de Vauboranche
- *La trovatella di Milano* (1955), as Gabriele
- *Loves of Three Queens* (1954), as Paride (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)
- *Madame du Barry* (1954), as Choiseul
- *Pietà per chi cade* (1954), as Livio Vanini
- *Public Opinion* (1954), as Massimo Gorini
- *Foglio di via* (1954), as Andrea
- *Lucrèce Borgia* (1953), as Alphonse d'Aragon
- *The Man From Cairo* (1953), as Basil Constantine
- *The Merchant of Venice* (1953), as Antonio
- *Eager to Live* (1953), as Massimo
- *Gioventù alla sbarra* (1953), as Gigi
- *I Piombi di Venezia* (1953), as Orsenego
- *The Story of William Tell* (1953), as Hermann Gessler
- *The Devil's Daughter* (1952), as Adolfo Santagata
- *Milady and the Musketeers* (1952), as Rochefort
- *Red Love* (1952), as Simone Sole
- *I due derelitti* (1951), Actor
- *Tragic Spell* (1951), as Berto
- *Il conte di Sant'Elmo* (1951), Actor
- *City of Violence* (1951), as Peppuccio detto Peppe
- *The Thief of Venice* (1950), as Scarpa the Inquisitor
- *Fugitive Lady* (1950), as Gene
- *Il principe ribelle* (1950), as Principe Francesco
- *Sunday in August* (1950), as Roberto
- *The Pirates of Capri* (1949), as Baron Holstein
- *Marechiaro* (1949), as Luca Salvatori
- *Monastero di Santa Chiara* (1949), as Rudolf
- *Rondini in volo* (1949), as Ufficiale d'aviazione
- *The Revenge of Baccarat* (1948), Actor
- *Rocambole* (1948), Actor
- *I cavalieri dalle maschere nere (I beati paoli)* (1948), as contino della Motta
- *La Danse de mort* (1948), as Stéphane / Stefano
- *The Lost One* (1947), as Alexandre Dumas, fils
- *Sangue a Ca' Foscari* (1947), as Cavaliere della Rosa
- *Outcry* (1946), as Il maggiore Heinrich
- *Il mondo vuole così* (1946), as Alberto
- *In High Places* (1945), as Giorgio Zanetti
- *The Materassi Sisters* (1944), as Remo
- *Giacomo l'idealista* (1943), as Giacomo Lanzavecchia
- *I sette peccati* (1942), as Mario Venier
- *L'uomo venuto dal mare* (1942), as Il marinaio
- *Due cuori sotto sequestro* (1941), as Il compositore
- *Piccolo mondo antico* (1941), as Franco Maironi
- *L'amore canta* (1941), as Alberto
- *L'ispettore Vargas* (1940), Actor
- *Le père Lebonnard* (1939), Actor
- *Jeanne Doré* (1938), as Extra in ball scene

## Gallery

- ![Massimo Serato](https://film.one/media/person/156/gallery-ff32a92ee130.jpg) Massimo Serato — Rei Momo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Massimo-serato-1988.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Massimo Serato in una scena del film italiano Il piccolo vetraio (1955)](https://film.one/media/person/156/gallery-599a43910ffc.png) Massimo Serato in una scena del film italiano Il piccolo vetraio (1955) — Giorgio Capitani (director), Filmex, Franca Film (production), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Il_piccolo_vetraio_%281955%29_Massimo_Serato.png/1280px-Il_piccolo_vetraio_%281955%29_Massimo_Serato.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Massimo Serato e Luisella Boni in una scena del film italiano La trovatella di Milano (1955)](https://film.one/media/person/156/gallery-6a026cceb696.png) Massimo Serato e Luisella Boni in una scena del film italiano La trovatella di Milano (1955) — Giorgio Capitani (director), Arturo Gaillea (cinematographer), Filmex (production), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/La_trovatella_di_Milano_%281955%29_Serato_e_Boni.png/1280px-La_trovatella_di_Milano_%281955%29_Serato_e_Boni.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alida Valli, Massimo Serato, la piccola Mariù Pascoli ed Annibale Betrone in una scena di "Piccolo mondo antico" (Soldati, 1941) (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/156/gallery-c43567063c6e.jpg) Alida Valli, Massimo Serato, la piccola Mariù Pascoli ed Annibale Betrone in una scena di "Piccolo mondo antico" (Soldati, 1941) (2015) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/P-m-antico_valli%2Bserato%2Bpas.jpg/1280px-P-m-antico_valli%2Bserato%2Bpas.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Massimo Serato, Alida Valli, Annibale Betrone e Carlo Tamberlani in "Piccolo mondo antico" (Soldati, 1941) (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/156/gallery-4330e3a6434d.jpg) Massimo Serato, Alida Valli, Annibale Betrone e Carlo Tamberlani in "Piccolo mondo antico" (Soldati, 1941) (2015) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Piccolomondoant_matrimonio.jpg/1280px-Piccolomondoant_matrimonio.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Il saluto di Franco (Serato) a Luisa (Valli) prima di partire per la guerra in "Piccolo mondo antico" 8Soldati, 1941) (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/156/gallery-6161d785379e.jpg) Il saluto di Franco (Serato) a Luisa (Valli) prima di partire per la guerra in "Piccolo mondo antico" 8Soldati, 1941) (2015) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Piccolomondoant_saluto.jpg/1280px-Piccolomondoant_saluto.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor 1947: Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor (won), for *The Sun Still Rises*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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