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'''Raffaele Vallone''' (17 February 1916 – 31 October 2002) was an Italian actor and footballer. One of the top male Italian stars of the 1950s and
==Early life==
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== Acting career ==
Vallone made his film debut in 1942 as an extra in [[We the Living (film)|''We the Living'']], but he was not initially interested in an acting career. Nevertheless, he was cast as a soldier competing with [[Vittorio Gassman]] for the love of [[Silvana Mangano]] in ''[[Bitter Rice|Riso amaro]]'' (''Bitter Rice''
He played rugged, romantic [[leading man|leading men]] in the 1950s, including in [[Anna (1951 film)|''Anna'']] (1951) and [[The Beach (1954 film)|''The Beach'']] (1954), both directed by [[Alberto Lattuada]]; [[Pietro Germi]]'s ''[[The Crossroads (1951 film)|The Crossroads]]'' (1951), and [[Giuseppe De Santis]]' ''[[Rome 11:00]]'' (1952). He played [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]], opposite [[Anna Magnani]] as [[Anita Garibaldi]], in [[Francesco Rosi]]'s directorial debut [[Red Shirts (film)|''Red Shirts'']] (1952). He was the male lead in [[Vittorio De Sica]]'s ''[[Two Women]]'', which earned its star [[Sophia Loren]] the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]. His screen persona and acting style were often likened to those of [[Burt Lancaster]].<ref name="Martin nytimes" /> [[Curzio Malaparte]], who directed him in ''[[The Forbidden Christ]]'' (1951), called Vallone "the only Marxist face in Italian cinema."
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