Adolfo Celi played primary baddie Emilio Largo in which James Bond film?
Adolfo Celi Alessandra Celi, is an actress. Adolfo Celi Adolfo Celi (; 27 July 1922 – 19 February 1986) was an Italian film actor and director. Born in Curcuraci, Messina, Sicily, Celi appeared in nearly 100 films, specialising in international villains. Although a prominent actor in Italian cinema and famed for many roles, he is best remembered internationally for his portrayal of Emilio Largo in the 1965 James Bond film "Thunderball". Celi later spoofed his "Thunderball" role in the film "OK Connery" (aka "Operation Double 007") opposite Sean Connery's brother, Neil Connery. Celi became a film actor in post-war Italy. He left
Emilio Largo from a United States Air Force base in the UK and holding the world hostage. In the novel he is depicted as a large, muscular, olive-skinned, powerful man exuding animal charm, with the profile of a Roman emperor, hooked nose, long sideburns and hairy hands which are likened to crawling tarantulas. Indeed, Emilio Largo's surname means "play slowly and broadly". Adolfo Celi strongly resembles his literary counterpart in the film adaption. However, his white hair contrasts with the pomaded black hair that Fleming specified in the novel, and he wears a black eye patch over his left eye for reasons