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| 1 | Was a native of Bologna and studied law in Florence before World War II. |
| 2 | Lost both parents to the Fascist Italian government and, according to some sources, was active in the Resistance during the war. |
| 3 | Attended San Marco University in Florence, Italy, a city in which he lived since the age of four. |
| 4 | In 1940, Brazzi married Florentine Baroness Lidia Bertolini (1921-1981). She developed a serious endocrine dysfunction and the couple were unable to have children. She died of pancreatic cancer in 1981. Four years after his wife's death he married a German woman, Ilse Fischer. She survived him. |
| 5 | Made films in France, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Spain and Great Britain. He starred in several popular telenovelas and TV movies in Italy and at least two European (and one American) television series. |
| 6 | A respected stage director in Italy. |
| 7 | Ths son of Adelmo, a shoemaker who later owned a leather factory, and Maria Ghedini Brazzi. His baptismal name stems from the fact that his father, when Rossano was conceived, was in military service and stationed in Rossano Veneto. Rossano as well as his siblings, Oscar and Franca, often worked for their father. |
| 8 | As a young man, Rossano was quite athletic -- soccer, swimming, tennis, golf, fencing and boxing. He was particularly good at soccer, and assumed the role of goalkeeper for the Florentine college team, where he stayed for two years. During his university years he was also an amateur boxer. He quit boxing when he unintentionally but seriously hurt an opponent. |
| 9 | In 1937, in his twenties, he earned his law degree, and was sent by his father to practice law in Rome with an established lawyer who was a friend of the family. While there he was approached by a theatrical company. |
| 10 | Uncle of Fabrizio Brazzi. |
| 11 | Brother of Oscar Brazzi. |
| 12 | Claimed he could see the future in his dreams. He foretold his first girlfriend's illness/death, as well as wife Lydia's illness/death before their illnesses were even diagnosed. |
| 13 | Was a Freemason. |
| 14 | After being arrested for involvement in arms smuggling, he was fully acquitted of all charges at his trial in Venice (1985). |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Intimità proibita di una giovane sposa | 1970 | | Adolfo Rogano |
| The Adventurers | 1970 | | Baron de Coyne |
| The Name of the Game | 1970 | TV Series | Karim Lazanos |
| Coralba | 1970 | TV Mini-Series | Marco Danon |
| Honeymoon with a Stranger | 1969 | TV Movie | Capt. Sevilla |
| The Survivors | 1969 | TV Series | Antaeus Riakos |
| W. Somerset Maugham | 1969 | TV Series | The Count |
| Vita segreta di una diciottenne | 1969 | | |
| The Italian Job | 1969 | | Beckerman |
| Psychout for Murder | 1969 | | Brigoli |
| Il diario segreto di una minorenne (è nata una donna) | 1968 | | |
| Krakatoa: East of Java | 1968 | | Giovanni |
| Criminal Affair | 1968 | | Ross Simpson |
| King of Africa | 1968 | | Dr. Hamilton |
| Gli altri, gli altri... e noi | 1967 | | |
| Woman Times Seven | 1967 | | Giorgio (segment "Amateur Night") |
| Per amore... per magia... | 1967 | | Il narratore |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1967 | TV Series | Luder |
| Soldier's Girl | 1967 | | Fernando Moschino |
| The Bobo | 1967 | | Carlos Matabosch |
| Melissa | 1966 | TV Mini-Series | Guy Foster |
| Les fables de La Fontaine | 1966 | TV Series | Le Baron |
| Il Natale che quasi non fu | 1966 | | Phineas T. Prune |
| Run for Your Life | 1966 | TV Series | Alex Staphos |
| Un amore | 1965 | | Antonio Dorigo |
| The Battle of the Villa Fiorita | 1965 | | Lorenzo |
| Biblioteca di Studio Uno | 1964 | TV Mini-Series | Singer |
| Pão de Açúcar | 1964 | | Claudio DeSantis |
| Engagement Italiano | 1964 | | Mario Menacci |
| Dark Purpose | 1964 | | Count Paolo Barbarelli |
| Three Fables of Love | 1962 | | Leo (segment "Le lièvre et le tortue") |
| Die Rote | 1962 | | Fabio |
| Rome Adventure | 1962 | | Roberto Orlandi |
| Light in the Piazza | 1962 | | Signor Naccarelli |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | 1960-1961 | TV Series | Vittorio / Julio Vaccarous |
| The Battle of Austerlitz | 1960 | | Lucien Bonaparte |
| L'assedio di Siracusa | 1960 | | Archimede |
| Count Your Blessings | 1959 | | Charles Edouard de Valhubert |
| A Certain Smile | 1958 | | Luc Ferrand |
| South Pacific | 1958 | | Emile De Becque |
| Legend of the Lost | 1957 | | Paul Bonnard |
| Interlude | 1957 | | Tonio Fischer |
| The Story of Esther Costello | 1957 | | Carlo Landi |
| Loser Takes All | 1956 | | Bertrand |
| Faccia da mascalzone | 1956 | | |
| Il conte Aquila | 1955 | | Conte Federico Confalonieri |
| Rheingold Theatre | 1955 | TV Series | Nick Trinita |
| Summertime | 1955 | | Renato de Rossi |
| It Happens in Roma | 1955 | | Dino Moriani |
| Barrier of the Law | 1954 | | Lt. Mario Grandi |
| Angela | 1954 | | Nino |
| The Barefoot Contessa | 1954 | | Count Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini |
| The Contessa's Secret | 1954 | | Le comte de Cavour |
| Three Coins in the Fountain | 1954 | | Giorgio Bianchi |
| Flesh and Desire | 1954 | | Giuseppe Guardini |
| C'era una volta Angelo Musco | 1953 | | The story-teller |
| Carne de horca | 1953 | | Juan Pablo de Osuna |
| Prisoner in the Tower of Fire | 1953 | | Cesare Borgia |
| Guilt Is Not Mine | 1952 | | Carlo Rocchi |
| Il figlio di Lagardère | 1952 | | Philippe de Lagardère |
| Eran trecento... (La spigolatrice di Sapri) | 1952 | | Volpintesta |
| Milady and the Musketeers | 1952 | | Conte de la Fere aka Athos |
| La donna che inventò l'amore | 1952 | | Conte Grilli |
| Mistress of Treves | 1952 | | Sigfrido, conte di Treviri |
| Revenge of Black Eagle | 1951 | | Vladimir Dubrovskij |
| Incantesimo tragico | 1951 | | Pietro |
| La corona negra | 1951 | | Andrés |
| Romanzo d'amore | 1950 | | Enrico Toselli |
| The Fighting Men | 1950 | | Saro Costa |
| Vulcano | 1950 | | Donato |
| Little Women | 1949 | | Professor Bhaer |
| I contrabbandieri del mare | 1948 | | Mario |
| Eleonora Duse | 1947 | | Arrigo Boito |
| The White Devil | 1947 | | Prince André Mdwani - Il diavolo bianco |
| Il corriere del re | 1947 | | Julien Sorel |
| Bullet for Stefano | 1947 | | Stefano Pelloni |
| Furia | 1947 | | Antonio |
| La grande aurora | 1947 | | Renzo Gamba |
| La monaca di Monza | 1947 | | |
| Return of the Black Eagle | 1946 | | Vladimir Dubrowskij |
| Malìa | 1946 | | Cola, cognato di Jana |
| Paese senza pace | 1946 | | Tita Nane |
| La casa senza tempo | 1945 | | Capitano Paolo Sivera |
| Merry Chase | 1945 | | Guido, il diplomatico |
| Ten Commandments | 1945 | segment "Non commettere atti impuri" | |
| Silenzio, si gira! | 1943 | | Andrea Corsi |
| Il treno crociato | 1943 | | Il tenente Alberto Lauri |
| Damals | 1943 | | Pablo, Radrennfahrer und Clown |
| The Genius and the Nightingale | 1943 | | Carlo de Beriot |
| Piazza San Sepolcro | 1942 | | |
| I due Foscari | 1942 | | Jacopo Foscari |
| La Gorgona | 1942 | | Lamberto Finquinaldo |
| Addio Kira! | 1942 | | Leo Kovalenski |
| Noi vivi | 1942 | | Leo Kovalenski |
| Una signora dell'ovest | 1942 | | William / Manuel |
| We the Living | 1942 | | Leo Kovalenski |
| È caduta una donna | 1941 | | Roberto Frassi |
| The King's Jester | 1941 | | Il re Francesco Iº |
| Il bravo di Venezia | 1941 | | Guido Fuser, suo figlio |
| Tosca | 1941 | | Mario Cavaradossi |
| La forza bruta | 1941 | | Fred |
| Musica di sogno | 1940 | | Michele Donato, alias Mac Dynar |
| Kean | 1940 | | Edmund Kean |
| Il ponte di vetro | 1940 | | Il comandante Mario Marchi |
| Processo e morte di Socrate | 1939 | | Simmia |
| Piccolo hotel | 1939 | | |
| Il destino in tasca | 1938 | | |
| Fatal Frames - Fotogrammi mortali | 1996 | | Dr. Lucidi |
| Mort d'un zombie | 1993 | TV Movie | |
| Ruth Rendell Mysteries | 1990 | TV Series | Sir Manuel Carmargue |
| Blaues Blut | 1990 | TV Mini-Series | Prof. Donelli |
| A Fine Romance | 1989 | TV Series | Castello |
| La collina del diavolo | 1988 | TV Movie | Mr. Panama |
| The Third Solution | 1988 | | Marini |
| Le tiroir secret | 1986-1987 | TV Mini-Series | |
| La vallée des peupliers | 1986 | TV Series | Umberto de Lorenzi |
| Honor Thy Father | 1986 | TV Movie | |
| 7, Hyden Park: la casa maledetta | 1985 | | Dr. Sernich |
| Final Justice | 1985 | | Don Lamanna |
| Christopher Columbus | 1985 | TV Mini-Series | Diego Ortiz De Vilhegas |
| Movie Macabre | 1984 | TV Series | Dr. Frankenstein |
| Fear City | 1984 | | Carmine |
| The Far Pavilions | 1984 | TV Mini-Series | The Rana of Bhithor |
| Hart to Hart | 1983 | TV Series | Inspector Pastori |
| La voce | 1982 | | |
| The Love Boat | 1982 | TV Series | Signor Falzoni |
| Il paramedico | 1982 | | Augusto Pinna |
| Anche i ladri hanno un santo | 1981 | | |
| Fantasy Island | 1981 | TV Series | Anton Jagger |
| The Final Conflict | 1981 | | DeCarlo |
| L'elemento D | 1981 | TV Mini-Series | Franz Siegerwald |
| A Time for Miracles | 1980 | TV Movie | Fillipo Fillici |
| Champagne... e fagioli | 1980 | | Narrator (uncredited) |
| Io e Caterina | 1980 | | Arthur |
| Orient-Express | 1980 | TV Mini-Series | André Val-Bergot |
| La promessa | 1979 | TV Movie | Commissario Matthäi |
| Charlie's Angels | 1979 | TV Series | Vincenti Donettelli |
| Mr. Too Little | 1978 | | Zabo The Great |
| Caribia | 1978 | | |
| Police Woman | 1978 | TV Series | Salim Douad |
| Hawaii Five-O | 1977 | TV Series | Zeno Stavrik |
| Solo la verità | 1976 | TV Mini-Series | |
| Political Asylum | 1975 | | Ambassador Lara |
| Season for Assassins | 1975 | | Father Eugenio |
| Gli angeli dalle mani bendate | 1975 | | |
| Dracula in the Provinces | 1975 | | Dr. Paluzzi |
| Giro girotondo... con il sesso è bello il mondo | 1975 | | |
| Terror! Il castello delle donne maledette | 1974 | | Count Frankenstein |
| Madigan | 1973 | TV Series | Liuzza |
| The Great Waltz | 1972 | | Tedesco |
| Racconti proibiti... di niente vestiti | 1972 | | Lorenzo del Cambio |
| Day of Judgment | 1971 | | Sheriff |
| Vivi ragazza vivi! | 1971 | | padre di Barbara |
| Mister Kingstreet's War | 1971 | | Major Bernadelli |
| Trittico | 1971 | | Andrea, the Surgeon |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| 20 to 1 | 2010 | TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode | |
| Il Natale che quasi non fu | 1966 | performer: "Kids Get All the Breaks", "I'm Bad", "Nothing To Do But Wait", "Why Can't Every Day Be Christmas?" | |
| South Pacific | 1958 | performer: "Twin Soliloquies Wonder How It Feels" 1949, "Some Enchanted Evening" 1949, "Dites Moi" 1949, "Reprise: Some Enchanted Evening" 1949, "Act I Finale" 1949, "This Nearly Was Mine" 1949, "Dites Moi" reprise and Orchestral Finale 1949 - uncredited | |
| Little Women | 1949 | performer: "None But the Lonely Heart Nur Wer die Sehnsucht Kennt" 1869 - uncredited | |
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