Sergio Leone Height, Weight, Age, Net Worth, Biography

Sergio Leone was an Italian director, producer, and screenwriter who is credited with reviving the Western genre through his highly-successful films (which became known as Spaghetti Westerns) like The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966), A Fistful of Dollars (1964), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), For a Few Dollars More (1965), and Duck, You Sucker! (1971).

Born Name

Sergio Leone

Nick Name

The Father of Spaghetti Westerns, The Master of Adventure, Yosemite Sam (by Clint Eastwood), Bob Robertson, Sergio Leoni

Age

He was born on January 3, 1929.

Died

He passed away on April 30, 1989, from a heart attack in Rome at the age of 60 years.

Sun Sign

Capricorn

Born Place

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Nationality

Occupation

Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Family

• Father – Vincenzo Leone (a.k.a. Roberto Roberti or Leone Roberto Roberti) (Actor, Director, Screenwriter)
• Mother – Edvige Valcarenghi (a.k.a. Bice Valerian) (Actress)

Net Worth

At the time of his death, Sergio Leone’s net worth was $10 million according to CelebrityNetWorth.com.

Build

Large

Height

5 ft 8 in or 173 cm

Weight

86 kg or 189.5 lbs

Girlfriend / Spouse

Sergio Leone had dated –

1. Carla Ranalli – The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) director was happily married to Carla Ranalli until his death in 1989. The couple was parents to 2 daughters named Raffaela Leone (b. November 26, 1961) and Francesca Leone (b. March 12, 1964) as well as a son named Andrea Leone (b. March 9, 1967).

Race / Ethnicity

White

Hair Color

Dark Brown

However, his hair had turned ‘Gray’ by the time of his death.

Eye Color

Blue-Green

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

• Known for inventing extreme close-ups in Western-style films
• Boisterous personality
• Wore oversized glasses

Sergio Leone’s Favorite Things

• Actor As A Child – Henry Fonda
• Movies – Shane (1953), Yojimbo (1961), Vera Cruz (1954), Warlock (1959), High Noon (1952), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

Source – IMDb

Sergio Leone Facts

1. He began his career at the age of 16 years by assisting the director Vittorio De Sica during the filming of the classic film, The Bicycle Thief (1948).
2. His film A Fistful of Dollars (1964) was a shot-for-shot remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1961 film, Yojimbo. The Japanese director sued Leone for copyright infringement, which resulted in the production team of A Fistful of Dollars (1964) apologizing and compensating Kurosawa with $100,000 plus 15% of the box office revenues.
3. His film Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) is included in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being ‘culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.
4. In 1996, Leone was named in Entertainment Weekly‘s list of ’50 Greatest Directors of All Time’ at #41.
5. The director who perfected the genre of American Westerns hardly spoke a word of English except for the word ‘Goodbye’. Since he predominantly worked with American actors, he would use a translator on the sets of his films to communicate with his actors.
6. Leone was initially offered the opportunity to direct The Godfather (1972) before it went to Francis Ford Coppola. However, he turned it down in order to make Once Upon a Time in America (1984).
7. The accomplished composer Ennio Morricone was his classmate in school. However,  the two did not start working together until 1964’s A Fistful of Dollars.

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