Holmes. Valentino is played by actor/director Alex Monty Canawati in the motion picture Return to Babylon (2013). Valentino was played by Gene Wilder in the 1977 spoof comedy The World's Greatest Lover. In 1986, the French TV channel FR3 produced the television movie Série portrait, Rudolph Valentino, with Frédéric Norbert as Valentino. In his own lifetime, he was referenced in the film Mud and Sand, a parody of Blood and Sand, which starred Stan Laurel as a bullfighter named Rhubarb Vaseline. Valentino is a supporting character in the fifth season of the horror anthology series American Horror Story. In the series, Valentino, who is played by Finn Wittrock, fakes his own death in 1926 after being transformed into a vampire. Valentino then turns his fictional lover, Elizabeth Johnson (Lady Gaga), into a vampire, as well. Elizabeth goes on to become the Countess, the central antagonist of the show's fifth season, while Valentino is eventually killed by Donovan (Matt Bomer), one of Elizabeth's many lovers, in a jealous rage. Vladislav Kozlov will play Valentino in his upcoming indie biopic Silent Life, while Franco Nero will play Valentino's spirit. Music Shortly after his death, several songs in tribute to Valentino, including "There's a New Star in Heaven Tonight" and one by his first wife, Jean Acker, titled "We Will Meet at the End of the Trail", became bestsellers. In 1964, Freddie Hart recorded a ballad titled "Valentino". Valentino is mentioned in the following songs: "Farewell, Angelina", written and recorded by Bob Dylan in 1965 but not released until 1991; best known from the 1965 recording by Joan Baez "Miranda", written and performed by Phil Ochs in 1967 and later recorded by Melanie Safka in 1976 "Celluloid Heroes", written by Ray Davies and performed by The Kinks in 1972 "Right Before Your Eyes", written and performed by Ian Thomas in 1977 and later recorded by America in 1982 "Valentino", written by Shimrit Or and performed by Gali Atari in 1978. "Tribute to Tino", written and performed by Dutch-Indonesian new-wave singer Taco for his album After Eight in 1982 Flagra written and performed by Rita Lee 1982 "Don't Look Down", written and performed by Iggy Pop in 1979 and later recorded by David Bowie in 1984 "Waiting for an Alibi," written by Phil Lynott and performed by Thin Lizzy in 1979 "Apache Dancing", written by Richard Barone and James Mastro and performed by The