Riccardo Cucciolla

Biography

Riccardo Cucciolla (5 September 1924 – 17 September 1999) was an Italian actor and voice actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1953 and 1999. He won the Best Actor Award at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival for the film Sacco & Vanzetti. Born in Bari, in southern Italy, Cucciolla gained a degree in law, then made his stage debut in an amateur production in his home city. From 1946, he started working in radio as a voice actor and as the narrator of documentaries; at the same time, he started working in cinema, as a dubber and a voice actor. Cucciolla made his film debut in 1953, in Anton Giulio Majano's Good Folk's Sunday. After some minor roles, he had his first important role in Italiani brava gente (1965), followed by a further significant role in Giuliano Montaldo's Grand Slam (1967). Cucciolla came to national and international recognition with the leading role in Montaldo's Sacco e Vanzetti, for which he was awarded best actor at Cannes and won a Silver Ribbon. In the wake of that sudden popularity, he intensively worked throughout the decade, alternating notable films with others of more modest quality and ambition. Starting from eighties he thinned out his appearances, mainly focusing on dubbing and television roles. As a dubber, he provided voice-overs for Roger Moore, Claudio Villa, Erland Josephson, John Cazale, Jonathan Pryce, Richard Egan, James Caan, Robert Duvall and more. On 17 September 1999, Cucciolla died in Rome at the age of 75. He is survived by his wife, the poet Alida Sessa; their son Riccardo; and two children by his first wife, Francesco and Lietta. Source: Article "Riccardo Cucciolla" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Marco Polo

The Castle of Olive Trees

A Cop

The Secret Files of Inspector Lavardin

L'isola del tesoro

I Vitelloni

La dottoressa Giò

One on Top of the Other

All Movies (76)

• Morte di una ragazza perbene1999 · as Prof. Giussani
• Our God's Brother1997 · as The Monk
• Lucky Punch1996 · as Zipolino
• Blinde Augen klagen an1996
• Rabid Dogs1995 · as Riccardo
• In Calabria1993 · as Narrator (voice)
• Pizza Colonia1991 · as Massimo Serboli
• Vanille fraise1989 · as Andreani
• 32nd of December1988 · as Generale Emanuele Anselmi
• Il segreto dell'uomo solitario1988 · as Giorgio
• Il coraggio di parlare1987 · as Don Carmelo Fiorillo
• Tottering in the Dark1987 · as Teodoro detto Teo
• The Assisi Underground1985 · as Luigi Brizzi
• The Kid From Ebalus1984 · as Old Farmer
• Sophia Loren: Her Own Story1980 · as Dominico Villani
• Lost in the City of Sarzana1980 · as Terzi, sindaco di Sarzana
• Farewell the Last Man1978 · as Narrator (voice)
• Tomboy - I misteri del sesso1977 · as Narrator (voice)
• Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison1977 · as Antonio Gramsci
• Meet Him and Die1976 · as Police Commissioner Sacchi
• The Last Concert1976 · as Stella's father
• Stream Line1976 · as Dr. Roder
• Rain over Santiago1975 · as Olivares
• C.I.A. Secret Story1975 · as Giuseppe Pinelli
• The Last Day of School Before Christmas1975 · as Ambro
• L'Italia vista dal cielo: Lazio1975 · as Narrator (voice)
• Il fratello1975
• Borsalino and Co.1974 · as Volpone
• High School Girl1974 · as Celio D'Altamura
• The Sensual Man1973 · as Paolo's Father
• The Assassination of Matteotti1973 · as Antonio Gramsci
• No, the Case Is Happily Resolved1973 · as Professor Eduardo Ranieri
• 24 Hours... Not a Minute More1973 · as Minister Handras
• L'Italia vista dal cielo: Liguria1973 · as (Voice)
• Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi1972 · as Commissioner
• A Cop1972 · as Paul Weber
• One Appreciated Professional of Sure Future1972 · as Nicola Perella
• The Sicilian Checkmate1972 · as Professor Salemi
• Incontro con Maria Carta1972 · as Self
• We Are All in Temporary Liberty1971 · as Mario De Rossi
• Africa Uncensored1971 · as Narrator
• The Case Is Closed, Forget It1971 · as Pesenti
• Sacco & Vanzetti1971 · as Nicola Sacco
• Al Fatah - Palestina1970 · as Narratore (voice)
• Secret Africa1969 · as Narrator
• One on Top of the Other1969 · as Benjamin Wormser
• Intolerance: il caso Liuzzo1969
• The Sexual Revolution1968 · as Emilio Missiroli
• Bandits in Rome1968 · as Vice Commissioner Pascuttini
• The Seven Cervi Brothers1968 · as Gelindo Cervi
• Il pane dei pastori1968 · as Narrator (voice)
• Grand Slam1967 · as Agostino Rossi
• Massacre in the Black Forest1967 · as Narrator (uncredited)
• The Path of Oil1967 · as Narrator
• Il processo di Savona1967
• The Last Fistful of Land1966 · as Narrator
• Francis of Assisi1966 · as Fra' Leone
• La fantarca1966 · as Lo speaker
• Women of the Resistance1965 · as Narrator (voice)
• Six Days a Week1965 · as Alfredo
• L'antimiracolo1965 · as Narrator
• Attack and Retreat1964 · as Giuseppe Sanna
• Malamondo1964 · as Narrator
• La quieta febbre1964 · as protagonista
• Badoglio: generale e uomo di stato1963
• Son of Hercules vs. Medusa1963 · as (Voice dubbing for Richard Harrison)
• Down With Uncle1962 · as Narrator
• Nascita e morte nel meridione (S. Cataldo)1959 · as narrator
• L' ultima faccia di Medusa1958 · as Fabio
• Rascel-Fifì1957 · as Undici
• Sardegna terra di contrasti1956 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Seducer1954 · as Racca
• I Vitelloni1953 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Good Folk's Sunday1953
• La roccia incantata1949 · as Dottor Lisi
• Una lepre con la faccia di bambina— · as Psichiatra

All TV Shows (9)

• La dottoressa Giò1997 · as Dott. Lombardi
• The Castle of Olive Trees1993 · as Jules Campredon
• The Secret Files of Inspector Lavardin1988 · as Serge Orzyck
• Family Business1986 · as Tiberi
• Marco Polo1982 · as Zio Zane
• Il segreto di Luca1969 · as Andrea Cipriani
• Vita di Dante1965 · as Narrator
• Vita di Michelangelo1964 · as Narratore (voice)
• L'isola del tesoro1959 · as Joyce