Riccardo Cucciolla
75 movies · 10 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 5, 1924
- Died
- Sep 17, 1999 (age 75)
- Place of birth
- Bari, Puglia, Italy
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.
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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.
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Riccardo Cucciolla: movies and TV shows
Acting (85)
- 1999 Morte di una ragazza perbene
as Prof. Giussani
- 1997
- 1997 Our God's Brother
as The Monk
- 1996 Lucky Punch
as Zipolino
- 1996
- 1995 Rabid Dogs
as Riccardo
- 1993
- 1993 In Calabria
as Narrator (voice)
- 1991 Pizza Colonia
as Massimo Serboli
- 1989 Vanille fraise
as Andreani
- 1989
- 1988
- 1988 32nd of December
as Generale Emanuele Anselmi
- 1988 Il segreto dell'uomo solitario
as Giorgio
- 1987 Il coraggio di parlare
as Don Carmelo Fiorillo
- 1987 Tottering in the Dark
as Teodoro detto Teo
- 1986
- 1985 The Assisi Underground
as Luigi Brizzi
- 1984 The Kid From Ebalus
as Old Farmer
- 1982
- 1980 Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
as Dominico Villani
- 1980 Lost in the City of Sarzana
as Terzi, sindaco di Sarzana
- 1978 Farewell the Last Man
as Narrator (voice)
- 1977 Tomboy - I misteri del sesso
as Narrator (voice)
- 1977 Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
as Antonio Gramsci
- 1976 Meet Him and Die
as Police Commissioner Sacchi
- 1976 The Last Concert
as Stella's father
- 1976 Stream Line
as Dr. Roder
- 1975 Rain over Santiago
as Olivares
- 1975 C.I.A. Secret Story
as Giuseppe Pinelli
- 1975
- 1975 L'Italia vista dal cielo: Lazio
as Narrator (voice)
- 1975
- 1974 Borsalino and Co.
as Volpone
- 1974 High School Girl
as Celio D'Altamura
- 1973 The Sensual Man
as Paolo's Father
- 1973 The Assassination of Matteotti
as Antonio Gramsci
- 1973 No, the Case Is Happily Resolved
as Professor Eduardo Ranieri
- 1973 24 Hours... Not a Minute More
as Minister Handras
- 1973 L'Italia vista dal cielo: Liguria
as (Voice)
- 1972 Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi
as Commissioner
- 1972 Un Flic
as Paul Weber
- 1972 One Appreciated Professional of Sure Future
as Nicola Perella
- 1972 The Sicilian Checkmate
as Professor Salemi
- 1971 We Are All in Temporary Liberty
as Mario De Rossi
- 1971 Africa Uncensored
as Narrator
- 1971 The Case Is Closed, Forget It
as Pesenti
- 1971 Sacco & Vanzetti
as Nicola Sacco
- 1970 Al Fatah - Palestina
as Narratore (voice)
- 1969 Secret Africa
as Narrator
- 1969 One on Top of the Other
as Benjamin Wormser
- 1969
- 1969
- 1968 The Sexual Revolution
as Emilio Missiroli
- 1968 Bandits in Rome
as Vice Commissioner Pascuttini
- 1968 The Seven Cervi Brothers
as Gelindo Cervi
- 1968 Il pane dei pastori
as Narrator (voice)
- 1967 Grand Slam
as Agostino Rossi
- 1967 Massacre in the Black Forest
as Narrator (uncredited)
- 1967 The Path of Oil
as Narrator
- 1967
- 1966 The Last Fistful of Land
as Narrator
- 1966 Francis of Assisi
as Fra' Leone
- 1966 La fantarca
as Lo speaker
- 1965
- 1965 Women of the Resistance
as Narrator (voice)
- 1965 Six Days a Week
as Alfredo
- 1965 L'antimiracolo
as Narrator
- 1964
- 1964 Attack and Retreat
as Sanna
- 1964 Malamondo
as Narrator
- 1964 La quieta febbre
as protagonista
- 1963
- 1963 Son of Hercules vs. Medusa
as (Voice dubbing for Richard Harrison)
- 1962 Down with Uncle
as Narrator
- 1961 La trincea
as narratore
- 1959 Nascita e morte nel meridione (S. Cataldo)
as narrator
- 1959
- 1958 L' ultima faccia di Medusa
as Fabio
- 1957 Rascel-Fifì
as Undici
- 1956 Sardegna terra di contrasti
as Narrator (voice)
- 1954 The Seducer
as Racca
- 1953 I Vitelloni
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1953
- 1949 La roccia incantata
as Dottor Lisi
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1972