Riccardo Cucciolla
Born: 1924-09-05 in Bari, Puglia, Italy
Died: 1999-09-17
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1999
- Morte di una ragazza perbene as Prof. Giussani
1997
- La dottoressa Giò as Dott. Lombardi
- Our God's Brother as The Monk
1996
- Lucky Punch as Zipolino
- Blinde Augen klagen an
1993
- The Castle of Olive Trees as Jules Campredon
- In Calabria as Narrator (voice)
1991
- Pizza Colonia as Massimo Serboli
1989
- Vanille fraise as Andreani
1988
- The Secret Files of Inspector Lavardin as Serge Orzyck
- 32nd of December as Generale Emanuele Anselmi
- Il segreto dell'uomo solitario as Giorgio
1987
- Tottering in the Dark as Teodoro detto Teo
- Il coraggio di parlare as Don Carmelo Fiorillo
1986
- Family Business as Tiberi
1985
- The Assisi Underground as Luigi Brizzi
1984
- The Kid From Ebalus as Old Farmer
1982
- Marco Polo as Zio Zane
1980
- Sophia Loren: Her Own Story as Dominico Villani
- 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)
- Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison as Antonio Gramsci
1976
- The Last Concert as Stella's father
- Meet Him and Die as Police Commissioner Sacchi
- Stream Line as Dr. Roder
1975
- Rain over Santiago as Olivares
- C.I.A. Secret Story as Giuseppe Pinelli
- The Last Day of School Before Christmas as Ambro
- Il fratello
- L'Italia vista dal cielo: Lazio as Narrator (voice)
1974
- High School Girl as Celio D'Altamura
- Borsalino and Co. as Volpone
1973
- Rabid Dogs as Riccardo
- The Sensual Man as Paolo's Father
- No, the Case Is Happily Resolved as Professor Eduardo Ranieri
- The Assassination of Matteotti as Antonio Gramsci
- 24 Hours... Not a Minute More as Minister Handras
- L'Italia vista dal cielo: Liguria as (Voice)
1972
- A Cop as Paul Weber
- The Sicilian Checkmate as Professor Salemi
- Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi as Commissioner
- One Appreciated Professional of Sure Future as Nicola Perella
- Incontro con Maria Carta as Self
1971
- Sacco & Vanzetti as Nicola Sacco
- The Case Is Closed, Forget It as Pesenti
- We Are All in Temporary Liberty as Mario De Rossi
- Africa Uncensored as Narrator
1970
- Al Fatah - Palestina as Narratore (voice)
1969
- One on Top of the Other as Benjamin Wormser
- Il segreto di Luca as Andrea Cipriani
- Intolerance: il caso Liuzzo
- Secret Africa as Narrator
1968
- The Seven Cervi Brothers as Gelindo Cervi
- Bandits in Rome as Vice Commissioner Pascuttini
- The Sexual Revolution as Emilio Missiroli
- Il pane dei pastori as Narrator (voice)
1967
- Grand Slam as Agostino Rossi
- The Path of Oil as Narrator
- Massacre in the Black Forest as Narrator (uncredited)
- Il processo di Savona
1966
- Francis of Assisi as Fra' Leone
- The Last Fistful of Land as Narrator
- La fantarca as Lo speaker
1965
- Vita di Dante as Narrator
- Six Days a Week as Alfredo
- L'antimiracolo as Narrator
- Women of the Resistance as Narrator
1964
- Vita di Michelangelo as Narratore (voice)
- Attack and Retreat as Giuseppe Sanna
- Malamondo as Narrator
- La quieta febbre as protagonista
1963
- Son of Hercules vs. Medusa as (Voice dubbing for Richard Harrison)
- Badoglio: generale e uomo di stato
1962
- Down With Uncle as Narrator
1959
- L'isola del tesoro as Joyce
- Nascita e morte nel meridione (S. Cataldo) as narrator
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)
- Good Folk's Sunday