Riccardo Cucciolla
Acting • Born 1924-09-05 – Died 1999-09-17
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
84 credits
The Last Day of School Before Christmas
Movie • 1975
Ambro
Rabid Dogs
Movie • 1974
Riccardo
Pizza Colonia
Movie • 1991
Massimo Serboli
Farewell the Last Man
Movie • 1978
Narrator (voice)
A Cop
Movie • 1972
Paul Weber
Borsalino and Co.
Movie • 1974
Volpone
The Assassination of Matteotti
Movie • 1973
Antonio Gramsci
The Sensual Man
Movie • 1973
Paolo's Father
Sacco & Vanzetti
Movie • 1971
Nicola Sacco
Rain over Santiago
Movie • 1975
Olivares
In Calabria
Movie • 1993
Narrator (voice)
Grand Slam
Movie • 1967
Agostino Rossi
La quieta febbre
Movie • 1964
protagonista
The Kid From Ebalus
Movie • 1984
Old Farmer
Secret Africa
Movie • 1969
Narrator
Al Fatah - Palestina
Movie • 1970
Narratore (voice)
Son of Hercules vs. Medusa
Movie • 1963
(Voice dubbing for Richard Harrison)
The Seven Cervi Brothers
Movie • 1968
Gelindo Cervi
Vanille fraise
Movie • 1989
Andreani
Francis of Assisi
Movie • 1966
Fra' Leone
The Sicilian Checkmate
Movie • 1972
Professor Salemi
Attack and Retreat
Movie • 1964
Giuseppe Sanna
L' ultima faccia di Medusa
Movie • 1958
Fabio
No, the Case Is Happily Resolved
Movie • 1973
Professor Eduardo Ranieri
Lucky Punch
Movie • 1996
Zipolino
Badoglio: generale e uomo di stato
Movie • 1963
Good Folk's Sunday
Movie • 1953
Africa Uncensored
Movie • 1971
Narrator
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
Movie • 1971
Pesenti
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
Movie • 1977
Antonio Gramsci
The Path of Oil
Movie • 1967
Narrator
Rascel-Fifì
Movie • 1957
Undici
Six Days a Week
Movie • 1965
Alfredo
Il processo di Savona
Movie • 1967
Women of the Resistance
Movie • 1965
Narrator
Massacre in the Black Forest
Movie • 1967
Narrator (uncredited)
The Last Fistful of Land
Movie • 1966
Narrator
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Movie • 1980
Dominico Villani
Il segreto dell'uomo solitario
Movie • 1988
Giorgio
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
Movie • 1971
Mario De Rossi
C.I.A. Secret Story
Movie • 1975
Giuseppe Pinelli
Incontro con Maria Carta
Movie • 1972
Self
Bandits in Rome
Movie • 1968
Vice Commissioner Pascuttini
Il coraggio di parlare
Movie • 1987
Don Carmelo Fiorillo
Meet Him and Die
Movie • 1976
Police Commissioner Sacchi
The Sexual Revolution
Movie • 1968
Emilio Missiroli
High School Girl
Movie • 1974
Celio D'Altamura
Il pane dei pastori
Movie • 1968
Narrator (voice)
Tomboy - I misteri del sesso
Movie • 1977
Narrator (voice)
The Last Concert
Movie • 1976
Stella's father
32nd of December
Movie • 1988
Generale Emanuele Anselmi
L'Italia vista dal cielo: Liguria
Movie • 1973
(Voice)
L'Italia vista dal cielo: Lazio
Movie • 1975
Narrator (voice)
Blinde Augen klagen an
Movie • 1996
The Assisi Underground
Movie • 1985
Luigi Brizzi
L'antimiracolo
Movie • 1965
Narrator
La fantarca
Movie • 1966
Lo speaker
Intolerance: il caso Liuzzo
Movie • 1969
I Vitelloni
Movie • 1953
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
24 Hours... Not a Minute More
Movie • 1973
Minister Handras
Nascita e morte nel meridione (S. Cataldo)
Movie • 1959
narrator
Malamondo
Movie • 1964
Narrator
Stream Line
Movie • 1976
Dr. Roder
One on Top of the Other
Movie • 1969
Benjamin Wormser
Lost in the City of Sarzana
Movie • 1980
Terzi, sindaco di Sarzana
Our God's Brother
Movie • 1997
The Monk
One Appreciated Professional of Sure Future
Movie • 1972
Nicola Perella
Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi
Movie • 1972
Commissioner
The Seducer
Movie • 1954
Racca
Tottering in the Dark
Movie • 1987
Teodoro detto Teo
Sardegna terra di contrasti
Movie • 1956
Narrator (voice)
Il fratello
Movie • 1975
Morte di una ragazza perbene
Movie • 1999
Prof. Giussani
Down With Uncle
Movie • 1962
Narrator
Una lepre con la faccia di bambina
Movie
Psichiatra
Family Business
TV • 1986
Tiberi
Vita di Michelangelo
TV • 1964
Narratore (voice)
La dottoressa Giò
TV • 1997
Dott. Lombardi
The Castle of Olive Trees
TV • 1993
Jules Campredon
L'isola del tesoro
TV • 1959
Joyce
The secret files of Inspector Lavardin
TV • 1988
Serge Orzyck
Marco Polo
TV • 1982
Zio Zane
Il segreto di Luca
TV • 1969
Andrea Cipriani
Vita di Dante
TV • 1965
Narrator