Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 05, 1924
Died
Sep 17, 1999
Place of Birth
Bari, Puglia, Italy
Credits
86 titles
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
Filmography
Morte di una ragazza perbene
Prof. Giussani
La dottoressa Giò
Dott. Lombardi
Our God's Brother
The Monk
Lucky Punch
Zipolino
Blinde Augen klagen an
Rabid Dogs
Riccardo
The Castle of Olive Trees
Jules Campredon
In Calabria
Narrator (voice)
Pizza Colonia
Massimo Serboli
Vanille fraise
Andreani
The Secret Files of Inspector Lavardin
Serge Orzyck
32nd of December
Generale Emanuele Anselmi
Il segreto dell'uomo solitario
Giorgio
Il coraggio di parlare
Don Carmelo Fiorillo
Tottering in the Dark
Teodoro detto Teo
Family Business
Tiberi
The Assisi Underground
Luigi Brizzi
The Kid From Ebalus
Old Farmer
Marco Polo
Zio Zane
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Dominico Villani
Lost in the City of Sarzana
Terzi, sindaco di Sarzana
Farewell the Last Man
Narrator (voice)
Tomboy - I misteri del sesso
Narrator (voice)
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
Antonio Gramsci
Meet Him and Die
Police Commissioner Sacchi
The Last Concert
Stella's father
Stream Line
Dr. Roder
Rain over Santiago
Olivares
C.I.A. Secret Story
Giuseppe Pinelli
The Last Day of School Before Christmas
Ambro
Il fratello
L'Italia vista dal cielo: Lazio
Narrator (voice)
Borsalino and Co.
Volpone
High School Girl
Celio D'Altamura
The Sensual Man
Paolo's Father
The Assassination of Matteotti
Antonio Gramsci
No, the Case Is Happily Resolved
Professor Eduardo Ranieri
24 Hours... Not a Minute More
Minister Handras
L'Italia vista dal cielo: Liguria
(Voice)
Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi
Commissioner
Un Flic
Paul Weber
One Appreciated Professional of Sure Future
Nicola Perella
The Sicilian Checkmate
Professor Salemi
Incontro con Maria Carta
Self
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
Mario De Rossi
Africa Uncensored
Narrator
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
Pesenti
Sacco & Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco
Al Fatah - Palestina
Narratore (voice)
Secret Africa
Narrator