Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 06, 1906
Died
May 01, 1988
Place of Birth
Rome, Italy
Credits
169 titles
Paolo Stoppa
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paolo Stoppa (6 June 1906 – 1 May 1988) was an Italian actor and dubber. Born in Rome, he began as a stage actor in 1927 in the theater in Rome and began acting in films in 1932. As a stage actor, his most celebrated works include those after World War II, when he met director Luchino Visconti: the two, together with Stoppa's wife, actress Rina Morelli, formed a trio whose adaptions of works by authors such as Chekhov, Shakespeare and Goldoni became highly acclaimed. He debuted in television in 1960 in the drama series Vita col padre e con la madre, reaching the top of the popularity in the 1970s, in particular in the adaption of crime novels by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (Il giudice e il suo boia and Il sospetto) and Augusto De Angelis. As a film actor, Stoppa made some 194 appearances between 1932 and his retirement in 1983: films he appeared in include popular classics such as Miracolo a Milano (1951), Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960), Viva l'Italia! (1961), Il Gattopardo (1962), La matriarca (1968), Amici miei atto II (1982). He also had a role in the Sergio Leone epic Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) and cameoed in Becket (1964). Stoppa was also a renowned dubber of films into Italian. He began this activity in the 1930s as dubber of Fred Astaire. Other actors he dubbed include Richard Widmark, Kirk Douglas and Paul Muni. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paolo Stoppa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
il nonno
My Friends Act II
Savino Capogreco
Tomorrow We Dance
Padre di Mariangela
The Marquis of Grillo
Papa Pio VII
The Payoff
Don Michele Miletti
Beach House
Nonno
Nerone
San Pietro
The bitter case of the Baroness of Carini
Don Ippolito
Rookies Go to War
Le Colonel
Right You Are (if you think so)
Signor Ponza
Rugantino
Mastro Titta
Jus primae noctis
The pope
Il giudice e il suo boia
I Buddenbrook
Jean Buddenbrook
The Adventures of Gerard
Santarem, Count of Morales
The Libertine
Professor Zauri
Once Upon a Time in the West
Sam
Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare
Doctor Sperenzoni
After the Fox
Polio
Male Companion
Professor Gaetano
Behold a Pale Horse
Pedro
The Visit
Doctor
Becket
Pope Alexander III
The Leopard
Don Calogero Sedara
The Shortest Day
Padre di Dino
The Steppe
Boccaccio '70
Lawyer Alcamo (segment "Il lavoro") (uncredited)
The Fabiani Affair
Graziani
The Last Judgment
Giorgio
Vanina Vanini
Asdrubale Vanini
The Joy of Living
Hairdresser
The Menace
Cousin
Viva l'Italia!
Nino Bixio
From a Roman Balcony
Rag. Alberto Moglie
Rocco and His Brothers
Cerri
La contessa azzurra
Don Peppino Razzi
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
Le marquis
Escape by Night
Prince Alessandro Antoniani
Carthage in Flames
Astarito
Gastone
Achille
The Law
Tonio
È arrivata la parigina
Holiday Island
Advocate Appicciato
Oh! Sabella
Avvocato Mancuso
Miracles of Thursday
Don Salvador
A Mink Coat
Uncle Hyacynth
Restorer
Girls of Today
Giuseppe Bardelotti
Destinazione Piovarolo
Gorini
Il padrone sono me
Mingòn