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Riccardo Cucciolla

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1924-09-05

Day of Death

1999-09-17

Place of Birth

Bari, Puglia, Italy

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.

Filmography (74)

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⭐ 9.0 Role: Prof. Giussani

Morte di una ragazza perbene

1999
⭐ 5.8 Role: The Monk

Our God's Brother

1997
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⭐ 8.0 Role: Zipolino

Lucky Punch

1996
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⭐ 7.0 Role: Unknown

Blinde Augen klagen an

1996
⭐ 7.5 Role: Narrator (voice)

In Calabria

1993
⭐ 6.5 Role: Massimo Serboli

Pizza Colonia

1991
⭐ 5.2 Role: Andreani

Vanille fraise

1989
⭐ 7.2 Role: Generale Emanuele Anselmi

32nd of December

1988
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⭐ 10.0 Role: Giorgio

Il segreto dell'uomo solitario

1988
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⭐ 0 Role: Don Carmelo Fiorillo

Il coraggio di parlare

1987
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⭐ 10.0 Role: Teodoro detto Teo

Tottering in the Dark

1987
⭐ 5.1 Role: Luigi Brizzi

The Assisi Underground

1985
⭐ 7.0 Role: Old Farmer

The Kid From Ebalus

1984
⭐ 5.5 Role: Dominico Villani

Sophia Loren: Her Own Story

1980
⭐ 8.5 Role: Terzi, sindaco di Sarzana

Lost in the City of Sarzana

1980