Riccardo Cucciolla
Acting
85 titles
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
Morte di una ragazza perbene
1999
La dottoressa Giò
1997
Our God's Brother
1997
Lucky Punch
1996
Blinde Augen klagen an
1996
Rabid Dogs
1995
The Castle of Olive Trees
1993
In Calabria
1993
Pizza Colonia
1991
Vanille fraise
1989
The Secret Files of Inspector Lavardin
1988
32nd of December
1988
Il segreto dell'uomo solitario
1988
Il coraggio di parlare
1987
Tottering in the Dark
1987
Family Business
1986
The Assisi Underground
1985
The Kid From Ebalus
1984
Marco Polo
1982
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980
Lost in the City of Sarzana
1980
Farewell the Last Man
1978
Tomboy - I misteri del sesso
1977
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
1977
Meet Him and Die
1976
The Last Concert
1976
Stream Line
1976
Rain over Santiago
1975
C.I.A. Secret Story
1975
The Last Day of School Before Christmas
1975
L'Italia vista dal cielo: Lazio
1975
Il fratello
1975
Borsalino and Co.
1974
High School Girl
1974
The Sensual Man
1973
The Assassination of Matteotti
1973
No, the Case Is Happily Resolved
1973
24 Hours... Not a Minute More
1973
L'Italia vista dal cielo: Liguria
1973
Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi
1972
A Cop
1972
One Appreciated Professional of Sure Future
1972
The Sicilian Checkmate
1972
Incontro con Maria Carta
1972
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
1971
Africa Uncensored
1971
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
1971
Sacco & Vanzetti
1971
Al Fatah - Palestina
1970
Secret Africa
1969
One on Top of the Other
1969
Il segreto di Luca
1969
Intolerance: il caso Liuzzo
1969
The Sexual Revolution
1968
Bandits in Rome
1968
The Seven Cervi Brothers
1968
Il pane dei pastori
1968
Grand Slam
1967
Massacre in the Black Forest
1967
The Path of Oil
1967
Il processo di Savona
1967
The Last Fistful of Land
1966
Francis of Assisi
1966
La fantarca
1966
Vita di Dante
1965
Women of the Resistance
1965
Six Days a Week
1965
L'antimiracolo
1965
Vita di Michelangelo
1964
Attack and Retreat
1964
Malamondo
1964
La quieta febbre
1964
Badoglio: generale e uomo di stato
1963
Son of Hercules vs. Medusa
1963
Down With Uncle
1962
Nascita e morte nel meridione (S. Cataldo)
1959
L'isola del tesoro
1959
L' ultima faccia di Medusa
1958
Rascel-Fifì
1957
Sardegna terra di contrasti
1956
The Seducer
1954
I Vitelloni
1953
Good Folk's Sunday
1953
La roccia incantata
1949
Una lepre con la faccia di bambina