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, main…
Movies & TV Shows
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I Vitelloni (1953) — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Un Flic (1972) — Paul Weber
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Rabid Dogs (1995) — Riccardo
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Sacco & Vanzetti (1971) — Nicola Sacco
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Borsalino and Co. (1974) — Volpone
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One on Top of the Other (1969) — Benjamin Wormser
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32nd of December (1988) — Generale Emanuele Anselmi
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Attack and Retreat (1964) — Giuseppe Sanna
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Grand Slam (1967) — Agostino Rossi
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The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971) — Pesenti
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The Assassination of Matteotti (1973) — Antonio Gramsci
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Marco Polo (1982) — Zio Zane
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No, the Case Is Happily Resolved (1973) — Professor Eduardo Ranieri
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The Seven Cervi Brothers (1968) — Gelindo Cervi
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Vanille fraise (1989) — Andreani
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Rain over Santiago (1975) — Olivares
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The Seducer (1954) — Racca
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The Sensual Man (1973) — Paolo's Father
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Son of Hercules vs. Medusa (1963) — (Voice dubbing for Richard Harrison)
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Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980) — Dominico Villani
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High School Girl (1974) — Celio D'Altamura
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Good Folk's Sunday (1953)
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Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison (1977) — Antonio Gramsci
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The Assisi Underground (1985) — Luigi Brizzi
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Malamondo (1964) — Narrator
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Africa Uncensored (1971) — Narrator
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C.I.A. Secret Story (1975) — Giuseppe Pinelli
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The Sexual Revolution (1968) — Emilio Missiroli
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Farewell the Last Man (1978) — Narrator (voice)
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Six Days a Week (1965) — Alfredo
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Meet Him and Die (1976) — Police Commissioner Sacchi
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The Last Concert (1976) — Stella's father
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Francis of Assisi (1966) — Fra' Leone
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Massacre in the Black Forest (1967) — Narrator (uncredited)
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Our God's Brother (1997) — The Monk
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The Sicilian Checkmate (1972) — Professor Salemi
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The Castle of Olive Trees (1993) — Jules Campredon
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Bandits in Rome (1968) — Vice Commissioner Pascuttini
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Tomboy - I misteri del sesso (1977) — Narrator (voice)
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Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi (1972) — Commissioner